The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-10-24
Is 1T A FRAUD?
THAT THE CENSUS RE-
TURNS HAVE BEEN FALSIFIED.

Recommendation in that city, the people :
- - u = lEo1ntrY, tho
nohespe nitR Gf all parties will discover
that there is method in the errors that !.
have been proven to exist in the censp-
reports.
investigations set on foot by the
World more than q month ago confirm
the most startling suspicious.
The web Of entangling evidence has
already enmesheda Congressman from
Brooklyn, brace of political managers
in that city and half dozen clerks In
various departments of the census Of
flee,
Clues leading to very much higher
game are in the Worlds possession, but
1t is deemed wise and proper to put The
people Of the country on their guard
without further delay, that an official
investigation may be prosecuted at once.
The evidence so far adduced appears
to show
First-That there is deliberate pur-
7 pose on the part OF the leaders of the
dominant party to retain the Congress-
ional majority now in its grasp.
Sccond-That to serve this end gang
OF unscrupulOus men, without the sane
ton of the leaders of their party, have
connived and conspircd together to de-
fraud many of the States of this Union
out ofthcir legitimate Congressional rep
resentatlon.
Third-That secret office was fitted
up in Washington at No. 2O6 d street,
n. W., where q gang of trusted clerks
, fn o1t tl,o f,,,
returns-by scaling down the totals or
/, increasing the same-that the growth OF
Democratic States should not be honestly
repo rted.
. Fourth-That an order was given by
, an official in the census Office (wlth or
without the copnivance of men high in
authority in the govcrnmept) to scale
down the population of New York city
= one hundred and thirty-three thousand!
Ellth@Tlat aR agaesr alsr yaft ysaaifti Bfe al,
a. out the knowledge and approval Of high
authorities IN this government) to reduce
The true census of New York State three
Q hundred thousand souls!
Sixth-That the State OF New Hamp-
SHIRE, which has lost population, was to
be scaled up so that its present quota
OF Congressional representation should
'. '. not be changed.
l. S0feuIi-l huI ILLINOIS,, Iowa, WIS.,
q consin, Maine and Minnesota were to
be Every literally counted:" and that
the plumbers at Minneapolis and st.
e Paul arose from a stupid misinterpreta.
: tion of instructions.
l. Elghth-That the Southern State were
!. TO be jun ned upon" States that have
: shown greatest growth were to suffer to
l. the extent of IA to I6 per cent.
3 Nlnth-That this infamous Job has
- TO large e':tent, been carried out; and
- that when the researches of the World
frightened the conspirators they moved
q the secret of1'ce.from No. 206 D street,
Washington, to Cathedral street, Balti-
% more, near the Monument, where for the
v past SIX weeks the dastardly work has
q been in piogress.
h Tenth--That enough evidence exists
, to dscredit the whole census, indepen-
}. dent OF the exposures IN New York
: city.
) The World has in its possession the
r names Of the men who have been active
/ in this work, and OF nearly all the clerks
o who were detailed to engege in the mon
= E strous undertaking.
q THE STORY OF TIKI FRAUD
% Early IN June last it was apparently
/. decided to undertake this dangerous
n and, up to this time, new step in '.prac.
3 tical politics" A certain Mr.. Morgan
,e organized the work. The second story
n OF a three-fioored house on ID street No.
he 2O6) was rented at $40 per month, and
ie carloads of material from the census
se office were removed thereto. Twelve
clerks who could be relied upon to hold
~ !. their tongues were engaged in July and
IL put to work.
r. HOUSE OF THE CONSPIRACY.
I'd The duties of these men were continu-
a. Gus, they toiled day and night. The
tally cards of certain States were
o. brought to the d street house at night,
a a. retained a few days and then returned
No. to the census office.
II The landlady of the house, Mrs. Dull
,t. ing, a matronly and comely woman OF
thirty-five, grew curious to know what
work was being prosecuted in her apart
% ments. She asked Stephen w. Norton
rs, an appointee IN the census Office from
M Winfield. Kan, what he knew about the
n3 matter, but gained no information. She
e9s likewise importuned Census Clerks
e. Sarvis, Church, Wil'on and Octavius
rn0 ~ who were employed on the work. for in
IN formation. She didnot get any.
lin Shortly after this incident grea!
ng mass Of consus material was burned in
mt the second story front room of the i
VS. street house.
is. A man giving the name of Nelson ther
lappearedupon the scene. His authority
with the clerks was respected by all. He
Nc. was chiefly instrumental in the linal re
ON moval Of the Office to Baltimore, he TAX
Ia ing up his abode at the Carrolton Hotel
vas HIS name is probably an assumed
OF one.
ian Five Men blown to Atoms.