Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-07
PREPARING FOR The CENSUS
Director Merriam Getting Ready to Count
People Of United States.
DISTRIBUTION or PATRONAGE A POSER
Numerous Appointments 20 Re Made,
Many of Them with Good Salaries
Attached - Nebraska Com
Eressmen start Home.

WASHINGTON March Especial Tele-
eram.)-The government. In its various eN-
ccutiye branches has already begun the
work OF carrying into effect legislation
enacted by the recent congress.
The principal piece Of new legislation is
the act providing for the taking next year OF
the twelfth census. Director Merriam is in
Washington and is expected to qualify with
in few days and begin the work of organ
ization. Dr. Wines who was today APP
pointed assistant director is not here, but
is looked for shortly Tuere will be many
preliminary questions to be settled before
the real labors of the census bureau begin.
The patronage question will prove the
most difficult The director is authorized
to appoint five statsucians at $4,000 each;
a chief clerk at s. 500, a dsbursing clerk
at S2500; one geographer al 81 500; five eX-
pert chiefs OF divisions at 1000 each. to-
gether with a limited number OF clerks of
class one, copyists, messengers and skilled
laborers. The higher grade clerks are lin
tied in numbers as follows Ten OF class
four. fifteen Of class three and twenty of
class two with salaries ranging from $500
up.
The supervisors of census. not to exceed
900 in number. shall be appointed by the
president and confirmed by the senate. They
are to be selected six months prior to date,
June l. 1900. fixed for the commencement OF
the enumeration period. One is provided for
the District of Columbia, one for Hawaii
and one for Alaska. No mention is made Of
Porto Rico or the Philippines. The super
visors are to be paid in proportion to their
work the minimum compensation being
fixed at $1,000.
Tho special agents to be appointed shall
receive S6 per day salary. their travelling
expenses and SO per day for subsistence.
The law provides that the chief clerk the
chief statistician and all otter employees
shall be subject to such examination as the
director shall prescribe. No examination,
however. shall be required of enumerators,
special agents nor of employees below the
grade of skilled labor at $500 per annum.
Employees in the departments whose sery-
ices may he specially desired by the di
rector of the census may be transferred
without examination and al the end Of the
service to be eligible to appointment in any
department withou: additional examinations
when vacancies occur.
Ii is impossible to tell with defniteness
the number of appointments that will be
made in any particular state under this
act.
Nebraskans Homcward Bound.
Senator Allen and Congressman Stark
left for Nebraska this morning, Representa-
tives Greene, Maxwell and Sutherland having
left on Saturday Judge Strobe will remain
in the east some days before returning to
Lincoln. Senator ThUrston will also remain
IL tn east for some ttIss-~laektng ~ er'
/ matters having a direct bearing on the re-
organization of the volunteer army under
the bill which was recently approved by the
president Now that the appropriation bills
have been signed. there is a pressing de-
mand for these measures, especially among
hold-over congressman remaining in the
city.
! Under the postoffce appropriation bill the
clause relating to vacations Of railway pos
| tai clerks is retained and also the proviso
| relating to grades Of clerks. Under the In
dian appropriation bill there are but few
changes from those indicated previously.
The agent at Santee reservation, Nebraska.
! will get $15OO; Omaha and Winnebago
agency. 81 900, the former being an increase
of $500 and secured by Senator Thurstou;
/ Sac and Fox agency, Iowa, $1,000; Sisseton,
! S D. 81 500; Rosebud $500, Pine Ridge,
| 81, 500; Crow Creek, 81 600; Yankton, $1,000.
In the appropriations for public buildings
throughout Nebraska there were no changes,
Omaha getting 100000, Blair $4,000, Nor
folk and Hastings $4,000 each.
The postoffice at Orleans, Neb., is TO be
moved TO q building owned by the Bank
of Orleans AT a rental of $50.
DR. J. f. Smith has been appointed pen
sion examining surgeon at Huron, S. D.
The Drovers' National bank Of the Union
stock yards, Chicago, and the National Bank
Of Commerce at Kansas City has been ap-
proved as reserve agents for the South
Omaha National bank.
BY direction OF the assistant secretary OF
war the discharge from the service OF the
United States by the commanding officer OF
the Preside. San Francisco on January l5
1899 of Private Ralson II. Patmore, Com
pany a, and Bert Z. White, Company D,
First Nebraska, is confirmed. These SOL
diers are entitled to travel pay. First-clas:
Private Frank W. Hartley, Creighton, Neb
in the signal corps stationed at Fort Meyer
is discharged from the service.
Mrs. II. H. Glover of Grand Island, who
has been visiting Mrs. w. H. Michael OF
this city. left for Nebraska today.