New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-21
1EWKSBURY COMMITTEE REPORTS.

THE GOVERNORS CHARGES PRONOUNCED GROUND
LESS AND CRUEL
BosToN, July 2O.-The Tewksbury Com
mttee reports were submitted the to-day. All
the Republican members sign the majority report and
all the Democrats the minority report The majority
report reviews at great length the evidence given
before the Investigating Committee, aud concludes
substantially as follows: We pronounce the main
charges of his EXceency the Governor grounde's aud
cruel The question OF infant mortality old one,
well settled everybody knew. The delivery OF dead
bodies under the law under the control OF the trus
tees and and rregularity should
have been remeded by them without publicity IL proof
thereof had been furnished hem aud the people of this
proud commonwealth would have been saved from the
shame and humiliation recklessly and needlessly
brought upon them. Surely the truth should
have been ascertaned before making such awful
charges. Our order to investigate the other
institutions but we heard no complaint and had
no time 20 to them We raIe an ordinary tour
OF inspection and found them in good condition. We
commend TO the Legislature aud people all our public
charitable Institutions as still worthy Of this ancient
commonwealth although In the language OF one OF Is
EIcelcncy's distinguished predecessors. They are con-
SANITY requiring changes to meet recurring exgencies
and the demands Of progressive philanthropy Your
committee desire place upon record their strong dsap
probation things said aud done by the Governor
durug Of this hearing We pass by the In
suls 10 the committee and their chairman, who presided
at this hearing by invitation OF the regular chairman,
with the consent OF the committee also the reference IN
his argument 10 tho cleaning out OF this state House
by his veteran comrades and consider graver things
his E1cclency announced on the first
evening OF the hearing that he had not come into tue
case with Acng but In contraYention or THIS
the committee quote all the indelcacies which
were given uttcrance 10 during tao investigation, ana
aay In retrospecton: Your committee bushed Tor the
common wealth and turned away In amaze CEMENT
Rut worse than these the Governor ;
uortenons reference TO the French Revolution Can II
be possible that the people OF this commonwealth are
slumb,rlng upon such volcano rs burst upon the
pcople of France 1883 whose fears are TO be hnded
hcrause frw reckless medical student
have caused TO be tanned for their own purposes
| a few pieces OF human skin Is this what ms TX,
relency means when he says We must see that thc
| wheel does not go round again We nave eH'
anned the 900 pages OF testimony In this ease WIN
snIIctude 10 be Just to the management OF Tue
| Tewksbury AlmshOuse. just To MS ENceuency, VINO
made the charges aud conducted the prosecution anu
abnye al lust TO the Commonwealth whose servants We
are" - ,. ,,. ,,,,. a.. ,ha taob
nica rules OF adopted by tue committee OF h'est
gation much important testimony was excluded put
submitted leads them TO DE eNe Ii1
three of the trustees-Noursc, Ell0it aqd opaulr-
iur-hoVe been unfathful To their trust;
that the retention OF Marsh in his place all these years
been simply crime, for which these trustees are
nl Ia rraDousiDlp.