New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-21
FRAUD CLEARLY SHOWN.
SOME RIDICULOUS CENSUS PADDING.
THE ALLEGED POPULATION OF BRooKLYN's SIX
TEENTH WARD

TENTH WARD.
Probably more glazing instance OF the crooked
Of the recent padded enumeration OF TINS state
be fouCd than in the returns from the Eighteenth
Ward OF Brooklyn. Secretary Of State Frank Nice
has declared that all that necessary ia census
Was to count noses.s Padding OF the in New
York City predicted but in Brooklyn toer-
ably fair count looked for BY some people. Ihe
returns filed with the County Clerk Of Kings County
and the Secretary Of state give the number OF nhao
hants in the Eighteenth Ward 9o,e4l. That this
number is out OF all proportion to tue true amount
can readily be seen By comparison with counties In
the state having nearly the same number Of voters
There il surer indication Of the population Oh any
district than based upon the number of votes cast
This proposition has been made repeatedly BY Demo
cratic newspapers. The maximum number OF votes
cast in any ward county OF the state IS generally
reached in Presidential years.
The Eighteenth Ward OF ProOklyn In 1879 had a
population OF l7459 III the following year. INC
Presidential election Of 1e76 called out 3211 voters.
OR one out of every 5.32 inhabitants. In 1850 The
population WAS 1890 an iicrease in five years OF
~ ,uer cent In the Presidential election OF That
yoar g. 9se votes 0ss or one out OF every V.9o
inhabitants In 1880 the Omitted states census showed
"a $50 Inhabitants. AN increase Of over Il" per cent
over the u 1850 The vote cast In 1890 wa"
$3.50 or one out OF every I'D lnhaoltshJa' III
1891 three years lster came the exciting MASo
election simultaneously with the equally h'er1s"is
election Of a Governor. Tie vote then cast ior Nle
ward WAS 1854. This result showed shsht accle""o
from tie vote Of 1855. The enumeration oi i'oo 90
adds 20 94i inhabitants. or an increase OF He1N
u.,r cent over that Of the Federal census Vi io0Y
Ihis to-. Notwithstanding the httr III "" -.
oeveoI,od the enormous incre1c Of over 2l3 per oc,
rho incrc,,c was made in spite OF Vic
tact that the vote cast IN the MNoi'"'
election Of last year did not equal that cast III
only two years before the census OF lo'o' 1900
election vac an exciting one III ErooANh' INV a., -;
canvas, between Body and Meyer ahueo " o'0 "a
,.,~st in the state election, brought ont larger
-, ,.l exccp, in Presidential year. HE party
- t,irlv ,.led the Eighteenth Word to get ou.
,ho,r mn strength Even then the vote iaieo 10 oq-'i
the vote Of lass. showing that there hiu Oc0" ~
hidden influx Of people in the three years
Tim, the censu, If loco in five Years shower an ~
ae NJ ~ per cent while the census OF l70o' lof 'o
80 ,o.eIo,od An increase Of more than I'D per
, Noy the present enumeration UNDERTAKES ~
sbo,r prpula on Of 9J.e41 Inhabitants or an iuoe"9
of over 800 per cent since lo7o' III io'i ~
ceotaee Of voter, to population according 10 'e
Of 1890 was unchanged. Those III ch"oo " '"'
n,,oe-,tion would have people believe that OILY o"o
o,t Of o6 Of inhabitants in the Eighteenth "au rf'
voar voted This is the fact as stated III inc nsue'
nublished as the population OF the ward ,.,.,.
,ro .hoy how utterly impossible it is for The h's'
teentb Ward Of Brooklyn to have TIE hu''o'I ~ "
peoplc returned (05,s4l). unless Demo'd', "'0 ,,
i,c IN admit that twO-thirds are ahoAs' Tan"
,...so, ,hc GOOD old Democratic county VI
chol.ae which has nearly a." same voting S'rcnb'i
a. the Eighteenth Ward Scho''aiio Ia ,,tr
oo ,C4 inhabitants IN sixteen months the P'Pui@'o"
., tbe comfy has changed little but the cHuhc"uo
civ.. the Eighteenth ward 91,641, a. against 'i''oo
g, ,soo scbolarc in lass cast its MAXIMUM VoO1 VI
oot ~ ont Of every 327 inhabitants. III inc
.hserce Of the enumeration may find the hummer
of citizens by multiplying the vote caso - '"c per
cent of voters 10 Inhabitants, or 1.2'. lm' e9' "p
rli.d IN The Eighteenth Ward would SHOW inc WV
1894 in 1891. multiplied by 3.27, or 32'Jo1 il'apr
tsnts I'm fnc ward. Reversing the test III ooho""ilo'
multiplying the vote cast BY that county III 1850 o Wv
maximum by the percentage OF In the Eiseehu
Ward one would forced 10 believe that tie equity
contained 5000 inhabitants.
Are the people Of the Eighteenth Ward more hesii
gent OF their duties in voting than the people VI
sohoharie, with one third OF the total popuauHi VI
the wardf' Are there many thousands OF ahels il,
the Eighteenth Ward Is the enumeration in the "aiu
fraudulent and false In every particular
Take Mr.. Eice's own county OF ontario. in lo'o
the population 49,433, about oneh Vi
tho number returned in the Brooklyn Waiu'
Tho voting per cent would be out OF every 4oVo
inhabitants II only one citizen out OF 90 Inhabitants
voted there as In tho Eighteenth Ward. the vote OF
Ontario for 1858 would have been only 5.O3D ana 40
retary Rice would have taken an express train hoho "
find ont what was up II would have been just ~
consistent for Mr. Rice to have returned 12o,o2o 4"
Ashtants living in Ontario County based npon inc