New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-15
THE P1RTISAN ENFMERI1ION.

Democratic papers are making haste to clam
thar the police enumeration i'll this city
{. provc>" that the United States census OF last
June was far out Of the way. Bat that Is an
entirely rnvaiiantcd assumption. For first
the population Of a great city naturally IN
crcaSe> considerably in three or four months.
and may have increased more than usual III
the ,rrec months July October inclusive. dur
ing which over 10000 immigrants landed al
this port alone besides the natural lnciFaS" Ol
the population from other causes. Int. sec
ond the number of inhabitants who spend thc
summer in the country for recreation Is very
large and no one can form any reasonable
e,t;matc whatever Of the number thus miS>"!
who may have been enumerated a. their farms
or country residences or elsewhere III june IL
is certain that many thousands spend most oil
the summer ont Of town, and It Is equally Ger
tain that no census taken in June or July c"nIu
poS>ihly have obtained the names OF all IN"
al>cntcn> Bur, the United States laws hay"
ever lcuicd the census Ia hc taken af mat
season. and there would he manifest implo'
pricty in cnuincr,tng the population AT diii"f
cnt time for the benefit of particular cary.
Bu, a third fact is that the population oi TINS
city is naiulany greater from other causes III
the fall. when thousands who spend the sum
mcr al work Gil farms or III bilck!ardN or III
many other occupations. have returned T." ma
wor, in the city for III" winter. The residence
of these people might b. properly gwen wh'r'
they worked in III" >uInm'r the c-n>'H beng
,,lcn in accor,l1ucc with law M that time hut
/, m:uht ais, be- given with prulii"ry III IN"
civ during the winter. Th"'i>aniS "' 'h"-'
vuII,c,> have hy thi> time returned - >"h
ou,pl vmcnt here and hay" d"'lld!">> hcrh III
cl,dcd i, the enumeration by "a p'lrc. b"'
tho J'n;r.d state, census j. lay AL taken III the
same tiu.. in all parts of tn country, ana III
midsummer hccal,," all things consider IT. lha'
v,.,. deemed the iar.>t and m">i convent III
,;,o aud there. would h." ml:.ii i Inlt>iIr'
in taking the popnlation of Newly "rk III IN"
fall or winter. Will" the iopnla'I"h 81 "'n''
cities g, of county districts was taken III MID
SUMNER three months carrier.
A,ar finn all these c"n'Id'ra'i"ii>' "h'A
render il absolutely irnp">'ihIc = a'c'l' inc
police enumeration i'll place "t the uLY'l'''d
rcusus which tn" CoE;tiu!!on requires. 'h"'
i another matter moi t. be overlooked. In"
bomoc,a1ic papclS are sliprcmcly impudcnt III
assuming that an enumeration made av0Wci!y
for partisan pllpo>'> Is t. be pf"le'I'" u"
.,u.rs made by rnit"d states officials selected
for tha, especial purpose. The census was
taken under Snch provisions and pr ca"'i'i>
against error or fraud that It WAS almost IN
vo>>hic for any person, from highest t" low
est or for any combination Of men. however
,aryn or influential intcnlional'y t. falsely ="
count without ,c,rctiUn. 20 clear i 'hIS 'hi'
the mos, intensely partisan Journals hay" h""n
,bIip,d 10 admit tha, 10 cr'd"nc" can hc gwen
~ the cha,cr Of intcn,ona! fl >iica'l"l. 'u'
10 such >afc.ra,d 81 pr"caution existed Ill III"
.nu,rration made by TlnInany III" I"'nin'
Of which passed through III" hands "' l"'ti~ah
officials ir,in first to last.