The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-02-24

this institution mad for years been drawing money
the city treasury he noRea ns 30 ' nat tine
people might soon De able to see
THE INTENT OF SUCH FRAUDS;
and that such men, instead OF being paiu large
salaries might soon be sent to the Sting Sing State
Prison. where they really belonged. pIVen
Rev JOHN HALL said the last speaker but one
had thought 1t proper to indiyiduaize MIN as one
OF the heads OF the committee, and as attempting
TO limit the donations Of the charitable; ne ,S WAS
only one OF the many VINO had done theiI
had Intended to Tighten" snyboay's purse
beginning OF the winter ne entertained great fears
that the city would be overrun by poor people
from 81 parts OF the country, and he knew that
many were even about TO leave their comfortable
farms 20 come here. No practical Christian could
Willingly foster pauperisn, and, Without gong
to q condition which might well alarm every tax
payer In New York. (Applause.) He had never
intended to limit the hberaity OF New YORK, and
he knew that there was not more generous,
charitable people In Ohristend0m than was here IN
this city Of New York. 1t all the more shame
charity who deserved to 60 to state Prison. loud
applause) There were men here connected with
institutions who had been openly declared to be
swindlers and challenged to sue the accuser for
libel
WITHOUT HAVING DONE 1T.
me sxnr proyse It reaced the
night hands ana the provisions reached the right
mouths, tAppiause) The modest poor, the
oil great interest In this Bureau, Tor nothing
chilled the heart OF benevoience as much as the
fact that there were actually well known charities
here which were trading on pubic benincence.
There were 3l6 separate societies here, and how
could any one guarantee that Ii Jehn smith tells
ptaDe story to one of them he does not also tell 1t
TO the others He had been with the poor all his
life, and he could say that the worst foes OF the
real deserving poor were the impostors, some
~, 900 in number, that were living on the misdl-
rected charity OF Christian people IN this city.
Brief remarks were then made by James W.
Beekman, Rev. DIR. John Parker and Howard
Potter, OF the state Board OF Charities.
Father EDwARD MCGLYNN, OF 1t. Stephens
church, delivered an address, in which he paid
handsome tribute to the energy and disinterested-
ness Of the committee who mad undertaken this
severe and thankless task. The committee would
DO glad to De discharged; but II the people 80 de-
sired 1t they were willing to
SACRIFICE THEMSELVES STILL LONGER
Tor the public good II was high time TO put stop
to the frauds Of unworthy societies. He 1.-THE
speaker had himself paid money to societies which,
he knew now, went into the pockets OF their
officers. lApplause.) It was remarkable that II
partly 70 the ofi1cers. Naughter.l The bureau
should be slow to make public disclosures OF this
kind; but II this meeting endorsed this work the
committee would be able to make certain ex-
posures which would astOund the public.
The resolutions were adopted once more-owing
to q mistake-and the meeting then adjourned.
1t was announced that contributions for the work
Oh the bureau could be sent to the committee