The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-03-30
THE INVESTIGATION OF THE XsNA OR.
PHANS' HOME.

PttANS' HOME.
The following is from the Xonia cor
respondent of the Cincinnati CONNER
Cial Gazette. 1t throws Hood Of light
on the causes which led to the investi-
cation by the Board of state Charities,
of the charges of cruelty made against
Gen Chas. i. Young, superintendent
of the Home,
AS this Nenia Soldiers Orphans
Home is the pride of all the patriotic
men and women of Ohio, anything that
touches its good name is Of interest to
our people. There are now at this
Home some g2G orphans of dead SOL
diers,wh are being educated and train.
ed at the expense of the state. Perhaps
some future governor of Ohio may be
an inmate now of that noble institu-
tian, or maybe, some some president Of
the United States.
The following from the Xenia cores
pondent of the Cincinnati Commercial
Gazette explains why the State Board
of Charities was called to investigate
Gen, Young:
"Reports Of scandal at the Home
have been traced down to nothing, or
merely some slight indiscretion on the
part of employees, We have no spy at
the Home, but there are are reputable
parties there, outside of the heads of
the institution, from whom we can at
any time secure information of mis-
management or wrong-doing. The
efforts to disparage the management
have only shown forth the better its
efficiency, and the fact that the Home
was never managed more capably Ito
say the least) in all the years of its ex-
isCence.
"The late General Hayes knew this,
and is said to have urged upon Cover
nor Mckinley, in strongest terms, the
retention of General and Mrs. Young.
The G. A. r. and the Loyal Legion,
also, it is said, wished that the manage
ment might remain undisturbed,
though no official action of this kind
has ever been taken.
"The G. A. r. Post here, after the
charges against the management pub
lished in the Commercial Gazette last
year, quietly appointed a committee
consisting principally Of members, who
were strongly partisan and wished a
change made at the Home, and they
have investigated every report and
carefully noted the conduct of things |
at the Institution ever since the 1st of |
December last,
Late the opponents of the manage
ment of the Home have been writing |
anonymous letters making charges to
Commander Mack, there
being one signed letter from
LAWYER NAMED CLARK
husband of Ada Clark, of W. r. C.
fame), who stated that be had seen
letters making charges of cruel treat
nent of the children. and had heard
certain parties make similar state
nents.
"Mr. Clark, of Canton, who had been
,ited to appear here with his witnesses
Ind meet the Board sent word that he
vas too busy and did not have time to
lunt up his testimony. Apparently
he Board did not find anything wrong
lere, and today they took their depar-
ure for home, intending probably at a
uture date to hold a meeting to suit
he convenience of Mr.. Clark and his
witnesses. We understand today that
here may be such a thing as suits
utered by the Board of Managers Of
he Home against the writers of the
letters, should their indenti-
y be discovered and their charges dis
'roVed. At least that is what one or
wo very prominent persons here last
vening, and not members of the inVes-
igating committee, have urged.
"Now, to the generality of readers it
lay seem that the writer does not take
luch stock in any investigation of the
lone. Neither does he, for, having
retty thoroughly done that himself
everal times, he knows that everything
being conducted as near right as any
erson could do. Mrs. Young, the
uperintendent' wife, who holds the !
osition Of chief matrom, is a lady of ,
executive ability, and her :
ontrol of the employees is better than :
yer shown here by any other, and no
ersons familiar with the workings of
he institution in the past year can fail Z
D see it.
1--WE would, of course, like to see a :
.epublican in charge at the Home. So =
'ould many other Republicans, very 9
kelly; but to place in charge some of =
le parties who are applicants would be !
lessen the usefulness and disoIganize
le perfect system of a perfectly con-
1cted institution"
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