New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-13
POINTS ON THE CENSUS.
1RooKLYN NOT LIKELY TO PRESS A RE
COUNT
MARE OF THE NETWORK CASE-FACTs AND
FIGURES CONCERNING THE FEDERAL
AND POLICE ENUMERATIoNs.


AID POLICE ENUMERATIONS.
Washington. Dec Il Spccial. Representative Felix
Campbell and his Democratic colleagues from BROOK
Ivn are not 50 sure they seemed to he last week
that Justice TO that city demands recount o; the popu
Istion and they today requested a stay Of proceed
,ngs nv the House Committee on the Census IhcV
want couple of weeks more to prepare ther case
for a hearing-providcd they decide to press lt-ahu
the House Committee on Census granted the contlnu
ance which the Brooklyn people requested. There Is
nrettv strong reason to believe that the matter VIII
he Quietly dropped for 1t is understood that careful
examination Of the police census OF Brooklyn indicates
that the enumeration made in June was correct. and
that nothing would probably be gained by recount
The result the June enumeration was highly salts
factory T. the Democratic municipal authorities as
yell A. 10 the people of Brooklyn in general, until
she clamor Of Tammany for remuneration OF New
Work became 50 loud and its demand 50 emphatic
IN 1850 the average number Of inhabitants 70 a
,use in Brooklyn was nearly ten, and there is no
oson whatever TO believe that the average has
diminished on the contrary, IT probably has increased
sonevhat The recent police accommodation IS said 10
show that about 1000 houses in Brooklyn which were
yacaut in june when the Federal enumeration was
made were occupied in November. when the municipal
census was taken. This alone would satisfactorily
,cconpt for difference Of more than $4,000 between
+hs United states enumeration of June l and the
recent police enumeration.
The probability that Congress will acccde 10 Tam
,ranv,s demand for recount OF the population Of New
York CITY. on the statements and testimony thus far
nrssented docs not increase. The testimony TO
The little second Ward. which covers everything thus
lar submitted in support of the demand for recount
OF the entire city, proves Ia be more weak. incon
elusive and unsatisfactory the more closely IL is
scrutinzed. This testimony consists wholly Of AFT
davits, many Of which owing To carclcssncss some
thing worse are worth the paper upon which they
are written. these afdavits four different blank
forms were used The first for individuals who
testified as TO their residence June
J. the second tcstifying as To the residence
J., ahiant aud other persons. the third alleging
that afant called at certain houses and asked about
certain persons. and informed by some other per
son that said persons lived there June the fourth
certtHcs TO residence Of the person named thcrn
on September -. 1890, and that like number of per
sons lived there on June /, l-9O
To ascertain 10 just what extent the afrdavrs
really cover persons for whom no schedules we've
returned il june ty the Federal enumeritOrS the
following table has been prepared which shows The
number Of persons reported 10y the police as living
at certain street numbers. for which returns
made by The Federal enumerdors. and indicates in
each case the number II persons covered by the
affdavils for such premises