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A uliLATdeal of trouble has Uin caused by mulishly inclined obstruc tionists who have clenched their fists ind set thtir teeth against this greit government, as it is represent ed m the jicrsons of its census enum erating igents Such bdurate in dividuals have oljected to answer in,, the innovator que-tioiis propounded pro-pounded in the census Hanks and have thus stood ill the way of a correct count of the porulation Thc-e chincters have bet n 1 rou,ht to termsly bting brought fece to fact wn!i the alternative of n fine of ?IWi I'ecket log c is very i eut in this Ilepublh Auother species of excitement has bee 1 iwikened on 'lie same subject sub-ject It crojis out only in tuwns which ire affected with the' boom" fever; hence it exists to a w ider d-ree d-ree in the west thau tlsewhere It irises from sentiments of the purest patriotism, In the interest of real estate "Satunlly enough the , lliJemic has at neared toan extent In s me of the tow ns of U ah.wher-thereareifew ah.wher-thereareifew of the self sacrificing mortals known ly the euphonlus title of prominent real estate men," a class whose solicitude for tlie growth of population, of the towns in which their shiuglts are hung out is i rortrbial Denvtris specially afflicted with thesymi tomatic eieuces of solid tude for fie general weal re erred to It is claimed tliat the government counters have emitted to get all of the people on their h-ts, thus im irillitig the bu iuess status of that growiii(,eity The following is from the Dtnvtr Acirs ' Tho startling facts regarding the census takers which were giren a1 length in ycsterda s Aeirs had the eliVci of immediately arousing the community to ti o impending dinger of IXnter being otllciallv relegated to a rank amoag the cities of tho cououry f below that to which it is justly en tilled The real et-ate exchange was the first of tho rei resentatite bodies to lake action It did so with a will bv the unaininons adoption of the fol lowing resol lions, which were iatro-duerd iatro-duerd bv Mr W S IIen r0rf TbititKtbe cento of th Iieo ter 1 eal L uta excliscee tlial a pcocra1 mrcttnz u bercby called for Tbnrtar alter noon'jrompt y at o clock fortbo parpose of diiming and know Dg tbe reaions Wb7 tbeceniaftof tbeeilyof Denter ibald bo a atu-oa4lj etisbted. It ugeoerallj un dirntood tboros,.aoal tbe city that tbere are many f intlkaasKell as a great mane offices that hare not been callcl upon and Ihrrebv ustc mused beinp ennmerated tbusdotnc a creat injQAtice to tbe mde H readrrpntatilnof Lb rnwperonf city tberef ore be it EmlcttS Ttat xre tbe memtifrt of tbe exchange doberesr callatpeclal meeung ot not only tbe member" but of all etUteai bo will auend and especially lbo.e bo nave nobeen enntcerateo. We mutt bare Juaticend this speeial Call it to tbat end bc'ore it w too tale- Noirorneicr for tbu ceatus. All are reqneeted to tarn out Thefollowlngalarnilugaunounce-meut Thefollowlngalarnilugaunounce-meut is from the same article- ' It is also staled upon tbe bes. an tlioritv that the officers are not tak ing the names of transien s, ba only of those who declare that this is their permanent res denee. This Is directlv contrary to the law which contemplates tnat each person shall be coun ed wherever ho is at the time of the census. Tins being done eervwh-ro ahUo there is no injustice Denver has constantly a largor Irausi ent population than any other place of the same size In the United States It is gencrallv estimated at about 10000 Tho enumerators mut surely miunders.and their ins ructions. I There is no doubt that thev have refused to take transients In s"veral places ' The statement of a journal engaged In the J b)om" business that Denver's population cl ' float ers" is about I0OJ0, necessarily including no small number or the genus tramp, oaht hardly ta be considered as a commendatory con dition, but the cat has escaped and It can't be helped now Census fcupervlso- Sopns wag Interviewed upon tho vital question, and he is rei resented thus " The real estate men are getting exci ed too late in the day,' remarked the supervisor, referring to the meet ing of real estate men called for this atemoon to urge a continuation of the c nsns work 'They should have shown their interest two weeks ago by requesting their wives to give reports to tbe enumerators instead of threat eaiag to throw dishwater into tbe faces of the census takers when they mke their calls as required by law It Is too late now for people to kick, and a mass meeting of real estite men or men in any other lino of bnsiness Is sheer nonsense " Again, the same gentleman'a position Is thus further defined The ouperv isor stated that he nev er expeced to find the number of people inside the city limits that realestato men flguro upon. 'If suburban towns were counted in I could meet their expectations 'said he. On the North sido there are now at least 10,00 1 people, peo-ple, whereas five y ears ago there were not over 11V3 people in that locality Ihe North side Is beyoDd tbe city hm its and cannot be counted as part of the city proper " The auxiety that some r-eoj 'e nre manifesting on the sulject of tuu rueratiou Is vtry interesting It stems to Indicate that the principle of centralization of benefits on the plea of comj rehensive phllauturo y has reached an advanced etac of development In this country Wetxpect the fact to be developed devel-oped in a short time tliat the taking of tho census has been far from comjlete The government will doubtless order a revision, other wise the labor per'ormed u ould lie worse thau useless, because misleading mis-leading Worktra will be sent out as gleaners after the harv est is ov er; hence there is no u-v c,oiug wild on the sulject. Thot who Ijvve become be-come hot headed on the matter may just as well envelope their Ilea Js in towels dampened with ice-water and l,o to slec, that tired nature may be restored to its j rojwr ba! auce |
