The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-08-19
POLITICS BARRED
). IN CENSUS WORK
Taft Issues Strict instructions
to Secretary NageI.
VIOLATION MEANS LOST JOB
Supervisors and Enumerators Must
Not Serve Purposes Of Any One
Announce Appointments for
Nearby States.

Beverly, Mass, Aug. 16.-In letter
addressed to Secretary Nagel of the
department of commerce and labor
President Taft served notice that any
man engaged in the taking of the thir.
teenth census of the United States
who engages in politics in any way
will Immediately be dismissed from
the service.
Outside of casting their votes the
president believes that census super.
visors and enumerators should keep
clear Of anything that savors of poll.
tics, national, state or local.
The president orders that the secre.
tary of commerce and labor and the
director of the census embody in the
regulations governing the taking OF
the census the rule SO forcibly laid
down in his letter.
Recommended by Congressman.
Mr.. Taft says in appointing census
supervisors it has been found neces.
sary to select men recommended by
senators and congressman in their dis
tricts. He says he realizes this meth
cd of selection might easily be per-
veFted to political purposes and it is
to take the census out of politics, so
far as the actual work is concerned,
that he has explicitly expressed his de-
sire concerning the regulations.
In concluding his letter the presi-
dent says:
Il wish to make this regulation as
broad as possible, and wish 1t en-
forced without exception. 1t is of the
highest Importance that the census
should be taken by men having only
the single purpose of reaching a just
and right result, and that the large
amount of money to be expended in
the employmentn of so vast a machine
as the census shall not be made to
serve the political purposes of anyone.
Has Appointed 1874.
One hundred and thirty-four addi-
tional supervisors of the census were
appointed yesterday. Altogether 1874
of the $50 supervisors now have been
commissioned and Mr.. Taft's task is a
little more than half completed.
Among those appointed are:
Illinois, Third district, Frederick A.
Schlick; Fourth district, Donald A.
Callahan; Sixth district, Frank w
Latimer; Seventh district, Charles
Sykes Burdick; Ninth district, George
w. Register; Twelfth district, William
]. Butter; Fifteenth district, s. Bart
lett Kerr; Sixteenth district, John T.
Galbraith.
Indiana, First district, William D.
Grow; Second district, James A. Scar.
ing; Third district, William w. Lingle;
Fourth district, William o. Pretsman;
Fifth district, Samuel J. Wilton
Sixth district, William Henry Tieman
Seventh district, William Low Rice;
Eighth district, Joseph Riley Broyles;
Ninth district, Abel Telemachus Clay.
pool; Tenth district, Francis H. Doran
Eleventh district, Henry Louis Bendel;
Twelfth district, John Wood; Thir.
teenth district, Samuel r. Thomas.
Iowa, First district, John w. Row.
ley; Second district, Asa A. Hall;
Seventh district, Cambridge Culbert.
son.
Kansas, First district, Reese Van
SAINT; Second district, William H
Smith; Third district, Charles Voc.
Supervisors for Michigan.
Michigan, Third district, Fred w
Stuart; Fourth district, Charles Eos.
ter Dawson; Fifth district, John l.
Boer; Seventh district, Hugh H. Hart;
Eighth district, John Baird Ninth dis
trict. John A. Sherman; Tenth dis
trict, Charles r. Jackson; Eleventh
district, Sylvester Perry Youngs;
Twelfth district, James T. Bennett.
Minnesota, First district, Frank r
Gartside; Second district, Clark W.
Gilmore; Third district, Avis B. Kelly;
Fourth district, William Byron Web.
ster; Fifth district. Charles H.
Cairns; Sixth district, Ezra Edward
McCrea; Seventh district, Charles w
Odell; Eighth district Byron Lincoln
Hollister; Ninth district, Daniel VIII.
lard Meeker.
Nebraska. First district, Frank e
Helvy; Second district, Charles l.
Saunders; Third district. Joseph AL.
bert Hays; Fourth district, Philip F,
Bross.
North Dakota, First district, Carl N
Erich.