Show THAT CENSUS AGAIN it is a grim sort of satisfaction which the cities that were under counted in the lato late census will feel in f a knowing that general francis A walker superintendent of that work in 1870 and 1880 1890 gives them a more substantial foundation for dissenting die than ever lie ile is classed as a statis bielan and economist of the highest rank and of the most judicial temperament pe aid and his conclusions go far toward making out a plain casa case of in office against commissioner porter it Is also gratifying to note that i general galket as we learn leara from the ph philadelphia times makes no reflections upon the integrity of tho the census officers this bis has special application tion as wo we believe bi lieva lieve to those who ware engaged on the work in utah or a majority ot of them and whose shortcomings if any were mare more the result of the system adopted or the regulations tlona enforced than that of the workings of tae personnel of the census hereabout general walker ia Is fully fally di disposed Is to assume the honesty and carefulness of ot the whole force from superintendent porter potter down ba but be clearly does not believe in the accuracy of their work ha he makes a series of 0 comparisons showing the percentage of increase of population in ia periods of tea ton twenty and thirty years ezrs from the first census ta to the last showing this ratio to be fairly fairl y uniform with the exception of thy the decade including the civil war the greatest variation being from p per er cent in IM 1850 to ia in 1830 la ia can trail with this an increase of only 24 6 par per cent from 1880 to 1890 1800 is entirely abnormal andGe and noral WAlker W alker can caa find and no adeo adequate loate explanation lor for I 1 it lt the explanation offered b by I 1 mr porter ia is to the effect that the census ot of twenty years ago was not complete and that bacasse of this the percentage of in creaig cr s mo between that year sad the boad of atthe the decade following folio wing was ded dasciano cleat regarding the the south but bat be he shows that this deficiency was 4 I 1 1 A 1 2 T le I 1 not more than thin this would have the effect of slightly raising the ratio of increase between 1660 and the time of tho the next census thereafter but would not affect the low figures of this year oar claims th that at it ha has already pointed out that if the additions to the population by immigration be deducted from the totals the ratio ot of In increase creasa shown by superintendent porters Porter 8 figures is even below that of the census of 1870 which mr porter thinks was too low and one third lose than that of ISSO which was much lower than that shown by any census before the war while general walker does not present the sub eject in any new light he does at least negatively lend the weight of his great authority to the now universal distrust oP of porters figures this leads the times to suggest that the proper aning for congress to do Is to order a cew new count and nd provide that it be made under competent direction the idea in meets sets with much favor diffor if for no other reason than that such a proceeding might battle settle a vexed question which if not settled int in that hatway way will certainly carta prove a bone of contention and a source of worriment la 13 tho the people generally until the next decennial count shall be made |