New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-13
VOTERS NOT MADE TO Opnr,
EFFECT OF THE NINErY-DAy NAr,,. !.
IZATTON clause.
CITIZENS ARE NO LONGER TURNED OFT nv
"hoLEsALE-wHAT CHARLES B. Mon,ox

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"''''''''AlA-whAT CHARLES B. MoRrox
IN CHARGE OF THE BUREAU cav.
me extent to which naturalization OF nan -.
naS ia''e" oh u'uer Inc present State law vs,'a
o, . '''"a' ~ De citizen ninety days be,""sn
can vote Is striking commentary O, ~ Dsiofe h
patches of citizens that were ,,,rrSa ''e wnoessh
vious to election time in the reign ~, Just p&
Laughlln. 1t Will be remembered ,ha. asn W
weeks previous to the election OF lss ~ uae fsp
a. Schieren was elected Mayor nv -" onars
S5'"o' ABOUT three thousand citizsns war '"V Z
ny inc naturalization mill as il was ,ha u"a oV
Inc ne" law went into effect on .Turo ,Nnud
more IMAM year has passed unler ,,s .'S' an
III "hlch there mas been Mayorafv .r.'e'sue4
only 63 have applied for their snai e'uon ~
zenship In all of the State courts - Npeis OF ei1
tnat time. That is less than two a.. n
total FOR the year Is only one-ffth as - ana "
natufa.ized In the few weeks precednr a. HN
election. 'uis the u
There Is propriety in the fact ,b,,
No''o" s"ouiu DC IN charge of the na,,,ra,'..t
BUREAU oi 'ne ciy clerks Office Mr.. Mor,n.%
a member OF the constitutional con'.'-., '''on w
pu. III ,ne new constitution the provision sa'
enforced by the act to which refarsro' 'a mat
The old law provided that ten davs ,a's' made
tween naturalization and election or ,hn e'ap* h.
could not vote. Various propositions % "e" c'tsa
time were made. but Mr.. Morton hord -. M
ninety days that were finally agreed No. ''r u
Tribune reporter stepped into ,hs w..
once the other day and saw Mr. Mortar .'rks
There were three applicants who 800. a. work
properly advertised. This was sbovs , ,s. 70 b
While taking the applicants nance s'' average
Nj Morton said: ' addresses
There II a big difference be,us.,
Old Tweed days when every barroom , asa ana me
garten on naturalization. and final ns,s Aaaer'
signed and sealed were furnished w,,hou, .s.. uuV
man To the inconvenience of going IA c,rs.
eleherS were naturalized as soon as they l,na.a
castle Garden and 1860 were made citizen, 4, .s ~
year. The agency by which It was 49,. we
John I. Davenport. He was young and ersn.. va
then. and backed by such men as Arthur ,,.c'1
neil. he succeeded in securing some r.s,.., W.
provements in the naturalization law. Pm ...
the old abuses returned. In Brooklyn "a. W.T..
by-st ring became shadow OF the Tw,+s a..
Democratic naturalization committee CAV. A., "a
tickets wholesale. and these took precedere 49,.
blue tickets o. the Republicans. There was NJ ~
tence Of Identifying the applicants and old man a
sixty or seventy would swear that they were m,r,r,
when they came TO the country a few year, ur~
vlously Tho applicants fees we're paid .or him
The late Constitutional Convention and the l<rA
latur- OF 1875 made the achievement Of cita.nsAi,
the ac, = tho individual and not that OF political
organization. II was made a nlsiemeanor for a
political organization 10 intervene between the u
p!ran; for citizenship ard the court. The applicant
was likewise required 10 give a; least fourteen dar
notice. In cities 10 me city CLERK OF his in,enrcs
10 apply for final papers Unless this notice be cyu
as application cannot be heard IN The State courA
II is me duty of the city clerk or his Representa-,
tive. - post a notice OF the application In ,ro
prominent places within seven days fier the appA
cation j. made 20 him. | post one notice In the cly
la. ana another IN the Courthouse This feature
o.. me law IL defective a. IL applies 70 a large c,y
These notices should be by publication. | am n.
ql.rod o. certify the application 10 the court. sn4
Hnifn the applicant may become a citizen BY pft
lu'ng ,hc required afilavits and taking the oaA.
A highly important provision OF the new law
OIt his papers ninety days before election day. The
practical effect OF this Is that operations cease a.
mo-' wholly. 70 FAR as the state courts are CIR
cerncl. about August l. As this date is ahead q
campaign work. all incentive 10 interference vita
naturalization IL taken away from political organ.
cations.
"A man may avoid making application in advance
naturalization IN the Federal courts There 3
slight DANCER OF lrregularity so far as the opera.
tipns o. those courts are concerned. however. u
they Use much discretion In granting citizenship and
nneiy-day provision applies TO the Feiersl courts
and alien In this state cannot put himself where
he can vote for President unless ne takes out mis-
final papers before August !.
..Of those that have applied for citizenship there
arc Few Irshmcn Mos, OF them are Italians. Pola
and Germans \ .ar.e percentage came 10 ihy
country when minors No, more than ) per cen.
have been unable 20 write their names. nave neh
.urrr!sai bv the hlgh average intelligence Of ne
Italian applicants and the diyershei ialssho
represented by them.