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 FALSiFlED.

lOuuucu uS tho poopio VI NOW Aohh
must be at the revelations of the police
RECOMMENDATION in that city. the peaple
Of the repph|ins X! s. ~! RI T.. i !. : z5l
Sst - ) - tno =
Fuohes{p' tlfKSH 6f all parties will discover
that there is method in the errors that
have been proven to exist in the censg
reports.
Investigations set on foot by the
World more than n month ago confirm
tho most startling suspicious.
The web of entangling evidence has
already enmeshcda n Congressman from
Brooklyn, brace of political managers
in that city and half q 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 appe: 3
to show
First-That there is deliberate pur-
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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 oftheir legitimate Congressional rep
resentatlon.
Th'rd-That a secret Office was fitted
up in Washington at No. 20G ID street,
n. w., where a gang of trusted clerks
, were detailed to alter the true census
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 copniv ance of men high in
authority in the govcrnmept) to scale
down the population Of New York city
: . one hundred and thirty-three thousand!
GfthwThat ap .a .ayfeI alilu b awrflt.s
4 out the knowledge ond approval or high
I authorities in this govcrnment) to reduce
the true census of New York State three
Q hundred thousand souls!
0 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.
Seventh-That Illinois, Iowa, Wis
, consin, Maine and Minnesota were to
be ''very literally counted;" and that
the blunders Mt Minneapolis and st.
e Paul arose from stupid misinterpreta-
: ton OF instructions.
= Elghth-That the Southern State were
!. to be jun >cd upon." States that have
shown greatest growth were to suffer to
the extent of IA to 1G per cent.
Ninth-That this infamous Job has
, to large extent, been carried out; and
that when the researches Of the World
frightened the conspirators they moved
, the secret ofl'ce.from No. 206 D street,
- more, near the Monument, where for the
. past SIX weeks the dastardly work has
been in pi ogress.
, Tenth--That enough evidence exists
!, to discrcdit the whole census, indepen-
l.. dent OF the exposures III New York
: city.
= The World has in its possession the
r names OF the men who have been active
: i'll this work, and OF nearly all the clerks
o WHO were detailed TO engege in the mon
i strous undertaking.
. THE STORY OF THE FRAUD.
70 Early IN June last it was apparently
y decided to undertake this dangerous
, and, up to this time, new step in ''prac.
g tical politics" A certain Mr.. Morgan
@ organized the work. The second story
l. of Il three-floored house ON ID street mo.
e 2OG) was rented at $40 per month, and
e carloads of material from the census
o Office were removed thereto. Twelve
clerks who could be relied upon to hold
!, their tongues were engaged in July and
u put to work.
r. HOUSE OF THE CONSPIRACY.
d The duties of these men were continu-
l. Gus, they toiled day and night. The
tally cards of certain States were
D brought to the ID street house at night,
& retained few days and then return ed
D. to the census office.
= The landlady Of the house, Mrs. Dull
+ ing, a matronly and comely woman oi
thirty-five, grew curious to know what
work was being prosecuted in her apart
O. ments. She asked Stephen w. Norton
s, an appointce IN the census Office from
4 Winfield. Kan, what he knew about the
g matter, but gained no information. She
~ likewise importuned Census Clerks
q Sarvis, Church, Viii l'on and Octavius
81 ~ who were employed on the work. for in
= formation. She didnot get any.
in Shortly after this incident great
,y mass Of consus material was burned ir
nt the second story front room of the L
;s' street house.
Is. A man giving the name of Nelson ther
appeared upon the scene. His authority
with the clerks was respected by all. HI
a.. was chiefly instrumental in the 6nal re
m moval of the office to Baltimore, he tax
q. ING up his abode at the Carrolton Hotel
"a HIS name is probably an assumed
of one.
an Five Mon Blown to Atoms.
p RouRaEs. Oct, l0-A terrible cXplo