New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-08-25
TUE CENSUS.

viction that there is no sincerity, no honesty, IN
the clamor raised against Secretary Depew and
his subordinates with regard to the Census OF
this City and Brooklyn. The screeehy antics
of The Uorid, though not novel, indicate lack
of earnestness and good faith. Here is sample
of its logic:
"But LET Us look of TIT TRIBUNE logic more closely
The present representation was based upon the emu
mcration of ls and not upon the census oi leoo Ia
enumeration, excluding aliens and persons OF coiof
not taxed gave IL Representatives and four senators
THF TRIBUNE will contend, probably, that the votes OF
1886 and the enumeration of 1880 ought to produce the
same results But look al this fact: The vote OF 100
was 70 OOO That gave the II members The vote OF
-6l was 10 600 increase OF $1,000 and yet says LIE
TRIBUNE with all this vast increase you are entitled 70
only two additional members. In other words. While
The vote increases One-tbId your additional repre-.
sentation must he but one-ninih It's poor rrc that
won't work both ways and this one evidently don't
Tile World coolly ignores any increase Of
population in our State outside OF this City,
though the popular vote in 1c6i was 1921
against SOC, $50 in 'j6, or, excluding this City
and Kings County together, it was 5'3,'61
against 4s6, 276 in '56--a gain outside OF these
Two Counties of 1851, or about IL per cent.
If we suppose the increase of population IN our
whole State since $3.50 to be - per cent, the
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additional representation Of these two cities
will be determined by the ercess OF increase
here over the rate of increase throughout the
residue of the States and this we believe no
greater than that indicated by their votes Ill
1s56 and 1854 respectively. Why shoufd 1t be
We stated that representation was based
far more nearly on electors than on the mass OF
the people; whereupon The Uorldtriumphantly
responds:
Now. representation in this State is not at all based
upon the electors. The Constitution says (Act III
- The members Of Assembly shall be apporioned among
the counties of th state by the Legislature az man
a. may be- according The aHmbey Of thar TePecfs Hhdt
lant:' g.
Turning 10 the article in question, We find
- its first clause to read thus
"SEcTIoN5 Tie Members of Assemby shall be appor-
toned among the several counties OF this State by the
Legislature nearly may be according to the mum,
Der OF their respective Inhabitants elcHdiHR oeas and
Of eoor not ta1sd and shall be chosen by single
districts"
Now, "alcns and persons Of color not
taxed, compose a vey large proportion Of the
5 inhabitants of our two great cities-much larger
than of the rest of the State-while they have
no right to figure on our list of legal voters or
10 swell the aggregate vote of either State or
City. Hence it is true, as we stated, that the
vote of each county affords far more accurate
test of its representative strength than does MS
aggregate population, which embraces aliens
and untaxcd negroes.
= Did not The Uord willfully deceive by It's
earbed citation Of the Constitution as aforesaid
Many Of the cavils we have seen presume
grossly upon the ignorance Of those to whom
they are addressed. Thus, one Of them objects
that the Census is taken at a time when many
families are out OF town. But that time Is cX-
pressly prescribed by law-it is of Democratic
origin-the State Census has been taken at this
! season for time whereof our memory knows
mo lmt-and we never heard it complained OF
lbcfore. At all events, neither Secretary Dcpe%,
Superintendent IIOugh, nor the cnumeratorS,
had the least control oyerit-tbcy required
to obey the law.
Another cavil asserts that one OF the cnumc-
rators refused to enter an infant on his return,
alleging that it was "too young. vi course,
fit was born since June 1st, it nas "too young
Just exactly that: the law requiring the emu
meration to include every person living on that
dav. and no others-deaths, births, removals,
immieratons since, not being taken into ac-
count. Intelligent persons understand this:
but what chance does it not afford for I'M
posing on the preudiced and ignorant!
The WORTH further says:
"The law yery distinctly SAYS that tie enumer.loIs
shall receive - per day for their services Tor the period
OF 30 DAYS and vet great many are asking for twice
hat amouN Now ii is the duty Of the BOARD of Super
yisors 10 see that the County Ia not thus shameily
swindlcd out o. it money.
of course, il IS the duty CT the Board OF
Supervisors to see that the County is not
swindltd; and, if any enumerator has charged
one penny more than the Law allows, the Sn-
pervisors are bound 10 see that it is never paid.
But. not having the law before us, we can only
uresume that Tie Horld has again quoted falsely
that the thirty days" are allowed for COM
Melting the enumeration, and additional time
for colating and transcribing the returns.
In any case, we call on the Supervisors to do
their duty.
Bnt again: Each enumerator must soemnly
swear that his return contains q full and
true exhibit of tho population of his district
neither less nor more. If any one has not
made such return, bis affidavit is a perjury