The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-12-19
INDIANA DEFRAUDED.
There should bo N Entire New
Census.

Indianapolis seotinsl.
The Sentinel By the application or sev.
lerel statistical teats..hss demonstrated
that more than l36. 900 people have been
lomitted from the census relurns Of Indi.
ana, and that the population bas actually
increased ~ per cent. instead OF 10 Der
cent % repofted by 6upt. Porter. But
tho uJournaI, whose sxissence deponda
lupoa the prosperity OF The osate, true %
tis character Of bssottod paFtisan organ.
ldeteDds this imported superipteod
aud Affects to believe that the censua.
which classes Indiana with the deca : im9
lsfates Of Maine. New Hampshire. Ver.
mont and Virginis and the mining csmp
Iof Nevada 70 accurate. This 10 . ssigma
that will require ten years to remove q 8.
lees II 10 remedied now.
Between 1870 and 1850 the population
|of Indiana increased IL II per cent. The
emigration from Indiana 10 Kansss ana
other parts OF the West Wss greater dur.
Ing that period than during the Isst de-
cads. Since the csnsus Of 1850 We
taken, large areas, then uupopulsted.
have been reclaimed and placed under
cultivation. The increase or population
- the sturai gas belt, upon which the
journal relied to carry che laot election.
belongs 10 the last decade. More rail.
roads were built in indiana between l00O
aud 1850 than during the preceding ten
years. Yet with oil this great deveIopo-
meat Indiana 10 placed the sixth - or6er
Of seven decsyiug stassa Ohio. Ken.
tucky, IIii0ois sod Michigan I'll chow \
large percentage Of increase. No eeeee
except Indiana and Nevada, wet Of Ver-
mont. will appear = having sbe ~dry
rot" 10 tho census report. IndIanaS
congressmen should vote agsinst auoro.
Priating money TO publish ouch reports.
The state preee should take % thu
matter, aud advertise The fact "a -
world that the state 10 mot retroRsdinr.
No ono need rely upon mere aseerlions'
Ihe increase fr0m 1870 to 1850 b. the
census enumeration was It'll Der cent.
The vote cast for prssideul in 1858 showa
an increase Of - per cent. over The vota
Of 1850. The enumeration made bv the
township trustees last spring also ohovs
that the male population above tVentv.
one years Of age bas increased over II
per cent. since 1850. The enumsrasion
OF school children shows . like result.
ana y the enumerstors appointed upon
me Recommendation Of local republican
bosses had not devoted % much time %
making republican poll books, The Gen.
sus o. 1870 would show IN increase OF &c
least II per cent. in the total population,
The state would gain : congressmsn.
and i would not have 10 fslI below Tex.
. ana Massachusetts, IN the roll or staloe.
and % classed with the abandoned fhrm
stetss Of Vermont and New Hanpshire.
Supt. Porter has pointed out. - one
OF bic bulletins, that the cities Of Indi.
ana have increased on IN average from
- % - per cent. But The total popula.
tion Of the state has only increased 10
per cent. according 70 the came author.
~. II the census Il correct, o the
Journal says u 10. then that champion OF
state PRIDE goes farther than The Wild
est FREQ trader In claiming that the man
industries have been built as
the expense Of the agricultural class,
under the economic sysiem sdvocated
by the republic party.