The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-09-27
THE MARYLAND CENSUS.
Reply of State Official TO Director
MerrInm's Report.


BALTIMORE. Sept. ZT-WnIara J Og-
den. who was Assistant superintendent OF
the State Census. replying 20 the state
meHt issued yesterday as 20 the Kent
county censuses BY W. r. Merriam, Di-
rector Of th- Twelfth Census. said.
4 note that Director Merriam admits
an error Of 2.fa2 names which should not
have been reported by the state enumey-
ators. and were not. and leaving 80 which
should have been returned by them but
were in fact omitted This last item.
therefore, Of 30 names, is the interesting
question
Now IL must be remembered that this
20 is arrived at by deducting the 2k2
names which the Federal Census Director
admits were improperly enumerated by
his enumerators from the 3I52 names
which he alleges were found By the meth
cd Of comparison Of the schedules Of both
censUscs. as described by him in the
above statement And right here is the
error that destroys the value Of the al
legged comparison. for when the list OF
the 3.l52 names was examined under my
supervision by the State enumerators It
was found to contain over go names
that were on the State lists. This dis
covery completely destroys the value Of
the alleged comparisons.
Il have always believed. and so stated
it TO the Federal Census Office, that the
error occurred by mixing the cards after
they had been separated in the manner
described by Director Merriam After
patient and detailed enquiry into every
name on the list Of 3l52 we were only able
TO add forty names TO our schedules. Di-
rector Merriam accounts for :, 40 Of them.
and the error Of including about 100
names that were on the State lists fully
covers the alleged deficiency in the State
enumeration for Kent county II is in
terestiug right here 20 note the follow
ing facts.
The comparison Of the schedules OF the
two Censuses OF Kent county was COM
pleted on July l. and yet General AIer-
Ram. by his direct order. prevented the
return OF the list Of names found on the
Federal schedules that were not on the
State schedules. although repeatedly ask
ed for by myself. And they were not de-
livered 20 us until the day before the
zrh OF July. which day was the legal ter
miuati0n Of the State census Office Had
General Merriam supplied the State cen
Sus ONCE with this list Of 3.l52 names as
soon as II had been typewriter from their
cards, we should have discovered the er-
ror that the list contained I'm time 90 have
LLA II --4t e-tA anu A--4lN 10
Federal Census Office before our Office
was closed by law Bat because Of their
delay IN supplying Us the list until the
last day, the list. when corrected by our
investigation on that day. was included [
IN the records of the State census Office Z
and forwarded TO Annapolis Then. when 7
IL was too late for the State census bu-
reaI. which had ceased 10 exist. TO CO.
operate any further with the Federal Of I
ice. Director Merriam requested that he I
De permitted 70 20 through the records OF I
Our Office which were then in the custody l
Cf the Governor Il viii thus be seen I
that the dissatisfaction I'm the mind Of 4
Director Merriam is simply the result Of 4
his own order IN refusing 20 give US the I
Information gathered by the comparisons 4
1T the two schedules