The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-07-08
THE CENSUS FARCE.
It Will Be Transposed Into a
Reality Now.
ALL COME UP AND BE COUNTED.
supesvisor Prosch VIII Receive the IN
enumerated ut the Chamber OF
Commerce Building.

Commercs Building.
Measures were taken by the Chamber of
Commerce yesterday morning for proper
count of the population Of Seattle. to in
clude all residents of Seattle, but counting
no person twice and no person who is not
legitimately q resident. At meeting of
the board of trustees yesterday morning
telegram dated July 5 was received from
Senator John B. Allen, confirming the
statement made in the telegram from
Whatcom published in yesterdays Posi-
INTELLIGENcER, TO the effect that he had
called at the census Office and obtained
promise that all names which had been
omitted would be added and that instruc-
tions would be wired to fill in the omis-
sions.
The reading of this telegram resulted in
the appointment of committee, composed
of Messrs. Graves, Whittier and Rochester,
to arrange for the cooperation of the
chamber in this matter. This committee
appointed q committee of twenty-one to
arrange the work of making the recount
complete. The following gentlemen COM
pose this committee, which has been called
to meet at o a. NJ. today to begin its work:
John E. Aver. /. N. Bigelow, /. Hill Case,
S. L. Crawford, J. F. Eshelman, T. o.
Graves. Alfred Holman, Lauren Ingels,
c. X. Jenner, George ]. Kilgen. James
Leddy, u. r. Niesz, James A. Painting,
Samuel Ramsey, Percy w. Rochester,
f.. E. Sander, Eben Smith, D. B. Ward,
J. NJ. Wrestling. e. F. Whittier, Andrew
Knox
OF this committee the following ward
thorough canvass of their respective wards
and find out every person who has not
been counted: First ward, J. F. Eshel-
man, Andrew Knox, +. e. Sander; Second
ward, p. w. Rochester, John e. Aver, q.
r. Niesz; Third ward. l. N. Bigelow, S. L.
Crawford. James A. Painting; Fourth ward.
James Leddy, ID. B. Ward, /. Hill Case.
Following up this work, Secretary Dodge
was instructed to have books opened i'm
mediately and take the names of all per-
sons who have not been counted. He was
authorized. if necessary, to employ an as
sistant for the purpose.
This action was taken simply to assist
Supervisor Prosch in counting those who
were omitted. District Supervisor jenkins
is expected in the city this morning, and
he and Mr.. Prosch will reopen the census
Office in the Chamber of Commerce build
ing and be ready from a. m. 10 D. m.
today to receive the names of all who be-
ieve they have not been counted. If the
people are not counted now it will be
their own fault. Ali the new names given
in will DE sent to headquarters at Wash
ington City, the list compared with the re-
turns already sent in and all duplicates
thrown out. Thus every security will be
taken to sectfre full count, but an honest
one.
In reply to the complaint of many per-
sons that the enumerators obtained infor-
nation from clearinghouse keepers in re-
gard 10 their dodgers. when those persons
can tell them nothing but the names, Mr..
Prosch said yesterday: THE questions in
regard to the race, age, etc., of the people
came under the head of social statistics
and the enumerators are only required to
obtain their information from these per-
sons directly when it is possible to do so.
If they were required to do so always they
might spend whole day searching for one
man and could>not make living. 1t is
mistake to suppose that these statistics will
be more than approxima tely accurate. For
instance, we may be told that a man is IS
to 40 years old and are instructed in such a
case to put down 81 or 80, otherwise we
might have millions of persons born in
one year. only few hundred thousand in
each of the next four years and millions
in the fifth year.
The following names were given to the
PosT-INTELLIGENcER yesterday as those of
persons who bad been missed bv the
enumerators. This list makes the total 10
date published in this paper 1873 persons:
Crystal Laundry. between Third and
Fourth streets, on Yesler avenue, six men.
II. M. Bennett. wife and four children
and hired girl. 1920 Tenth street.
r. ID. Fox, Seventh and Dearborn streets.
the while family missed, probably ten
persons at the least.
Charles H. Cobb, Third and University
streets.
C. R. Hepler. Charles and Blanchard
streets.
William s. Tallman and six or seven
others, in Taylor's planning mill.
w. T. Taffinder, Nina A. Taffinder. s. A.
Tafinder, corner of Howell and Depot
streets, now at 2.572 Fourth street; Ayerst
& Taffinder. IA Halter block.
D. Col Duhming lodging.house, thirty
persons.
H. Hershberg, Cherry and From. streets.
Edward Went, Bodega saloon, Front
street
Charles Lanning. 416 Columbia street
G. Brady, Third and Spring streets.
Fl. H. Thomps on, Third and Spring
streets.
Nelson Gran, Florence house.
Leonard G. Allis, 2,401 Front street,
B. Brockway, George Doniey, Ed Donley.
Ned Lake and Mike Maloney. roomers in a
lodging-house on Eighth street, between