St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-01
WHERE BLAME RESTS.

PClflSOls INC1l Oi tiiOoS cuooS
ments, our citizens have honestly be-
lieved that there was no fraud, or sus-
picion of fraud, i'm the st. Paul count,
and have been honestly indignant
whenever the correctness of these re-
turns have been brought in question.
We have reason to believe that the
citizens committee did not purposely
mislead our people into this false belief.
AS they did not have access to the re-
turns themselves, their only source of
information was the supervisors office.
and having received the assurance from
that official that everything was straight
they accepted it as verify aud so pro-
claimed it. The GLOBE can realize the
position of the citizens committee,
as we are now suffering personal
humiliation because of our misplaced
confidence i'm the statements made by
Supervisor SMITH. We assured the
public that the st. Paul returns were
all right, because we had Mr. SMITHS
word for it, and had confidence in his
statements.
The developments of the last two
days make the Notifying disclosure
that the GLOBE, the members of the cit
liens committee. and everybody else in
this community, were being imposed
upon all this time. We were being
trifed with, and we now propose to fix
the responsibility were it belongs.
With the light we have before us we
have no hesitation in saying that
Supervisor SMITHS conduct has been
most reprehensible, if not criminal, and
that he should be held 70 a strict ac-
count for the part that he has played in
this game of infamy that has been
played upon US.
With view Of discovering. If posi-
BILE, where the blame attached for the
fraudulent claim that seyenty-eight
persons lodged in the GLOBE building,
we interviewed Mr.. HEINRICH, the
enumeration who took the census in this
particular district. MI. HEINRICH's ex-
PLANTATION is published in this issue of
the GLOBE, which fully acquits him
of any criminal intent, but he makes an
awfufly ugly showing for the supervi-
sor. He says that he came to the GLOBE
building under instruction from his
chief to ascertain whether or not any
person in the establishment had been
omitted in the enumeration, and, if SO,
to list them. He says that he made out
list of persons which was not intend
ed to be a census schedule, but
which was handed over to the su-
pervisor for veriication. 1t was
this list which the supervisor
gathered up without verifying it, and
sent on to Washington as part of the
st. Paul returns. Mr.. SMITH is an old
resident of st. Paul, and an experienced
directory man. He knows as much as
any other man of the prominent build
ings in st. Paul, and what they are
used for. He knew as we'll as we know
that the Globe building is not. and has
never been, tenement house where
people are accustomed to lodge. He had
the same knowledge of the Pioneer
Press building, and the moment his eye
caught the entry which fixed so many
persons as dodgers in either of these
buildings, he must have known that the
entry was false one, no matter who
made it.
In the face of these facts we cannot
avoid, even if we wished to, which we
do not, fastening the blame for our dis
grace upon the local supervisor. In our
opinion he has been false to his official
trust, he has violated the laws of the
United States, he has stepped this city
in disgrace and humiliation, and he
ought to be punished for it.
The GLOBE is 10 apologist for crime
or for criminals. Speaking on behali
of the honest and honorable people OF
this city, we would scorn to accept the
benefits or reap the advantages of q
fraudulent count, even though no one
| else questioned its accuracy. If the St
Paul census returns now in Washing
| ton. which were forwarded by Super
visor SMITH, show the facts which Mr.
PORTER alleges, then the people of ST
| Paul absolutely refuse to abide by those
returns. We repudiate fraud and dis
honesty in whatever shape they may be
| presented, and we demand the prose
cution and the punishment of the per
| son or persons who have been guilty Of
fraudulent or dishonest acts.
The moral sentiment of this commun
| ity is not so obtuse that we can't tell {
| wrong when we see it. If anybody
made a return that seyenty-eight per
sons lodged in the GLOBE building, OF
that ninety-one persons lodged in the
Pioneer Press building, it was lie OF
| the face of it. and the man who made
the return merits the punishment tina
the law prescribes.
st. Paul is proud of her vigorou:
| growth and her great prosperity. Blu
we are prouder still of the high stand
ard of morals which has been estab
lished in this community. All we ash
of any man is to tell the truth about us
whether it be in a census return o.
otherwise.
THE RECOUNT.
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