, 1880-06-20
THE CENSUS.
What Gen. Wright Is Doing to
Get a Full Enumeration.
How the Floating Population Is Sc.
cured-Correcting the Lists,
E:heduies in the County Clerks offee-QoW to
Maxe Them Available.

yesterday morning, and was the means Of direct
ing a number Of people to the fourth floor Of the
Government Building: Where people couIdn'
| very we'll go in person, they sent letters o.
postal-cards, calling attention to the errors o.
omissions which they desired corrected
These we're brought to the attention Of the
enumerators, aud the complaints, or sugges
| mons, rather were duly looked into. This op.
portunity TO correct the work Of tho enumcra.
tors will be open TO the public either at the Su'
pcriutendeut's office aI the County Clerks Of
fce during the whole OF the coming week. The
work of enumerating is practically flushed, but
30 anxious Is Con. Wright to have his figures
correct TINT he hopes everybody will embrace
this opportunity to nssist him in the lnudAbie
desire while there Is time to do It. After the
schedules arg forwarded to Washington it will
bo too late for corrections. and the figures SO
forwarded Will have to stand.
GEN. WRIGHT INDIGNANTLY DEH1Es THE ALLIE
| CATIONS
| In certain morning newspaper yesterday thnt
any OF bis men wcrss loutiu9 around beer aoons
and drawing full pay. If any Of them arc loaf
ing,-whioh he strongly disbelieves,-it is simply
to draw It. Each chen euumorator II @ M IS d paid two cents
for each name returned, with the limitation that
the pay M shall not exceed u per day. 10
very fair days work, and few have
been able to go beyond it. 4 any
they IRE ' to be paid > }ii days pay. they % viii
lind themselves sadly mistaken. In other words,
| every 1nun vii: be p,tid for what he hAs done,
few names a day, ne will regret 1t when the day
| of settlement comes around.
! Curious to know just how the enumerators
| were able to get
! THE NAMES OF SAILORS
| who have their residence here, but who are sell
dom ut home during the navigation season. q re-
! porter YESTERDAY asked Gen. WriEhE 41 70 explain
| non was, briefly, that the enumerAtors call at
every house In their several districts and ascer-
number nun Of % tho saiiors III pve families m u and homes,
| and upon their families tho enutnerators depend
for their information. lf they have no families,
or on the vessels themselves. The boarding
houses arc thoroughly canrnssed. and in this
May as n f rbs the osd Of
who for the time being may. BE- on the
lakes. In addition to all rhis, the emu
up the names OF their crews. In this way they
get the names Of those who live on board and
the names o. thqse who don't md the latter are
vass of homes and boarding. houses Thus the
enumerators have u ready mode Of verifying
sumcs the entire mouth Of June, and very few
vessels arc away from a Chieago over fortnight
wesk The liability fkp any Of The
d''s@ea some few 1' are aepped ZIP not not
whoh should occasion nny surprise, The school
census men proceed more independently, but
less carefully. Their census, so fAr as this par
nor less than an estimate. They allow, say, $500
sailors to this city, and theu proceed to divide
aas t asDss scdns as q sheX oe s it fSg PSgh eS 5
States census nun, On the other hand, has to
find II name before he can put it down, and the
result Is that every name he gets represents
somebody, and bis work isn't mere guess
no RETURN has YET BEEN MADE
from the residence OF Mr.. and Mrs. W. F. Storey.
1t appears that the euumerator who went there
self with becoming politcness, but who Was re-
fused admittance, Us well rs the information !
which i WIS her business to obtain. This lndy
AYERS that she heard Mrs. Storey, from her posi-
ton ut the hcad Of tho stairs, tell the servant
that she would not her caller OF give her |
Mrs. $. was thrice made and thrice refused,-th |
last time with vicious slam 1T the door and ]
the e., turning y Of the key in the lock.
houses was decent and even kindly, met weh !
rebutfs and studied imperrlucnco ut The hands |
Especially sas this the case at the residence OF
weEl-known grain and commission man on !
lndiana avenue, M between Sixteenth and Eight
eenth streets. The gentleman himself was
not at home. but his son was. and according to !
the enumerntor. improved the opportunity to
show how ungcntlcmanly and insulting he could
be. Had the gentleman himself been ut home, !
the young hopeful would hardly have attempted |
such tactics. Had he done so, however, nobody
who knows the father for moment doubrs that /
the son would have been extended over the
parents knee and subjected to an unpleasant
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THE COUNTY CLERKS OFFICE.
Yesterday afternoon q TRIBUNE reporter In |
search OF some vital statistics dropped into the
office Ut the County Clerk and made IN exaulna-
tion OF the census returns, which be found there
on file. Commissioner Wright. who has chnre of
the taking OF the census, divided the city into
to each. The law privdes that the returns made
by the enumerators shall be placed On exhibition
with the County CLERK for correction, emenda-
ton, or addition. There were returned up to
last evening about thirty books representing as
many districts. and not more thau half dozen
ing any. examination. and II they did, it
woud y, t DO them 3l,Et Lyle @ good What is needed
district. With this before him, it will be very
easy for the suspicious but patriotic citizen to
mediate neighbor has been omitted. All he will
have to do Will be to find out his district from
the map and call for the corresponding book. A
reference to tho n'fabeticai list Of names will
immediately determine whether he hus boon |
listed. As 1t is now the citizen is obliged to |
covers thereof the description Of tho respective
ss sStp qs5sance eaIsalt!%a SdPzr. js;f M whs5s
lain whether be has been counted or not.
The books, which only give the names sex. color,
credit, though II few arc sIneared with blots Of
Gomnis5,oser Wrfhi Hs should m a see to a It
hat z proper map is hung up in the County
Clerks Office as an adequate means Of aiding in
making the. investigation for which tho law |
provides
WRATHFuL ESuMERAToR.
To the Editor Of The Chicago Tribune.
CHICAGO, June 10.-An article in q morning |
'nper is calculated to deceive the citizens OF
'hicago rs to the manner In which Commission
It Wright Is performing the duties of his posi-
ion as Supervisor OF the First District of ILL
lois In the enumeration Of the United Suites
ensus; also, rs to tho ability and disposition Of
he hard-wnrked enumerators to perform their I