The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-25
MARTINS YELL.
couRrs DOING THEIR WORK OF
NtTURILIZATION WELL.

~..-o wa. some Delay Owing 90 the Rash OF
app,icnnts aud the New system, but No Fa-
,orltism WAS shown-Onici"iH Declare That
CITIZEN Martins Allegation" ARC A"s"ru'
nj, o,rcss bureau OF the Citizens Union gave
,ho t,lloyinp item on Monday night rs com
trnr, q. Martin, who had charge of the
, nIs., STANDARDIZATION Bureau until 1t closed up
a ,Auy :.
'"' ~. uort done nv the Na,urai,,..
=" ,,.uo.n ., m. union, at rs Chamber street.
W. ,o.scd oncrat,on. ON Aug a, }. @. Martin com.
,,.,,s ,hat more than half the applicants presenting
nam.oivrs for naturalization wero refused their
r.nrr. on thc plea Of pressure on the courts.
The right OF franchise" ho says. twas denied
hunt-cds ot mon who had sacrihced their time. and.
In many instances paid their witnesses day after
day In tho hope OF ACQUIRING their rights nnder tho
,iatutcs" lie adds that hS experience demonstrates
that tine '"'"'"S ~, w.. ,.,i- %
city are a"'u'"!' T,a 80"
ouat' TO 'hs ue"'Nlr, -, ~ .t",",.S ~ 49,
comply Wv" s - r,sh,." IN ro,oronoa 90
oen., -" ~ ,ho courts Mr.. Martin ,avs that In m.rv
%, oh.eryed that applicanta were advanced
~. -, ,hs,r turn on the payment of fee. TO court
on,,,,s
u,s ,rvo,ro M, only IN, Jr.,,.o,
incSo :" ~ n,trro,i,o,ion .,on,natian"
III. "a .mn,,roo. ,,ho No. -
ou' ne a,.irinn monoy IN retnrn for ad,.no-
euseu 49,. ,,rn ,hot ,hor ,n,rh, ho.on,.
ihg "em :" ' W., ,oa.ssi.n ~. ,,nsuuss.o"
naturalizeu WIN icsS ue'ay, y IL purpose Oh
getting Mr.. Martin TO elaborate his rather
vague charges and to specify cases where money
had been p"iu 10 en,piosees vi II court al
effort was made to find him yesterday. A most
s"narloh ,e Ignorance as TO his personalItv and
iV" =. 800 :, It,, =. a.. -.
Whereabouts was iouhu " oHHSI az 'ne heao-
quarters Of the Citizens Union. The young
n' h,nn ,n,inno ~ dav 70 end NJ ,I.r,,n,.
he had oeoh trying All u"S y NV mr. martin
address, but had been unable to do so. An 1
W" '" h,..am y ,.IIsaa %
our Naturalization ouro"u' 1 oeiiese nv u u
lawyer. Perhaps you can learn something at
%, Chombers street"
- S. 80. ,h.uo,,n
.n.o nc maze o',na l...
"Oh, no; in fact | don't believe he know he
was talking for publication. but we can substan.
u T.
% Chambers street nothing was known Of
Mr.. Martin. When he left" said the elevator
man. he said to send his mail to Twenty.tbird
street where the Gifts is"
In default of more specific charges from Mr..
Martin ana The CTS the clerks OF the supreme
Court were unwilling to make a detailed denial
OF the 1llesa, ions James McNlerny, clerk OF
Special Term, Part H., who has charge Of the
na,uralitins of citizens, said:
80 A-'s l- %"A Hs-
loon I hno" .nis D. u Martin' nor does any
one else around here. as far as l can make out.
Rut whoever he NAV be let him come forward
and make definite charges. tell who has received
money, and everything else he knows. and we
viii disproye them, It ia probable that he
brought a batch OF men up here on a rush day
and failed TO have them here in time To get
them through"
So far as the clerks in the court were willing
70 admit. the only atom Of trnth in the CHARGE
Is that a large number OF applicants have been
unable 10 get their final papers in time to en-.
able them to vote at the next election, This
nav they. is due wholly TO tho new system az
INFLAMMATION authorized by the revised consti.
tuition. Formerly the State courts naturaiized
under the United States Revised Staiutes. ;ust
as the Federal courts do now. There were TWO
courts which naturalized. the Common Pieas
and the Superior. in each of which a nudge sat
1--we days "A week To make citizens The re6 nire.
mems were very simnle' Then as now the
future citizen was REQUIRED to take out his
declaration papers two years before his final
papers and al least three wears after he had
come to this country. When the time came for
the final papers the applicant brought his viii.
nesses and his first papers to the CLERK made
out his applicntion' and then went before the
Judge. who examined him as to his eiioibiIitv
Persons could be naturalized until within ten
DAYS of elections, and consequently with two
Judges. each sittinr 1--we times a week an i'm.
melse mum Der of CitiZeQa could he nlannfaC-