The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-30

NO TTuuu III AcnSuS.
As was expected by all those who are
In touch with existing conditions in
this city. the expert detailed by the
census bureau 10 examine into Seat
ties enumeration finds that the count
a. reported was substantially correct
and that the stupid charges brought by
snvious meddlers on the outside are ut
terly without foundation The census
Official finds no evidences OF an at
tempt TO falsify the returns Of emu
merators. and no Indications whatever
Of an effort 20 make seattie's popula-
tion larger than It really IL, The vim
dictive assertion that there had been
wholesale fraud In the enumeration has
been completely dlsproved, and the in
! vestigation has disclosed that the
charges lodged with the director OF the
census were the work Of petty mischief
makers who. without any warrant, had
set about willfully and malIclously to
injure this city by methods both spite
fui and underhand.
Upon investigation Mr. Olmstead has
found that the enumeration was con-
Quoted properly and that the returns
were accurate and reliable except as
TO three precincts. where recount has
been ordered. In tho returns from
these three precincts there was no evi-
dence OF fraud or any indication that
the population had been overestimated.
The count was Judged imperfect merely
for the reason that full census details
had not been entered as required. The
count may have been, and probably
was. correct. but the returns were not
properly made out for permanent rec
ord. and another enumeration OF the
three precincts Is ordered for the pur-
pose OF making the census OF the entire
city complete and regular The count
as revised will not differ materially
from that originally sent in to the cen
sus bureau. and possibly may add TO
the ngures returned IN the first emu
meration.
II viii probably be found that Seattle
has about double the population ot the
city " Tacoma, whence have come the
ridiculous charges that have been 50
completely exploded by the census ex-
pert II Is this difference In slSe that
has awakened the Jealous wrath OF the
Tacoma people who once thought their
city might figure rs rival of Seattle.
and their attack upon our census ng-
lures was made In the hope that some
fault might be found Ia the Seattle
enumeration ana It's total cut down 50
as 60 make this ci,y's pre-emlncuce
less strik,nsly manifest, The EFFORTS II
these misguided people have failed mis-
erahly, The population WIN stand about
as It was originally reported. and by
an Investigation set on foot BY them
selves they viii be essopped from ques-
tioning It's accuracy hereafter.
Anyone who Is acquainted with the
character OF the two cities or who has
been In touch with the life and trade
az both OF them could never have been
Ia doubt as 60 the census results. Their
relative size and importance Ia shown
Ia figures prepared by the Seattle
Chamber Of Commerce. to which Il viii
10 weu 60 call the attention Of those
who may have been mlsled into bepey-
ing THAI Tacoma was entitled 90 be
placed In abe same class with tails city.
These figures speak for themselves,
eand chow hew rapidly Tacoma has
fallen 20 the rear. 1t Is only necessary
10 examine them 80 he convinced that
the period for citing the two places as
rivals has passed long since. and that
-shis miserable census protest Is In the
nature Of dying kick.
The expectation Of coal across the
Atlantic has led statistiolsns 20 figure
cut that continental Europe and Great
Britain viii need 50.eo0,Ooo tons OF
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