Speech #510091415

It is a matter of history. Mr. Speaker. that in the month of October. 1868. over sixty thousand fraudulent certificates of naturalization were issued in the supreme and superior courts alone in the city of New York. almost entirely by two judges. The followingnamed "professional witnesses" are shown by the records of the courts to have appeared the following number of times as witnesses to the good moral character and period of residence in the country of applicants: Persons. Owen Gannon. for .............................................. 360 M i chael M arrow. for .......................................................................... 403 John M cG innis. for ................................................................................... ... 508 Joseph M oore. for ........................................................................................ 536 Jam es M cCabe. for ....................................................................................... 619 Thom as Salkald. for ...................................................................................... 692 PatriekMeCaffrey. for ................................................................................... 692 John W ard. for .................