The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-10-23
Is 1T A FRAUD?
EVIDENCE THAT THE CENSUS RE-
TURNS HAVE BEEN FALSIFIeD.


"" I'd iS"b New York of Congressional
NepreScntation-Tho Negro Population
iRh"rcd in the Southern States--"Down
"hh Them All Sixteon Per Cent"
"ASliINGToN, ID. g.. Oct. 13.-As-
'o"hded as the people of New York
must DC NJ the revelations of the polIce
RECOMMENDATION in that city, the people
OF the republic at large must be nrcn,red
Tor q Tar greater shock.
Ii they will look over the country, the
honest men Of all parties will discover
that there is method in the errors that
nave been proven to exist in the cepsps
reports.
investigations set on foot by the
world more than month ago confirm
the most startling suspicious.
The web of cntangling evidence has
alrcady cnmcshed a Congressman from
brooklyn, brace of political managers
III That city and half a dozen clerks In
various departments of the census Of.
flee,
Clues leading to very much bioher
game are in the Worlds posscss,or 1n,t
1t Is deemed wise and nroncr 10 ,>,,t .,' pu'
people Of the country on tho;r 'e1 o,1
without further delay, that m o,i"ioi
inEcStSatIonmay be prosecuted ot onno
nc evidence so far adduccd onneors
- show 'ppea's
frSt--Ihat there is deliberate MIR.
pose on Tie part OF the leaders of the
oohl,nahC party to retain the CONGRESS-
lonal majority now i'll its grasp.
Hccond-That to serve this end q oono
nl ullScrupuious men, without the sane,
uoh OF The leaders Of their party. have
cohniVcd ana conspircd together to de-
ira'd many of the States of this ITn,on
out OF ,hcir legitimate Congressional rcn-
rcscntat:on.
Ihird-Ihat Il secret Office was fitted
up III washington at No. 2OG u street
~. W. where gang of trusted clerks
were detailed to alter the true census
ie'nrhs-hy scaling down the totals or
increasing the same--that the growth OF
l'c"iocralc States shouldnOt be honestly
reported.
fourth-Fhat All order was given by
N'i oHlcl;'l III tho census Office (wlth or
i' ".I,'out inc connl'ancc of men high in
'SuIiio'itJ III The govcrnmcut) TO scale
doWn the population Of New Vor,, city
one hundred and thirlv-threc thousanG,
fHtl-Ihat an order was uiven an
official in the census office (,vi,l ~ ,r;ti' T,l
out the knowledge and apnrovol or high
authorities id this govcrnmcnt) to rcduco
} Inc INC NV, true census Of New York Static thrcc
hundred thousand souls! ''''''' LII ''''
SlXth-That the State of New lIamp-
shlrc, which has lost population, was TO
DC scaled up so that its present quota
OF congressional representation should
not be changed.
Sevcnth-Ihat Illinois, Iowa, Wis.,
| cohsln, Maine and Minnesota were to
DC VERY literally countcd;" and that
t,'e plumbers at Minneapolis and st.
laul arose from STUPID misintcrprcta-
tIon OF instructions.
Elghth-That the Southern State were
20 DC Jumped upon." States that have
shown greatest growth were TO sulicr ia
the extent of IA to lG per cent.
Nlnth-That this infamous lob has
TO large extent, been carried out: and
!hal when the researches of the World
frightened tho cOnspiratOrs they moved
tnc secret oillccsirom No. 206 ID street,
washington, to Cathedral street, Balti-
m near tho Monument, where for tho
past SIX weeks the dastardly work has
been i'll progress.
Icnth--IhaL enough evidence exists
10 diScrcdt the whole census, indcDcn-
dent ol tho exposures III New York
city.
lhc World has in its possession the
| names Of the men who have been active
| ~ tins work, and OF nearly all Tic clerks
who were detailed TO cnwerc in the mon-
strous undertaking..
TIE STORY OF TIE FRAUD.
| Fairly in June last it was apparently
decided 10 undertake this dangerous
and. up to this time, new step i'm '.prac.
teal politics" a certain Mr.. Morgan
| organized the work. The second story
OF thrcc-iloorcd house on D street (No.
2OG) was rented ut $50 per month, and
carlloads OF material from the census
ollcc were removed thereto. Twelve
clerks who could be relied upon to hold
'hcIr tongues were engaged in July and
| put To work.
HOUSE OF TIE CONSPIRACY.
The duties Of these men were continu-
| Gus, they toilcd day and night, The
tally cards Of certain States were
brought to the ID street house at NIGHT.
retained few days and then returned
| TO the census Office.
The landlady Of the house, Mrs. Dull
ing, mntronly and comcly woman OF
| thlrty-ive, grew curious to know what
work was being prosecuted in her apart
mcnts. She asked StcphcH w. Norton
an appolntcc III the census Office from
Winfield. kan., what he knew about the
matter, but gained no information. She
likewise lmportuncd Census Clerks
SarVls, Church, Wilson and Octavus,
who were employed on the work. for in
formation. She did not Get any.
Shortly after this incident great
mass of consus material was burned in
! the second story front room of the d
sheet house.
A man giving the name of Nelson then
lappearedupon the scene. His authority
with the clerks was respected by all. He