Evening journal., 1890-11-26
THE TRAMP NUISANCE.
THE SUBJECT DISCUSSED LAST
EVENING.


Board OF Trade rooms, No COS Market
street last evening to hear Nathaniel S
hosenaur OF Buffalo, New York, discourse
upon the tramp question. and the work
done by the Associated Charities Amony
those present we're Mr.. and Mrs. William
I. Bancroft, Mr., and Mrs. A d. Warner.
2 W. Rowland, @ y Rowland. s N
Trump, Mayor Harrington, Judge Ball
Chief OF Police w. Y Swiggett, Colonel
Milo W. Locke. Franklin B. Cotton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lindley @. Kent. Mrs
Daniel Il. Kent, Mrs. Benjamin Nields.
Mf- and Mrs Thomas Darlington. Mrs
" 4. Curry, Mrs. r. +. James. Mrs. H
4 Bringhurst, John Farra, Joseph M
Mather Mrs. Francis II. Farley
Mrs. a. Gillespie Mrs. Georqe 4
drubb, Miss Howland, Miss Hillea
MISS sisson, Mrs William H. HILL Miss
"a b. Moore, Mr and Mrs. Wilmer
Palmer, Or. Hannah Thompson Miss
Edith Gawthrop Miss Zanes. o w.
Pusey. Mrs Newbold Trump. Miss Barr
Allen Hilles. Jacob Beetem, b. II
Taylor.
The large number Of women present
showed that the zeal of the gentier SOW
TO forward the cause OF real charity was
out OF all proportion TO that OF men
Daniel w Taylor presided
Mr. Rosenaur is general secretary and
treasurer Of the Associated Charity Or
ganiz alton Of Buffalo. N. Y. He began
bis address by alluding to the number OF
paupers that are inmates of the aims
houses In the d fferent states. Numbers
Of paurers are the result on III advised
charity. He knew Of an instance where
THIS Kind OF charity caused the death ~
the victim it was intended to suecor
The paupers kept by the states ara
dr2in on the resources Of the community
ard burden to the cltizene. Charity
began with the individual, for the
first impulse OF human being /,
to succor the helpless; thence II
passed 10 the church next 10 the state
u Is said that the state owes a living 10
all It's citizens. but he held that the state
owned nothing TO those that did not
work for living God helps those that
help themselves" The state should helm
only the heltlsss. In New Cas- sle a. unty
alone ~, ,OOO.was paid towards the allevia.
tion o. outside relief The Indirect result
Of this was great deal more. for crimi-
nails beget criminals aid thus their kind
Is pr psgat,d They all nd heard the STOW
Of Margaref, the Mother o Criminals
This bsd woman subsisted on public
ehartty. Her descendants were criminals.
They nun 0ered 500. aud cost the state of
New York, &l, 250.00O
The rispensation Of charity Is never
governed by wisdom and the particular
facts' TIM l. governed by politics. and in
the hands Of politicians The dispenser
of cha-ity being a politician and the
seeker voter he will not withhold
h. 1..a Al
charity is abused. Besides, charity Il
not merely the giving Of monetary assIst
ance, food, clothing aud shelter. IL IL
the giving also of Christian care ana
sympathy. A politician may give the
former but be cannot give the lattar ha-
cause he dispenses charity not for charItv'a
sake, but for selfish ends. He has no
heart In the work he performs. ana he
fails therefore, in more WAYS than one
About the year 1859 pauperism was 80
much on the increase In England that the
most distinguished statesmen and citi
zens Of that time. gave the question
their most earnest attention. A raliaf
society was formed for the dispensation
Of charity, with the result that even In
that district, the name OF which Is
familiar TO all-W Whitechapel, pauperism
has decreased fifty per cent. The case of
every pauper should be investigated
before charity Is given, and this a the
motto OF charity organic atoms Some
persons subsist entirely on relief OBJ
tanned from several organizations At
once. Such cases IS this char
ity organizations investigate. II
requests that when the church
lends aid, u requires that the name Of
the person be sent to the society. that
they know exactly what be receives
hunting up frauds is one OF the great
works OF charity organizations If a
man hnds that by working up the charity
organizations he will subsist Will :
ont toiiing lie will not work,
but becomes pauper; his family
grows up like him and becomes paupers
ana falls burden on the state and the
charitable community. Examples Of how
persons were assisted ia Buffalo. N. Y
were given by the yeaher He said that
by systematic investigation into par
ticular cases the number Of paupers had
greatly decreased and out Of the s. 900
cases acted upon within the last ten
years but 1900 were now on hand
Nine states In the Union had improved
the management Of their institutions of
the poor by the appointment OF State
Board OF Charities, that made investiga
tions, and assisted those without rela-
nves or friends The institutions for |
the poor in the state of New York cost !
500 600, 600 and require for their main |
tenance $4,000 0l0 ysar, and still pau
perism Increases, 50 that this is the time |
TO meet the question and view it In all /
its bearings
Referring to tramps he said that in
Buffalo they were arrested and sent sixty /
days to the penitentiary for the irst
offense The result was that the place
tramp nuisance. A good way for Della
ware to get rid Of them vas 20 adopt the
New Y Y,rk law
The speaker appealed for moral and
financial aid towards the Associated
Charities in this city. II there were 300
cases 1t would not be difficult for 800 |
women to spend an hour each week In
visiting the poor and contributing their
time by teaching them to live better. At
the close Of the speakers address S. NJ
Trump, Judge ] Frank Ball, Mayor
Harrington and Mr. and Mrs A D.
Warner took part in discussion on the
tramp question and the way to remedy
It, IL was conceded that an obligatory
bath on entering the relief station was
found to effectively deter many from going
there. Compulsory labor of as distaste-
ful character as possible was also recon.
mended. The duty Of the Associated
ChariCies should not be to distribute re-
lief, but to secure work for applicants.
protect and direct the regularly organized
bodies