The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-08
NATURALIZATION
FRAUDS COLOSSAL
Nearly Every City and County
Seat the Scene Of Crime, Is
Accusation.
MINNEAPOLIS IS
NAMED IN CHARGE
Government Examiner Declares
Frauds Are Committed Thru
out America.
journal Special Service.

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Washington, Dec. S.-The full extent
OF the naturalization frauds Derpetrat-
ed in the United States have been re-.
vealed for the first time; in an official
report made by 9. ". g. Van Dusen, a
special examiner Of the; department. of
justice. They are colossal.
DECENTRALIZATION frauds.O Mr.. Van
Dusen says, have grown and spread
with the growth and spread Of the alien
population in the United States, until
there IS scarcely q city or county seat
or town IN the United States and terri
tories where some Form of these frauds
has not from time to time been com
mitted.
Naturally the greatest number and
kind of frauds have been perpetrated
in the large cities, where the alien
population forms q large majority. Thus
New York, Chicago, Brooklyn, Boston,
st. Louis, Baltimore. New Orleans. Gin
cinnati, Cleveland. Pittsburg, Philadel-
ham. Atlanta. Providence. San Francis
co, st. Paul. Minneapolis, Detroit and
other cities have contributed their
quota to the grand total, which stag.
gers the imagination, while such com
munities as Pella, Iowa, and other small
agricultural and manufacturing towns
have all been inoculated at various
| times with the,gvirus of this all-preva.
lent crime against the institutions and
integrity of the nation at large
e Affects Millions.
This is terrible indictment which
affects not only all the people in gen
eral but the 100000 Of naturalized
citizens who claim to be American be-
I cause of the papers they hold.
Mr.. Van Dnsen has found that the
kind and character of naturalization
frauds are of every conceivable form.
They include false representation, per
jury, the sale and use Of false, bogus
altered and counterfeit certificates of
intention and NATURALIZATION; the issue
Of certificates Of naturalization by
clerks Of courts without authority Of
the court and without the appearance
of the alien in court or before the clerk
the unlawful issue Of certificates by
courts having no authority to issue
them and the issue Of certificates Of in
tention and of naturalization to aliens
not entitled to bAees citizens.
Mr.. Van 55s s says there is nc
possible way in Mich the 1.umber Of
certificates Of Naturalization based
upon perjury and false presentations
represent a large percentage Of the
total number Of certificates issued.
Example Of Frauds.
AS an indication Of the truth Of this
statement he cites the fact that out Of
1876 certificates issued from the ST.
Louis court Of appeals in three days
or rather nights-of October, 1902, over
four hundred have been proved to have
been issued thru fraud. =.
An investigations which has been il
progress in New York during the las
two years by the federal authorities hal
developed several thousand cases. 4
special investigation of $4,000 cases il
New York Of certificates recorded il
the register of electors Of six assembly
districts, used at the election Of 1902
disclosed that nearly 10 pei. cent wer.
not Of record in the courts from which
it was stated they had been issued, thi
indicating the number Of fraudulen
certificates in use in the New Yorl
elections in that year at $4,000.