The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-10-22
IS It A FRAUD?
THAT TIE CENSUS Re
TURNS EAVE EEEN FALSiF!SD.

Plan 70 Eoi; NeE ior;t oI Congressional
Hep:escaiat;oa-T.le Neero Population
iSncrcs. IN the Southern Statss--"Dowr
With I:.-:n Al Sixteen Per Cent
WASHINGTON, D. e.. Oct l3.-As-
tounde:; IS thc people of New York
must be al tic revelations of the police
accommodation in t!!;it city, the people
of the republic ;;t large mast be prepared
for a far greater shock.
Ii t;.cy viii look over thc conutry, The
honest men {: all parties will discover
that there is Il method in the errors that
have been proven to exist ii the census
repo:.s.
investigations set on foot by the
World more than a month ago confirm
the lnosv startling suspicious.
Tic web OF cntangling evidence irs
already enmesheda Coigrcssmaa from
Brooklyn, brace Of political managers
in that cit; and half a dozen clerks in
varioas department. OF the census Of
fee,
Clues leading to very much higher
game ere in the Works. possession, but
it 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 adduccd appears
to show
First-That there i. . deliberate Eur-
pose On the part OF tic leaders OF tie
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 ana conspired together to de-
fraud many of the States of this Union
out ofthcir legitimate CongrcSs!onalrcp-
resentatlon.
Third-That secret Office was fitted
up in Washington at No. POO D street.
\. w, where a gang OF trusted CLERK.
were detailed to alter the true censu,
returns-by scaling down the totals or
increasing the same-that the growth OF
Democratic States shouldnot be honestly
reported.
Fourth-That an order was given by
an official in tie censu. Office (wlth or
without the cornirance OF men high in
authority il the govcrnmcDt) to scale
down the population Of New York city
one hundred and thirty-three thousand.
FIlth-That an order vas given an
oiiici;. in The census Office (vith or With
out the knowledge and approval OF high
authorities in this government to reduce
tie true census Of New York State three
hundred thousand souls!
Sixtll-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 he changed,
Se7cnth-I'hat ILLINOIS, Iowa, Wis
conSin. Maine and Minnesota were to
be VERY literally counted" and that
the b,unders at Minneapolis and St.
Paul arose from stupid misintorpreta-
ton OF instructions.
E'ghth-That the Southern State were
to be Jumped upon" States that have
shown greatest growth were to suffer to
the extent Of II to l6 per cent.
Ninth-That this infamous Job has
to g large extent. been carried out; and
that when the researches of the World
frightened the conspirators they moved
the secret officessfrom No. 206 Dstrcet,
Washington. to Cathedral street, Balti-
more. near the Monument, where fer the
past six weeks the dastardly work has
been in progress.
Tcath-Ihat enough evidence exists
to discredit the whole census, indepen-
dent OF the exposures IN New York
city.
The World has il its possession the
names Of the men who have been active
in this work. and OF nearly all the clerks
who were detailed 10 engege in the mon
strous undertaking.