The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-04-21
Old TINE CITIZENS.
SEARCH OF ALEXANDER COUNTY
RECORDS SHOWS NATURAL.
iZATtON OF MANY.
Book Had Not Been indexed Which
Caused confusion--H. Blooms,
Victim Of Election Judges
Strict Ruring Justified ANVIL

About year ago, when the city
registration was first made under the
new election law, some judges of
election refused to register foreign,
born citizens who were unable to
show their naturalization papers.
This was disappointment and a hard
ship on voters who had been natural
lied many years ago and in the pass
ing of the years had lost or mislaid
their papers. Among the disappoint.
ed ones was our will known and
sturdy citizen, Herr John Herman
Englebert Bloms, grocer at 700 Wash
ington avenue, who for forty con-
tinuous years had cast hfs vote I'm.
questioned and unchallenged in the
Second ward. As Mr.. Bloms had
taken out naturalization papers many
years ago, he was much surprised
when he ran afoul of the exceedingly
technical construction Of the law by
the judges of election. Surprise soon
gave way to astonishment, then to
amazement and, finally, just indigna-
ton held sway. in his patriotic mind.
The records in the court house We're
examined with view to finding the
record Of Mr.. Bloms, as well as that
of other citizens who were refused
registration, but no sucn record was
found.
Mr.. Bloms has been so indignant
for months past that he had refused
all entreaties of his friends to make
a search for the missing document,
However, he recently relented, and,
on making thorough examination
of his old papers, he found the miss
| ing certificate OF naturalization. The
paper was dated Aug. 3lst, 1868, and
with such a clew, theTecord OF the
order OF, Mr. Bloms naturalization
was easily found
T. 1t stems that the clerk in charge
of the office in the year last men
toned had neglected to index the
record book, so that hundreds OF
court cases, including two hundred
naturalization orders, have been
practically hidden for mort than forty
years. When the attention OF the &C"
commodatjngi deputy. circuit, John M.
Dewey, was called. to- the confused
state Of things, heH Immediately pro-
ceedel TO search for the neglected re-
cord. page by page, and to make a.
completes records of the nanlas Of all
citizens which were found not In
dexed. From this list, prepared by
him, the following names are given:
Louis lBlatteau, John Herman f..
Blooms, Gustaye Beiland, Michael Ca
| hill, Patrick Corcoraa, John Cain,
Timothy Coyle, John Curran, Michael
Crotty William Casey, Martin Creigh-
| ton, Thomas Cotter, Nicholas Cant
well, tatrick Cahill, Michael Duggan,
John Darmody, Eugene, Fitzpatrick,
Patrick Greaney, John Gleason, Hen
ry, Goodyear, Timothy fiessian, Phil
lin Helm, John Higgins, John Hart,
Samuel ]. Humm, Henry HasenJae-
ger. John M. Hogan, Louis Herbert
Amandus Jacket Robert Jones,
Patrick Kennedy, Leo kleb, Daniel
Kelly, Jacob Lattner, VIM. Larkin,
John Liant, John Marnell, Thomas
Marion Patrick Maloney, Bryan Nc
Neff, John O'DonnelL Thos. Ryan,
Cornelius Sheehan, Thos M. Stack,
Richard Walsh, Henry Walbaum, Pat
rick Valdez, Peter Valdez, Thomas
Walder, Jacob Walter, Peter Williams
Peter Zimmerman. While only thir'
teen of the gentlemen named are still
among us, the others have descend
ants living in Cairo who will be In
terested in the discovery.