New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-09-09
CoNFEREsCR OF TUE CHARITIES.

CONFERENCE OF THE CHARITIES.
WORK OF THE CHUDRgS's AID SOCIETY DEB.TED-
PREVENTION OF PAUPEPisw-CHfSRsE EHGRA-
TioN IN IFS RELATION ~ ANGLo-sAxON CIYILi-
2ATIoE.
,yRo,l AN OCCASIONAL ,BgST OF TIE TRIBUNE.
SARATOGA, Sept. S.-Cne Of the most inter
esug sessions to the puOc OF large Of tie Conference
of Charities was the debate mr. Braces paper, De
ID ndcnt and Delinquent Children" On Thursday. DR.
Norris ~ the Board Of Charities Of Kings County objected
very much 70 scdng chlldrea West without the consent
of their parents or guardians. Mr.. Depry, who repre-
sntod Ar Brace and read bis paper explained that the
Chldrons Aid s9ciety not take child Who does
not bling ~ the Office written .tatement II IL has
n father or mother showing willingness that the child
ehould 70 West II the child Is an orphan, sister or
brother or legal guardian mast sigu each paper Or.
Norris referred tn tive three where the child had
been temporarily committed TO an Institution by It's
parents, aud when application made by the parent
tor It's Il ond that the child mad been sent
West DR. C.lrlcs s. Hoyt said the difficulties corr
pa,uCd OF by ~ Norris the result oil errors in ad
instrntou the law and the fault Of the Law itself
Dr. Norris sAil hat these Institutions not bound TO
take children and that they would not receive them II
the poor oil retained their guardianship Dr. Hoyt
asked " IN Placing these children DIR. Norris had ever
s~d 70 the managers of the asylums q We willing
that these CD irn shOua be indcnred IN this other
States but shall require uotce Of ysur intention TO do
sot" Dr. \ uris replied In the negative.
IL Depgy explained, with reference to the Childrens
AL sve!ety that IL was clean in sayn, thaS they
g,l not able 70 follow the children. When they were
r, ived from another institution they obtained every
dara possible In regard 70 them and kept
record of their settlement aud history ir thr west The
chairman Theodore Roosevelt thought that another rs
pect OF the the ineresIS of children or vicious
parensh0w far the caim OF palegage was 20 pc feeog
nLed when the parents were haDltui dIkaFus or ihtI
wise vicious. Prof. Chase of Rhode Island said be did
not believe IN the right OF parents Wien trey acknow
edged Obligation To the child r. r. SAnborn Seere.
thai MassC was wiling send her children
20 inc west Thc Rev George b. Morse Of Howard Mis-
rshs Xd society Tue howard Mission formerly sent
its chGlen west also, but of late years had not dime So
Its hleshIl Is place homeless children IN chidless
Pr.sdent Anderson Of Rochester University read on
important paper The "a Prevention of Palperisnl."
Referring at first TO the great ndux OF imnisiants 70
10 this Immigration which De overlooked. There
is evidence 20 show that q large number OF
nave been sent To our coontry either BY Govern
In is +" oct rid Of them. In tSe popu,aon Of New
York about One-thrd OF foreign birth. From that
Summarized t the EXPENSE ~ tho State are erived hat
u.s. one-thlrd of the population furnishes twotrds of
the panpers. rhe obligation OF the nation TO sup
To another without that Others ornsent.
Commercial DaiiJDs recognize TINS pInSiple
care and return shpwrecked and discharged and dis
aDed seaneh. II 10 clearly an ofense against the ainy
fbrow the burden OF caring Tor it's dependent Glasses
anon any other country. nation becomes bound 10
support foreis n-bOm paupers only through their
NATURALIZATION which Involves q reciprocal contract
Wnateyos may De done by bureau vi officers ma our
Iarge seapOrS, President Anderson Thought that such
efforts 0aght 20 be supplemental by other moCes OF
ton lie suggested two; IT, BY requiring as far as
sDlc OF every Immigrant coming to our shore 10 settle
evidence Endorsed by the UDtcd States Consul nearest
tie place ot his original residence that he IN physt
and intellectual condition TO provide for ns own SUP
port, and Is not aud has not been criminal ca When
paupes here the law Of pauper settlement
should be applied 10 them.
Prof. Theodore w. Dwight OF New-York approved OF
DR. AndersOrs paper very heartily. He Thought There
other Ia dea with those foreign panpers 40
effectively tnat which lac had prOpcsad-namsIy, 10
seHd them back 10 the country from when they came
In the evening there good audience at the Con-
gIegaOna Chnreh to listen 10 lie debate ON the Conese
diiestiOn 81 DaOr ga rent who had been expected did
not sp,,ear Refuarks however were made by David A.
Wells Horace White, Dr. Anderson, Ganalel Bradford,
and Others. NJ We'll sud That formerly he had felt that
California very moan and eOwardly In dealing with
the Chinese question: bnt he lid not think He
ha9 been led to consider the elements which undere
and constitute tho prosperity OF tails nation. aud
| 10 seemed 10 hlln thai ono of the requisites
was mat the nation Should be- homogeneous; that
naion would prosper would have coherent system
vi laws nunDeTs ind Gus una which embodied In itself
antagunstie races. Horace White oi Chicago read let
ter tfum CALIFORNIA; friend aud added his own opinion
that the first duty OF the Governments Is TO preyent s
civilization from dcteri0ratng He thought lakC Chinese
civilization has aDttcivflizinE tendency. The Kew.
Dr LInIsey Portiand Orsgon, delivered humorous
speech In favor Of tho Canes aud vas followed BY M
| bradford IN the same inooc