The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-27
Census Shows Sound Metropolis
Has Larger Population
Than Rose City.
FRAUDS in BOTH PLACES
CAUSE REMUNERATION
One Government Employee In
dicted for Padding Rolls,
and Others Suspected.
BY Associated Press.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.-In an
nouncing tonight the correct population
of Seattle, Wash, and Portland, Ore,
as 237 ,l94 and 207 PA, respectively,
Census Director Durand issued state
ments giving the results of the re-
enumeration made necessary in certain
districts of the two cities by evidences
of padding of the original figures.
''The original returns from Seattle
contained 24s,3S2 names, or ii, ,1SS more
than the final 6gdres,i says Mr.. Du-
rand ''This difference represents
names eliminated from various districts
as not entitled 10 enumeration and in
the case of district No. G2 the difference
between the original enumeration ind
a RECOMMENDATION which was found nee
essary.
Corrections were made in the emu
meration of fifteen districts out of a
total Of 10. A considerable number of
other districts in which the original
returns indicated the possibility of in
correct enumeration, were found 10 be
substantially correct.''
The original returns for Portland con-
tanned 222.959 names or 1880 more
than tho final count, the latter mum.
Der being eliminated on careful re-
checking Of certain districts and the
CHtilC S'tUumeTtllOu O1 lWO OIueTS.
Absolved From Fraud.
Mr.. Durand says that while it was
found necessary to eliminate q greater
or less number OF names from 4 con-
siderable number of enumeration dis
tricts in Portland, 'thc evidence indi-
Gates that in most cases the enumera-
tors were not consciously guilty of
fraud and it is also clear that the
supervisor, Mn Beach, did all that rca-
sonably could he expected to prevent
the padding of the census.'
la both Portland and Seattle. several
similar causes were found by the cen
sus bureau for the padding which led
to the recount.
A private organization in each city.
in Portland perhaps more than one or
ganization, ehad slips printed contain
ing the census questions and names
were added by the enumcratoTs from
the slips thus collected. The organiza
itons in each case collected names of
many persons who claimed not to have
been enumerated and to be entitled TO
enumeration.
These slips, the census bureau dis
covered contained names of many tran
sients in the city and others declared
not entitled to be counted.
Several eoumerators in Portland.
"assigned large numbers of names from
these slips 10 vacant lots or buildings
containing no residents,n One emu.
merator. on checking up such slips hand
ed TO him "found that his own name
appeared on fvc different slips Us not
having been enumerated.
Portland Takes in Montana.
One railroad grading gang, (Which
possibly at one time was employed in
Portland, but which ut the time of the
enumeration had for some time been
in the state of Montana was enumcr-
ated.H In one district An enumerator
''listed over 100 persons ms residents
at some business establishment. Over
one hundred persons were enumerated
as residents of japanese church. -
The crews of several vessels not hav-
ing Portland as their home port and in
one case the passengers on steamer
which arrived at Portland were count
ed, the census bureau declared.
OF the Fifteen enumcrators in Seat
tie found to have padded their returns,
.'it is impossible says the statement,
were guilty of intentional Frauds But
in the cases Of districts 81 and I07. it
adds. in (which the greatest number
of names were eliminated, there can bo
little doubt that intentional fauds were
perpetrated y
Enumerator Indicted.
In the latter district the methods
pursued are reported rs particularly
hagrant.'' The correct enumeration
was 1863. whereas tho enumerator pre-.
seuted 1868 names. In the other dis
trict the original enumeration showed
s537 names, the recount 419I.
The former onumerator has been in
dicted for violation of the census act.
Tho pIbpr ppuuprafor. said in
terpreted bis Instructions SO literally
that he invented out of his own head
whero it was lacking. In
one place the enumerator in district
81 reported 12l persons living IN a
building. which recount showed con
tanned only nineteen regular dodgers.
In another district the recount re-
duced the enumeration from 1929 TO
33i7.