The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-29
TEE oDIors INQUIsrT1oM.
Further Protests Against the Outrageous
Questions Proposed,

| From the Boston Globe
| Under this odious Republican inquiStion q WON an
Will be asked some decidedly mpudent questions as TO
her physical history for example whether she has
been divorced has ever given birth to child whether
she has chronic disease, has any phys
| icAl doformity that she is trying to conceal
The male head OF tho house will be asked such ques.
lions whether he has ever Jail, s defective
In his senses or mental faculties: whether the house
which he lives belongs him, and II so, TO what extent
| 1t 10 mortgaEed.
1t would be hard find any country this side Russia
In which the citizen subjected TO such nqustion
a. this The amount OF eQuvOcaton II not Of positive
fasehood that will doubt ess result only boknown
on the books Of that celestial taker popularity
ferred to as the recording angel There is not the
slightest possibility that such questions will be generally
answered with candor and and reports based
upon the evasve and replies that will be made
In probably tho majority OF cases will OF have
no real statistical weight value whatever
We agree with Tux SUs in regarding these eItraordi
nary census questions outrageous invasion OF
personal and private business Of tho citizen Congress
should come to the relief OF the people promptly by
ordering these intoleraby nQustve interrogatOns to
DO dropped.
From the Herdrk Journal
II the national OF 1890 proves . failure It will
DO attributable to the mistaken zeal OF tho census
makers in charging the scope Of the take in
statistics that enter into the privacy OF families and
feet their most intimate aud sacred relations Nearly
the entire press of the country 10 in revolt against
list Of questions prepared by the Census Bureau TO be
submitted by tho Some Of these questions
are farcca, others mpudent and tnaulting, and
few of them will receive honest answers nor do they
deserve them.
From the Hartford TImsG
The One Of 500 refusing answer these partcu.
lar questions, which superintendent Porter had no
business TO incorporate into the list of Ills Inquiries.
not likely to be enforced Tho roceeding like tho
offensive questions themselves would be violently op
posed TO tho and OF Justice OF
American people; and laws that opposed to public
opinion don't stand very long in this country.
From the Rochester Unfon.
The proposed "nQuisition" Is matter that should
be treated upon higher plane than that OF party poll
tics Whether 1t is OF Democratic origin and proceeds
from the Census act passed by Democratic House OF
Representatives or comes from Republican sources Is
Of no consequence Tho people ought not to DO sub
!ected 10 it
From the PtttSburph Dispatch.
strong feeling exsts in well.nformed circles that
these questions wholly unwarranted. and from tho
general tone and character Of the remarks and opinions
given by leading PSburRhers there hrsclass pros
pect for some highly interesting and important comp
cations to Crystalline on Monday week.
From the Ansontn S>nfineL
Upon no subject 10 the average American more seng
tive than his personal rights ANY attempt to infringe
on them Ii to DO met with opposition and he will
indulge In the right which every American has kick
Ing. Our esteemed contemporary TUE sUS calls
ton to proposed violation of tho rights OF the people
which II declares with truth is unconstitutional tits
the utterly senSsless and useless questions which It
proposed TO ask the people Of the United States In tho
coming census
Prom the Mem Fork Hrrdld n Nay %
Tho attempt 10 force, under threat Of hne and i'm.
the free and independent citizens Of this
metropolis into publishing world At large through
ne census returns . catalogue Of their physical all
nentS and schedule Of financial liabilities Ia not to be
red on BY the census takers