The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-11-22
PORTER KEPT ITV0RK
Trying to Bunco Alleged
Agricultural Inf0r-
nation.
FARMERS AND THEIR DEBTS
Papa Harrison Wants to KneW Hgw
His Dear Children Ire Getting
Along Costly Salaries
Continued.

The struggles are wonderful oz the N9
publican party to keep ii existonee. and
possibly perDetuify. corrupt bufsau q
high paid officials whose labnrs nave re-
suited ID multitude Of lies suDpefts&
an army Of devosees 10 the G. @. r pzss
hare not omplisAed aaytaln9 sisa
Under ordinary III .nfnstaaces tha lab0ss
OF the Census Office should long 40 h&re
ended, and The false records made ~ i
nIed ii the Department. Of The Interior
This, however, Il not the case HpbsEf
2. Porter. Superintendent q censas. y
placed in his position Dscanee pE his apls-
ity to distribute patronage where y
would do The NEST good. and, like faltt-|
ful henchman, be did SO. His onlJ H.
juncti on was to follow orders, and u {0z~
low orders meant gross misrepke sen<s-
tlon Of the statistics Of this eonaefys
The latest act of tais man Por6ex Ii II
harmony With his past luxolsncs and
fraudulent work. aud il also Involves the
administration Is party 10 and la<zorse<
Of the scheme 70 consinue ID 81 = 80 ex j
pensive bureau OF high paid officials 10
hood wink the people into bsljeS That tAs
existence OF the Census Bureau is neces-
sarY, Porter has, with the uutkou ptea
sanction Of the administration. issued 4
circular that for pure ana n1sd uiteratsd
Ia this county. Toamake il niote forcinl
he has added TO the circular printed
opinion OF w. 81. r. Miller, Attorney
General and law partner of P1es5deus
Harrison.
WHAT TIE DOCUMENT sAYs.
hat 1Ez<E .u<r
the owners Of farms aud homes ard the
amount of indebtedness on 1hose tant 2Fe
occupied by owners, The Lensns once
has mailed circulars 70 severed a1llioo
owners To this IS added she false states
inent mat "a large porti0uv Of THESE pso-
pie have responded promptly aud kAS
paper concludes with THIS dslus{ve s3E-
lence.--ssIf the persons VINO have faIAea -
report in regard to this mateer. as re-
Qaesfed. will at once comply with tic
law. this Investigation VIII soon be conaz
pieted-"
TO this appeal for a pretense "a keap up
this expensive buEear, Superintendent
Porter adds q threat in the form 9f aH
opinion from Attorney General Miller.
Which reads thus
ssDEPAgTMENT OF JusTfEE.
~ AsHlNGTos. d. g.
October 5. 1891
III +
Is the ownership CT farms ana tie -.4 =
1 OF mortgage thereon. beg 60 assHte y94
| of the cU-spef 4tiDn of the Departments ct
| Justice with the Census Office ii pursst-
i1g The investigating dlrecte;l 81 tas Aes
| OF Congress, approved February % 1890
| A prosecution has already been instituted
against q resident Of Iowa Tor refusing 20
answer the questions contained Ia The ar
eniar sent to aim BY the Census 0iI1ce-
| Upon complaint of the Censns Office the
| United States District Attorneys vii BE-
1 instructed to begin triBitnal pfoseratluas
( against those persons who refuse 10 Az
swer the questions confained In the cir
cuIar issued under the authority of chs
| law referred 10. Very respectfully.
| w H. H. MILLER.
ATTORNEY GeaeraL
'sThe Secretary Of the Interior y
BUREAUCRATIC THREAT.
The act reterred % il this opinion pro-
l vides:-"That il shall be the duty 81 sha
4 Superintendent OF Census. in addition to
the duties now required of him ny law,
| to ascertain the number Of persons who
/ live on and cultivate their own farms.
| and who live IN their own homes. and
| tbs number who hire their farms aud
l homes, and the number OF farms ana
homes which are under MORTGAGE, the
/ amount OF the mortgage dent aaa the
| value of the property nortgazed- He
shall also ascertain wnFther suel f8rr<8
and homes have been mortgaged xor tn8
WHOLE OF Idfk u EHS bAtLAizet itt%4f1I
the same, or for other purposes and fde
rates Of interest PAM upon the Daorsgsgea
loans NJ
Tha law also provides that. Of those RI
qnested TO supply Ihe pa1tlcu-
lars of information required.
s.W ncexer shall wilfnily fail or rsf6a<-
shall be guilty OF nsisdemeauor. and
upon conviction thereof. shall be fned in
a sum not exceeding 500.
A few days ago a resident at thus Oily
received an envelope from the Census
Office containing the inscient demand for
this information. endorsed By The quoted
threat, and a blank TO be flied out in re-
Spouse to the questions asked. The ques-
ticns are put thus
Il Amount of mortgages. liens and all
other kinds of incumbrauees ca the farx4
you owned and cultivated. or On ths
home ron owned and occupied. unpald,
jane /. 1890, not including Interest
- Market value of tile farm or home,
June I. 1854 Ifsthere was crop Lien. ~
port home value OF crop when ready Ter
market
- Annual rats Of interest actually
paid.
~ Object Of the Indebtedness
Il is needless to say that this citizen
will not answer these ins0ient cues
lions. and that they were only mailed 10
the people in this country to make an ax-
case for the continuation 70 pag Tire ex-
penses of the notorious Census odce.
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