The evening times., 1900-06-05
PROCEED With THE COUNT
Census Enumerators, After a Day CT
aest, ResuBe Their Work.
Most of the Hen Make Good Progress
und Meet with Little Difficulty, the
Only Trouble Thus Far Having
Been With the Foreigners Who
Do Not Understand the Census.

The enumerators OF the local census.
supervisor for the District. resumed their
labors this morning Already each emu
merator has completed the work OF two
or more of the blocks of which his dis
trict is composed, the regulations requir-
ing that each block be completed before
another is undertaken. In this way the
work will be thorough as far as it goes
and there will be no necessity Of review
ing any section OF the city
Up to the present time the enumera-
tors have had no serious trouble in Sc
curing answers to their questions and
they anticipate none in the future. OF
course there are people who do not under
stand what the census Is or what the nan
who takes it is trying to do, but this class
is largely confined to the foreign popu-
lation and is becoming limited more and
more each day as information concerning
the work becomes spread by word OF
mouth or by the reading Of newspapers.
IL the business districts the difficulties
viii be slight and doubtless the work
there, in proportion to the number OF
names registered, will be far more rapid
than In the more sparsely populated sec
tions where less system obtains and the
people are less "get-at-able"
In the Instructions to the enumerators
they were warned not TO display their au-
thority until IL became absolutely neces-
sary; that II was better 20 turn away wrath
with soft words than to become imperioes
and impress the reticent subject Of ilQus-
sition with the enumeTatOr's power to in
woke the law. That there will be some
people who will have to be repo-t "a 10 the
higher officials of the census Is beyond
doubt. Just what will happen TO them IL
they persist In refusing TO answer Ques-
tions. it is impossible TO say. though the
law and the penalty prescribed for such
obstinacy is very plain. In most cases the
punishment viii probably not extend be-
yond a severe lecture. and in the few OBJ
durate cases to possible detention for a
few hours. IL is considered likely that in
city OF the character OF Washington there
will be few, il any, who will require this
treatment.
The greatest interest in the National
Census viii be had in the new towns and
cities Of the West. Places which have
sprung in a few years from nothing at all
to a population Of several thousand soul.
will naturally be more anxious TO find out
| their exact population and 10 have il as
I great possible and SO recorded perma-
Aentiy tHdH VIII the CUES OF IonBeT hislO-
/ ~ and slower growth Many cities IN that
/ section which now have u 900 to 20. 600 in
| habitants did not appear on the rolls OF
| the last census, and others which now
boast Of 5O.0G0 to 100. 900 citizens were then
: given as containing but dozen or a score
I OF thousands.
| The spirit Of rivalry will develop between
| many such cities. and il is regarded as
/ possible that at the end Of ths 'ensus
| scandals Will arise OF charges OF eoTrupt
/ practiceS/wil be brought, such as those ot
| ten years ago. when 81. Paul and Mime
| apOlis became embittered by their rivalry
and each accused its sister city Of having
! padded the returns. even 70 the extent o
| enumerating the dead and the drummer.
| who passed but few hours at a hotel
The census officials. however. start fore
! warned in this respect. and will use al
| diligence in eliminating such work