New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-04
GOVERNOR HILL REBUKED.
SECRETARY MOBILES PLAIN ANSWER TO HIS
ABUSIVE LETTER ON THE CENSUS.
THE PEANUT POLITICIANS IMPUTAT1oNs
AGAINsT THE CENsUe OFFICE DENOUNCED
AS sLANDERoyS AND UNTRUE
THE GOVERNORS RECKLESS
PARTISANSHIP-MAYoR
GRANT SAT UPON.
fBr TELEGRAPH TO TIE TRIDUNE.l
GRANT SAT- UPON

PARTIsASsHIP-MAYoR
GRANT SAT UPON.
fBY TELEGRAPH TO TIE TBrBUNEJ
Washington, Nov. 3.-The reply OF secretary
Noble to Governor Hills letter will doubtless at
tract good deal of attention outside OF New-AorK
and among persons who do not feel any greao
amount Of concern respecting the controversy ou' OIL
which the correspondence has sprung. as well as
among the people of the State and City OF new
York In the letter to Governor Hill, as we'll as
In letter TO Mayor Grants messenger to-day, Sec
retary Noble not only shows that his oihciai pa
ticnce has been completely exhausted by what ne
regards as unjust and slanderous mputations upon
his official integrity, well as upon the integrity
of other sworn officers of the Government and
their work. but he lays bare the partisan motives
which. whether mingled with more praiseworthy
motives or not, seem to have actuated both GOV
ernor Hill and the Tammany Mayor of New-fork
IN dealing with matter in the discussion OF
which partisanshp has no proper place.
Probaby no Cabinet officer ever before felt
;mnelled To address the Governor of a state WIN
such frank severity as Secretary Noble mas lei'
constrained to employ this occasion: ana III Is
certain that no Governor of State ever DeIole'
bv word or conduct, laid himself open to such
castipation as Governor Hill has now recelVeo'
Secretary Noble has properly, most people VIII
consider resented the imputation made Dy Mayor
Grant when he instructed his messenger 10 prlhs
70 Washington the original evidence upon which
the demand for recount of population was oased,
but M, IN Law said evidence before the Secretary
in order that he miyht consider it in it's proper
relation 70 such demand. Mr.. kennys semi
apolo9etic response TO the Secretarys letter on
this subject, of course does not relieve Mayor
Grant, whose instructions he pleads as an excuse
for his action but it may, perhaps, persuade the
indignant Secretary to give the Mayor an OPP
portunitv to retrace his steps. The messenger is
still waiting in the hope that such Will DE the re-
sult. and it is understood that he expects 70 re-
ceiye modified instructions from New-lork
HOT SHOT FOR THE GOVERNOR.
Secretary Mobiles letter to the Governor was
as follows
Washington. D. c., Nov. 3. 1880.
Hon. David b. Hl Governor OF the state OF Newh orh
Sir: Your communication OF the 3st ultiiO was ouy
received There had already been delivered to me letter
t, the Mavor OF the city OF New-York the same SUBJ
ject-the OF that city 10 recount OF us popua'
hy the United States Census authorizes "hie Sou o
added the weight OF the Governors once 10 the
vo have failed to add those already presented oS INC
M,vor single suggestion OF the slightest value IL was
wholly unnecessary 10 remind me OF the PROVISIONS
NJ the Constitution the United states relating 10 ehur'
ton and apportionment Of Representatives or he feco
College or the provisions OF the Census law allowing
d,o,,s and recounts All Of this very familiar
law IN me and your quotation of might have been coped
from my last opinion delivered TO the NfEor ana wn
Won state you had read IN the newlpapers Nei'her u
neon any eAhortation upon thc subject Of fair Appooh
ments as an equal apportonment throughout she oh'
Sates and the perfect freedom and equality oil the hu
dual elector Is to which have gwen my earhe'
spnnort and which worthy that OF every ouDhc ohocr
and every individual citizen Had You read the CORE
txho
I'm snes has been you would have found your topic aeauS
exhausted Such apporsonnen YOU may, however pc IT,
minded woud certainly ard oernancntly promote the sue
| cess OF the party tn whic vou ncorrecuy S's al" ~
| cnumerators Of the city Of Ncw-York belong.
II T. ,rch 10 DO regretted IT, letter to me- "hen
acting 1pon purely Official matter, YOU as GOVERNOR
should sneak a, PARTISAN and nputc corrupt ptTose ="
the census to secure party ah'ahase oS u
| ishlng the count OF the city OF New-York
vo,r nru,,ton AGAINST the cnumerl;ors and the census
work Is so entirely gratuitous and unfounded a. to DC
sandeious. you should know that your aou'Ne ~ '
could oo tend to promote fair and Judicial consideration
| have been disposed 70 give to the appheauoh u INC
| Novor Your charge rlputing fraudulent motives 10
others rather suggests that your patty uhKs ai III
creased population would nrre TO It's aaNantage ohe co
Of the policc aken has been since ne Police boor
0 NewYork has been made partsan needs the very Closest
scrutlnv and ANALYSIS The charges now being made IN
New York against the city government oy pemocrae e
not OF q Kind TO relieve woik done Dy IL Hoh INC
| erayest suspicion a reckless portisanship.
| Your accusations heretofore confined !" interviews "u
,,hn speeches began before the enumeration "as
announced Some OF the Democratic newspapers III Ne" ~
YORK and elsewhere mndc the census 'uIieA'o' WIN
verv difficult by exciting the prejudice OF ignorance asas'
"a, "a I, f. to he remarked that you, early as the
N q, Iuv last made an address before the Hendricks
Club at indianapolis. in which you bitterly s7sea '"e
| Census Office and work, and asserted wlthout any
lnoydge whatever the same evil purpose you now send to
me officially You then repeated the newspaper criucSn'
and snake OF the great OF inqusitor sent pying Into
our houses asking mpertinent questions making fase
.ecords etc and you did not fail TO notice the possible
effect Of all this raising popular dsrust ana dlsnelina-
s,on 10 respond the enumerators You dd not succeeu
I'm these efforts any considerable degree; but you arc
largely responsible for any inaccuracies that may eA
You set example by denouncng law OF congress-
and the suggestion OF It's violation By your less acute po'
tlca followers carly and continuous partisan as
| saints upon the census had necessarily motive
which is easily discernci That motive points TO an u-
lust end which | Certainly shall not promote IL Is ou'
Just that should be delay IN completing the census
that the purposes which it is Intended may be accom-
plished. m
You further asserted In speech mentioned that III
he Republican will lot rpudate that even more
| plainly declared policy of breaking inc po"f o
| the solid South in Presidential as well as Con
| crcss,onsl elections BY deliberately ignoring tne
vas. increases o: population that section OF the country
during the last decade" The truth Is no conIhah'
whatever has been received from any southern sa as
State against the census and only the serious eaim Oh
an erroneous dlmlnuton Of population ana representation
nv State came from Republican state oil oregon ou'
o, tho -sl counties IN all the states and Territories
there has been no complaint whatever save from Mntho
| -, c..,r a, o-eg,n There has not been u complaint
| ,, a, Southe,n city that has been promptly and
satisfactorily adjusted without recount save at Couh
,ps georgia and there found Increase OF LIS
only. - !,
You seem to be against census 10 Dc tAMe e',' 80 ~
vo,, own State for YOU vetoed bill passed by it, Legs
lature I'm 1855 and which required by its Coh'''u
tion IL t. reasonable that the PATRONAGE YOU
seem 10 think so Influential In political affairs "ond ho'
have fallen into your hands or Judging you oI IN, N
ard YOU apply others your Official action "ouu IA'
been lust the opposite Of what 1t was
As have demonstrated, the great body OF the people
NJ the United States content with the census ana
ar, uninaucnecd by partisan assaults sueh a' y'u.S
susaIn,d by their confidence. shall proceed with the
A.... a, rnr nnical dnes In this and all other bus