The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-01-09
THE CENSUS FRAUD.
How tho 6o-Called Enumeration
Was Taken In Indiana.

Civil Service Chronicis.)
Tho indianapolis Journal OF Dec. 81
has an editorial headed mo Psrtisanism
lin the Census" and quoting from Censua
lSupt Portcr'a article in the North Amer
Iican Review to the same end. The quo
ltstion says, lin no caae have chiefs or
|expsrts been seIected because Of their
political faith" To this the Journal
lAdds: "The supervisors were selected
with reference to their fitness for the
work, some OF them being democrats,
IAnd the cnumcrssors were appointed on
Of tho supervisors. z
There Is somo satisfaction in seeing
those who made spoil Of tho census
lbureau smart under criticism, aud II 10
mot surprising that they should be prone
Ito forget the facts. EditoriaIs and Arti-
|cles IN reviews cannot save them Il %
|uot noeooeary % 90 ont o1 Indiana 70
|oonlound beth Wr. Portoe and The Jour-
|oeI. The Civil Service CheonIolo ~
March end jupe, 1oco, covoro lhc
|xronnd. ID reoopItula(lon, 6ld net mr.
Porter 6osov(0o himsoIf - "WsjHe-doop
||n con3roesrsen" oitor spoIje Wa no1
|svery supervisor ID Indiane ropublIcan
|party Worker2 In tho Torro Hoo1o die.
|trict did pot the supervisor refer The %.
|pointmsnt Of enumentors 20 thu chair
Imam OF the several county committees Of
bis district. and did not tho Indianapolis
Journal cay:
sMr. wii-on H. 6oals, census super
visor for tho Terre Haute district, has
referred the appointment Of census
to the chairman Of the sev-
|eral county committees OF bic district,
and these In turn are refsrring them TO
the chairman Of the different township
That seems queer way OF
lgstiing official subordiuales 10 perform
|au important executive work."
Who IL Sid C00gcr, the supervisor Of
|,he indianapolis district? Is he not .
poultry raiser Of Flat Rock. smart re-
|publicsn politician, and : defeated repub-
|lican candidate for Officer Did not
|Couger leave the choice Of the enumera-
tors for this city to Merrill Noores. who
|wss 10 no manner connected with the
|public service, but who was Z member
|of the republican county committee. and
who IL sid on good authority to deal In
|slum politics? Did not Moores ssy n
The indianapolis Journal Of June 10:
"6oms Of those ] recommended havs
turned out miserable failures. When
M. Conger was hrst appointed super
Visor, . great many people, knowing
him and me 70 he intimate iriends be-
|sIeged mo for recommendations ss
Afer they had received
their appointments they bothered me Tor
and now since they are st
work and found out they won't get their
money before the middle Of July. ct the
earliest, they havo importuncd mo to
ioau them money"
IL not the case In Indiana typical Of
the operation Of the census bureau
throughout the country The aff1rma-
tive 10 the truthful answer 10 every one
Of tbeee questions. II 10 no wonder that
. census taken In such manner should
he doubted on every hand. The mis-
chief 10 done and can never be rcctifled.
The present duty 10 to zee 70 Il that those
who with cool insolence In The face OF
protest used tho census bureau ~ . polit-
ical machine do not soon hear the last Of
Il. The load 10 heavy, but they will have
70 carry it.