Omaha daily bee., 1885-01-15
PLAIN POINTERS.
Charges Preferred Against the Man.
agHmGHt Of The fTiGHdltS Home.
A Change Demanded.

of the Home of the Friendless as made
by the BEE, has been followed up by the
other papers, and many new facts are
coming out which those In possession OF
have heretofore kept to themselves.
The summing up of the statements
amounts TO some very aerlous charges,
which appear In brief to be az follows:
The representations have been made
10 give the public the impression that
there was an association" having prac'
tlcal charge of the home, and having the
general supervision and approval of the
management, whereas no such a%ssocia-
tlon exists in fact, no meetings are held,
or anything of that sort, but that Rev.
j. G. Lemen is self.appointed manager,
and that he Is the che who has the whole
charger that in fact it is a private insti.
tuition, virtually owned and controlled by
Rev. Mr.. Lemen.
That. he receives and disburses the
funds, without any checking or inspec
ton, or personal knowledge of others
Il l. nav l5 ID tSHpOubiDiO w w IA " bAh1i
self.
To advertise such On institution as
though there was a great association oil
business men looking after the atf airs and
seeing that all Is conducted Alright, is not
q truthful representation, and tends to
mislead and deceive the public.
That the paper published at the home
and pretending to give contributors the
facts about the home has also been used
to deceive the public. Itaahas suppressed
the fact that that the assistant manager,
Rev. MIR. Bowel, and the mstron, Mrs.
Compton, had resigned, and that the
school department had been virtually
broken up. 1t has made the public be-
lievs that the Institution was q extensive
one with many departments, when the
fact is that there i, nc such greatness.
The industrial department" consisted
chiefly of two young men working In the
printing office, one of whom has already
left dissatisfied, The official organ of the
institution has been giving the public
false Impressions of the extent and char
: acter of the work.
That the public has been misled by the
financial reports published. Friends who
were paying the board of certain children
have been credited as donating these
, amounts to the Home, whereas 1t ID
simply a payment of board, of those fol
whom they were responsible. Reports
: have been published as having been aud
D tied by the executive committee, wher
said committee know practically nothing
Q concerning the reports.
That the institution has bean 30 man
aged that 1t is heavily and needlessly in
volved In debt. property having beer
t recklessly purchased, and debts foollshl,
t contracted, while the receipts were no
t sufficient to meet expenses, the expense,
were increased, and real estate bought OF
monthly payments, a printing Office like
Wise purchased, and the enterprise sprea,
rather than built up and strengthened
That instead of being q ''Christian'
home, it has been a scene of chickering's
quarrellings and neglect of children.
That the management has been sucl
that the corps of officers, instructors
matrop, etc., and their families, VIII
have to be supported directly or indi
rectly by the Home, outnumber tn
N number of destitute children thus care
for. In other words, the public has bee
called IN to support about twenty.fiv
persons, only eight or ten of whom ar
really cases of charity, the Others bein
or supposed to be given support for th
taking care Of the little band.
e. That with all this expensive and com
plicated machinery, the few childre
who have been in the Home have ne
been properly cared for, that they hav
been neglected physically as well {
W. -. o.,1l- ,,l AG,1 @lowo La-a Loon no,,
of abuse reported also.
ia That those who have been most closel
NJ conn ected with the work and moss int
mstely conversant with the details, hay
by their designations, and by their word
rk declared that they can no longer consc
p, en'i1usly support or endorae it under Ii
present management.
k- That no association, board of directo
90 or other body of citizans has yet appsare
+ before the public to refute the charge
or vouch for the wisdom and honesty
the management, although the institr
nd ton has been presented to the public
ay backed by some aid organization com
of where.
That all the association that exists
all, outside of the active management
consist, of persons who have simply d.
g. mated amounts TO the Home, and kno
n. nothing Of tie actual workings, havir
: had no voice or say in the control OF q
fairs.
III That an insurance scheme has tef
re worked with suspicious quietness. Son
being induced to contribute on the reprt
Il. sen'ation that in case of sickness week
amounts viii be paid In relief, and in ca
ut / Il / III 4. LII -u-.Il .Nn-n s-..,
N ance, the clause bling added, ''provids
IT. it can be raised by assessments upon Il
rs members of the association" No fur
to has been reported as on hand, and the.
az seems no stability or reliability to the Il
ng surance thus offered, and the plan
-. proposed would give 10 support, but Fl
the fact that it takes on the g,rb OF
he cha liable and Christian enterprise.
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