The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1890-08-23
THE RECOUNT.
Address Of the Joint Committee to the
People Of St. Paul
The Recount Begins Monday, August rs,
in the 325 Enumeration Districts
Now for Vigorous Workau
Along the Line.

Heterogeneous lot Tue recount OF
st. Paul ordered By the Sccretar!
OF the Interior, are now in progress
The enumeration itself will not b.
? gin until Aug. Is, but the prell::''
mary arrangements are being made
under the direction of Mr.. J. II.
Wardle, the supervisor in charge.
This gentleman comes to us without
any knowledge of the local geography
OF the city, but with the inte:i ton CT
giving us {; full, fair, complete an:;
honest count. This can only be So
cured by the active, earnest an:
united corporation Of our citizens.
The enumeraSors are to he our
own people, selected from list
recommended by this committee.
Thisis not enough, however, to Sc
cure a complete and thorough cen
sus. We need and ought to have
the cooperation of every resident
and property owner in St. Paul. We
say to every enc, as you arc inter-
ested or have pride in the city, give
such time and assistance as lies
within your power. A little aid
from large number of people will
accomplish a great work.
Let the enumerators be me.
cordially, and promptly supplied
with full Information as to your
own family, including servants.
boarders and lodgers.
Thousands of our citizens are al.
sent. There Can be no tour days
(which is the time for the proposed
recount) in any year or at any time
Of the year. when there will not he
thousands Of absen tees from St.
Paul. Many absentees are unmdr-
ried, who are simply boarders when
at home. Many whole families are
absent with no one here tospeak for.
or represent them.
The first duty is to secure TIL
name and present postof1ice addressed
any citizen known to be temporarily
absent from St. Paul, together with
his location or home prior to leaving
the city. In the ease of
those who have no y house,
or settled boarding place, the report
should be made to this effect, in
GLIDING their last location before
leaving, that their names may be
placed upon the supplementary
schedule to be forwarded to WASH
ingtOn.
When the recount begins every
citizen should make it his duty, dur
ing its progress, to ascertain whether
::.n nei2hbors and acquainta noes
generally have been enumerated
IL. csse of omissions, or supposed
emissions, reports should be
promptly made. It is better TO err
on the safe side, and report a sup
posed absentee, or a supposed omis-
sion. All such reports will be veri-
fed.
The Joint Committee of the City
Council and citizens have perm;-
nent quarters in theCouncl Chamber
on the second floor of the City Hall,
where responsible parties will be in
attendance every day and evening
until the work is completed. Yon
will always find some one there to
- receive your reports . if you call in
person, or if you prefer to send in
formation by mail, address w. M.
Bushnell, Chairman, at the Council
Chamber. St. Paul.
1t is beyond question chat in the
original count very many names
were omitted: The recount gives
us many advantages which did not
exist before. The pay is to be BY
the day instead of by the name:
the enumeratOrs will have smaller
districts, a greater number being
employed. The cordial cooperation
of all in giving Information is in
vited to Il greater extent than be-
fore. ~ ~. ...
1t is within the power of the
citizens Of st. Paul to demonstrate
that whatever errors may have oc-
Cured in the first census the total
result did not give the full popula-
ton of the city by many thousands.
This appeal is addressed to every
resident of this city. There are none
TOO high or too low, or too much Oc-
cupied with private business, to rem
der some assistance in the premises.
If you have any information YOU
think of value. give us the benefit of
the doubt by reporting it to the
Joint Committee in the Council
Chamber, either in person or bv
mail. -...-@
We ask only that every bona
Hde osident of St. Paul be found
and enumerated on the re-
count. We do not wish a single
name placed upon the list to which
we are not entitled. and, by the same
token. we do not wish a single one
omitted to- which we are entitled
The committee appeals to the peo-
,le Of St. Paul to assist in this work.
On the broad grounds of their inter-
est in the public welfare. We have
no personal ends to serve, and have
no more interest than you have in
" full census Of the city. We ask
each of you to appreciate that it is Il
personal duty and obligation, resting
on you, to give all the aid in your
power.
Signed,
W.eM. BUSHNELL, Chairman.
Q. O. CULLEN, H. BIELENBERG,
3 5;7 " c; B0TT, M P:Go HdisHii,
&. J. DORNIDEN, J. F. GEHAN,
JAS. MELADY, w. H. SANBORN.
u. M. SULLIVAN, CHAS. NICHOLS
LEWIS BAKER, C. H. LIENAU.
Il. \. CASTLE, F. DRISCOLL,
III. McCARDY, H. P. HALL,
5oint City Council and Chamber OF
com9eroe Committee.
Picnic and Moving Outfits.