The evening times., 1899-10-17
10 HURRY CUBA'S CENSUS
General Sanger Says There VIII
BE No Delay.
No Indications That Trouble Hns
Been Brought About by the Res
iEnatfon of EmPioyes-The Work
Is Almost Certain TO BE COM
pIeted Within Forty Days Time.

When asked concerning the report that
some Of the Cuban census enumerators had
resigned bscause they were NOT allowed the
use CT horses in their work, Gen. J. p.
Sanger, who is in charge of the census oil
the island, said today:
There has been absolutely no hitch In
the taking OF the Cuban census, which
started yesterday. / have received teie-
grams every day from Assistant Director
Victor H Olmstead, vino is in charge OF
the work in Cuba, and he has reported no
obstacle and everything running smoothly
toward the rapid and successful tax
ing OF the census within forty days. IL
some delays occur, / do not apprehend IL
will be due 10 the failure TO provide horses
or other means Of conveyance for enumera-
tors, but they will be owing TO the serious
difficulties OF communication, the prevailing
rainy season. and the suspicious nature OF
the people, who look upon an enumerator
as a preliminary step TO an increase OF tax
alton, or some other political move.
"A census enumeration is no new thing
TO the Cubans The Spaniards took one
every five years. and under Spanish law the
figures were corrected every other year. If
the Cubans failed &c submit to these pro-
ceedings they socn had the military gov
ernor down on them.
'-Au the supervisors had two weeks
training at the Census 0flce in Washing
ton and they in turn returned TO Cuba 10
their respective provinces and drilled the
enumerators for many weeks. These emu
merators are each paid S. day, which
under sworn agreement includes all ex-
penses An enumerator has only ten miles
square to cover in forty days. and only
the very LATEST of them would require
horses.
As soon as the schedules are completed.
they will be shipped TO this city and the
tabulations completed by the Hallerith
Tabulating Company, in January or Feb
ruary."
President Mckinley. it is said, will be
largely governed in his recommendation
to Congress by what the census Of Cuba
shows. and it is important to complete the
canvass of the island as soon as possible.
There now seems to be no question, -
said an Official this morning, that Gen
eral Brooke viii shortly be succeeded by
a prominent civilian. This does not mean,
however. that the military authority which
now prevails will be entirely Withdrawn.
Ii will be necessary for some little time
to keep the soldiers in Cuba to do police
duty. for that is all the work they are now
really performing.
LAS stated in The Times some weeks ago
local self government will from time tC
time be established in the different prov
iuces, and when the Cubans have demon
strated their ability 10 govern the place
where the local self-goyernment is estab-
lished the American troops will be with
drawn until the island is finally left en-
tirely TO civil control.
1t is said that when the census is com
pleted and il has been determined whs
shall be entitled to vote, general election
will be ordered, so that the Cubans ma.
choose their local officers. The President
At is said. desires to establish republican
form of government for Cuba as soon a
possible"