Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-01-18
kNOW.NOTHiN0 CIVIL SERVICE.

The Civil Service Board Of the City
Of Chicago Is. par excellence, the great.
est Know Nothing BODY in America.
II has proclaimed the fact officially
that forelgn.bOrn citizens are not to be
believed under oath.
1t has also proclaimed the fact OH.
cially that the children Of foreign.born
people are not to he believed under
oath.
And most mOnstrOus. ridiculous and
insulting Of all. the Civil Service BOar'l
OF Chicago has officially proclaimed
that the child Of fOreign.born parents
10 incapable Of swearing to the fact
that he knows his own father!
He must furnish the Chicago City
Board Of Civil Service Commissioners
with two afiidavlts made by other par.
ties, to prove that the man he says II
his father. Il really his father!!
This takes the cake.
The A. T. A. lodge. In which the rules
and regulations Of the Chicago Civil
Service Commission were made up.
Ovcrdid itself to such an extent In man.
ufacturing them. AZ to arouse feeling
Of indignation all over the community.
A native-bOrn citizen. according to
the wonderful rules and regulations OF
the Chicago Civil Service Board, has
simply to state the fact that he 10 4
citizen, In an application for appoint
ment
His word goes.
A naturalIzed citizens word In not
accepted by the Chicago City Board Of
Civil Service Commissioners.
According to the rnles and regula-
lions adopted by II, II a naturalixed
citizen applies for IN examination. he
must. In order 10 be admitted to an ex.
aminatiOn:
First. Swear to the fact that he IL q
naturalixed citizen.
Second, He must prove to the satls.
faction Of the Know Nothing Chicago
Civil Service Board (which will not
believe him under OATH. that he II q
naturalixed citizen, by forwarding his
naturalization papers to the Commits
sion.
Then, when he has forwarded his nat
uralizatiOn papers. together with sun
dry proofs. that he IL the right man, Ills
oath may, II II suits the Judgment Of
the Commission, admit him to examine
ton.
In case his naturalization papers are
lost or destroyed. then the naturalized
citizen, before his oath will he believed,
or his application for examination Ia
accepted, must obtain copy Of the
record Of the court which issued such
naturalization papers, and forward the
same to the Know Nothing Chicago
Civil Service Commission.
Thus are the traps set to prevent nat
uraliZed American citizens from hold
ing Office under the Civil Service law
In Chicago!
Naturalized citizens Of Chicago can
aud must serve In the American army
or navy In time OF war.
Naturalized citizens OF Chicago must
do jury duty.
Naturalizcd citizens OF Chicago must
pay taxes.
Hut, according tn the rules and regu-
lations OF the KnOwnothing Civil Serv-
fee Commission Of the city OF Chicago
they cannot be believed under oath.
These proscriptive regulations are
especially obnoxious In Chicago be-
cause the naturalization papers OF thou.
sands OF our citizens We're DESTROYED
in the great fire OF 1871.
And the records Of all the Courts OF
Record In Cook County We're destroyed
In the great fire OF 1871, and thou.
sands OF our best citizens were natur.
allied In those courts prior to the great
Ore.
so the proscriptlve rules and regula-
lions Of this Know Nothing City Civil
Service Commission Of Chicago are
aimed at the old residents OF Chicago.
Nor In this all.
The proscriptIye rules and regula tons
~ the Know Nothing Chicago City