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Show ..Si'KNK IN Coi'llT. Applicant for natiii'.ili.'aliou ye.-ter.hiy hii'oio the .1 udgo proulinx : .Indue, to tho ondoi'.-or ol' applicaplV moral character. "Poyou know (his iii.in'.'" Kudot'MT "Yes, I have known him sixteen years. " Indue "Do you know his family'.'" , "I have seen his wile." .1. "Do you know if ho has more than one wife?" K. Cautiously "Well, that's liaid i to say. Ho might have a good many J on tho sly." '. "You don't know whether he has any more on tho sly?" K. Still cautious "Well, it's kind o' hard to toll that." Applicant was duly naturalized, having hav-ing declared ho never intended to become be-come a polygamist, tho "sly" part being winked at quietly. "Sich is life." Wo chronicle facts. Tho court is not easily "satisfied" as to "moral character." Wo understand that after this "sceuo" tho Court made no further inquiries in-quiries yesterday concerning 'wives or families ; hut put applicants for naturalization natur-alization through in the usual manner. Wo bclievo ho didn't even ask them if they wero "Mormons 1" |