, 1870-04-08
TIE ARMY OF BEaGARe,n n
t.eiter from Supervisor Holland who
Elut1y Coutrnttrss tho Ssutc-
1licnt OF IA .unmauc
Supervisory

III tie Editor a TIE C1iooco 71bHn<:
Ny attention Is called to Al article N you. parer
Of hc 7th, hcalted. ''Ap Army Of BcEyar1.~ "Sey-
lrA hundred women AMI Children turned out Of
the Poor 1IouseecononJ of the Eoari Of Super
&Rorsl" Then follows the statement OF " uu-
1nane Supervisor" who catac to your Office. and
knowing that you ,le1iEc that all articles In TIE
TxlsrSE shall. at least, bcar the seublancc Of
truth, deem 1t but Just to ron, tust to thr COM
ttec Just to the Roard Of Supervisors, aud to the
community, to FAY there Il net ono wcrI ot truth
IN the statement Of the EIulanc Supervisor Mho
came to yorr ortce; hut II IL wholly anA uanar-
Nntably false. The facts. III b1tef, arc AZ fox
Iowa:
stmc I've weeks since VIC took ccnsus OF the
children al the ro1E Iluusr, a.. found E>sr:.y-
slsh. ehTen, ana % % Tcrs s: fsHc!sns an
frLm EyFhL!uc Diseases. r!ulost ~ l,Hathsorn.
their n,rth. n. ct nr:r>ss.. the healthy .nl
together, and al It'll ihG hnadrts:s OF abandoned
E5ctcsts wE9 arc = Fer1 a:aeat cAl-r;,= c4,ol al.
county hy re1scn of thu: sll: ITO: l.: Nh :lssa:,
teGriE children. unless !" t.c humane SanrtrIsof'
l. IN layor ci duplicating tics. ~-rcseS fa=t 9.
.h,hlrcn can Le e.is:s.st. 10 H. Ai:cr ookin~ 1T
slc 'sc;s As tiny ea:sssd, tae eoluul,s::e e
Orphans liomc 10 tale Eli lac hs4:::'3
thizrn anil train tacrn Ep. fer Escta:aess-acl
fnrned The Wat.acn of she r1or Hoasc Of or PIT
Ic!e, lie result Of which was that one w.1l1lan
with SIX healthy chist!ren. Rnd worth S,sI, hs
Ler L1sn H4;Misstui, lett oli Nc to hcr 1rirEla
IN c4ntlnL:.:i, Who ste represented w.:c s:r!,:.
e1." Others, all he1ttf'y aid s:n,n- wt,len, left
fer tsts aeHfA, e2E,r IL ntatr ctt:.:ics II IRIS
Sfcic. ns.d eutre IN ctti"r $sates RI" res..t w.s
tha. WHEN The committee went to the rror House
on Tuesday lAss lhe.r were but eighteen Of those
children left The Ws4dcu Va lns1EucttA TO
Lie h.ls % Ne.ia.s Lay. sAc 1tl. u tlr Ozp1a1s'
utEe. The result was ,aas twelve If them, e.
e.|?tn;ed y .aeir Ia:cn's proe;hyy H., Sx q 2,
TnSrnt>-lcft for their friends n* they had
repeatedly raid they should to IN thr spring: cou-
seGucntiy We could only furnish the ors,hans'
uo,1e with eail-lozen Children, and they all or
nearly 80, erphRns- And now ftats, without
far Vi contradiction, that lnstead Of '' several
hundred women aud children being TUNED nat of
o' revrsai hundred" oni. twelve chiidrca and
their Iarents, probably about cxhteea in all lefL
And iLst.ad u tncls being, of uccssAty, heRka-h
they are a, well and able to wcEI, a. nile II aEu
tens Df Thousands Of women In this city who gain
IN honorable living without tnIeE.GnS lac morals
Of :ne.r children b s:eh associations as children
are exposed to 1t the County House.
II there was the kast seMblance Of truth 10 yous
rnblkhc4 statement VIC Mcn11 ask Your lnda1g.
sncl rrpi. NOR at length. Int Will puy sag fur.
thCr tfat cytrJ assertion CT "tne hIHaae Super.
visor Is ui1erty false, And the Poor House and
rarNrs' Cennlittce f4.cl confident cf Justification
y thr Beart Of Supervisor. md ty The communi.
Il. and 70 thoroughly lust1Aed IN their own lulnds
lAat, II occasion requires, We aaau repeat on
aea0n In the pFen's secta,, o; s III n3sa e5nm;.ee
cEse1co, April :, 1870.
EExAEkS-Wc iee1, ii but justice - ourselves
IL statc that Supervise. Weber Is the Humane
Supervisor ncntioucj, All, that, instead OF 81 scv
c1M huBdrei,- he Informed tho writer Of tho artt
Gle which arpearttl In JcsicrdAJs TRiBESK ths'
between Elk nnsI ksven hundred women And chill.
dsen werr turned out Of the FOos House by tht
committee.