Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-24

ceptions, not more than twenty. were either
entirely fictitious or were those of people
had left it at periods varying from six
months to thirty-two years before the date
Of the census.
"Bowles returned s12 additional names in
five were those Of dead people and the bal
ance were those Of people who had never
lived in the district. or had left it. or were
entirely fictitious. Many Of the statements
made by Bowles In his schedules are ex-
tremely amusing In one instance Eccles-
ton s. Graves appears as a school teacher,
six years old. Thomas ]. Graves, aged two
years. is described a farm laborer. who
was employed during the entire census
year and who could read. write and speak
English. Joshua Niles, coiored, two years
old. is said to be a carpenter. He was no
less Industrious and fortunate than Thomas
Graves. and was not out OF employment at
any time during the census year. He also
could read. write and speak English.
Abel, or. rather. Ching (or those par
ticular entries are in Ching's handwriting.
not only enumerated a dead woman. but
also the Washington undertaken who had
come down to Leonardtown to bury her.
Result of Recent Trial.
For some reason probably as compro-
mise the jury in the recent trial in the
United States court which lasted for two
weeks. and in the course of which some
two hundred witnesses were examined. ac-
quilted Bowles and Abel of the charge Of
conspiracy. but convicted Ching Of con-
spring with Guyther. who had pleaded
guilty.
NO attempt was made in the trial to
deny the absolutely fraudulent character
of these supplemental schedules
"Other indictments for making false re-
turns pending against Abel and
Bowles.
Representative Mudd wrote directly to
most of his enumerators In Charles county.
asking them to be very careful not to omit
anybody since they might get an addi-
tional member of the house of delegates.
He said in these letters that they had a
right to enumerate those who had resided
in the county. and who still claimed a resi-
dence there, intending to return. although
they had been away for some time
The Census in Charles County.
OF the count in Charles county it Is set
forth In the report that 1.-The enumeration
also contains many names which ought
not to be there. although in nearly every
case there is some sort of attenuated the
DRY, or some possible mistake accounting
for the enumeration, and no one there has
yet been indicted The director of the CEN
sus estimates the difference in this county
between the true enumeration and that &C
tually made as between 500 and go.
Transient Berry Pickers Counted.
I'm Anne Arundel county between 1900
and 1000 berry pickers who were in the
county from two to six weeks temporarily.
were included in the enumeration. The
theories of the enumerators in st. Marys
and Anne Arundel counties appear to have
been antagonistic; in the one case alb
sentees who intended to return were count
ed, and in the other case enumeration
was made OF those temporarily present. In
each case however, the result was the
same-to increase the enumeration. Most
of these berry pickers cannot now be iden-
tilted, or found at all. About 400 have been
traced to Baltimore. 1t is hard to tell how
many of them were actually in the county
at the tine Of taking the census
The report is concluded with the present.
ment of the grand jury which dealt with
the census cases, and with this comment:
1T is evident that the true remedy for
the monstrous abuses that occur in the
taking of the census Is to remove the APP
pointment of supervisors, and, consequent
ly, OF the enumerators selected by them
from the field Of partisan politics. by in
Guiding this branch of the service within
the classified system and by making ap-
pointments thereto depend solely upon the
ground of fitness, as ascertained by COM
petitive examination"