Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-02-26
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE
OUR CENSUS SUPERVISOR.

Mr.. Smiths Reasons for Urging Samson.
The committee having made an adverse
report in the case of Jos. Samson Us super
visor of the Second census district OF Penn
sylyania the following statement has been
prepared to be submitted for the consider
alton of senators by Mr.. Smith in sam
sons interest
The three counties of Chester. Delaware
and Lancaster constitute said district.
Three candidates were presented for the
position of supervisor. Senator Wallace
favored Hayes Grier, editor of the Column
umbia Herald !; Representative Ward and
Senator Cameron Sir. SnOwtlen, of Media,
Delaware county; and Representative
Smith Joseph Samson, of Lancaster city.
The president, as is well known, nomi-
mated Mr.. Samson. The preference ex-
isting before the nomination still continues
and gives rise to the difficulty in securing
Mr. SamsOn's confirmation. No objections
are filed to the worth or capacity of the
nominee. Mr.. Smith had presented in be-
half of MIR. Samson testimonials from the
bench, bar. college and church, and added
his own to this strong endorsement.
Having furnished an unexceptiOna1lc
man for supervisor, he next cOntended that
Lancaster was the proper place for the sul-
pervisOr to reside. 1t was nearly central
in the district and easily reached by rail
roads Ond turnpikes. Its population, fac
tories, fOundries, churches, revenue office,
college and schools made it the chief city in
the census district. 1t must now contain
from $4,000 to $4,000 inhabitants. 1t is
the centre of a county deservedly distiI-
guished for it's wealth, for it's educational,
agricultural and manufacturing interests.
To these it has recently added another,
the cultivation OF tobacco. This has been
made a speciality and from it alone the
United States treasury receives annually
revenue, on manufactured cigars, amount
ing to $3.50, 600.
Lancaster is recognized by Senator
Wallace as the proper place, and his can
didate agreed, if appointed, to keep
his Office in that city, but Mr.. Smith
is opposed to his selection, holding that
the proper place for Democratic supervisors
if a necessity-is in Democratic districts.
In further support of his position, Mr..
Smith shows from statistics that the per-
sons and things to be enumerated are
mainly found in Lancaster county. These
statistics, with the exception of mannfac-
lures, are immeasurably in favor Of that
county, and he fully believes, even in man
ufactures, Lancaster county Will, under
the new census, be largely in excess of
Chester and Delaware counties combined
for even by the last census Lancaster has
a much larger number OF manufactures
than Chester and Delaware, necessarily
imposing a large amount OF work on the
enumerators in visiting the factories.
To locate, therefore, the supervisor at
Media. where Mr.. SnOwden lives-an ex-
treme point in the district in Delaware
county-would be manfestly wrong. Bet
ter locate his office in Philadelphia. That
city might be reached by the enumerators
at less Inconvenience and expense than
Media, town containing a population of
about 5000 inhabitants. Mr.. Smith, more
over, frankly asserts that if any real OBJ
lection can be made against his nominee,
he will ask the president either to with
draw him or make another nomination.