New-York tribune., 1890-06-01
ENUMERATORS f ARE READY.
THEY WILL BEGIN WORK ON THE CENSUS
TOMORROW.
HOW THE GREAT UNDERTAKING WILL BE
CARRIED OUT-THREE ANSWERS NEED
NOT BE GIvEN-RECKONING THE
CITY'S POPULATION.

| will be begun. Probably an hour before most men
have left their homes for the days aborS the enumer
ators will begin to ask the questions which the law
has instructed them to put. Each man who has taken
the oath faithfully perform the duties OF census
enumeratOr has had one extremely important fact
pressed into his mind. and that is that he must gee
through his work within the time allowed-two weeks
This will not be hard task as II may at first ap
pear to be. owing to the in which the city has
been divided into enumeration districts. But every
enumerator will have to take down the answers OF
about 1000 persons. To do this within the time al
lowed him will compel him to stick pretty closely TO
his work.
The law does not compel the census-takers to work
during any special hours. They start out in the
morning ard work until midnight If they so desire
Therefore there is little doubt that hundreds OF people
| who away from their homes in the daytime VIII
be called upon 10 the questions In the evening
The public greatly facilitate the work OF te emu
mcrtor, and az he same time be freed the burden
| il it is considered OF going through the crosseH
animation which they will otherwise be subjected
hy getting the answers to the questions ready The
questions have been published many times in nearly
every paper i'm this city, that there Is little excuse
for the reading man woman who Is unprepared
| with answers.
/ THE ATTACKS OF THE BUREAU.
II IS unfortunate that efforts to defeat the ends Of
the should have been made for political reasons
The attacks on the Census Bureau have come mainly
! from Democratic papers, which have sought to make
certain amount Of political capital by abusing IL.
! \ Democratic Congress passed the bill making pro
visions for this great work. and the success OF the
Democratic party meant the appointment To the once
of superintendent Of the Census of Democratic Con
/ gresham who is pretty we'll known I'm thiS Guy. ie'
IN. Heuutlc,n pes has NOT sought crtclse or ques
ton the work.
Much harm has been done through these criticisms
and The work OF gathering Information has been made
douLly arluous. For this, intelligent people VIII not
! be- responsible. ~ they have long since learned 10
estimate the attacks at their full value. But there
are many people who have read the startling head
/ lines I'm various Ncw-York papers advising people
not answer who Will not understand that TINS ad
vice refers only to the three questions about ones
| phy steal. social and financial condition. but now
imagine that thi, advice is intended to extend TO the
entire list. With these people it will he difcult 70
argue that they can all those three ques
lions without disclosing any household secrets.
The cty is yearly adding to it, population people
from other couutrie, who look upon any thing which
! to them hint, If Government supervision as en-
iirov wrong This class Of people. together with hun
drcd, more who will look upon the ccnsu'lkcr as an
nqui,iivc boor, VIII make the life Of scores OF enumer
ator, about a., miserable it IS possible to make it,
THE ORDER ABOUT THE THREE QUESTIONS.
The order which was issued on Tuesday by the
superintendent Of Census regarding The three PueS
tions about which so much has been said. does not
lv any means relieve the cnumerator from the re
spouehulty 81 asking them. This he must do, Is II no
such order had over bccn issued. The now rule
makes MI, task much lighter. however. and removes
the necessity Of causing the arrest Of the citizen who
should feel that he was justified in not replying to
,her1 Tho clti7cn too I'm place Of rcsortlng 10 some
II thc harsh and violent. and undlgnihcd methods
which h. ha- been advised resort to, when thcSn
Queries ar nut 20 HIM quietly refuse IN answer
n VIII Doe So recorded against his or her name and
the Department at Washington viii attend 10 these
cases later on.
Charlie, IT, Murray the supervisor for this district
has had an extremely hard task 10 get together corps
| Of men who woud do the work Of taking he censnS
satisfactorily and within the time allowed to them.
\for il became known who the supervisor here would
| be and that men were wanted. lie was HOODED
with applications and probably 5000 men, old ana
voung have applied for positions as enumertors 10
gcf the 800 which Is the average sum that each man
VIII maize ont Of thl, army Of applicants. it was
NOT an easy matter 10 select 900 men who would
answer the various requisites demanded In tho
rr., pl,cc the mon must he Intelligent; they must
be-, ,rl, 10 write n rapid hut lceble hand. and tho
last Int hy no means the least Of the CONSIDERATIONS
was that he, should have good appearance and ad-
dre,. Thorn are not many who possess all OF
tl.se qualities who ont OF work auch
attribute, generally keep all who desire 10 work In
steady and regular employment. but on the whole the
high standard of excellence set mp has been closely
adhered 10.
WHO THE TNUMERAT rs ARE
Til. i. olnut vacation time. and on the rst NJ
onumcraor- are clerks. bookecpor' and statesmen VINO
viii Use their leave Of absence 10 take tS H't'"u
/ of gaining experience and an acquaintance "l'n
peculiar side of fc and At the same time OF earning
500 There, arr, a score Of men who have seen better
rmc, and who have eagerly grSpcd the opportunity
/ f., carr, , suu Of money The press is represented
,. ,vou and six or seven reporters. who look Tor
/ Interesting experiences and odd happ'nln have
/ ,,rcp tlc oath II Office Much tact and diplomacy
had 70 be- u-rd m assigning these men 70 lhe ui'''o'
/ i'm which tlcv wpuld be able a. do III" pest work
| IN ti,i. Mr. Murray wae aided cratly by the ioSe-
,,ots ,,,ch each applicant had present when ne
,pn,od for A place. and the letter written by him
! act. .u,r,ii,iug them only few minutes taih WITH
each man could possibly be had
The men were allowed In many Instances - chooNc
tne district In which they preferred to work. ms
uo. allowed I'm So far a. II possible. excepting
! = - in c,scs where the district had
! .,t,,.l .lv becn provided for. Nearly every ono OF
,h cnupcr,tors applied for a district north OF FOUR
tecntb st. and west Of Broadway
FILLING VACANCIES.
In spt. Of the large number of men VINO wanted
,orl, ON Wednesday morning there were f"utteen as
trr,s for which provision had been msie' i'"V
,h. ,,,rc nllod on Thursday and 10 morrow mornhs
., III c, work begun In every district uh"N' sunni u
thc ,numcr,tors become III or die THIS VIII be
! ch hettcr record than WAS made in the Tenth
r,.,. ON TIE morning when the work began uoh
the superyi-or for this district had not ade provision
tr th taking OF the Census IN eleven "lSto's' anu WI
Inre - following rot "a single stroke of work had
Ie,, done in them. special provisions had 10 DO
made aferward for takir the census in these dstric'e
II vos to avoid the repetition of any suoh state "i
affairs mat Mr. Murray made his repeated appeals 10
suncrintcndent Porter for more men.
| The ennmcrators known only by NUMBERS Willis
n or. .t work and each man must report on
no t,1 card 70 the Census Office the result OF MS
n,, ION, DAYS work. BESIDES aiding the clerks III ue
rcn,us Orce in keeping abreast with the enumeration'
thc po.tal cards will as IA watch on the man
and viii show that he is at work II Ehumera'or
Vo -- fails 10 report by postal cara on the WORK
| 49, -, hin, the dov hcf,r,. a messenger will be sent
after hm post haste. II II IS found that the man
cannot continue his work Immediately. another man
viii ne sent to take his place This one of the greatest