The evening times., 1899-06-12
WORK OF SELECTING
I CENSUS APPOINTEES
Few Places to Be Filled Be.
fore Next Summer.
Outlining Plans for the Prospective
Enumeration.
Apportionment Of Clerical Positions
'COmpleted-TAe Supervisors Soon
to BE; e;Designated.

Now that manyiof the applicants for po-
sitions in the Census Bureau have been
examined and their fitness to do the work
has been determined. the selection of MEM
/ bers Of the clerical force to be employed in
the various departments of the bureau here
in Washington will be commenced. Very
year.
The greater number of appointments will
not be made until about the first Of next
June when, il the present plans of the
Census officials ere carried out, the ap-
pointment of mose than $500 clerks will
be made during the summer of 1900. The
clerks employed at the Census Bureau
| number not more than fifty and the entire
force. counting Director Merriam. Assist
| ant Director Wines. and Chief Clerk Childs,
numbers only seventy-three persons.
The force now employed is engaged
in the work of outlining the mode Of pro-
cedure to be followed when the actual
enumeration Of the population commence
The work is progressing very favorably
under the supervision Of the five chief
statisticians together with Mr. Merriam
and Mr.. Wines. The chief statisticians
whose appointments date back some
months have made more progress than
those more recently appointed Chief W.
c. Hunt, OF the division of population, has
made considerable headway in his task as
have also w. A. King, chief of the divis-
ion of mortality; L. G. Powers, chief of the
division of agriculture. and Prof w. F.
Wilcox chief OF the division OF methods
and results.
S. n. ID. North, who was elected Satur-
day as chief Of the division of manufact-
ures, has not as yet entered upon the du-
ties Of that position but expects to COM
plete the plans for prosecuting the work of
his department within a few months The
present quarters have already been occu-
pied much longer than was expected when
the bureau moved in. hut new building
has not yet been selected. The present
quarters, unless more room is rented. will
accommodate but few additional Clerks 1t
is expected that new quarters will have
been secured before the necessity OF max
ing large increase in the force arises
Director Merriam has completed the ap-
portionment of appointments to clerical
positions, and from this time each appoint
ment will be charged TO n Senator or Rep
resentative and deducted from his quota
The apportionment Is based on the popu-
iation OF each State and the number of its
Representatives in Congress. Republican
members OF the House will be allowed a
number of appointments in proportion to
the population of the State which he rep
resents. Senators will be given twice as
many appointments as Republican Repre-
sentatives. and Democratic members of the
House will be allowed one-third as many
appointments as each Republican Repre-
sentative.
The appointment OF census supervisors
will be commenced some time between row
and the 18th of July. Director Merriam
has nearly completed the list of names of
those who will receive these places. The
President will make the appointments. but
Director Merriam has charge of the work
OF collecting the names Of those who are
eligible to the positions, and will present
them to the President. Director Merriam
has already had several conferences with
Mr.. Mckinley concerning the advisability
of recommending certain applicants. II
is very probable that the President will
name the persons suggested by the Direc-
tor without change.