The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-11-13
Washington News.
From Our Correspondent.
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Washington News.
From Our Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, November 8, 1890.
Secretary Noble has shown that he
is, as far as the late Zachariah Chan
dler, who will probably be kaown in
history as the man who made a Presi'
dent by sending the celebrated tele'
gram reading "Hayes is elected by
one msjority." To-day was the day
announced by the Superintendent o.
the census for issuing the official bull
letin Of the population of the United
States, but when Secretary Noble
learned by telegraph tnat Gov. Hill, oI
New York, had written him a strong
letter demanding a recount OF New
York CITY on tae ground of serious
errors in the June enumeration, and
that Mayor Grant had sent hi II
second letter asking the anne thing
by special messenger, who WAS also
to bring absolute proofs Of errors made
in the original enumeration, be order
ed Superintendent Porter to issue the
bulletin at once, in order that he
might have, as AN excuse for refusing
the recount asked for, the fact
that the official population had al
rsady been given out. A more de-
liberate piece OF chicanery was never
perpetrated by the most unscrupulous
politician. Saturday Gov. Hills let
ter was received by mail at the Inte-
rior department, and Mayor Grants
messenger delivered his letter to Sec.
retary Noble, but the aforesaid bulle.
tin was issued Friday.
A careful study of this bulletin,
which gives the total population at
62,4S0,540, at least 100000 lees than
it ought to be, will convince any un-
prejudiced man that the charges long
ago made against this administration
Of manipulating the census returns for
the purpose Of perpetuating the power
OF the Republican party, were well
founder. That the enumeration OF the
Democratic States, particularly those
OF the South, is far below their actual
population, cannot be doubted by any
one at all familiar with their increase
in population. For instance, Alabama,
the industrial development OF which
has be n phenomenal during the last
ten years, is only credited with an in
crease Of 2S5,468 in population; Ten
nessee, where the industrial progress
has been quite as great, is only given
q gain OF 2a1 1884, an West Virginia
is only allowed q gain of 14l,991.
These will do for specimens Of the
manner in which th gigantic fraud
upon the intelligence OF the people
has been carried out. The falseness of
this bulletin is carried upon its face,
when it gives the percentage of IN
crease during the last ten years as
"a 81 against zoos during the ten
years between 1870 and 1880. Super
intendent Porter has guilty con.
science, which he shows by attempt
ing to explain this falling back in the
percentage of increase by charging it
TO errors in taking the census OF 1880
in the Southern States. Mr.. Porter
knows, as does every other intelligent
person, that the percentage Qf increase
in the population of the United States
was greater during the past ten years
than il was between 1870 and 1880
md that knowledge on the part OF the
people will bring discredit on the en-
tire work of the eleventh census.
What makes the action OF Secretary
Noble all the more despicable is the
fact that in order to get the semolance
OF an excuse for refusing New York
, city the recount to which it is so clear
" entitled, he had this bulletin issued
before the returns, cooked up as they
are, were complete, and Super!ntend
ent Porter was compelled to state il
the bulletin that 1t was subject tt
change from later returns. There wal
no reason in the world, except the on'
aboye mentioned, for issuing this bul
letin before the complete returns wer'
all in the census Office, and it is Ger
tain that il New York city had no
asked for y recount it would not hav'
been issued before December.
The Governor of Idaho, who is
Republican, expresses his opinion O
the census In his annual report L
Secretary Noble in strong language
He says: Il have information tina
leads to the belief that thousands c
our people were not enumerated
Many OF our mines were not visite
by the enumerators. Several larg
districts occupied by men engaged j
prospecting for and developing mine
, were overlooked or neglected.
l am confident that the population {
Idaho, II correctly enumerated. woul
be as large as estimated in my repol
for 18S9-11S,777." The census bu
! letin only gives Idaho S4,2s9.
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