Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-08-01

there is any difficni;y nbaut TIA,
,Nheh We 20 20 the county court 10
nave legal guardian appointed, that
uiilerent matter; but this proceed.
inent OF guardian and the reat,iring
OF pond, but 1t Is with regard 10 A
temporary disposition Of n child by q
court OF equity for the interest vei
rare and safety OF the child.
NvWi coming TO the question as 10
~, ~ ne,ess OF the benevolent home ana
we ielator In this case: or course
.nefe Is great deal of testimony here
Pro ana con. The testimony Shove
tnat the directors OF this institution
are men OF good standing; they are
wen known; they are business men;
~, ~ capable OF doing right. and men
! think disposed TO DO right. withou.
question. They arc the authenticated
poug, so far as the Benevolent Home
~ concerned. II IL not the superlr..
tenaent. nor Is It the matron. Thev
nave authority, by their bylaws, under
tneir uharter, to appoint a superin,ere-
snt ana an assistant SUPERINTENDENT
Ihey have authority, so far as the
question OF authority Is concerned. 10
remove such superintendent and ne.
/ hlstanti and so far as acting property
with reference TO that matter, / have
~ heHitancy, upon proper Informal
/ tion, In saying that | believe thoS.
composing the board OF trustees would
80 act and do not believe that under
] tne management of the Home and at
the Home rs It nav stands, there is
any Just criticism TO be made upon 81.
l. mean by that that 1 believe the Homo
| IS q proper place for taking charge az
and taking care OF children who msv
ne SO unfortunate as to need such care
40 not desire to be understood. how
! ever, In speaking or ii as II now Is. 10
inuleate that l would sanction or az
| prove OF some things that l believe
| from the testimony have occurred II,
there heretofore, because IN main did-
oultles That presented themselves. the
Hlaih Gauss OF trouble, according to tho
tssuIhony OF the witnesses, are NO;
there at the present time; and do nos
soy ~ LOT the purpose Of criticisms
ahypouy' ana do not desire to be under
stood as feeling unkindly towards any
body, but l think that there have been
enlployes OF the Home that ought nos
! 70 nave been there. / say that with all
/ Kindness towards the parties. think.
perhaps, 1t was their misfortune, that
Ivy were improper persons. perhaps
through physical weakness, from
/ prukeh down nervous system, from uu-
| fortunate temperament, or that Tiers
| We're other things that might have
caused the person to act Improperly.
an IN saying that much of the em-
pluNGs or the Home, who | think were
] ANA AAAf huAA, 4 DO NOT Wnnt
70 pc understood either as having cred
lied or believed TO be true everything
/ mat mas pcen testified to with rega-d
/ 70 thcm' My conclusion IL. and / arn
! deliberate IN forming IL. that there
nave peen CONGREGATIONS with regard
20 thelr conduct. Yet. as stated be-
] Tore believe that there has been a
foundation for these things from which
tue eNagseratlons grew up and / wou,d
] not give my sanction or approval 10
some things that / believe to have oc-
| CURED and II Is not necessary for me
20 40 " because the parties against
! Whom these things are alleged ara NOT
| now connected with the Home. ana
/ IN speaking of criticisms upon the cor
/ uuct or anybody. I do IL, REALIZING the
very grave and trying responsibility
( TesllhB upon person who undertakes
, w. ,iionage me number OF children that
/ We're IN that Home. II is easyy cnn,,,yh
i TO theorize upon things. II Is ensv
! Supush Tor man or woman who
mas never had the respons,hiltt,.
OF taking care OF a child 10 ali
Gown ana tell Just how II ought 10 be
u9he' put l apprehcnd that parties
| VINO nave had children from two an.
thtee TO half a dozen, thoughtfnl no.
rents, at different times during their
| guardianship and government after
| correcting children. have often Thought
| thht perhaps they had done II i'm an
improper way. / believe that is thn
experience of most people who are
thoughtiul. OF course. If there be n
! parent that believes a thing Is right
| lust because they have done II. or he
| cause they have said It land unfortun-
ately there are such parents) then 1
| would not expect such a one TO ever
| have any question as to whether he
or she had done right or not because
] with such parents. whenever they have
done such thing, II is done and they
] believe it is right because they have
] done It. Then II II be true that with a
| few children the question arises In the
! mind Of parent as TO whether in this
course OF treatment or that he or she
/ has done right, then how much more
difficult Is II. and how much more
difficult would that same parent find u.
| IT, instead Of three or six children they
have 800 children under their control.
II vast army of them. coming from
various surroundings, various positions
In society, and who have been trained
by different parties. and some not
trained at all. l say. In making the
statement that have made with ref
| erence TO the unfortunate fact that
there have veen some parties connected
with the home that were not sufficient
for the task--that is the wny put it.
why, I do 1t realizing the great din
oulties that surround them.
] Now IL We SlNAiuAu AdNt AillH Ltsll-
| mony and look through it and see IT IN
| all its bearings, we would see that the
ideas Of parties who believed things to
have been conducted Improperly are
very inconsistent in themselves. That
| grows out OF the various notions that
they have; and 1t would be improper to
look at any one feature Of the testl-
mony and to not consider the great
difficulties that surrounded the parties
j will mention an instance. Here Is
Mrs. Glngscock on TIE stand. She tes-
lilies to very great cruelty by Mrs.
| French. She details It, / believe she
ia honest in believing that she has
stated everything correctly. She testi-
fed with reference TO the fitness of
Mrs. French for position of that
Kind and gives II as her judgment that
Mrs. French was unfit for that position:
That is the conclusion at Toast justified
from her .tatements, Immediately
after that comes Miss Gaines. very
Iptelligent lady woman nt education
and refinement, witness that l be-
Ieve TO be fair In detailing her tesu-
naony. She has as strong an IDEA that
MIS- Logan Is wholly unfit fer that
nosltion as Mrs Logan has mat Mrs.
French IS unfit for 1t. Miss Games
testlhes to her cruelty In Whipping one
~ The children She testiilea that she
ala not have the affection OF tie emil