Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-11-21

One of the most important results, and
probably tie most baltfol, of Republican
success at the recent election, says the
Albany. argus, will bs the complies sub
version cf the Federal census Of 1890 to
political purTo'es.
Daring the recent campaign facts from
the census Of 1880 and from the reports OF
manufacturers incorporated in that census
were used effectively and t~ruthfully to
expose TIE falsity OF the Republican posi-
liyn. Tue census Of 1880 was compiled
under Republican administrat on, by the
bsst ststisticiaus in the country, and while
there were, doubtless, errors in it, as errors
are unavoidable in a work Of such msgui-
tude, its general facts aud conclusions
we're accepted without dispute by the
c7untry, until the facts it contained were
pressed home in the contest. The only
exception 10 this statement we recall, was
the protest CT Philadelphia at being out
ranked by New York as a manufacturing
city, and that protest was not made good
by facts in the sight Of impartial mep.
The New York Tribune is the first Re-
publican newspaper to see the partisan
advantages which may result from the
peryersioa of the next census and its value
a. a Republican campaign agency in 1892
S3ys the Tribune:
Not many appointments by the coming Presi.
dent will be more important than that Of Super
iutendent of Census. The distribution OF the
governing power for ten years 10 come VIII de.
pend upon the fidelity Of this enumeration and
in the S~eleCtiOu of SubOrdinateS and the SuEer-
vision ard correctness OF the work, the supeIin-
tendent will have great power, either 10 prevent
wrOng-dOing IL he IS honest and capable, or TO
make il successful II re IS unfa,thtul or merely
negligent aud incapable. - To al in
have a definite and trustworthy record OF their
progress and annual production.
1t certainly is important that all indus
tries shall have q definite record of their
progress; but the likelihood of their getting
it from a superintendent whose first duty
apparently in the TribaHe'S eyes is to regu-
late the redistribution Of Congress and tie
electoral vote is slender eUOugh. That Re-
publican manufacturers Of the fried fat
sp.cies will doctor and falsify their returns
Is not open to question. TIE ce2sus facts
show completely the fraud of the Rspu5li-
can clsim Of the relation of the tariff to
wages and il is clearly good Republican
politics" to cover up and remove that tesii-
mouy.
In a guarded "a, hicn the Tribune pre-.
sents thu name Of JOSEPH d. WEEKS, CT
P~iitsburg, Pa, for superintendent of the
censuL II there is any manhood left in
the rest of the Republican party, if the
remainder of the States are not bound
as slaves TO Penns yl7anis, there will
be a united protest sgsins. the selection
CT any man from hat State to supervise
the csnsus. 1t is harsh treatment enough
that all the rsst of the Union
ShuAtu Vo 'aAco " eupPOAI SLh ylNdhld :
cupidity, but it will bs the last straw I
the csmel's back to appoint q Pennsylysr,
ia man as superintendent of the cersas to
exalt that State in the record at the ex-
pense Of the rest Of the Union. Further
more, Mr.. WEEKS may be an estimable
mar, but until be proves that he had no
connection with the so-called "Tsrif
Lssge Bulletin" of the campaign, he Should
te barred frcm the list OF candidates fol
the position. That document in the form
Of 'fscss" disseminated moro falsehoods
among ths people than aoy other docu,
ment of the campaign.
II the eleventh census is TO be perverted
into q piecs of Republican machinery, as
the Tribune implies, it might as well be
put at the start in the hands of al ''ar-
tint" W. W. DUDLEY;s experience in d.
viding voters into ''blocks of five" might
be utilized in the enumeration.
The upshOt Of the introduction Of Re-
publican politics" into the census will
be altogether 10 d ssroy its usefulness ard
reliability.