New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-31
POLITICAL POINTERS.
CONTENT AND OPINION ON TOPICS or THE
HOUR.
OCTOBER IS NOT JUNE.

THE TRUE POINT OF THE CENSUS DISPUTE
TO tho Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: When portion Of the New-York press-sn0
Mayor Cran-assert with so much emphasis tnst mayor
Grants police enumeration in october proves thai tho
Federal Census made on June was Incorrect 20 tney
do full justice TO the popular intelheon0e'
people know that Mayor Grant wholly failoo W h'@u0.
his police enumerators to inquire now many OF
The persons they were cnumersnng In Oo'ooot 70
udsd In June at tho place to which the police credited
lhem Hence the ultimate fact that they were IN
curing into not the same Is thst "h'on tne GU
eraJ Cnnsus INQUIRED into vlE how many people had
the city OF New-York June who wero entited
under the Census law to be enumers'edt
Had Mayor Grant instructed his police In OCTOBER
or AZ anv other time to inquire how many inhabitants
the city contained June his inquiry would nave
bean petnent to the and could have been camco
A n correction. II he had made simply an enunera
tion OF the names taken by the Federal Census ana Of
the names entitled to be taken and omitted then We
should all have perceived that his work was entitled
10 respect however eager or INDUSTRIOUS uio Pon0e
might have been to get new names.
To show the difference between Mayor GRANTS actual
made of taking the enumeration In OCTOBER ana Wna'
IL should have been in order to constitute correcuo"
of the census. have made inquiry At two oooses
rs n sample viz No 200 West Twenty .thiro'ss.' sho
No eo4 West Twenty -fourth-st. Tho first contshco
fourteen resident persons In June. and an INFORMED
gave that number OF names TO the FedersA enuin0
tor The same place contained either twenty one or
twenty-two persons tho nrst day Of octooer s''u
cave that number to the police enumeration Inv
proprieor had removed, May g. with certain Servants
ana several boarders, to Atlantic Highlands iof
A summer residence Of five months az Una.
place. and there enumerated as Nsuo'i, -.
Atlantic Highlands with the portion OF her nou'o -,
that had gone with her. She objected 70 Ihis uouo
of enumeration and desired to be enumeraoea III No"
York City, The Census enumerator informed her up''
nnyo Ssthl ipdpr
structons and as stay at Atlantic Highlands was
q residence while 1t lasted, as distinguished iro W
or a visit suppose he was CORRECT III 'ni' n' .'
both the Federal Census and the ponce ohuinefa''o'
were correct but the former gave the mousse io1Non
persons. while the police enumeration gave S0 S'"'0
house twenty one twenty-five persons.
Tho Federal Census relates to the time named Id
the Aot of Congress that ut which the enumeration
thall determine NewiOrks right to epresemtat nM
Therefore. but it is the law and justice o. lde
relates TO me & so rs geo Vest twenty
idst 10 count OF fourteen persons and no n0v
Mayor Grants count seems TO BE- as 70 ssS
It would be rObog the people Of the co %9s 70 I aop
Il would be sanctioning false moae vi so p'ade
TO correct count even to O. r esTHT 000n'
As In the other house which made Elm 1Gu ah VEN ten
rania fGs e s"s aSS rom the
and PGgressHe Sess yen a0e to IT,
enumerators ,nsrators Roth were equally correct
s"nmcrations at the time they we're MADE bat ,ase
made in June has legal Significance Willie uS'' HWY
IN DO not like city nst hy psr n
lnto ri,c ottcers and Journalists OF their neon
petecy the point nvSivsd IN Se on june
point M HSH, nshI Reo&g sy on'
men have made inquiry at single house, 80 iG
ns Is vet claimed by them. Any other inquiry d"
irmaterial. A., ,,.,or 20 Nesy.York will
duiy reject that the police enumeTaton was ~ dos
dmcted that supposng 1t to be wholly true II tho
NOT necessarily indicate even single hur ,,Ise
Of people New York contained IN S una fact that the
cens ms Department pereyes the same sains ow
y..~ oot C2 1900.