Morning journal and courier., 1881-01-10
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. OUR POPULATION. The Figures Placed at Over
 Fifty Millions. The Census Work Thoroughly Done. Superintendent Walkers Report Ready
 for Congress. AN INCREASE OF THIRTY PER GENT. A Bill to Secure Uniform Postal
 Rates.
The Census Work Thoroughly Done.
AN INCREASE OF THIRTY PER CENT.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

Tine Cens6s-GenerlI Walkers Report l Made Oit=The Population Placed at | Over Fifty Millions Uniformity of
 Postal Rates-A Bill to Secure It-Other Matters.
 WASHINGTON Jan 9.-General Walker, superintendent of the census, is now engaged 1 in a first revision of the census report as to population before sending it to Congress
 which he expects to do during the present week. The figures will not vary materially from those already named viz, 50, 152, GOO. Regarding published estimate of 51, ,000,O 900 General Walker says he does not know where it originated. It did not come from the cen sus office. The figures given show an in- crease over the censis of 1870 of Il, 593, ,629, or trife over 30 per cent, while the in crease in the preceding decade was but 7, 115, O5O, or 22s per cent. This large increase in the present ratio is attributable to several causes among them the fact that the present census has been far more carefully taken than ever before In 1870 there were but six thousand enumerators, while for the present census there were 31, ,265. who made visita- tions from house to house. calling upon every family in their district. In what is known as the ssblack belt" in the South the domiciles are isolated, the people not living on the roads as in the North, but scattered about for convenience of location and water. The emu merators, instead of visiting the people, stopped about the county seats and larger villages and questioned those who came as to themselves and their neighbors. In the se- lection of enunerators for tho present census particular pains were taken as to their fitness for the work, and except in rare cases each was selected from the district in which he was to perform the duty. There is on file in the census office a good deal of testimony, much of it sworn to, as to the inaccuracy of former censuses, notably that of 1870. Gen. eral Walker feels confident that from the general character of the enumerators, the smallness of the district assigned to each and their personal acquaintance herewith, with the plan of house-to-house visitation, the &C., tual number of inhabitants has been reached with far greater accuracy than ever before.
 A delegation of Philadelphia letter carriers, consisting of Messrs. William J. Wray, Will liam Simmons and Wayne Dunn, arrived here to-day. They will appear tomorrow before the House Committee on Postofices and Post Roads and present an address. ask ing for an equalization of compensation with
 frst-class carriers. They will act in conjunc- ton with the general committee, which is composed of the following named gentlemen: W. H. Hazard, of Washington, D. C.; A. F. Drenter, of Chicago; Arnold Moser, of Cleveland, and D. F. Mackey, of Detroit, Michigan.
 The House devoted the day yesterday to debating, in Committee of the Whole, the funding bill The only vote taken was one defeating an amendment offered by MT. Keif- CT, fixing the interest on the bonds at rate not exceeding four per cent, it receiving but twelve votes. At 4 o'clock the committee rose. The Indian appropriation bill, appro priating $4, 526, 900, was reported and recom- mitted and the House adjourned.
 The bill reported to the House Saturday by MT. Mercy from the Committee on Postof-
 fees and Post Roads, to regulate the rates of postage on second-class matter is 8 very inn portant one to newspapers and to the sub scribers thereto. It provides that the rates of postage on second-class publications de-
 osited in the letter carriers office for deliv- ~ry by carriers shall be uniform at two cents per pound. The committee in their report on the bill show the necessity for the pass age of the bill. ''They say: tThe law as it now stands is not only inconsistent with the general law regulating the rates of postage, but is illogical, unjust and absurd. Eff ficiency and simplicity should go together. This bill promotes both bysecuring uniformity
  the present law the publisher of the New York Rer0tG can send copy of his paper to Portland, Oregon, to a subscriber, and the paper is taken from the postofice in Port land by a letter carrier and delivered to the subscribersat his house at the rate of two cents per pound, and no extra charge for delivery by carrier But the publisher can not put copy of the HerGId in the New York postofice, have it taken thence by the letter carrier and delivered to the subscribers home except at the rate of one cent per copy, or eight cents per pound, an extra tax of six cents per pound. So the publishers of a Portland paper are denied the low rate given to the New York publisher in Portland and must pay for delivery by carrier charge of eight cents per pound. Foreign newspapers, the London Times, for example, can be brought to Washington by steamer and rail road, put in the city postofice, given to the carrier and by him delivered to any address in Washington at the same rate as domestic matter of the same class, two cents per pound. But the pub fishers of the Post or Republican cannot have their papers taken from the same post office by the same carrier at the same time, and delivered to the same address, without paying eight cents or six cents per pound more than the foreign paper. This bill cor rects the fault and makes the law uniform. The bill was referred to the House calendar, but in view of it's importance to the public at large the Postoffce committee will make an effort to take it up and pass it in few days. In the House tomorrow States will be called for bills and resolutions for reference. After that there will be call of committees for reports unless the call shall be dispensed with by two-thirds vote. Motions to sus- pend the rules can be made only on the first ! and third Mondays in each month. MT. | Wells will probably call up the Ind an appropriation bill. The Chinese treaties l will be sent te the Senate for ratification | tomorrow. The President says that they will not only give satisfaction to the people of the United States so far as I the question of immigration is concerned, | but they will secure for the United States i'm portant commercial benefits He is confident | that both treaties will be ratified without de- 1 lay.
 MT. Cox of New York, chairman of the | House Committee on Census, arrived here | last night He expects to introduce his ap- portionment bill next Wednesday or Thurs | day. His bill will provide for about 300 members.
 Congressman Weaver says he has been in l formed by Mr. c. N. Brumm, Congressman l elect from the Thirteenth Pennsylvania dis l trict. that he will vote with the Republicans l to organize the next House of Representa-