Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-05-31
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Events, Interesting orr sotherwise, at
the CAPITOL.

| the CAPITOL.
The call Of Minister Wu Ting Fang,
Of China, at the Capitol On Saturday,
| where it is alleged he played the lob
| byist, will not be made the subject Of
| international representation. Mr.. Wu
characterizes the insinuation that he
was lobbying or had done anything
not within his privilege as absurd.
Adjutant-General Corbin has decid-
ed to begin the return of the volunteer
soldiers to the United States from the
PHILIPPINES in December. There are
about 10000 volunteers scattered in
and about the archipelago. 1t is pro-
posed to begin the work of bringing
them home in good time, as by law
the terms Of enlistment expire in
July, 1901.
Before this week ends the census
enumeration, the man or the woman
who is authorized by the United States
Government to find out all manner Of
things, will be abroad knocking at
doors in every town, village, hamlet
and lonesome country district in the
land. June l is the date fixed upon
for the beginning of the immense
task of gathering all kinds of facts
from the SO,OOO,OOO old and young of
Uncle Sans children. Many of the
questions which made the work of the
1880 enumerators very difficult be-
cause Of their disagreeable nature
have been eliminated from the list this
year. These are the facts you are re-
quired to give to the enumerator:
Your full name and relationship to
the head of the family in which you
live; your color, sex, date of birth,
giving the month, year and age at last
birthday; whether single, married,
widowed or divorced; the number of
your children, living and dead You
must also give your place of birth
and the birthplace of your parents.
III not born in this country, you must
tell when you came here; also If you
are citizen. Your occupation trade
or profession and the number of
months you are employed each year
must also be given; also how many
months You attended school, and il
you own or, rent your home. One of
the particular aims of this census is
to gather complete immigration sta
tistics for the purpose of making up
new tables relative to the foreign-bOrn
population. Supervisor Wilbur intends
to keep the name and addresses of his
enumerators secret until they have
completed their work because of the
efforts made to induce them to do can
vassing work. Various business con-
Germs are willing to pay the Govern
ment enumerators "a day to offer
their wares in the homes they visit
for Government purposes. Many ig-
norant people would feel compelled
to purchase the goods. and. to avoid
impositions of this kind upon the pub
lie the identity Of the enumerators is
kept secret.
The House devoted the entire day to
the Alaskan Civil Government Bill.
Slow progress was made, only twenty
four pages being disposed Of.
The Cabinet meeting to-day was de-
voted almost entirely to the consider
alton Of Porto Rican appointments un-
der the new Government. A number
Of these appointments will be made
very soon.
Former Secretary of State John Sher.
man and Mrs. Sherman will leave
Washington Friday in their private car
for their home in Mansfield, o., where
they will spend the summer months.
The President has nominated John
c. Freeman, of Wisconsin, to be Con-
sui to Copenhagen, Denmark.
The President and members of the
Cabinet made trip down the Potomac
this afternoon on the naval yacht
Sylph as the guests of Secretary Long.
They went as far as Indian Head and
returned to the city about o'clock.