The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-11-03
CurIosItIes of the Garfield Fund.
New York Star. |

New York Starl
The fund for Mrs. Garfield and
her children closed last Saturday,
and the full list OF contributors was
printed in yesterdays Mail. The
total amount paid in is $3.50, 0,345.15.
Thirty-two persons contributed
$1,000 each; six contributed S25OO,
each; eighty-nine, $1,000 each, and
eighty, $500 each. The largest con-
tributor is Edwin n. Benson, of
Philadelphia, who gave $4,000; the
smallest Is "Colored Person. of
Asbury Park, N. j., who sent five
cents. The large contributors made
up the sum of $780,, 900, leaving over
$4,000 to be credited to persons
whose gifts vary from $3.50 to ten
cents piece
With the S304,OOO safely in bank,
the managers of the fund still con-
tinued to receive 81 from "An Old
Woman;" fifty cents from "'Three
Little Girls" twenty-five cents from
1.-TWO Orphans" They accepted $5
for Howard Lapsley's little girls
dog;;" $4 from "fhe birthday money
of Mary and Emily, aged 10 and z -
So as "the offering of poor family !"
50 from "a Widow and her Son" 81
from spencer Mead, aged years /"
81 "earned by Gillie Arnold after
school )" and twenty cents Gin small
silver coin from Birdie Hamilton"
Perhaps the managers are proud of
these subscriptions. Perhaps the
Garfield family do not blush to re-
ceive them. Perhaps S304, 900 was
not enough without them.
MuraJ Halstead gives nothing
himself, being an Ohio man; bat he
forwards $15 in ten cent contribu-
tions. The employees of a Mercer
street workshop, who need the
money more than the Garfield fam
lily ever could, send 81. A. Berry,
of West Yarmouth, donates a live
turkey, which is sold for $40. ga
poor man" hands over So, which he
might better have kept. "Two
auxiliary letter carriers" who will
be dismissed by the stalwarts, send
| 81 each. GA minister and his wife -
give So each. can office boy"
saves up ten cents, and "two New
Hampshire boys" scrape together
the same amount. All these mites
are put in the bank with the 1904 900
| of the wealthy subscribers.
There are many blank, "cash," ini-
tial and other anonymous contri-
buttons, large and small Thus
"Two Friends" give $1,000 each
"G" donates $500; "A Few
Friends" collect $127.50. One Eng
lIshman subscribes $500; Cooper,
Hall & Co., of London, $1,000; j. S.
Morgan 8 Co., of London, $4,000
Churches, regiments, banks and
newspapers are represented in the
list. The Madison Square Avenue
Congregational church sends
$10S.54; the Bethany Presbyterian
church, $105.44 Christ church, Will
mington, $40; the Church of the
Reformation, Brooklyn, $40; ST.
Johns church, Laurel Hill, Long Is
land, So; but Reecher's church, not
a dollar. The thirteenth regiment,
of Brooklyn, gives S185.15, the pro-
ceeds of fair, and a party OF Mexi-
can veterans, $19. The average con-
tribution from the national banks is
SIS, but many bankers give much
larger sums. The Evening Post do
mates $500; George Jones, for the
Times, $1,000 but the Tribune, not
single cent.
The police of this city are mulcted
of $717 to increase the 1904 900 OF
the Garfield family. 1t ought to be
returned to them to add n
their fund for widows and orphans.
Only one theatrical manager APP
pears, A. NJ. Palmer, of the Union
Square, with 800. Doubtless all ,ot
the managers and actors gave
anonymously, besides losing the re.
ceipts for two nights during the
Garfield obsequies. A railroad
ticket agent contributes ST. The
publishers are represented by Har-
per 81 Brothers with $1,000, and j.
p. Lippincott & Co. with another
81 900. The prominent politicians
are conspicuous by their absence
for we do not suppose that " Blaine
and Mary Donaldson 80" refers to
the secretary of state, Peter Cooper
gives 5000, which Is modest but suf.
ficient.
Nothing il said in the report OF
the fund of President Arthur's
splendid contribution of eight
months salary-oyer $4,000. But
in view of the proportions to which
the fund has attained, it will not be
necessary for congress to vote any
further pension to the Garfield
family. Such pension would only
be voted by congress as represent
ing the people, and, since the people
have chosen to give the money di.
rectly, there is no necessity of giving
it again through their representa-.
tives. The fund, properly invested
will return an income of from $15,.
600 to $4,000 year. This is quite
enough for any family in this repub-
lican country.