New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-03
TAMMANY'S FALSE CENSUS.
CUTTING THE MAN TO FIT THE COAT.
ENUMERAToRs SWELLING THE POPULATION o.
DOWN DISTRICTS ANAZTyGrY

ENUMERAToRs SWELLING THE POPULATION o.
DOWNTOWN DISTRICTS AMAZINGLY.
That it was the purpose of the Tammany
| enumeratOrs TO increase the population of this
| city so that there might be an increase OF Tam
many representation in the Senate and Assembly.
there now does not seem to be the slightest
doubt In the count OF one of the Assembly
Districts nearly completed yesterday, an increase
was made of almost 5000 the returns az
shown by the Federal census and the Police census
Of 1890, and as the election returns for the last
five years have shown a large decrease in this
district it cannot be disputed that the figures
have been doctored by the Tammany enumeratow.
Ii the increase over the census Of 1890 Of the
districts to come in to-day is large as is shown
in those completed yesterday, the figures will
easily show that the population of New-York City
is over 100000.
The returns yesterday came in slowly to County
Clerk McKenna's Office. In 1890 the two enumera-
tons were taken by wards, but the present count
has been made on the lines Of Assembly Districts.
Yesterday the count of only two Assembly Districts
was completed. County Clerk McKenna says that by
this morning nearly every one of the sS7 election
districts will have been heard from. BY tomorrow
morning at the latest it will be known just how
much more representation Tammany will have al
Saturday that all of the census returns were to
be reported yesterday and the only explanation
Of the unnecessary delay is that the returns Of
certain Assembly Districts are being held back 20
that the results when counted will be satisfactory
to Croker, Murphy & Co.
The complete returns Of the two Assembly
Districts which were announced yesterday were
from the lid Assembly District and the XXIst
Assembly District. The enumeratoB' figures
showed that the population Of the former district
was 44,586 and that the population Of the latter
district was 64,924. 1t was impossible yester-
day to make an accurate comparison Of these
two districts with the 1890 counts as they wero
taken by wards but The Tribune is in posses
sion Of the 1890 Police and Federal count Of tho
Ist Assembly District. comparison could be made
there which plainly indicates that the usual
Tammany methods have been resorted to in the
Ist District to make the figures large enough to
suit the INSCRIPTIONS politicians.
The LIST Assembly District is an acknowledged
Tammany stronghold, and if the population can
by any means be increased enough, Tammany
representation in the Senate and Assembly would
certainly at the same tine be increased.
In this Assembly District yesterday every cleo
ton district with one exception was heard from.
The total count of this Assembly District, leaving
out the one Election District vet to be heard from
was 3S,0I9. The Ist Assembly is in the down.
town region. where for tie last five years the
population has notceably decreased Every year
in the elections Of lsS7 to 1891 the decrease IN
the registration has been large and steady. That
the population has decreased proportionately ID
not disputed, and yet the Ss,0l9 which the enumer-
ators turn in as a correct number Of people living
in the district shows increase Of nearly 10000
over the census Of 1890, as the following will
show:
Population Of the Assembly Disttct In 1890, -
shown by the census returns .~s,s
Federal -
Increase OF Police Federal. ......--.... L7%o
II will be seen that the increase of the Pohce
count in 1890 over that of the Federal was only
l74O But the returns Of the 1ammany enumer-
ators in the same district show, since the popuia,
ton has decreased that the district has increased
9,ss4 in population over the figures OF the req,
eral census and s,l44 over the Police census and