The sun., 1890-05-30
THE PEOPLE WON'T STAND IT.
Public Opinion on the Unconstitutional In.
quiSitIon that Is Proposed.

| From the Augusta ChrORtcie
THE Sun is making some telling protests
come OF under the name OF the eleventh cen.
| sus. The thing has outgrown all law and com
mon sense. The legitimate object OF the CEN
Sqs Is TO enumerate the population so as to re-
district the different States and to provide Tor
taxation. The amount Of what The Sun calls
Gates It's collection. delays printing, and clouds
tho whole conclusion. The collection Of the
fore preparations were on foot for starting
the eleventh.
Certainly the census takers this year will
nave lively time. The questions include such
out-oi-the;way matter that an enumerator will
be compelled to ask at each house whether
there are, any idiots or weak minded inmates.
whether the family has any physical aniction
y dWy IN snS the Tasfhsf
state or are divorced.
The penalty Of fines will hardly be sufficient
TO compel civil answers or to protect the gos-
house SccasionalIy The so.calIed vital sta e
can be Of nc. possible value to the country
THE Sun Is right in characterizng all this as
and every man and woman should understand
Just what the new usurpation is and what it
means. 1t means an unconstitutional inauisi-
tlon by the Federal government into matters
which are not the business of the Federal Gov
ernment or OF anybody but the individual con-
cerned DID ever free government under
take such work as this?"
From the DruOgSts Circular
The first two weeks in June will be devoted
to taking the census Of the population and
new questions have been added this time.
many OF which have been severely criticised
on account OF their inGuisitorial character.
ali tho chronic diseases and other I'll ree Complaints lain
with which St !, me @ public are AFFLICTED;
TO the present Administration. unless they
wish to put a general line OF patent msdicines
hed on the market hn or eSRect to turn an honest
medicine men There Is ' no doubt 4 that t'ehs the
latter would be a very brilliant scheme. and
that the wealthy patent medicine manufac-
paign subscriptions in order TO secure the
names and addresses OF every one In the coun-
try who Is afflicted With rhegmatism consump;
in this, and think 1t very peculiar that a re-
spectacle Government should 90 into such a
small ana disgraceful kind of business.
From the Dry Goods EcouomJt
Untaught by experience Commissioner Por-
covering the moral, physical. and business pe.
cuiaritieS of tho nation. The legitimate
enumeration is scarcely more than a pretence
tired on a complicated set OF inquiries Affect
ing the private interests Of the citizen.
- Indications are not wanting, however, that
about ready TO kick at this invasion OF his |
private rights. He is willing to stand up and |
be counted. in order that he may be drafted |
into the military service or pay his taxes he Is |
what HIS grandfather died of: but when it |
condition and Of his various maladies. mort.
gage and other misfortunes, he is disposed to |
draw the line.
We are willing TO believe that those official |
nevertheless, their result can but be unfor-
symptom II the citizens of this country sub |
mitted without protest to such system OF
espionage.