The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-08-21
CUTTING THE CENSUS PIE
President Goes Over List of
Supervisors.
COL. LYONS WANTS ALL OF TEXAS
Southern Republicans Dissatisfied
With Presidents Division OF
Appointments With the
Democrats.

DeVeElys MaSS.-At an extended
conference with Secretary Nagel d,
the Department Of gommer1 and
Post t-nnaster General Izifch,
Cock and 3. Dana Durand, director
OF the census. President Taft APPROX
cd the appointment Of $50 superyi-
sors of the 18th census. The test
had been prepared at Washington
for the president and the qualiflca-
tlons of every man was inquired into.
There has been marked discomfort
among some Southern Republicans
over the decision of the president to
divide the census patronage in the
states of the "solid south"
Col. Cecil Lyon, Republican Ma
tional Committeeman, came all the
way from Texas to tell the president
that he would rather have the state
put in charge of one supervisor-a
good Republican of course, than to
have divided the congressional dis
tricts with the Democrats. Col. Ly-
on said the declaration of his policy
on his part held good for all the
states. Oklahoma, he declared, had
been included with Tennessee, Ken
tucky and North Carolina and Mis-
souri, in the list of nearly doubtful
states that had been set apart from
the other states for a full list of
Republican supervisors.
If Oklahoma is a Northern state,'
declared Col. Lyon, II am in favor of
moving the Mason and Dixon line !
still further south to let Texas in"
When 1t is considered that each
census supervisor will have tre-
mendous field force of enumerators
under him, the extent of the census /
patronage may be readily realized.
Each of the supervisors will receive
a salary of $4,000 and their work
will extend over eight or ten months.
The enumerators will not have so
long service.
The states where the supervisors
are divided equally between the
Democrats and Republicans are Yir-
ginia, South Carolina, Florida, Ala-
bama. Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisia-
Director Durand said that ne
hoped to have the supervisors ac-
lively at work by the middle Of oc-
tober. President Taft, It is said,
laid down the rules, especially In
states where a division has been
made between Dmocrats and Repub-
|icans, that supervisors shall not be
active partisans and that no attempt
should be made to build up political
machines out of the census patron
age.
President Taft signed the commits ,
,ions of some sixty-odd supervisors
IN different sections of the country /
and the names Of these appointees
we're made public by Mr.. Durand at
he conclusion of the conference.
The far southern appointments
announce are as follows:
New Mexico, Paul A. F. Waller. +,
Arizona, Franklin F. Towie.
Florida. First District, Henry w. :
Bishop, Republican; Second District. :.
1esuer Gaulden, Republican; Third
Thomas David White, DEM
,crat. :
Alabama, First District, Lawrence
". Locklin, Democrat; Fourth Dis
rict, Geo. w. Parsons, Democrat; !.
fifth District, VIM. P. Cobb, Demo- :
rat; Sixth District, Simeon T. :
Wright, Republican; Seventh Dis :,
rict, James ]. Curtis, Republican;
Eighth District, Thos. P. Wood, Re- !.
'ublican; Ninth District John T. Nc :
Emery, Republican. :
The report is current in admins
ration circles that Mississippi's staff
+ census supervisors will be equally
fvided between the Republicans and
democrats. four slices Of pie being I
anded out to each party. No me-
roes have been chosen, the four Re-
ublicans who will fill berths being h
yhite men, and, furthermore. they, ii
re persons OF exceptionally high i
landing In the communities where u
hey reside. Il