St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-01
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Mr.. Smith-This district, now. III. is
one which told Mr.. Porter I suspected
myself, and made complete report
on it.
The Secretary-You will have an op-
portunity to make your explanation.
The object at present is that you gen.
tlemen shall become acquainted with
what the superintendent of census sub
m1tted to me, and the understanding is
that your report and explanation shall
come in afterwards.
Supt. Porter-Mr. Secretary, DIS ire
to call your attention to the table ac-
companying the report of District No.
III already read. You will notice that
the numbers on East Seventh street,
from 5 to 13, return inhabited by eleven
| families, each containing ten persons
exactly. Out OF the twenty-eight fam
lilies seventeen have exactly ten persons
III family, no more and no less, and
this is exactly the number on the regu-
lar population schedule.
The Secretary-What is the average
number OF persons in family accord
Ing to the census generally.
Size of an Average Family.
Mr.. Porter-Aboutf four and fraction,
l might add that an examination of the
thirty districts shows that these fam
lilies of ten are most conspicuously COM
mon in every part of the distric
Another suspicious circums tance is the
taking of names at the places of busi-
ness; take for example,aS the honorable
secretary well knows all about himself
the Pioneer Press building, where nine
ty-one persons were enumerated as
lodgers. We have looked up the resi-
dences OF all these people, and we find
that they not only lived In different
parts of the city, but have been enumer-
ated at their homes.
Senator Davis May not the state
ment apply in the other newspaper
buildings which have been found in the
same way.
Supt Porter-Yes, ! was coming to
that. Here is a case. A schedule from
the st. Paul GLOBE building, in which
Mr.. John E. Ward, is represented as the
head of the family, and nine persons
who call themselves journalists are re-
ported as servants. That is to saw. the
staff OFT the paper are put in as servants.
VI course, In one sense, they are serv-
ants, but not in the sense, of the census.
Senator Davis-Have you checked up
those alleged lodgers in the Dispatch
office.
Supt Porter-I have not had time to
check them all up.
Senator Davis-Have you done so in
the case OF any OF the newspaper build
ings?
Supt. Porter-Yes, sir, in the case of
| the Pioneer Press building. 1t is very
slow and tedious job.
Capt. Castle-Do we understand you
to say that the supervisor was expected
to examine each schedule?
Duties of Supervisors.
Supt. Porter-No, sir; but he is ex-
pected to make a general supervision.
In other words, if were supervisor
would look over the schedule of such
ah Important building as that of
Mr.. DriscOlPS. Then If / found such a
| state OF affairs as was shown by the
schedule, should Immediately make a
general examination Of the schedules.
Moreover, the law says that a mans
home is where he sleeps, and the emu
merator is instructed positively on that
point. and any enumerator who takes a
man at his place of business, when he
knows he does not sleep there, violates
| his oath.
Mr.. McMHlan-But If he gives his
| name to the enumeratOr at the place.
we should show it.
Supt. Porter--Yes. and then turn it
over to the enumerator of the district in
which the man lives
The matter was informally discussed
for short time. when the conference
adjourned until tomorrow. In order
that member of the delegation might
nave an opportunity to examine the
schedules upon which the action of the
department. was based, Delegate
Thomas Cochran Jr. was appointed tenn
porarily special agent of the census
bureau. Mr.. Cochran, in company with
Mr.. Smith, the supervisor, at once be-
gan an examination. When the sched-
ules in one of the districts in which out
of twenty-siX families eighteen were
enumerated as having ten members
each, were reached, Mr.. Cochran said
that they certainly looked like bad lot.
He then turned his attention to other
districts. 1t is expected that the exam
lnation will be concluded by next Mon
day. In the meantime the order for a
recount will not be carried into effect.