Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-06-23
DAVENPORT, IOWA. TUESDAY, JUNE %. 1868.


NEwroS, iowa, May IL, iooo.
ur. EplroR In an article on the Or
phans Home At Davenport, the Gazette
s.y, that An officer of the Board Of Trus-
ters informs il q that large part Of the in
debtsdnsss (&l0, ,00O) has accrued sisss the
Lesislaturs voted an additional psr cepits
Allowance" Allsw me - ssy:
lst-Thst the books Of the tsstisutiens
and the bills presented % vouchers. show
that on December I, 1857, the Home at
Davenport wss 1000 in debt.
2d-Duriug the winter months. up until
about May lst, 1853, the debt increased
"a 900. 90 that on the lst day Of Nay.
is6s the whole debt, in round numbers,
amounted 10 I'll 900.
3d-Ths Governor, Auditor Of State,
and the Board Of Trustees recognize the
fact that additional per capita allowance
commenced only on the 9th day Of Asy.
1868.
4th-Ths books and vouchers Of the in
,titutiou shew that aimee the 1st Of Nay,
1868 or since the I" additional allowance
psr eopita." 81, 900 Of the debt has been
paid.
5th-The above are matters Of record in
tho institution, recognized o. such BY the
old Board Of Trustees st ito last meeting,
and accepted and passed upon % such oy
the new board. That record SSH remains,
and the fscts there recorded must b reeog-
nizsd by truthful men In and outside Of the
board until they are disprovsd. Thus fer
no member Of the board Or any enc outside
has offered or made any effort . show that
The record ID not true, and until II 10 shown
that il il incorss sct, IL must take considers
ble stretch Of veraeity either for an ef{3sss
Of the Board Of Trustees" or "asy other
man." TO make public statement that .
large. part Of the indsbtsdnss (of 10000
I" hss accrued since the Legislature vetsd
sn additional psr capits allowance.
The Gazette also says nov, tho beard
we'll understood" that the nature Of The In
dsbtsdness and the reason Why il had been
contracted demanded investigation. ! On.
| 0Wer:
lss The books, the records, and the pa
pers Of The institution being before the
board, will the Gesstts bs 20 kind - TO tell
the board how il bnssss that the beard well
understood" that il demanded further In
| vsstieatien than they gave it.
Does the QAsette infer that their under
standing was based upon that fssolutien ef
DR.. Bslli
"a. A. no motion Vas made Or vote TO-
ken to table Dr.. Bells resolution, will the
Gdzslte please tell 10 how II and Ds. Bell
got il there, Did you and he have . pri.
vato meeting unknown TO the board, and
did you BY . solsmn majority vote to table
Iitf A. one OF the Trustees, l would like
to know.
The above are only few specimens Of
the Gozstts's article. They furnish the
ground work Of oil its efforts to prove
that the old and new Board Of Trustees
are trustees and faithless. Will it please
try again, and enlarge from the facts on
record.
am we'll aware Why those falsshoods
are brought out and paradsd. Az one Of
tho Trustees. such efforts TO abuss and
slander, - Violating their sacred trust,"
40 faithless guardians Of the interest Of
the children Of Iowa's heress," ETC., ETC.,
will in no case further the Gazette and its
local Trustees effort to have any one Of the
dismissed officers Of the Home reinstated,
or any Of the present ones on false
charges dismissed. 10 make room for per-
sonal friends.
The "sscrsd trust" % far - myself 10
concerned, cannot BE- prostitutsd, either to
any faction Al Davenport or anywhere
else. to secure such isneb!s ends.
The Trustees are o6lcsrs Of the State,
and trust will discharge their duties re-
gardlsss Of local feuds OF pressure.
might cay much more, but l think
that from the above you oan knew whore
l stand. -, very truly,
JeHx AsYsa.