The New York herald., 1878-12-18
CHARITY DECLINED.
Mrs. Stewards Remembrance Of tho
Jewish Societies.
PART OF A GENERAL DONATION.
Mount Sinai Hospital Win Not Accept the
Money "as Proffered."

A HERALD reporter called Judge Hilton yes.
terday for the purpose Of obtaining the views OF
that gentleman the position said to be assumed
by the managers OF one or two Hebrew charities
touching the rejection Of donations lately made to
those institutions by Mrs. A. 7. Stewart Having
presented his card the writer ascerained that Judge
Hiltons attention was wholly engrossed by business
affairs and that therefore it would be out of the ques
ton for him to grant the desired interview. In few
minutes Mr.. Anstey. the Judges private secretary,
aud said. Judge Hilton asks to be excused
from seeing the HERALp's representative to-day
Having announced his intention of not communicat.
ing anything to the press on the subject you have
mentioned he feels that he could not consistently ex
press his views for publication in newspaper and
withhold them from all the others. You can. how
ever state auhortatvely. that at the time the dona-
tons indicated were ordered there list Of Some
fifty charities, embracing all religious denomina-
tions including the Hebrew charities, made ont by
Mrs. Stewart. and to each of which donations were
awarded. IN addition to this Judge Hilton on his
own part made mp list composed OF about twenty.
five or thirty charities many OF which had not beeD
included in Mrs. Stewards list
GEHERAL DISTRIBUTION.
''The supposition, then, that the Hebrew charities
alone had been selected the objects OF the bounty
OF Mrs Stewart and Judge Hilton, is groundlessy'
Nothing more absurd could well be imagined.
There was no discrimination whatever observed in
the giving Of these donations 1t has always been
rnle OF the firm, when Mr.. Stewart alive.
that in donating moneys to charitable institutions
discrimination should be made in regard to
creed, every denomination whether Protestant, Cath
olic any other sharing alike Even the Turks when
they were at remembered by the frm."
would it be possible to obtain the names on those
lists of charities recently made out by Mrs. Stewart
and Judge HiltonY
II believe it would not It ia . matter which am
tolerably certain would not be submitted for ndivid
ual inspection, much less for publication. Those
donations al have intimated, have been given and
there the matter ought to rest parties connected
with some of the charitable institutions have taken
the matter in an unfriendy spirit suppose the
sponsibility of doing rests upon themselves"
Supp,ementing the statement given above, the
HERALD yesterday received communication from
the officers of the Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum,
acknowledging the receipt OF $500 from Mrs. Stewart
and $3.50 from ex-Judge Hilton; also a communion
ton from the officers of the Five Points Mission ac-
knowedgng the receipt of $3.50 from Mrs. Stewart.
#Nw THE THREE JEWISH SOCIETIES.
Directors and officials Of the three Jewish charities
in collecting funds among their individual friends
yesterday so as to be prepared by the time that the
for rejecting these donations. A director of the
Mount Sinai Hospital stated that when at last Sum
days meeting Mrs. stewarts letter was first read
there disposition shown on the part of some Of
the directors to accept the donation but was finally
decided to defer the matter to adjourned meeting.
Since then there appeared to be unani-
Jews not to accept the offer. From one OF
the officers Of the Jewish Orphan Asylum
it asceraned that the action taken by the Board
of Directors of that institution Sunday last
final. After the letter Offering $3.50 donation by
Mrs. Stewart and signed Henry Hilton had been
read, members discussed the fact that Mr.. Hilton
did not sign his name as agent or attorney on
solved to politely decline the donation, and the Sec
retary instructed to inform Judge Hilton to that
effect. The more cautious members OF the Board.
Hospital officers had delayed action called upon the
secretary on Monday morning and urged him to hold
action of the Board taken on Sunday. 1t il couched
in the following terms:-
DECLINED AS PRorrERRD.
HrsRrw ORPHAN AsYlun Nav yokx, Dee y. 1s7s
p4 = E, sss Sas e the Board q D
art proposes this the Of $3.50
y the
erred, has been declined Very syqly; srrpx
To Hon HxsxY Hrtrcs.
PAST ACTION ASYLUM oFrIcxEs.
This action il final" said Of the officers OF the
Orphan Asylum. $50 far our institution il con-
cerned." The same gentleman stated that, though
he did not want his name to appear in print he had
already offered his check to the treasurer, so
that pecuniarily the institution should not lose any
thing by this refusal. There was dissenting vote
discussion arose as to the manner in which the
fusal should be conveyed to Judge Hilton The gen.
tleman stated that after the meeting last held the
ON behalf Of the institution to the widow shortly
after Mr.. Stewards death, but Mr.. Seligman, who
well acquainted with Mr. Libbey said would be
better to make personal application and the letter
was never sent. Mr.. Selgman himself made per-
sona efforts call the attention of the executors Of
the estate to the requirements Of the institute but
action was taken in regard to IL. When, subse-
quently. the Grand Union Hotel trouble the
The officers of the Jewish Home are to meet on
Sunday next and take action in regard to the $3.50 do
ascertaned by the writer yesterday the action taken
by the Hebrew Orphan Asylum is to be followed by
all the other Jewish charities
MI. Isaac 5. Isaacs, president OF tho Young Mems
Hebrew Association. said he would not have been
hasty In rejecting donation for charitable instiu
tion If he had been the officers; yet he would
fercd. The question was whether the gift came di-
from Mrs. Stewart and had been dictated by her
good heart had been made ut the dictation Of
Judge Hilton. This Was the great point Ut issue.
Charitable institutions could not afford even to de-
cline the smallest possible donations; neither could
Jews. in matters like this. have any relations
with Judge Hilton. He would have suggested let
ter of inquiry to ascertain the real donor. and then it
would have been ample time to act.
Mr.. Spingarn, of the Arm of Lauterbach & Co.,
lawyers, said that when the insult aimed at the
as attorney for the Stewart estate Mrs Stewart
owned the Grand Union at the trne and IL she at any
time disapproved of the acton Of her agent she did
not show 1t by act or by word, and never disa-
vowed 1t.
OTHER DENOMINATIONS REsrMBKnrD.
The statement made in certain quarters that Judge
Hilton urged this donation Of 81 900 to the three
leading Jewish charities to buy their favor
more was ridculed by prominent 1sraelite, who
said Judge Hilton knows very well that il takes
good deal more to purchase good will than 900.
Besides know positively that gentleman who called
upon Judge Hilton recently saw on his desk num-
Der Of memoranda for charitable gifts to other soce-
ties, belonging to other denominations In fact,
know Of German dispensary which only last week
made the recipient Of OF Mrs. Stewart chari
table gifts"
STAR CHAMBER TACTICS.