Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-11-27
FRAUDS
DISCOVERED
IN CENSUS
SEATTLE AND PORTLAND
ENUMERATI0NS PADDED
Recount Reduces Population Of
Two Cities 1l,l88 and
t5,745 Respectively Pas
Sengers on Vessels Counted,
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IBy Morning Journal Special leased wirel
Washington. NOV. % Ia announc-
ing tonight the correct population Of
seattle. wash and Portland ore, as
28T.la4 and 2072l4 respectively,
Census Director Durand issued state
ments giving the results Of the re-
enumeration made necessary In GER
tain districts oe the two cities, but
evidences Of padding Of the orgiual
figures.
"The original returns from Seattle
coatMned 24S.3S2 names or lllSH
more than the final figures SAYS Mr.
Durand "'rhis difference represents
names eliminated from various dis
tilcts as not entitled 10 enumeration,
and In the case OF one district, nnmher
82. the difference between the orig
inal enumeration and reenumeratioh
which WAS found necessary
''Correctinns were made in the
enumeration ot Fifteen districts out
OF a total of 10. A considerable num-
ben OF other districts tn which the
original returns Indicated the possi-
hiliN OF Incorrect enumeration were
found to be substantially correct
The original returns for Portland
contained 222.959 names on t5.4A5
more than the final count, the latter
number being eliminated on q caro-
ful re-oouutine OF certain districts
uud the entire remuneration OF two
others.
IN both Portland and Seattle sever
al similar eases were found by the
census bureau for the padding ot
which led te the recount
4 private organization in each city.
III Portland perhaps moro than one
organization. had shps printed CON
thinning the census questions and
names were added by the enumerators
from the slips thus collected. The orr
ganlzatious in each ease colieetcd
napiea of many persons who claimed
not to nave been en ~uomtad and ta
| be entitled TO enumeration
These slips. the census bureau dis
covered contained names Of many
ltransients IN the city and others De-.
clarcd not entitled to be counted
Several enumeraturs in Portland,
"assigned large numbers OF names
from these slips 70 Vacant lots or
buildings containng no residents
One onumeratoI on checking up such
sllps handed 60 him found his ewu
name appeared on five different slips
as not having been enumerated.
one railroad grading gang (which
pnssibly nj one time was employed in
Portland, but which at the time Of
the enumeration had for some time
been In lhc state Of Montana was
enumerated In one district an
ruumorator listed over 1.l00 persons
as residents of some business estab-
lishment. over 100 persons were
enumerated as residents of a Japn-
ncse church
The crews of several vessels not
having Portland as their home port
and i'm one case the passengers on
steamer which arrived at Portland,
were counted. the census bureau de-
clared,
Of the fifteen cnumcrators in seat
tie foInd to have padded their re-
turns. 1T is impossible. SAYS the
statement Ito state With certainty
how many were guilty of Intentional
frauds"
But in the cases of districts 90 and
10f II adds, I'm which me ~reatest
number ol names were eliminated,
there can be little doubt that ntcn-
tional frauds were perpctrated.
In the latter district the methods
pursued are reported es particularly
flnerant THE correct enumeration
was l.1G2. whereas the cnumcrator
presented "s'ha lltflnff- 81 Nift 'Np-
district the original enumeration
showed S.531 names. the recount a.
l491
The former enumcrat0r has been
indicted for violation Of the census
act The other cnumerator, n Is said,
interpreted his Instructions So liber-
ally that he invented out of his own
head information where it WAS IacE
inu IN one place the enumcrator in
district 81 reported ~ persons liVnr
in building which recount show
cd contained only nineteen regular
dodgers. In another district he Zee
count reduced the enumeration from
4,l29 10 3,Sf1.