Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-01
MURRAY'S MUSINGS.
Rough Shedding Ahead for Mr.. Porter's
Census Tnkers-Stories of Senate Page
of Summers Time-Headquarters for
Sfnge and Diamond Celebrities in

Iaker9-StOrle9
of Sumner's Tjme-Headou,r,er. fo,
Ao'
sfnge ana Diamond Celebrities in
Gotham.
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Fhoh STAFF CoRRksPoNDRSr.J
ON Monday the census taker will begin his
weary rounds. The nrohahiIitv ia tho.
49, ,;I, pioo"OiiJ 10 sna'
sneL WIZ make IL very weary Tor him in New
ork. Ine Indignation arising from the in
qu1sltorial questions to be asked and answered
is growing more widespread here every day.
The newspaners ara aoodod ,yi,t Lee. 80 IN
orir;os ~. .! no0ueu WIN ,e''eis anu IN
IuHies anu interviews with leading lights or
tne regal and medical professions. Local Su-
perlntendent Murray's call on the police force
has stirred up a hornets nest which his subse-
uuent modifcation dbos No, A.. .;ro,u oIav Won
-, 80 uoee nos entleiy ali@S' ~"
- oonnuen'y expect some run oe1ore tnis
Lining Is over. 1t will not be much fun for the
census agent, who is paid Dy the name and who,
to make any money ont of IL must take a great
uumber of n.mos snorv d., Nooae.o-;,, if he
:; ""no' efoty uaI' Neoes'"iH1 - He
% ue."Seu ny "elgn1 OF popular dlsapproVal IL
VIII oe money-loslng business for him. The
idea that he is going to arrest anybody was too
ridiculous to REQUIRE Murray's explanation.
1t is somewbat cnriors to note that tbe Su-
"o"na' SuiIoue w no'o In"' 'n0 A'u-
perlntenoent OF the census, Mr. Porter, gives
as one OF the reasons why the questions snouid
be asked that such Is the custom in Germany,
France and other foreign Governments. 1t re-
minds ME that while travelling in Germapy and
49, IN .,,e .i,n "nno eiins ~ oe' a..e
nns nnst sr1 saseier Is tT noae ,1J
he o1ita as os5 @ any y. 'Hese. Is 2 i;I mOI,u
sysfem in America as i 70 oivan Iu Nj Porter
for the censns IN arri,,;,S at a bntaI IN those
conntries Tho ,ronoinr =; s $500 q. - ,r;ta h;s
name on slip of paper beaded Police Depart. s
ment." the Macs WHARF Sa wes horn tbe nIace
where he came from last the nlaca where he
resides and the Mace TO which he is ooing
This latter refers NAV saw onIv to This world
He is reonired aiso 10 SOL, b;s Ihrsinnss ~ o.
cunation Re h aso hos 70 nis business OF DC
he is put down as a lrentleman' This Sin Of
,onas S'P u
thing like a cbeckbook the stnb remaining in
the hands of the hotel proprietor and the slip
police headquarters. BY this system
~ Will Do ecu .uat tne Government mas IN us
tistics of every traveller within its territorv
What is done with these as an aggregate do
not know, but / do know that it strikes the
American traveller who is used to running
in9 sro9nd tne various G1t,es IN ms own native
bodv "a iong ss be habavas bimsoif .s 20 dis
agreeable in1uistorial proceeding. II hurts
nobody and probably does the foreign Govern
ment a part of whose system it is. a good deal
Of pood Vet 7 nnestion WHETHER rbst evstem
would he a nonular success IN the iInited
States
This census business in nv opinion as well as
in the opinion of a large majority of American
citizens is heinp greatly overdona 7 warn tho
censns taker who annroacbe na on the snbiact
thar he will get no information of the lind
whatever. We want no such Federal in
terference with the nersonaIitv of the cit
izen IF the Goyernment can't oat along
without IL W. nav as we'll adnnt t5Ga fora;gn,
svsrano NJ oovsrnIant sntiraiD IF -aSiaai
science can't get along without It we had better
let medical science shift for itself rather than
sacrifice the individual rights of ali Our insti
tntions have for a basis the greatest GOOD to
the greatest number With this in vieW the
in 10 sion ~ rha orna+ oo,narns 20 eo on0 10 ~
neonIe for the henaft Of vary sr,eiT cioss Of of
professionai men is the most wsnton violation
of this principle ever penetrated.
Pt
'S H"E" "s iase'
M R. JIMMY FAGIN, otherwise known to the
dramatic profession as Barringer, the actor.
used to be a page in the Senate of the United
st.,as ,,ho,, T1har1o. Srnnor ,yos n ,nonbor of
o'@'e' "nen ~ Onaiie' 0ulnnei was memDei VI
lnat oody. Inc otner oay 70 KNOT Oh Irlends
a page. He was known to us as Jimmy" then.
He was bright Young fellow of I8. with clean
ont fa.trras nd dorI cnr,v boir Ev.n nouu
.us ,ease' anu a. n 49, nai. nen nv"
ne can't keep ms mouth smut. he was GER
Ialn!y not trying 10 10 30 OH tne OCCASION ABOVE
eI tlonsu. .s
&, useu 70 tIoI AROUND on errands ior CnarieS
Sumner and 0. P. Morton, who was then in the
Senate also. mere were pig men IN tne senate
tho .hoee uaS anu sne Doys VINO serEeu, tnem IN
n,S pa ,ost % tbon ho ohs I'm r'o & one
1911. s,aIi mnu ni VI me oeS' naTe uone
piesty wen since; Ine JOYS useu 70 pe very
mucn AFRAID OF sumner, whose grun manners
anu ieonihe looks were enough 70 create an
,nI ior nnlL On tpe parc OF even oiaer
hin, on 20 aS raoo ritb NV aihnT f"r b;o EonS W
ernb IT, % 80 80. 80 ias ~ - y ~ ,e LIS T.
%pn pt;l S " nun' iol
1rinad IpnI "nI'nn.;nn Ihad ~ h;pS I'M
th nc tb n''o nti 81 u
nep,s and Sreadad to asE him for bis SUH
"Nustering mn couraoe however one davIan-
nroached him when cav that he was reading
= nagSnanar and sa;J. M Snmnar Iii ,,oS,
LinSIy r,Pe nc vonr an+o1ronbS, I oboIi nonar w.
foreet the iook which he tnrned unon me az he
thundered out. Nor That's ali he said and
bass yolceP You eould have heard that mo,
ali over the Senate and throughout the cloak
rooms II naturallv tnrnad tho attantion of
both senate ana galleries to me, the 1nnocent
offender must have turned very red In fact.
1 know l did. And l got out of there TOO as
ouickIv as nossible II was the custom among
Senators To be served bv some narticuIar nov. |
I was NOT summers how. His how was named
.Fundv, The only time ever smoke TO Sumner
after that was when he clapped his hands
for page. and being in the i'm
madiota yic;nitv of his saat ouicEIv
He directed me vitbont LOOKING mn
to 90 to the Senate I 1ibrarv and oct him certaip
law reports the numbers of which he gaye me |
in bewiidering succession. darted from the |
chamber intent on nv errand but before got |
into the corridor knew no more what these
order 1 scratched nv curly head in vain to |
con1upe up IN Ine missing hgures, ous ~ IL w1uto
him is puttinp II yerv mildly, But 20 hack I |
was compelled to do. The Massachusetts |
statespan looked at me with frown and said |
IN deep growi In answer to my query Tor a |
Ypn bat sent him EnnGH Fnndv w.s a iitIIe |