The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-07-12
CAN'T PAD ANY MORE.
Tacoma's Census Figures Have
Reached Their Limit.
NO INCREASE FROM REcouNTs.
Supervisor Jenkins Condemns q CARRIED
Interview-seattle's Unenumer-
ated Over 1000.

Supervisor OF Census VIII d. Jenkins re-
turned from Tacoma last night and was
very indignant at an alleged interview
with him published in last evenings Ia
coma Neus. He is described as being thor
oughly disguised with the way the census
was taken in Seattle and with saying:
Much better work was done here than in
Seattle" He said to Posr-INTELLIGEN-
GER reporter: 81 did not say / was thor
oughly disguised with the work in
Seattle. / recommended Mr.. Prosch
as . man thoroughly experienced
in the work and thoroughly conscientious,
and believe he did the work WELL He is
man who, while he has the interest of Sc
attic at heart, will put no name on the
schedules which ought not to be
there, but he viii give the city
credit for every inhabitant it is
entitled to. 1 believe that tue
census in both cities was correct,
or as nearly so as possible. You must re-
member that since your city census in May
many men have gone out to work on the
railroads, and there is not nearly as much
building going on; it would not be healthy
if there were.
In Tacoma. however, great care was
taken to have q full enumeration. The
Chamber of Commerce in that city pro-
tested against my appointment of Mr.
Case, and as they neglected to comply with
my request for recommendations for
enumerators, made the appointment di-
rectly. In Seattle, on the other
hand, Mr.. Prosch was recommended
to me by the Chamber of
Commerce, and so were nearly all the
enumerators. But in Tacoma the Chamber
of Commerce aided in the work as much
as possible, and great pains were made to
have it made thorough, though I do not
believe it was padded. When Mr.. Porter
first began work he had blanks prepared
for heads of families to fill in themselves.
and sent out instructions to the supervisors
to have these left at the houses, but they
did not arrive in time to be used. The
Tacoma Chamber of Commerce prepared
blanks which were an exact counterpart of
this. and distributed them generally. No
such assistance was given in Seattle. The
result is that in Tacoma not over one
tenth as many names are being given for
remuneration as there are in Seattle,
though they are merely taking the names
in the supervisors Office and the posioffice.
while here you are making complete can
vass of the CITY,
In the two districts in Tacoma where
recount was furnished tonight there is no
increase over the first count. In
one OF these districts the
enumerator was incompetent and in the
other ne refused to give the returns to any
person but Superintendent Porter, and
only yielded after a remuneration had
been ordered.
I'm regard to your recount in Seattle.
believe that nine-tenths of the. names
being given in as amounted are
already on the schedule and will
be found there when comparison is made.
The lists of unenumerated will be sched-
uled according to enumeration districts in
vestigated by the enumerators and sent to
Washington City, where they will be CON-
pared with the original lists. All new
names will be added and those found on
the original lists thrown out"
The canvass of the city being conducted
by the Chamber of Commerce committee
on the census viii be completed today, as
the First and Second ward returns are
already in and the others are nearly ready.
The First ward committee has not
yet tabulated its returns, but the
total is over 1000 persons uncounted.
The total for the Second ward is 9S5, and
the partial returns for the other wards
make the number of omissions reported to
dete exceed 1900. The grand total will be
made up today.
The eight enumerators sent out by Mr..
Prosch were still at work yesterday. ana
are expected to be through on Monday.
About twenty persons called on him to be
enumerated yesterday.