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Show Bjj THE CITY CE-L. ES ffiF .sVBKSiWiNT of tUle city semis us BSs l ie f0110""'"? B1m -Ik "Cu you inform robet object a iy retttns taker lias in view who, having rewned soourteous answer to all liU ifuerJee. will at use next houso inquire if those in tbe boose f est visited visit-ed are 'Mormons' or Dot and then make a record ol tlio answer in his book? Are onrctty fathers compiling a religious re-ligious cenintflor is that portion of their emjiioye" work supererogatory "' We are credibly informal Uiat other irrelevant (jucotiens besides thai uaiued by tho oorrespondi ut juts occasionally asked by the city cetiEus takers. Among the other Itegud interrogatories ale such as re -intewktl to elicit iuforma-tiou"nj iuforma-tiou"nj to -uhottur the person inquired of is a oitiien. If tho rejdy be affirmative and if it ant-ears tint tho jx.rs.on hat been naturalize!, the next -uery is in re-gattfctonhenand re-gattfctonhenand where tho naturalization natur-alization was effected. Pome, we are informed, aro" evcu a&ked wbctbur tlic-v- arc resMcrrd electors. elect-ors. The dty census takers receive their authority from tho City Council, and the Utter obtain theirs S& from a Territorial statute, which idt, aff atai-ily authorizes the making of a S$li"- al count. The officers engaged in the Wk' iWs dutycanonlj-properlyobtalninfor- hBT' inatiou in nferrtice to names and ff a, In order that the census retort i. may exhibit tho number of Bb i majors and minors comparatively. I Any ouier questions aruturplutage, are unnecessary, impertinent and 9y their nalurcrnay show that they are asked for an ulterior purpose. Xot only are the people to whom tbey are addrccd under no obligation obliga-tion to answer them, but should they do so they will thus aid the , officer to exceed hi duties). Why should soch interrogatories be put to Uie JJcoj.Iaas those referred to above? That I the gfet of "the question of our correspondent. A logical inference cau be deduced from their character: Is the individual a "Jlornion?" Isheacitneu? Has he been naturalised, natur-alised, and if so, w hen and where? Is he a registered voter? Under existing circumstances there are all, including the first. political queries, and of a piece v, itli a secret circular sent out over the sfeastere of II. S. JleCnllum, In-formiag In-formiag persons where, how anil by . whom tbty can be registered. 2. J8E Indeed en the face of fLe census mf operiitiou inaugurated by the City bf ' Council, Jhere is an appearance of 3 K - t being pury political from an- J?"iljf other standpoint- The census by pl ? tbe "- official, anl that vrliicli I - jfe wilt be 111 operation In a few" days & i under the an Alices of the Genera 3g ijSS Government are almost simuitauc- "5 jfig " CoDhequeutJy the city cmimer- ti-g aiioB warn M be entirely a work of. WSf supererogation, except for artisan JS purpose-:. It is to be presumed t JS that the census matsliafct of the S' Ik government will properly execute . jffi "" work. If so, jtlie e-xiiibit of f?iafip thebr labors, iu reference, to this aty k9K wiM bo " MiBlcicnt fori purposes of aSff - Information. IleBce, .as staled, the SyHL 4- city official census is superfluous JSl . T,'te Jui,UCts 'be inference that Hg - toera is a political iiurpose behind iU ' - "Sc ""' " 1:a3 anther partisan apjear- (S. . auce besides the information In that IiIJE- Hue sought to be elicited by means BE Is of iL TIle po'ley of iwrtisan re- M M3 warus for campaign work presented ffJ-aS byOittmrty now holding the muni- S cjpil reins ium been anj is notorious. SjtfgS It "ontantlyurged,andintances "iivlfs ' "" luo' Earing character liave tli fe occured. Is it not consistent to y pS ieduee from the rmtnises of Uie WW " aHuMiou that there is something of ffjjpf tills character connected Willi the KSi ' city census? The Council resolution k ig autiiorizing it omjiowered the Mayor S2S to appoint such census officers, and . as maay, as he might see fl tor deem Sjjgl necessary, giving him plenty of gppg 3CO. TuUIng the whole business IV" in a lump, being careful not to omit "Jg thu unnecessary charaetcr of the glll worksofiu-asUie general public is Jmgp ooucirned, tlio giving of employ- J- meut to cbunorers may have cut no fe small figure in the transaction. |
