Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-02-28
MISPLACED SYMPATHY.

ADMISSION TO THE D., D. &c B. INSTITU-
TIoN DISCUSSED IN THE SENATE.
In the discussion in the Senate on the
18th of February, on the proposed new law
for the benefit of the Richmond banks, by
which the appropriations to the State edu-
cational and charitable Institutions shall be
held in those banks till the expenditures
have been actually made at the Institutions
Senator Woods Of Charlotte, made speech
advocating the bill. The report in the
Richmond Dispatch says:
Mr.. Woods, of Charlotte, in speech
earnestly advocating the passage of the bill,
drew another very touching picture. The
vision was that of q beautiful young lady
in his county who had been blind from ear
ly childhood and who of late had in a great
measure lost her mental powers. Time and
time over again applications had been made
to get her in the institute at Staunton, but
to no avail. She had been forced to grow
up in ignorance and the de pressed condition
of her mind is due to the lack of it's cult
walton. This lady will soon be twenty-one
years old and it will be then too late for her
to attend the institute.
MI Woods, in response to question
asked him by Mi. Echols as to whether this
bill would do the young lady any good, said:
''No, sir, it will not. But the sympathy
which | have felt for this unfortunate has
caused me to feel more deeply for all others,
and | hope the bill will benefit some of them,
in that it will tend to reform the conduct
of the institutions, and in my judgment
will make the money appropriated to them
do more good"
CHAIRMAN LOVENSTEIN
T ~, h,,io ho
was feeling unWell. He defended the ac-
ton of his committee, which, he said, a
disposition had been manifested to criti-
else, and expressed his approval of the bill.
The committee had intended after eXamin-
Ing the reports and visiting the institutions
to recommend legislation to correct certain
evils, but the subject having been transfer
red to the Finance committee his commit
tee would do nothing further.
ALETTER FROM PRINCIPAL DOYLE.
When the remarks of Senator Wood
reached Staumton, Capt. L. S. Doyle, Prin-
cipal of the D., D. q B. Institution, wrote
the following letter:
STAUNToN, VA, Feb. 10, 1890.
To the Editor of the Dispatch:
In your report of the debate in the Sen
ate Yesterday upon Mr.. Berry's bill 'spro-
viding regulations for the disbursement of
money to public institutions, "Mr. Woods.
of Charlotte, is represented to have said
that thele is a young lady from his county
sswho had been blind from her early child
sshood, and who of late had in a great
ssmeaslre lost her mental powers.
'sIlme and time ouef again applications
chad been made to get her i'll the institute
sat Staunton, but to no avail. She had
'sbeen forced to grow up in ignorance, and
ssthe depressed condition of her mind is
':due to it's lack of cultivation. This
'syoung lady will soon be twenty one years
cold, and it will then be too late for her
'sto attend the institute"
One inference from these remarks of Mr..
Woods is that this unfortunate young lady
is kept out of that institution through
some fault of the principal. Such an in
ference is totally incorrect, as is also the
other inference that her first application
for admission was made some years ago.
1.-THE report in the Richmond Times makes
Mr.. Woods say: ''She has been knocking at
the door of that institution for .fve long
gears without being favored with an adj
mittance.')
The facts of the case are these:
First, That the young lady Miss Helen