Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-24

enumeration. and recites his counter
proposition that the Memphians them
selves should canvass the entire city, and
if any houses or groups of houses were
found to be omitted he would cause SUCH
cases to be investigated and would add
the names entitled to enumeration, but
the proposition was declined.
The director next enters into the details
with respect to the padding admitted
to have been done in 1909. He states that
a &c -eful investigation was made in the
census bureau of the original schedules
for considerable number of enumera-
ton districts, which shows an apparently
large decline in population between 1909
and 1910. These schedules bore on their
faces. he states, the evidence of repetl~
ton of visits to hotels and lodging houses
and the enumeration of impossible large
numbers Of persons from certain houses
Counted People in Saloons.
The director reminds Mr. Farley that
both the supervisor and Mr.. Skinner
carefully Investigated the enumeration OF
1900 in three districts, in one of which
they found the former enumerator, who
stated he was instructed by the man In
charge of the Memphis census, after he
had practically completed MS work III
proper manner, to go to the saloons and
restaurants in his district and enumerate
all persons found there.
The enumerator states. continues tue
director. that he did so for several con-
secutive days and he enumerated persons
as they got their meals and drinks Inc
enumerator's schedules show plainly that
he did just what he states he ana. mus
from one house number he reported 3i4
persons. These We're reported IN thirteen
different places in his schedules. repre-
senting thirteen separate VISITS covering
number OF days In numerous cases ms
visits to the same place. The enumerator
states that these places were at that
time restaurants and saloons
The director refers to another district
in which thirty-three house numbers
were assigned 260 persons, both houses
and persons being fictitious, and he
states also that large numbers OF per-
sons were by the same enumerator false
ly assigned as residents IN existing
houses in addition to those properly
belonging there.
Instances Are Cited.
Mr. Durand cites other similar in
stances chargeable to the same emu
merator From one house. 2l3 De Soto
street on his first visit he secured eight
white persons.
subsequently he entered the names OF
eighty-three white persons and 81 color
ed for the same address. From So Front
street another enumerator reported on
his first visit nine white persons. The
head of the family which then occupied
the house stated to the census repre-
sentatives that nine was the correct emu
meration.
II is I; small two-story house about
twenty-five feet wide and fifty feet long.
On subsequent sheets of his schedule this
enumerator reported less than l.09J
colored persons as dodgers liz this
house.
The director states that the head of
the family informed Mr.. Skinner that
there We're no colored persons residing
there whatever.
Continuing, the director states: Another
enumerator. whose district in 1900 was
No. 20, reported a.o43 persons from his
district. This enumeration, who is now
dead, stated to a we'll known and prom
inent business man of Memphis some time
ago that he had deliberately padded the
enumeration of his district by at least
.,aJJ names. and the gentleman to whom
this statement was made reported it TO
Mr.. Skinner.