Speech #500010477

The proper place for a record is in the custody of the clerk. in order that it may be identified or certified. But if itgoes out of the custody of the clerk itis still a record. The court. in 6 Cranch. approved in 7 Cranch. and affirmed in 91 United States. have decided that this very certificate is conclusive evidence of naturalization. not to be attacked collaterally and without reference to any record. and Blatchford. justice. has decided. in the NewYork Colelanu case. that that clause in the statute requiring the clerk to make a record of the proceeding is not a mandatory part of the statute. But now you quote West Virginia and Georgia. and the circuit court of the District of Columbia. six yearsbefore the decision in Craunch. to overturn in the House of Representatives the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States. and for what purpose? For the purpose of depriving the people of the Twelfth Congressional district of Indiana of their chosen Representative in Congress.