Sauk Rapids frontierman. [volume] (Sauk Rapids, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1860, 1858-04-22
VIII OLE N JJMBER 1913.

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Several ofthe assistants who commenced
the work, threw itnp, some on account
of the inadequate compensation, others
msickness and business engagements.
The assistant for Sibley county, after
being engaged in making the enurnera-
Ftion for more than month, refused to
make his returns, and burned them,
rather than the Government should have
them for the pay. All Of these causes
have made my returns backward. |
have written, however, and sent to the
assistants Of the counties, and will forA
ward returns as soon as they are receive
ed and examined. would respectfully
request thatan appropriations be
made TO defray the expenses Of this
census in more liberal rule than that
of 1850: ,9 #ssf:ss1, is III -ajst-sss1l
Very respectfully, your obed't scryt.
WILLIAM R. GERE,
Il '5t'a1t5'5s' Unsted States Marshal.
Hon 'AcoB THoMrsor, Sec. Of Tie Infe'r
MIR. Kollamer. There Is no iniima-
tion that those returns, SO far as they
went, were not all good. There were
SOME countiesi he had not yet finished.
several Of which he has since reformed.
Mr. Fitch. y The writer Of that letter
himself states that there is very little re-
rance to be placed on the census, and
thu reason he alleges for an imperfect
census should satisfy any one that no
reliance can be placed upon it. %.'2"
Mr.. Col'amer. He does not say thar
40 relicance can be placed upon i.
Mr.. Fitch. But there is enough in
mis- letter to warrant our inference that
j. is entitled to no reliance. The CEN
aus was inperiectly taken, the officer
under whose direction it was taken in-
forms us. The estimates on which the.
convention acted were made BY repre-.
sentatives from every portion Of the
Territory, who must be assumed to be
With almost every voter,
within their several precincts. They
had no motive for over-estimating the
population they could have none, and
even If a representative from some par
ticular locality in the Territory had such
motive, the motive would have been
suspected, and his action tounteracted
~ jealousy on the part Of the represen-
tatiyes. from other localities. axl
Il L has been my good fortune to have
travelled over a considerable portion Of
the Territory at the time this census was
being taken and. therefore, I can
speak from personal observation Of the
manner inswhich it was taken, and like
wise from personal observation Of the
number Of inhabitants in much Of the
Territory. ! know, in the immense dis
tricts assigned 70 the deputy marshals,i
ii would even sif the pay was liberal,'
have been quite difficult, if not impossi-.
Bile, for them 10 make the census withia
the time it was expected. Along the
borders Of the rivers and the groves tho
population Of = considerable portion of
Minnesota is as dense as that Of almost
any other northwestern State. Il Is
trne that there are large districts not
yet denseIy populated but j, is equally
true that into those districts the tide Of
emigration IS rapidly setting, and while
this bill is under discussion in the Sem
ate, hundreds are being added to the
population Of that Territory. We.may
properly make allowance for this M
crease, therefore, as well as for the
population il being at the time the CEN
sus purports TO have been taken. qit
remember to have heard II said ID
the other House some years since By 1
then r Representative from Ohio. that AoA
within his day, Or that ofthe then Dele-
gate from Minnesota. would 10 Tsrri-
tory contain twenty thousand inhsbitanss.
Well, sir, the prophecy came. am
happy 70 say. from ! member Of tho
Republican party. and il was conse-
quen.ly, from ito political source, en-
titled then 10 but little credence snd
subsequent events have shown that L
was no exception y the usual want ef
reliability upon staeements from the.
same source. That Territory has be-
sore' i future, and, indeed, ! present.
considering u age, 81 wealth. power.
and prosperity, ofsvhich any State in