The morning call., 1893-09-14
FOR OLD PEOPLE.
A New Superintendent Is
Appointed.
The Ladies' of the Board of Managers
Repudiate the Charge of Pau
perism and Explain.

The post of superintendent at the
Croker Old Peoples Home, which has
been vacant since the resignation of Rev.
Rodney Edwards, has at length been filled
by the appointment of Rev. Charles Nc
Kelvey.
Mr.. McKelvey, who entered into his new
duties yesterday, is a minister of the
Methodist Episcopal church who has been
over twenty years in conference. Seven
years ago he held the pastorate of the
Centennial Methodist Church, Oakland,
now the Chester-street Church. The rev.
erend gentleman last pastorate was at San
Ramon, Contra Costa County. but for the
last year he has retired from conference
nd resided as a layman in Oakland.
number of the board of lady managers
were at the home yesterday afternoon.
There was no formal meeting. but it is the
custom for the ladies to signify their in
terest by visiting the Institution every
Wednesday.
mo one knows less about this talk of
Dauperism than we do" observed one of
the ladies TO a CALL reporter. 1T is the
inmates who have called themselves
paupers; we never thought of applying
such term to even the poorest of them.
''As for the $500 that P. Bur gave for
entrance, he is the only person who ever
paid so large an amount. We put our
selves out to take him. because we don't
want people who are so we'll off. He liter
ally begged to come. Many of the in
mates never paid 81 and have no friends.
I'VE knew nothing of all this fuss about
State aid till last week. We trust all such
business to our attorney, Charles +. Han
Ion, who for years has given US his services
gratuitously."
Does Mr.. Hanlon apply for the State
aid 2" was asked.
mo. the president makes the applica-
ton. Every six months an expert book
keeper fills in the TO rms with list of
the pensioners. We cannot go into tech
nicalites, but We know that it is all man
aged through Legitimate source. If any
inmate paying more than S14 so a month
has been put on the list of those requiring
State aid. it has been done without our
knowledge. and is no fault of ours. The
ladies of the house attend to its working.
Other matters we leave to the president,
Mrs. Nelson"
SIS p. Bur on the list of State pen
siOners?" asked the reporter.
I'VE do not know. We heard ne was,
and that was what made him indignant.
We sent back $50, but the State refused to
receive it,
And then the ladies agreed that they
would be glad of an investigation in order
that their innocence in the matter might
be clearly shown. 1t was evident that
those who were present yesterday had
trusted the matter of State aid blindly to
the president, and, as several of them ex-
pressed frankly, knew nothing at all about
the matter.
They were very emphatic, however, in
declaring that no aid had been received
from those inmates who paid over SI4 so
month. As stated in yesterdays CALL,
there are three classes of inmates-those
who pay by the month. those who have
paid little or nothing. and those like p.
Bur, who delivered over sum that some
times runs into the thousands. The actual
interest on the amounts paid by these
latter may not amount to S14 so per month,
but. as P. Bur and others claim, the sum
resem bles life annuity, for it reverts to
the home at their decease.