The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1875-05-22
Sense and Census.

Every intelligent person in the city
of New Orleans has become thorough
ly awake to the Importance of tht
census takers, and the honesty of il
SO far as their earnest endeavors car
make it SO. The people are alst
aware of the Importance of complete
returns to secure complete repre-.
sentation in tile new apportionment
OF representatives, no matter which
party is successful. It is not, as all
people who are posted in the matter
know, merely for the next election,
but for five elections. 1t is only the
ignorant or malicious in the city
who endeavor to delay or thwart the
hard worked employees who are at
tempting to prepare the necessary
| basis.
But in the parish of Assumption is
gentleman, G.. w. Jones by name,
planter, wealthy, intelligent and
educated, who writes q handsome
hand, and only spells one word con-
trary to good usage, who makes the
following return upon the blank
furnished him:
| have very little respect for the econ
stltution and Laws of this State as at
present interpreted and administered and
am not disposed to give myself any trouble
or inconvenience to give any information
that the claws" do not COMPEL me to COM
ply with.
The cold gentlemen that I suppose is
paid 10 or Sl2 per day for compiling '' this
thing can make it up to suit his and his
partys purposes, and when compelled will
pay my pro rata of taxation for same.
Glenwood Pm May. 18th, 1875
The State Registrar of Voters, sup
posing in the innocence of his heart
that every citizen of the State was as
desltous as he OF having a correct
enumeration Of the people, and
hitherto sustained in this view by all
intelligent people, the only objection
made being that his blank was not
complete enough, did not ask the
householder to make oath to the cor
rectness of his return. He only
wished him to say it was SO .upon
honor" The above filing out of
Mr. jones' blank is hardly up to the
standard, and, by the by, the COM
position Of his attack on the census
probably consumed more time than
the filling up of dozen blanks
would do, but he avoids the con-
sequence of reasonable imputation
IN this way. The words iaterpolated
by Aim are placed in parentheses
certify OR honor that the above are my
3faA i
tienlars.
Now what advantage to the COM
"a unity Is Mr. J"ues He is evidently
Z tax lesister. He is wealthy, intel
!igent and might he of influence in |
his section. Yet he deliberately
depraves his district OF the advantage
OF enumeration of the people in his !
house and perhaps his little obstinacy
may turn tie scale In favor of some
parish when the chances
otherwise would be in favor of the |
Democratic party.
1t ls too bad. If Mr.. Jones were
ess calculated to influence, if he were
gnorant and not merely prejudiced,
here would he less harm. But when
such men as he can see no use in a
work which is deeuied most important
,y every oBe Of every party who is
Interested in the prosperity of the
State, which if of any political i'm
'ortance at all will be advantageous
% the Democratic party in proportion
% its accuracy, seeks not only to
lestroy its efficacy but to insult it's
minister's, it is Il reasonable query-
What use are such people to the
State ?-N. O. Republican.