New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-13
A RECOUNT IN THIS CITY NOT LIKELY
THE CrrY's APPLICATION FOR A COPY OF GER
TAIN CENSUS FIGURES AT LAST PROPERLY
MADE AND PROMPTLY GRANTED.


TAIN CENSUS FIGURES AT LAST PROPERLY
MADE AND PROMPTLY GRANTED.
Washington, Nov. 10 (special).-supervisor Kenny,
whiIom the efficient city editor OF "The New-York
Press and at present the distinguished envoy of the
City Of New York, arrived in Washington this morn
ing bearing the resolution adopted yesterday by the
Board of Aldermen requesting that the municipal gov
,rnment be furnished with official copy OF the
census enumeration of the Second Ward OF that CITY,
This resolution he promptly laid before superintendent
Porter who with equal promptitude, issued an order
that the application be complied with as early as
practicable Mr. Kenny also stated that the municipal
government would like to have copies of the enumera-
ton of the First, Third. Fourth and Fifth Wards and
that request will be granted without other formal ap
plcstion provided the money is forthcoming to pay
for the copies, as the law requires.
In view of what seems to be the strong desire Of
many citizens OF NewYOrk to have alleged errors in
the population returns Of that city investigated, In
order that any necessary corrections might be made
fhe course of the Mayor, which has postponed until
within few DAYS of the reassembling of Congress
sny proper application looking to that end, even as
10 single ward, must be regarded as extremely I'M
fortunate to say the least From the very beginning
there has procrastnaon on the part OF tne lam
many officials. 1t first marked by the long omcai
delay after the returns of population were pup
1isheds delay which lasted from July almost TO the
end of september-before the taking OF the ponce
censuss was begun: and it has marked every stop
taken by the city authorities since that time Indeed
the DELAYS have been persistent as to create STRONG
spcon in the minds of many persons that the Mayor
and his advisers, including Governor Hill. have mol
been acting in good faith. In every other case the
nppicaton for an investigation and recount has been
promptly and properly made, and supported py per
tinent testimony and arguments; and every compih'
has been promptly investigated, and, with few ex'
centions the applications have been granted. All Oh
them were disposed Of weeks ago. and some OF then
months ago New York City alone has been laggaru
and the prospect now that there will be no recouh'
Of her population at least before the reassemohe u
Congress- indeed the short time remaining pfeci"aes
that. vo.,
A Boston dispatch published in "The New ofH
SUM- Of to-day about the paper read by Genera r"
els A. Walker yesterday before the NATIONAL Acaaoy
Of sciences contains this passage: General walker
went On 10 deal with the Of the census returns
Of 1870 which fixed the coored population at 4'eso'
600 and said he was surprised to find that the Cen
sus superintendent gave the probable loss BY these
errors as 100000. lie entered into statement OF
the causes which led to the errors OF that year. o
from considerations that seemed justihable estimated
that the colored population for 1870 must DO nAed al
between 5.2O6. s92 and 54s1 ,1o6.'
SuperintendeDt Porter said to The Tribune cor
respondent to-day that the writer Of the dispatch must
have misunderstood General Walkers statement DO
cause the estimate Of the Census Bureau OF the non
enumerated coored population in 1870 Is 100000 In
stead of 100000 the latter figure Is the estimate o.
the entire number Of people In the Southern states
which General Walker characterized as clumsy. anu
suated and barbarous.' According 70 the foregoing
sSmates that the number Of coIored persons omitted
h the Of te % na q S sne eo sro
sol 900. the mean OF which Is not iar snort Oh super
tntendent P0rter's estimates