At the same time. it was fully considered by the Committee on the Census. and in a joint meeting of the Committee on the Census this proposition was unanimously rejected. forthe reason. as explained by the Superintendent of the Census. that it could not practicallybe administered. that the information to be obtained would be wholly inaccurate. For instance. when an enumerator should call at a house. perhaps the man of the house might be away and it would be left to his wife or children to answer. Then there would be some confusion as to whether a notice of an intention to take out naturalization papers was not the naturalization. Onthe whole it was deemed wholly impracticable. While it is true that there are many republicans who have desired to have this information obtained in several of the Southern States. some on the democratic side have desired to investigate Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
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