The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-04

as July /, last, made an address before the
Hendricks club ct Indianapolis in which you
bitterly assaulted the census office and It's work,
and asserted without any knowledge whatever
the same evil purpose you now send TO me OH
cially. You then repeated newspaper
criticisms and spoke of the great army
OF iniquisitors sent prying into our houses
asking impairment questions, making false rec
sbe effect OF all this in raising popular distrust
aud dissemination to respond TO the enum r
ators. You did not succeed in these Efforts to
any considerable degree: but you are largely
responsible for any ioaccuraoies that may exist.
You set the example by denouncing the law of
congress. and thus suggested its viola
uon by your less acute political
necessarily motive which is easily discerned.
That motive points 10 an unjust end, which
certa nly shall not promote. II is but just that
there should be no delay in completing the
census, that the purposes for which it is in
tended may be accomplished.
You further asserted in the speech mentioned
that 1t (the Republican party will not repudiate
that even more plainly declared policy of break
ing the power Of the solid south in presidential
as well as congressional elections, by deliber-
ately ignoring the vast Increase of population
IN at section Of the country during the last
decade
The truth is that no complaint whatever has
been received from any southern state as a
state against the census; aud the only serious
claim of an erroneous diminution of population
and representation by state came from the
republican state of Oregon. Out of the 2,7S1
counties in all the states and territories. there
has been complaint whatever save
from Multnomah county, in Oregon. There
has not been a complaint from any southern
city that has not been promptly aud satisfac-
tor1iy adjusted without a recount. save at
Columbus, Ga, and there was found an in
crease of 1873 only.
You seem TO be against a census 10 be taken
even oy your own state, for you vetoed a bill
passed by its legislature in 1885, and which was
required by its constitution. Ii is reasonable to
suppose that the patronage you seem to think
SO influential In political affairs would not
nave fallen into your hands, or, judging you by
the standard you apply to others, your official
action would have been just the opposite of
what it was
AS have demonstrated, the great body of
the people of the United States are content
with tAe census. and are uninfuenced by parti
san assaults such as yours. Sustained by their
confidence, shall proceed with the discharge
OF my official duties in this and all other bust
ness coming before me, carefully and justly,
correcting what may be convinced is wrong,
and fearlessly adhering TO what l believe to be
right.
Iregret the necessity of addressing the chief
magistrate of the leading state Of the union
in the terms hav. employed, but / find my
justification in the reckless intemperance of
language you have seen fit to use-language
dignity behttng your great office. which in the
past has been filed by eminent men of both po-
litical parties Of New York. Upon the merits
OF the mayors application shall reply to him,
Yours Truly, JOHN W. NOBLE,
Score arY.