The trouble with the section which the gentleman speaks of is that it simply emphasizes the difficulty. for immediately that the notice Is posted .any person who seeks maliciously to oppose the granting of the petition may do so. and thereby increase the hardship of the petitioner. I assert that every fact which the Government ought to know is contained in the official records made up at the time the alien lands here and supplemented by his declaration. and it seems to me there is no good reason for requiring an applicant to wait for ninety days before his petition may be acted upon. Let us see when a man would have to begin the naturalization proceedings in order to vote at a general election. Suppose he files his petition on the 1st day of June. He vaits ninety days.
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