St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-27
SAT DOWN UPON BY PORTER.
No More Daily Censns Returns to
Be Published by Wardle.

No More Daily Censns Returns to
Be Published by Wardle.
There will be no morevd daily returns
published of the census taking in st.
Paul. The reason for this Is explained
in the following telegram:
OAKLANr, md. Aug. 26.-James Fl. War
die, Special Agent Eleventh Census, st. Paul:
Upon the whole, perhaps it is better to with
hold returns and announce the population of
st. Paul and Minneapolis on The same day.
ROBERT Z. PORTER.
The attempt made by Mr.. Wardle
Monday to secure the total count for the
day was the first ever made in the TAX
ing of the census in this country, or,
perhaps. any other. There is no doubt
that the daily count could have been
obtained until the full population of the
city had been enumerated, and the sue
cess of Monday experiment shows how
we'll the special agent had organ
lied the assistants provided him
by the census committee. The
general public know that the first days
count totaled 1882, and they will
certainly commend the decision Of Supt.
Porter in having the result of the final
returns withheld until Minneapolis and
st. Paul can be simultaneously an
nOunced. The greater secrecy has been
observed i'll the count at Minneapolis
why, no one knows. 1t is therefore
quite proper-at least the census com
mittee think so, and so does Supt Por-
ter-that the general public should pa
tiently wait until the recount in Min
neapOliS and st. Paul is completed.
Enumerat0rS are relieved from report
ing each evening at the federal building.
The count for the day, however, will
have to be furnished the special agent
by postal card daily as the enumer-
alton progresses. Everything was
accordingly pretty quiet Yesterday at
census headquarters. Mr.. Wardle and
his assistants were employed on routine
work. Two lady clerks had been added
to the staff, and for few days they
will be engaged in verifying the count
of schedules in those districts which
have been completed. The ten enumer-
Rt0rs who failed to report Monday
evening were hunted up, and a SatiSfac-
tory answer was obtained from nine
The tenth man resides at St. Anthony
wire. the difficulty with the China
men was also satisfactorily adjusted.
Hum Bang was obtained by Enumeration
Foote to act as interpreter. The Celes-
tial was commissioned by Mr.. Wardle,
and he quickly explained to his brother
Melicans what the census man wanted.
After Hum Bang had aired his learning
no more trouble was experienced by
Mr.. Foote in the Monaghan quarters.
SPECIAL Agent Wardle and assistants
we've at the federal building until late
hour last evening, to receive the postal
and returns Of the enumerators. and also
the portfolios and schedules of those
men who had finished their work. Mr..
Wardle said that those returns sent in
during the evening were fully up to the
average Of Mondays returns. Nineteen
enumerators turned in their schedules,
reporting that they had finished the
count Of their districts. Those enumer-
ators who presented themselves at the
federal building were reminded by Mr..
Wardle that he wished the recount to
close tonight, and they we're to make
every effort to do so. No cases of re-
fuSing information to the enumeratOrs
were reported to Mr.. Wardle. Ii is eX-
pected that the returns of the recount
will be given out by Friday.