New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-04


NO POLITICS IN TIE woRx-So REASON FOX
nycorNr-wHY THE 1ScREAsE IN Popr'
LArJoN Is APPARENTLY SMALL.
Washington. sept SpeclaD.The census OF 'no
civ OF New York has been thoroughly TAKEN ro'
ties as the Board OF Aldermen seem 10 assu"'' "'
o,h,,c whatcvcr 10 do with t. II was taken undcr
m. snpcrvi,ion OF Supervisor Charles II. Murray +"
Hcpub,!car. assisted from beginning IN emu ny JAIN
n War,lc Assistant Chief Clerk OF tho census '"'c'
!. man Of the widest experience In census business
and Democrat. They performed their "o'" "'I'
rIly and accurately. within short time me census
Of tho city will DC published by blocks ana II a"'
error can DO found in It no one VIII De NOR a'A"
~ hav, II corr>rtcd than the superintendent OF t'
cep,u lie is as much interested In the population
Of New York AS any member OF the hoaTN' OF AIN 'e'
and certainly desire, 70 have tho population OF tho
,.tropoll, Of the country and IT'S wealth AID III
eucnae extended as rapidly a, possible
Tho resolution OF the Board OF Aldermen maAc'
certain statements which are not true II says LOT
example that recount has been ordered ~ i'oa's'
y, nnpllcat.on for recount has ever been maze ir
that city. There are three districts In Albany III
which II Is alleged thar the CELSIUS has hot been WEI"
taken In consequence o: the in'ompcuAey vi ''i'
cuui!ciaors. In these three districts assrcF'".
POPULATION OF not more than 3.ooo, rceoun' 'a'
ncc,t ordered In Two Of the four cities OF tho
t-ult,d Stale, IN which recount has been oruereu'
:, PAM and Minnra polls, IL ordered because tho
c.usu, Office believed that the population h'd been
poadcd In both cities. This belief has since thei
,,r,v,d to ~, tr," The city OF Helena, Mont,
ia casc In which the Census Office W., satisfied tnas
IN. WORK had been badly done. The same was the Case
in Portland ore Out OF the sixty four appllcat'ons-an
extremely small percentage when tn" fact Is borne
in mind that there were l5O,OOO minor civil DIVISIONS
f., this rounry-thcse the only FOUR instances III
which an catrp recount has been made
In other cities the rscounts Of partial districts nave
convinced those making complaints that there ~e
no rra, on for tie complaints and In some cases ~ie'o
rrcounts have been made. as In the case OF Kansas
Cl,v tho results have shown dimnution instead OF
iucra.c In Nashville Tciln-. where the municipal
authorities them rcounted tho city. they found
a difference OF OILY 1853 in the two connt~; but the
Ccns,,, once has since then discovered IN tabu'alnH
the Official returns Of Nashville, that tho population
:, 1000 ia excess Of that taken by the municipal
autHor,t,r and the Con ,u, Oce Is satisfied that this
r--uit /, correct. such meth,d as comparison Of
ro,uts OF the enumeration with the votes cast 4,
utterly worhIc~> as taS. Tor estnathR populsuou
and " crii>c tho cenns by the aid OF such figures Is
ab>lrr-
There !, no reason whatever for oIicrtns recount
In S.w YORK On the contrary. all thr collateral
evidence 10 curr,borac the pc"rtcy Of t!c
enumeration. The Official returns from IN" state oI
New jersey. when published. will probably i've an
explanation Of the tWt that the population of New
York DID not ncrraS' during the last decade Is RAPIDLY
a, some anticipated II would. AS the bushes, OK tho
day has cncroAch"d upon the residence quarters tho
residents have found homes In What might almost bo
call"d suburban towns. adjscrnt to New York In New
Jersey From the return, aliesdy tabulated In the
Cc,. ONCE. there is every reason to believe that The
result. the New Jersey VIII In large measure
,xplan tho apparently small increase in New York
tity. An Increase Of ncsry AZ per cent In Brooklyn
on business in New York have sought homes in Brook
ND,