The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1885-12-03

Much uneasiness has been mani
tested by many timid people, lest the
President should attend the funeral of
the late Vice President Hendricks,
and be assassinated, or meet an acci-
dental death, thus leaving the nation
without presiding officer. 1t would
certainly leave things in a bad shape
just now for the President to drop
out, there being no Congressional Off
GERS to succeed him. This breach will
be filled upon the reassembling Of
Congress, but Cleveland's death before
that time would cause great excite
ment. We are happy to state, how
ever, that the President is in splendid
health, and so far as we can perceive,
nobody wants to kill him.
On last Friday John S. McGhee,
one of the County Commissioners,
handed me the following, and re-
quested me to publish it:
Special to the Commercial Gazette.
MT. VERNON, o., October 2s.-In yesterdays Com
mercial Gazettes account of the proceedings of the
Cincinnati Board of Educatson, mention is made of
the fact that ''the managers of the Homeless Chill
drens Home at Mt. Vernon o., asked for the priv
ilege of appealing to the children of the public
schools for ten-cent contributions to pay for their
building" The request for permission to make the
appeal undoubtedly came from Rev. CD George W.
McWhirter. the man who originated the scheme of a
children's home here and who has been repeatedly
denounced by the Mt Vernon papers as a fraud. For
about eight years past McWhirter has been earning
a living for himself and family by the same dodge
practced in Cincinnati, and the scheme of opening
children's home is apparently no nearer consunlma-
tion now than when 1t started. McWhirter claims
that he will open the home for the reception of chill
dren as he gets it paid for He has now some
three four children in his whom he obtained
at the County Infrmary, and for whom he gets two
dollars week board. 1t is claimed that he nearly
starves the children and thus makes money off the
allowance. People here have no confidence in Nc
whirter or his scheme. Some time ago he borrowed
lot of children of the neighborhood and had them
stand in front of the "home' while it was photo
graphed. The views so obtained are exhibited
wherever appeals made, evidence of the noble
work 90 the institution is accomplishing. A few
years ago McWhirter's arrested the charge
bastardy preferred by the girls being reared
by his father.
Some years ago a man came here
and held a protracted meeting, and
claimed that his name was G.. W. Nc
Whorter, and that he had under his
charge Children's Home at Mt. YER
non, Ohio. Last spring he came here
again, and had a public meeting of
the citizens called, and this meeting
appointed committee of ten, l think,
to consider the matter of having the
pauper children taken from our County
Infrmary placed in the Mt. Vernon
Home. I was one of that committee.
We heard Mr.. McWhorter's statement
and proposition, and if he told the
truth the children would be much bet
ter provided for than they could be at
the Infrmary, and at little increase of
cost. The Commissioners refused to
take action, and there the matter
dropped.
Now Mr.. McGhee claims that this
McWhirter, is the same McWhorter.
It seems incredible that man could
for years carry on such a fraud no
farther away than Mt. Vernon, and I
will send copy Of this paper, with
this article marked, to Mr.. McWhor-
ter, and hope he will write, and let me
know if this McWhirter is he, and
whether he is a fraud. I do hope
there is mistake somewhere. DIM.