, 1880-05-02
HUMANE SOCIETY.
The Good Work It Has Done During
the Past Year,
Got. cnllom aud His Incompetent Igent Mentioned
in unRattering Terms.

| loe ninth annual meeting OF the Illinois HUI
name Society took place yesterday at the Grant
| facihc Hotel, President John G. 6hortal1 in the
chair. The Secretary, Mr. i. ". Landon, read &
long List Of contributors during the past year
and upon motion OF Mr.. D. B. Fisk they wert
elected active members Of the Society.
Mr. Edwin Lee Brown presented the following
list OF names, and moved that they be elected
honorary members: Henry Bergh, Of New York
City: George r. Angel, OF Boston: r. P. Derrick
SOU, B. F. Culver Mrs Mancel Talcott- and Mrs,
Nancy Foster. Of Chicago. It was so ordered,
the name OF Mr. Brown being added to the list.
annual report, showing the receipts to have
be been so; 81 expenditures, sa II; balance on
sEcRErARY's REPORT.
Mr; Albert ". Landon then presented and
read bis annual report In 1t he refers to the
growing prosperity OF the Society and the ip-
crease In the number of friends wk.eh the So
cfety Is continually making. The officers and
agents were mentioned and commended for
their help and faithful attention to the interests
OF the Society. The following cases had been
the hst did not present full record Of the
WORK OF us officers and agents, whose efforts
we're ten = directed nsai, more towards the preyen-
invariably to prosecution and exposure.
Number Of cases investigated, 1,551; persons
admo1shed, aams ,a, LII; prosecutions, aH conve-
Watered. $3.50; animals fed at owners expense,
$50; condemned horses killed, 100; condemned
eo1te Ked W ee5 SaeSp killed so
81; children surrendered By the Court, 20; chill
dren taken from the street, II.
Humanity, delivered in October last, has been
printed In pamphlet form, and 10000 copies had
been circulated. meeting with great favor anoug
nude to the efforts to break up attempts Of Of
dog and chicken fighters to carry on their
cruel practices. which efforts had been crowned
Tf1or t%tY <%F
Tns thankfully acknowledged, and promise
made that the efforts of the Society would not
decrease, in the noble work of preventing cruel
Mr. JOHN @. sHoRrALL,
President, read his annual address. The matter
first In Importance, and much to be regretted,
Governor Of the State toward the work in their.
Agent. received severe castigauon for his in
e. fee tbs gec so c
!om's refusal to remove Marquart was
termed ter, ed 5eProach upon the Society
will satisfy himself that the duties OF the State
Agent 4'tvtde were not being being, rightly performed
should assume exclusively the protection Of
children from cruelty. The recent action Of
the packe,s and provision dealers Of Chicago IN
assisting the Society in stopping brutality at the
Stock ards WIS referred to as q great move In
the right direction.
- FoLe OF t1ank3 Was rendered 10 Mr. Joseph
Wright. who has acted as counsel and attorney
for the Society during the past four years with
out compensation, and q like vote was rendered
the proprietors Of the Grand Pacific Hotel for
many kindly offices.
President Shortall stated that commenetur
next Monday the Society would have at work
THREE SPECIAL AGENTS,
whose business it would be to see that the tenor
OF the recent joint circular OF the packers and
railway officials was rigidly enforced In the tn
terest of humanity. ae Also referred to the
urgent necessity Of organizing branch society
for the prevention OF cruelty to children, and
desired to interest the ladies in the formation Of
such an institution.
men present, wherein the harmonizlug influences
OF the Society we're referred to as being felt
throughout the land
Mr. John G. Dore said that never in his expe-
rfence had he seen anything to compare with the
growth of the Society, which had surprised it,
friends BY at last bringing into the work the
weight and influence Of the packers and dealers
ago, were not particularly friendly towards the
Society. He said that Gov. Cullou's actlon in
persistently keeping Ia position the present
he hoped the gentleman would at least show
some Difference to the wishes OF the Soicety
and remove Marquart, whom he referred to ss
utterly incompetent
OFFICERS.
The following officers we're elected for the en-
suing year, after which the meeting adjourned:
President, John G. Shortall; Presidents, r.
". Peek ana Q, J: Slough: Treasurer, Edwin
se 5oha e. 8 JeG beTe
Lee Brown, and A. ". Lanion.
> The following persons were presents: Edwin
Hail. J. ": He!mer, Albert ". Landon, g. n
Fuller Yates Hickey, Fl. s. Frank, Mrs. H. ~.
Robinson, 0. l. Dudley, G. 4. Wood, D. B. Esk,
aud John C. Dore-