The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-05
LEAK IN CENSUS OFFICE
CAUSES BIG SENSATION
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needed for the purpose OF extorting
money or Safeguarding character Ger"
tainly, 1t is a sweet.scented situation.
Myton Is Suspended.
In regard to the affair Mr.. McMillin
says:
1.-the public may draw its own con-
| clusions. j make no charges against
any one. l relieved Mr., Myton of his
keys when he entered the Office this
morning, The figures published in the
Herald Republican are absolutely un-
authorized and unofficial -
| "The publication of these figures
puts me in the light Of being anything
but square The Herald Republican
makes me the goat I will not stand
for that.
of any kind. That clause is contained
| in the oath to which employees and
officials in the census bureau subscribe
| when they get their appointments. l
have obeyed that regulation absolutely.
Major Myton took the same oath.
"Director Durand is in the same poo'
sition. He is not giving out any 'unof;
ficial figures. Anything that would
come from him would be official.
"It was necessary at the end of May
to reduce the local office force. and as
a consequence two special agents and
one clerk in this office were relieved
on the authority of the director, in or
der to cut down the expenses. Their
work had been satisfactory. Major My
ton was one of the special agents re-
| lieved at that time.
"My chief clerk, Frank M. Eldredge,
informed me yesterday that he had n
permanent position that he wished to
take. I told him to go ahead and l
wished him luck.
81 looked about at once for some one
to assume a part of the clerical work of
| Myton. The position was satisfactory
to him and he came into the office yes
terday.
Have Access to Records.
HThe clerks in the office have access
to all the records and figures.
"The Herald Republican published
that alleged estimate this morning.
When / came to the office this morning
Major Myton was here, and I took his
kevs and wired TO Washington that
had suspended him. l have no state
ment TO make as to why l suspended
him.
81 wired TO the director at Wash
ington that estimates of the population
cf the city had been published here,
purporting to come from the director
at Washington. / also stated that
had suspended Agent Myton, clerk.
Among the orders under which I work
is one instructing me to treat of only
one subject in each letter or telegram.
81 am not making any charge
against Mr.. Myton. 1 have authority
from Washington to appoint OF remove
at my pleasure. Ny actions have all
been sustained in the past.
"The men relieved of duty May 81
were Frank M. Eldredge. chief clerk
Rock NJ. Pope, special agent, and II. P.
Myton. special agent. Mr. Eldredge IS
Special Agent Rock NJ. Pope gave sat.
isfactory service in every way. Spe.
cial Agent Myton did good work as
special agent.
"If I had given those figures out I
would have been subject to instant dis
missal, and I would have deserved it,
| have taken the action which I have
reputation. I fully exonerate every EN-"
ployee now in the Office service.
Gas to the reliability of the figures,
they are worthless. The man who gave
them out doesn' It know what the pop.
ulation of this city is.
Scores His Party Organ.
: Given though that alleged estimate
was published in the organ of my party,
it doesn't cut damned bit Of ice. II
was dirty newspaper work. If the
Herald Republican man were here now
as he was invited to be, would say
this:
"That the local census Office got
more from each Of the other three pa.
pers than from the Herald Republican
can prove it from the files of the pa.
pers.
''I called up the Herald. Republican
and The Tribune when the time allotted
for the census was becoming short and
asked for displays urging the people to
charge in each case said IL would be a
good thing. The Tribune gave us a
flare hend across the top of the front
page. The Herald Republican gave us
only the coupon which had been run
ming, and that on the inside. The
Telegram and the News also helped
us to awaken the people to the import
ance of prompt action.
| 81 appreciate the assistance of the
| newspapers. and had hoped that could
\ report to Washington that had had
| full cooperation by all the papers. II
1 was dirty piece Of newspaper work.
I "If it had been in the heat of {
political campaign one might expect
some raw work. play the game OF
4 pol1ClcS as naTd as anyone, and expect
something all the time. But to get
deal like that, and from the organ o,
my own party is about the worst hat
ever heard Of. -
Major Myton Denies.
In an interview with Tribune rep
resentative Saturday evening, Ma
II, p Myton entered an emphatic denia
that he gave the alleged statistics 4
the Herald Republican,
Mai, Myton said that he arrive,
ut the census bureau at $3.50 o'clocl
Saturday morning. "Mr. McMillin nj
rived about a quarter to nine" sal
Mr.. Myton. ~ said to him, fHellc
| Mac, have you seen the Herald Repul
Ill licnn2' He answered that ho hal