If we add those to the previous one hundred and thirtyfive days we have one hundred and sixtyfive days after the filing of the original petition. Now. then. as in most States no man may be registered within fourteen days of the time of the election. that adds additional time. I do not believe that anyone will object to allowing sufficient time to make a full examination of all the facts which are necessary to determine whether a petitioner is getting naturalized properly or fraudently. but it seems to me that the ninety days might well be cut down to thirty days. and that the time for entering the appeal might be limited to thirty days. That would give sixty days within which the Government could investigate. Now. when the alien comes here in the first instance a complete description of him is entered upon the records and forwarded to the Bureau of Immigration. and later. when he makes his declaration of intention. that. too. is filed and placed upon the records of the court. and the officers of the court passing upon his petition for naturalization must have recourse to the records of the court which received his original declaration. and they have a perfect means of determining whether any fraud is attempted to be practiced upon the United States Government. They have ample means. because they have recourse to the records which were made at the time the alien landed upon our shores. With those facts in their possession it seems to me that the long period of ninety days serves no useful purpose. because the Government in the shorter period could make all the examination which would be necessary. and the longer period serves. therefore. to postpone that day upon which the alien may become a fullfledged citizen of the United States.
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