Speech #510190070

Now. in one capacity or the other the chief supervisor must get into that court. State or Federal court. He must either have a right to go on the bench and take the judge off and determine upon the regularity of naturalization.or else he must have the right of the President or the district attorney of the United States to stand by and advise the court in regard to irregularities. But is he a pimp and an informer? Is he that? You do not say so. Why not say. if that is your meanin". that the function of this man is to go about and hunt up the lrivate record of individuals and get the facts together and bring them to the attention of the court. and thereupon to get the judgment of the court whether the naturalization is right or whether it is wrong? Then we will take up the other subject of preventing frauds and irregularities in naturalization. He is charged with the duty of preventing frauds in naturalization. That can not be done unless he bits in judgment upon the evidence which is lying at the foundation of the right of naturalization. either outside of the court or inside of the court. It is the duty of a judge to prevent fraud in naturalization. and no man can stand by and tell the judge what he shall do or what he shall not do in exercising his function to prevent such fraud. But here you have it. Now. that is superadded to the other clear and distinct violation of the Constitution of the United States in taking a part of the executive power from the hands of the President of the United States and confiding it to the chief supervisors of elections.and condemns this first seetion of this proposed act absolutely. and strikes out of it all of the machinery of the act that relates to the same subject to which I have been speaking. for the bill saysand Iwill repeat it. it can not be repeated too oftenthat these chief supervisors of elections "are charged * * within their respective judicial districts * * * withthe enforeenlent of the national election laws." The next duty of the chief supervisors is found in the third section of the proposed act: It shall be the duty of the chief supervisor of electionsin each judicial district. to whom application shall have been made under this act. in due and season ble time. to inform a circuit judge of the United States for the circuit in which hisjudicial district is situate that he has businessto present to sucheircuit court in respect to the next ensuing election.