The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-10-14
AGREAT CONSPIRACY
To Continue the Republican
Party in Power.
FIXING THE CENSUS RETURNS.
The Evidence is Overwhelming Secret Office
on D Street-ScaIing Down Democratic
States-A Work of Infamy.

Especial to THE HERALD-EXaminer DiSpatch.l
New YORK, Oct PA World special
from Washington says: Astounded as the
people OF New York must be at the revela-
tions of the police remuneration in that
city, the people of the republic at large
must be prepared for greater surprise.
If they will look over the country, honest
men of all parties will discover that there
Is method in the errors that have been
proven to exist in the census reports. The
investigation set on foot by the World more
than month ago confirms the most start
ling suspicious A web OF entangling evil
dence that has already eDmeshed a Con-
gresham from Brooklyn, brace of politi-
cal managers in that city and half dozen
clerks in the various departments of the
census office, leading to very much higher
game, is in the Worlds possession. But it
is deemed wise and proper to put the people
of the country on their guard without fur
ther delay that an official investigation may
be prosecuted at once. The evidence so far
adduced appears to show:
THAT there is a deliberate purpose on
the part of the leaders OF the dominant
party to retain the congressional majority
now in its grasp.
2-That to serve this end a gang of I'M
scrupulous men, with or without the sane
tion of the leaders of their party, have con-
Spired together to defraud many of the
states of this union out of their legitimate
congressions, representation.
3-That secret offices were fitted up in
Washington at No POS d street, N W.,
where gang of trusted clerks were de-
tailed to alter the true census returns by
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same, that the growth of Democratic
states should not be honestly reported.
THAT an order was given by an official
in the census Office, with or without the
connivance of men high in authority in the
government, to scale down the population
of New York city 1873, 900.
| 5-That an order was given by an official
in the census Office, with or without the
knowledge and approval of high authorities
in this government, to reduce the true CEN
sus of New York state 800, 600 souls.
| 6-That the state of New Hampshire,
which has lost population, was to be scaled
up so that its present quota of congressional
representation should not be changed.
| THAT Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Maine
and Minnesota were to be livery literally
counted, - and that the blunders at Min
nsapolis and ST. Paul arose from stupid
misinterpretation of instructions.
That the southern states were to be
| dumped upon" states that have shown
the greatest growth were to suffer to the
extent of IA to Is per cent.
9-That this infamous job has, to large
extent, been carried out, and that when
the researches of the World frightened the
conspirators they moved their secret Office
from No. 206 d street, Washington, to
Cathedral street, Baltimore, near the mon
ument, where for the past six weeks the
dastardly work has been in progress.
| 10-That enough evidence exists to dis
credit the whole census Independent of the
exposure in New York city. The World
has in its possession the names of those
who have been active il this work and of
nearly al the clerks who were detailed to
engage in the monstrous undertaking.
Early in June last it was apparently de-
cided to undertake this dangerous, and up
to the this time new, step in practical
politics. A certain Mr.. Morton organized
the work. The second story of three
fioored house on d street, No. 206, was
rented at $40 per month, and carloads OF
material from the census Office were re-
moved thereto. Twelve clerks who could
be relied upon to hold their tongues, were
engaged in July and put to work. The
duties of these men were continuous; they
toiled day and night. The tally cards OF
certain states were brought to the d street
then returned to the census Office
The landlady of the house, Mrs. Duling
a matronly and comely woman of thirty
five, grew curious to know what work was
being prosecuted in her apartments. She
asked Stephen w. Norton, an appointee in
the census Office from Winfield, Kans.
what he knew about the matter but gained
no information. She likewise importuneo
Census Clerks Sarvis Church, Wilson anG
Octavius, who were employed on the work
for information. She did not get any,
Shortly after this incident great mass
of census material was burned in the second
story of the ID street house. A man giving
the name of Nelson then appeared upon the
scene. His authority with the clerks wa.
respected by all. He was chiefly instru
mental in the final removal of the office tt
Baltimore, he taking up his abode at tn,
Carrollton hotel. His name is probably al
assumed one.