The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-06-26

,h., no ons would ever detect the noneSstence
psrnons from those fictitious hssa leonthue1 on VIZ
n,t upt had nllsd IN about 200 OF the blanks OF
a.. torm of KS This l did as directed ana when
returned the lists with the exception OF one
Sstansd By me- together with the blanks hhea 'u' :"
me form Of Re D. to sAid sTEVrNS
-on the evening Of June SAID bfr'hpb toia e w.
n. had some special work for 70 do; that tnsre W."
..,,.in dis,1 ct which was mostly scandinavia IN
which tbers was one block that last May cAnNasseu %
p.r,onn ana the jAntor had taken the census anu =.
tuTnsd only $40 nameA leaving over 4oo persons W "
accounted for, and said that ho wanted me 70 MARI
the shortage and In making the changer az nereinHI
stated TO initiate closely as possible the WIRING "
IN. I,ss In order to make up this deficiency on 'ne
,no,ning following said srpvENs handed me large
number OF is's Of the form OF the paper hereto
marked Exhibit lin which the questions were hne"o'eu
and nam. or names given, the same purportnE 10 o.
mad. bv thu Ianior OF said block. and directed
m. nv alterations raising increasing the numoeI
OF children or adding wife and children IN case. "
single men aud where Alr'ady married ana WIN
family adding boArderL performed this WORK, Aau
ing $50 names TO said lists by the ABOVE ProoesN N
Ins m. work on Junes when finished returned tnem
10 Mr. RrwvESS who expressed satisfaction ana sA'u'
4 will see that tho enumorator Eets them
The ingenious Mr. STEVENS wanted large
lots of assorted natlonallties, and was oe-
termined not to be short OF Swedes'
"on June . said srEvRSs gave me nnmtsr Of ii'm
NJ III. form of tx and sail that he wisheu mo 10 III
Nh tho.. sts furnishing him thiry families OF from
three 10 lye members each aud OF various
with these list, he wave six sets OF Cards represent
ing IA many nationaluos. Thee carus were ao"u.
erh cen by twenty.four inches IN sire anu coh'aneu
IN, surnames and Christian names nppheaole 10 eA.
nationality named upon each separate e@tu s"u W..
m 10 us the names and nation aeS fro m THESE oatu'
IN ing I'm tho thirty or families that he re-
ouir.d fnx in the balance Of tho Information oa'leu
for by said Ex 5, excepting tho address as 81" "''
In this way ! manufactured thirty'tWo faniies 'eh
swedish composed Of thIrtyfour pe'sonsi SIX hunkA
rim famiIios comprising twentythree pertohs' h'e
Austrian families comprising twentyone person'i
three Russian families comprising twelve persons;
I'VE Polish families comprising twenty persohS anu
three Danish families comprising twelve persen"
making total OF lo2 persons
ION tho morning Of the 18th of June said STEVENS
dictated to me addresses for the thirty.two families
last above described, which added to the nStS and
after doing so handed said list TO said STEVENS soon
after commencing the manufacture OF those last 10
scribcd families said DtcKrJ came TO the room whete
was working, and said he wanted some s"sue nAnO.
badly; every swedo they had had been used and
he would havo to switch me on to that work. In ao
cordance with this request furnished DicERr Win
about a thousand namoA copied from lists WIN "hioh
had been previously furnished
ION the afternoon Of juno 10 sTrvEEs furnished me
with q large number OF lists in the form OF Exhibit .,
containing two three AVE- and SIX names eAoh TO-
Rether with large card Of swedish names above 70
ferred to and furnishing me with aruboer eraser In
structed TO replace the names on SAID lists win
names taken from the and by that means alter
tho whole character Of the lSA This did, and kept
At that work until the 18th Of June"
Coming back from dinner on Juno II,
MASON found that all the furniture and con-
tents OF Room 4s except pile OF lists had
been taken away In consequence OF the re-
ceipt OF a telegram saying that Govern
ment inspector was expected to arrive In
Minneapolis that afternoon. From the
secret rooms to the Vanderburgh block were
moved seven largo gunny sacks full OF
schedules. The various copyists OF fictitious
names and informations pretended to be
enumerators, and many OF them wore the
enumerator's badge
Thus far Detective MASON. who has either
struck rich find or Is an ornate and
broad-gauge liar. 1t was upon the strength
OF this information, supplied by him, that
seven Minneapolis enumerators were ar
rested at the revolver's mouth the other
night and tho War Of the Padded Census
began. 1t was upon the strength OF MA
SONS affidavit that seventy solid men OF st.
Paul met at the Mayors reception room
last Saturday afternoon and signed petit
ton asking the Hon. EUGENE HAY, United
States District Attorney for the district OF
Minnesota, to order the arrest Of certain
Minneapolitans on the charge OF conspiracy
to defraud and falsify the census. Arm In
arm the solid seventy marched to HAYS
Office and preferred their petition. Mr.. HAY
is Minneapolis man. He said Mol
But" cries the Pioneer Prees. "H any one
- xxyIl ha Dna n
% In this business they reckon without the
host of st. Paul men who are now as solid
for prosecution and punishment as the rocks
which hold up the Eddystone lighthouse
1T may not be amlss to state that since
hope OF Justice at the hands OF Mr.. HAY, Il
any one ever entertained such truly for
lorn' hope, has fled, the executive commit
tee of the citizens OF st. Paul. representing
this municipality. and supported by the
whole State outside Of Minneapolis. will see
to 1t that the facts, the cold, BARE desolat'
ing, damning, doubt-destroylng facts, are
| presented to the Census Bureau presided
over by Superintendent PORTER and to the
Department Of Justice OF which Attorney
| General MILLER ID the headr'
The wicked Minneapolitans don't caro- fol
law In HARRISON & MILLERs office. Hi
fellow citizens In Minneapolis talk Of the re
lationshIp Of Mr.. DAvENPoRT's wife to Presi
dent HARRISON, of EUGENE HAYS former in
timacy with the President and Attorney
| General MILLER. OF the interest taken in 4
big count for Minneapolis by Secretary
WINDOW. Senator WAsHBURN. Congressman
SNYDER, LIND, and CoMsTooK, and Senate
| Clerk CHARLEY JOHNSON. They claim tina
| their walls OF influence do 80 solidly hedg'
about the Census Bureau that the very star
In their courses seem to have fought Il
make census fraud more possible in Mime
apolis than In any other city of the Union.
The Minneapolis people are also talking
about other subjects. They have held BIZ
public meetings, where the inqulsitv
Pauopolitans have been furiously assaied
and business and even q social, boycott
against St. Paul has been proclaimed
Minneapolis men have resigned from 81
Paul clubs. Just at present Minneapolis l
so angry at what the Tribune of that tow
calls the meannoss and malignancy OF tn
Pigs Eye people" and their "bolstering u
skulduggery," that she will neither trade
eat, nor drink with tother erring Twin
| Tho lEnnpnnOIia IDutnprci1I R,,LIpfin DrC