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I low did he make it ? Here is the testimony. He says. " I took down every name from 1860 to a certain date in 1870. inclusive. that appeared upon the naturalization book." He then begins it. he puts down the namesand I regret that eveler member of the House has not a copy of this record. 1 will try to give some description of it. The first name is Adolphus Klein. Then running out a column. " mark." "page. under the word "page is . 100." signilving that Klein is on the onehundredth page of a book. a naturalization book. Ile then makes another column. which he heads "orderbook. He follows that down with the namesor marks of the orderbooks " T. "J." "K. Then another column of figures. opposite Kleins name 70. the page of the record of the orderbook. which the clerk put in there only to represent thatif Klein was naturalized on the date specified. namely. Jannary 16. and there had been an order on the orderbook. it would have been on that page. Then another column. which. from beginning to end. is marked " no record." Then another column. indicating the terms of the court by naue. " common pleas" and " circuit." Now. wherefore that arrangement? IIe goes on in his testimony and tells us that upon the orderbook of that court there is not a naturalization of these persons. and that there is no record of it. Ile combines these two things cunninglyto deceive. His statementdid deceive part of the majority of the committee. it did deceive every member of the minority on this floorjudging from their statements. and it did deceive a large proportion of the members of this House. A cunning device! He said. "I will take so much of the record from the books of naturalization. and I will take so much from the orderbook of the court. and. combining the two. I shall be able to testify that the record of the court discloses no naturalization of these persons." Kern. who was a deputy. has testified to the same fact. Maier testifies again. and I will read to you now from his testimony to show you how lie stated it and how he happened to get caught. I am going to read from page 284.