The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1901-03-22
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MAKING A RECOUNT.

A special dispatch to the Baltimore Sun
from Annapolis, dated March 18th, says:
"Reliable information has been received
eminent is retakng the census in St.
Mary's and Charles counties An emu
merator has been sent from Washington
city by the Director of the Census for
counties. None of the enumerators for
St. Mary's county is a Marylander. The
Director of the Census General Merriam,
is DESTROYS of getting absolutely impartial
returns, and, therefore, he has sent men
to do the work who can in no way be in
fluenced by local considerations. The same
course is being pursued in Charles county.
In both counties the Federal Govern
ment will make house-to house enumer-
alton and make it as thorough and COM
plete as possible The enumerators have
been instructed to consider nothing but
the one object of getting a perfect count
of the inhabitants. This, it is fully be-
lievcd, Will be faithfully done, because the
men to whose hands the work has been
intrusted may be relied upon. 1t is
argued that the fact of sending them i'm
plies doubt of the original count, and as
the general Government intends its own
work shall be carefully reviewed, it has
been suggested in some quarters that it
would be best to await further results be-
fore rushing the State into the work.
For the State TO retake the census will
be a costly undertaking, and some men,
bers, it is said, begin to doubt the wisdom
of embarking in it, even though it is, as
must be recognized. one of the main
recommendations of the Governor in call
ing the extra session. They argue that if
the ballot reform proposed will do all the
work it is designed to do it will do no
harm to the counties affected if the repre-
sentation is increased. In other words,
if the Democrats under the new Ballot bill
can carry a majority of the seven counties
in which increased representation is as
sured by the Federal census, it would be
unnecessary to have State census:
The counties. it will be remembered,
which gain one representative in the
House of Delegates under the Federal
census are Anne Arundel, Charles, Mont
gomcry, Prince Georges, ST. Mary's and
Washington.
in connection with the suggestion
stated above Governor Smith said to ght:
1T is all nonsense to talk of stopping the
State census for any such reasons as have
been advanced Under our Constitution
the Governor must accept the Federal
census rs it has been promulgated or there
must be State census on which to base
he representation in the House of Dele
gates The Federal census has been made
and the Governor must accept it or have
State census. There is no escape from
the alternative
"Ex Senator German says: 1t would be
enumeration such as this has proved to be.
l would leave the State before l would
consent to it. But there need be no ap-
prehens ion on the subject. Nothing that
StuSuS bltClOl hcl ildll eau uoW uO Gail
change the result He has sent inspectors
into St. Mary's and Charles counties, as
he had the right to do under the census
law, but after they have done their work
over it cannot change the enumeration.
This has gone to Congress, and on it re.
apportionment Of State representation is
based. 1t is sealed book. The most
that the Director of the Census can now
do is to add footnote to the accepted
enumeration as it will be published saying
what mistakes, if any, have been made.
He can do no more. He cannot change
the figures as they have been promulgated,
and on these the Governor of Maryland
must base the apportionment or there must
be State census, for these are the re.
quirements of the Maryland Constitution"