The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-06
KFNNEY PUNCHES NOBLE.
~ aBsuRDIrY OF THE sEoaE-
rARY's POSITION SHOWN.

TAR7'S POSITION o6O" N
ira New YORKER Only Doing His
D7,tv by Not Letting the Books go
~. II His Carbohydrates Posi-
.,on Likened to That OF Judge in
Court.
w,sHryGrox, Nov. 5.--The following
,s.ter has been sent by Supervisor kenney
"a Secretary Noble:
" WASHINGTON, D. c.. Nov. 4, 1890.
~. robn ~ Noble, secretary of the Igtertor:
IT. RESTRICTIONS To the contrary not having
os.,e5 ne from New York, | now positively
80 = :, r imply wit your demand or yeS1er-
DAY for the surrender OF se pCSg of 16s
49, deuartment l will not surrender
Ian, 70 him as your representative
No. n ANYBODY else. They are the puohc rec
~ ~ me CITY of New York and l. as an officer
" " = .be government of that city, am charged
"a - .tsir keeping. There is no reason appar-
VIZ - me Why they should be considered by
.ne ~ any If your subordiIa tes, out of public
lligbt The papers already submitted to you
- ~ course intended for such consideration,
mr. rhese ought to be examined and compared
ai.b the records of the census bureau ~ the
a-a,ca Of whonsoever wishes to attend
W - bs witness Of the examination and
| aD-nsrisou not only because ] am charged
~ the care of the books, but, also. because
| an possessed of means TO suile ana enlsnten
,5as q au1iners. The result of the examination
"a con1narison you would, OF course, be at
F5ertv 10 consider III solitude. | have no wish
"a 1ntTude while you are preparing an opinion
=, fre merits Of the appeal or the city or W
ya-i- Tor recount. Before the police enumera-
,so1 was begun. and while it was in
s-,-ress repeated requests were made
r. Navor Grant for information respect
~ the boundaries of the enumeration dis
- MS by toe census bureau. They were
,5r complied with until day or two before
tbs police ended their WORK, If the discovery
tben made that the census districts we're. the
~ Sistrirts had been made before the police
bsysn 10 epumerate in the new ones provision
sonld have been made for comparison OF the
results OF the enGmeratlons oy eiectlon dlstrlcts
a. veil as by wards. The delay was caused by
70 nn,Villingness of the census bureau to let
ts original boundary description go out OF its
rossessiou They had to be laboriOuSly copied.
Wovor Grant has sent the official records of the
Inv or New York for your use. and he
,oeraly takes the ssame care of them
As the census bureau took or its papers by
ending me as their custodian. Is there any
| thing impr per in this? 1t In no way reflects
IN Vour DEPARTMENT. AS lawyer, you know
that when paper is taken Into court from the
| sies of a public office the officer charged with
rs nreserystion follows it by deputy to see that
fisnot misaid and is returned to the archives.
| Tsit reflection on the judge that this is done?
am Mayor Grants deputy and you, the judge
in the case, insist that. disregard-
shan leave the public records ia your hands.
This is stating the case mildly, for you are not
/ oniv the Judge but party to the controversy
over which you have jurisdiction, Is It TAR,
| II lust that, because your demand is not com
| pied with, you should, in anger unbecoming a
/ 5udicial officer, d care that you will not eX-
anime the most important papers in the case
turn the representative OF one of the parties
out of court, and make decision on defective
evidences Is it just for you, lacking
knowledge of the facts. to assert that Mayor
Grant by bis instructions to me, has shown "a
spirit OF suspicion" against you and your de-
partment 10 save you from again stumbling.
now ell you that Mayor Grants instructions
were oral and were merely that / should take
the books to you and assist you or your depu-
ties 10 co pare them with the records of your
department. Have not tried to carry them
out' Did l not offer on Saturday last to
Of oF'H anybody else might at ones s
examine them? Did l not repeat that offer on
Monday And again, say l will take the
books to any place you may indicate, at any
hour, and keep them there IN my own custody
while you or anybody deputsd by you saall ex
smine them and compare them with the census
bureau records. Two questions are before you
for determination under Mayor Grants appeal,
win you examine the police enumeration
books and compare them with the census
bureau recOr1l
, Having examined and compared them, will
you not decide there shall be a recount in the
city of New Iorks
Until you have examined and compared the
FpNS llGI6 Is llpyuluE LOT you 10 COnSlQ6f
which was not within your knowledge when you
made your recent decision. BY accepting my
offer you viii provide yourself with everything
necessary TO full and final consideration OF
the case. have the honor TO be.yours very re-
spectfllly. W. J. K. KINNEY.
KENSEY CALLS AT THE DEPARTMENT.
Supervisor Kenney of New York called
at the interior department to-day to learn
whether Secretary Noble had any
thing to communicate to him rela-
tive TO Mayor Grants request for recount
before his return to New York. Mr.. Ken
ney declined Private Secretary Ryan's in
vtatlon to see the secretary, but sent in his
card instead. The secretary instructed
Private Secretary Ryan to say to Mr.. Ken
neg that be had nothing further to commu-
uicate
Ii is expected that the secretary will re-
ply to Mayor Grants second letter within
day or two.
Mr. Kenney to-day received telegram
from Mayor Grant approving his course
and directing him to return to New York
and bring with him the police registration
books If Secretary Noble refused to have
the census returns compared with them in
his presence. MIR. Kennedy returned to
New York tonight, and took the books
with hun