The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-06-02
DORAN CA[ MS
GARY'S FEAR
FOR CENSUS

The two hundred Gary citizens who |
gathered last evening in Assembly hall |
| pursuant to call issued by Mayor !
Knots to discuss the reports of in
competent census taking in the Steel |
City told their troubles for an hour. /
Then a quiet but aggressive little |
gentleman arose and asked for a few |
words. He was Supervisor Francis |
/ Doran of Michigan City. The super
visor told the gentlemen that they need |
not be alarmed.
Work Not Completed.
Then they learned that the census
| work has not been completed and the
! reasons that many of the protesters
have not been enrolled is because the
enumerators have not reached them
yet. Within FIVE minutes Mr.. Doran
had his audience with him. His clear
logic dismantled all of the oratory and
countless newspaper columns that led
to the cause of the meeting.
Time Limit Until July LIST.
/ To be short about 1t Supervisor
/ Doran told the people of Gary TO keep
i quiet until they had cause to complain.
If the census were finished and the
: work done incompetently they they
. would have reason to complain Since
it is still in progress there are no
G
i Those who came with fire IN their eyes
to denounce the census work became
4 reasonable when they learned the
h | situation. Then the speaker proceeded
to tell that the government was
J cogniant of the fact the Gary problem
: | represents one of its hardest tasks,
= Therefore the director of the census,
Mr.. Durand. had extended the time
limit for completing the work here
until July l. This will practically make
Gary the last city to be heard from.
Mr.. Doran easily won his auditors
by his clear explanations and swept
- away the i'll feeling caused by the
- previous misunderstanding When
the Garyites learned that the govern
: ment intends to do them justice tehy
n went away smiling and congratulate
IN ing themselves on having such an eff
r. hcient supervisor in this district
so Mayor Opens Meeting.
tn Mayor Knots opened the meeting
in and explained the reasons for calling
tn 1t. The mayor has been in fear thai
he Gary's population would be returned a
some low figure instead of getting 1t:
a just deserts. In the course of his
lis talk the city executive stated that the
i'll enumerators had even missed him. And
lis in passing. IT may be mentioned tina
We Mr.. Doran showed the mayor late
at that he like other gentlemen who wer.
&c laborng~ under a misapprehension weI,
ge mistaken The mayor was counted
or long ago.
of Some Who Were Missed.
Homer Carr was then called to TIN
No chair and Thomas Cannon was delegat
.et ed to record the minutes of the meet
iii ing. After this several Gary citizen
ge gave examples of how they wer
he missed H. G. Price said that eleve
-ar families in the Gary hotel had bee
90 overlooked. Major McFadden reporte
,ts that he had failed to see an enumera
tor. Attorney william NJ. Dunn sal
,er that seven in his home had been over
of looked while Hugh E. Corbett state
are that the enumerators had failed t
,a+ record nine souls sheltered under hi
in roof. Similar complaints were hear
iii, from Henry McCracken, Grover Bald
ed win and several others.
,rv BY request of Mr.. Doran they hande
in in their names. He thanked them fo
m their notifications and said that h
would see that they would be enrolle,
In a number of instances the super
visor showed that certain streets ha
not been completed or that the wor
had been really done.
Co-operatove Committee.
Az After Mr. Doran's speech a friendl
I'M spirit was maintained between him ar
~ the citizens. A motion was passed
appoint a committee to cooperate wit
the census officials. This committee
- headed by Mr.. Corbett of the secor
~ ward assisted by H. ]. Watson, fr
ward: William Schlessinger, thil
ward; Izaak Bloom, fourth ward, al
Peter Juric, Nth ward.
500 odd Causes.
Policeman Peter Juric stated that
knew 1t difficult to get inform
IT ton from the foreigners many
.the them thought that the census slips we
To- another attempt on the part of I
,r.r temperance forces to abolish saloor
IN. Attorney MORRISON who served as
.nth enumerator said that the job was
now lemon Mr.. Doran said that the go
TIL. eminent rules did not permit the
~.,d cording of any person who has not be
in Gary previous to April 18th.
has already found 35 families w
o" have arrived here since then and tn