The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-06-22
The Census Takers and Intermed-
dIers
IT, the Editor OF the Herald,

t. the Editor of the Herald,
As one of the census enumerators of Dial.
La, appointed by the prop authority of the
United States for the third ward, and duly
sworn, desire to relieve any anxiety that
may be felt by any and all persons, from the
ignorance and intermeddling of the mayor
OF the town, as eviuced in his message to,
and the proceedings of, the couacil, as pub
lished in Sunday mornings HERALD. That
functionary says to the council
any attention has been called to the neces-
sity of some action by this council in order
to insure the correct census Of this city.
Numbers Of well-known persons have been
and are being omitted, and in view Of the
great importance of full census, recon-
mend that some active person be employed
by this council to collect such names omitted
by the special marshals, aud furnished to
them, or such other steps be taken as will
insure full and correct census of this city,"
The document bears date June 10Th, eleven
days before the expiration of the time al
lowed the enumerators tor calling ut the
houses OF the people and otherwise complet-
ing the enumeration. If the mayor and at
least portion Of the council had examined
the United States law on the subject, spoken
to either one Of the four enumerstors ap-
pointed for the city, or if they had given the
subject one moments reflection, they would
not have 80 advertised themselves as being so
wofully ignorant Of the subject. The id a
of the mayor or council inducing the enumer-
ators TO violate the law and invite our
merited removal by going outside
of their defined boundaries to
incorporate outside population as por-
ton of the city, is too ridiculous for a child
The outside, or suburbs, is embraced in a
district of Dallas county and assigned to a
separate enumerator. Each ward of the
the eDumerators have to the last hour in
June to complete enumeration only. For
this purpose, speaking for myself only, but
have no doubt of it being equally true with
all, will say to the people that have been
and yet am doing the work thoroughly and
Systematically by taking each street in order
and visiting each residence and place of bust.
ness. Wherever party is absent note the
house and call again and again till the person
is found. have been four times to one
particular house without success; but have
very nearly finished these calls, and have yet
eight full days, till the close of June, to visit,
search and inquire in order to enumerate
every soul legitimately belonging to the third
ward. | have enumerated numerous per-
sons and families who are absent on pleasure
or business, getting the facts from responsible
relatives or friends. Toillustrate, Mr.. I. B. NJ,
wife and child, absent for month or two, given
in by their parents. Mr.. G. @. n, doing
business in the first ward, lodges in the third,
his wife and five children absent for the
summer--seven souls enrolled as of the third
ward, and so on. But beyond all this, if the
mayor had done as a sensible man would be-
fore rasinsa howl, by examining the law,
he would have found after all this work has
been done, each of the fur enumerators is
required to give five days public notice that
for two consecutive days following he will
remain at the court house to receive infor-
nation, make corrections, take omitted
homes, ETC., when and where every one inter-
ested, in fact or through imagination, will be
cordially invited to come forward and tell all
he knows about mistakes, omissions or dupli-
cations as to the particular ward under con-
sideration. j. w. WRIGHT,
Enumerator of the Third Ward.
DALLAS, June 81, 1880.