Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-07-19

At regular meeting of the Flood r.
lief Com mission. held at Harrisburg,
Penn, July 8, committee of three mem-
oers was appointed 20 prepare for me
information of contributors to the fund
of the JohustoEn suff -rers staten NJ
of the general relief work perform-d.
The committee made report, the toll
loving being the same il substance:
Ia round figures the ex peuiiJures to
date for relief IN the Conemsagh valley,
JoanstcUn and vicinity, aggregate one
mti'lon seven hundred thousand dollars.
Various committees in the west have
been working through the Pittsburg and
JonLstoWn committees, and in the east
through the Philadelphia committee and
the governor of the state. The food
commission has been formed to create g
unit of administration. Ia that COM
mission, of which the governor of Penn
syiVanla Is the chairman, the committees
of Pittsburg eud Philadelphia aud the
state sc large have presentation. All
the funds placed under control of the
executive have been transferred to the
commission, and an i'm piled understand
ing exists that thu committees of Pits
burg and Philadelphia will DO the same.
II Is also desirable that all moneys now in
the hands OF other committees for this
perpose be placed under the jurisdi ,tion
of the governor and the commission.
the problem confronting the commits.
sion in the Conemaugh valley is of great
magnitude, demanding the utmost
celebrity and the wisest and most delicate
djsorimin alton.
The number of persons to be fed has
varied from a maximum of 81, $50 70
present commissary roll of 1000.
The number of distinct claims to be
passed upon, many of them involving the
interests of families or dependent rela-
tlves, ags regate nearly 1000.
The Commission has sought to find
TIE will of the donors of the
great sums contributed for the relief
of the sufferers, and believing that the
following declaration of principles met
the conditions, it was opted and pro-
mulgated at meeting held in Harris
burg on June 81:
$40 the public-That the donors of
the funds IN the hands of the Flood Re
lief commission may know how their
generous gifts are to be dis posed of, and
that the e1pectant recipients of the same
may not form erroneous views of and
foster improper expectations for the
nounced that the following princi pies
shall govern the distribution of relief:
81. That the said fund is in the ma ure
of charity to the needy, and not as a
general indemnity for losses sustained.
''2. That distribution per capita
would be manifestly unjust, as it would
go alike to the rich and poor and alike to
all sufferers, no matter what their needs
or extent of their sufferings.
SO. That distribution by percentage
on The amount of losses would be maui
testify unjust, as it would result in giving
the largest sum to the person having lost
the most, without regard to the value of
the remaining estate of such persons.
"A. That this fund cannot be used for
the benefit of any private or public cor
poration.
''5. That the fluid must go only to the
most needy sufferers frcm the flood in
accordance with and in the spirit of the
trust impressed upon it by the donors.
AT the unanimous request of the com
mission, Hon. Hugh ii. 9 'mmln was re
quested TO proceed to Johnstown and re-
main there as the resident representative
and executive officer of this commission
in the Conemaugh valley"