The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-11-23
AS CITIZENS ONLY.
Humane Society Must
Act AS individuals.
No State Law Which Will Warrant
1t i'm Making Prosecutions AS a
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Adopted and
Committees Selected.

The adjourned session of the board
of directors of the Humane society
was held at the Y. NJ. G. A. rooms
Friday evening. VIM .Plymat was call
ed to the chair in the absence of Pres
ident Andrews, and A. NJ. Rutan
acted as temporary secretary.
Mrs. Cause, the organizer, suggest
ed that as there were number pre-
sent who were not at the first meet
ing, an expression of opinion was call
ed for and she proposed that Dr. Tai
bert speak.
DR.. Talbert suggested that mem
Der of the society be appointed for
each business block who would make
it his special affair to report to the
humane officer all cases that come un-
der their notice.
Miss. Peirson said she favored the
organization because it taught kind
ness.
Father Prior wanted to know if the
society directed it's efforts toward any
particular kind of animals. He said
that last spring the boys shot to death
scores of birds with sling shots, and
asked if such misdeeds came under
the jurisdiction Of the law.
DR.. James answered the question by
saying that he had looked up the law
and found that the case was fully
covered.
The matter of breaking horses was
then discussed. Father Prior thought
that there was much,needleSs cruelty
in this occupation, and Rev. Wash
burn said he had seen cases where the
trainer needed breaking more than
the horse.
DR.. James asked Of the society's at
torney, VIM. Plymat, if the organiza-
tion had any authority to act-to go
ahead and punish offenders under the
cruelty laws; sis it," he asked, "leg-
ally Incorporated"
Mr.. Plymat said that he did not be-
lieve that the society could do SO but
the law was open to anybody who, as
citizen wished to make complaint.
Both he and Temporary Secretary
Rutan were agreed on this point.
President Andrews here took the
chair and asked for the report of the
committee on resolutions. Chairman
Plymat read the following, which
were afterwards passed by unani-
nous vote:
WHEREAS, Evidences of cruelty to
not only the lower animals, but to
children and other members of the
human family as will frequently come
to our knowledge and observation,
and
WHEREAS, Such cruelty should
not only be prevented, but those
guilty of it be punished that they and
their children may be taught the
Nervousness of such Offenses, and
WHEREAS, Such work cannot be
accomplished by individual action but
by united effort alone, therefore be it
Resolved, That we uncOmpromiS-
ingly condemn all acts of cruelty to
humanity and to the lower animals
and are determinedly in favor of the
enforcement of the laws against all
forms of cruelty.
Resolved, That we call upon all good
citizens to join in active efforts to
carry out such laws and to aid in the
suppression of cruelty.
LoooJ,,o1 rNbot IN f,1rf haponcn of
this end we call the attention of the
public to the Humane Society, which
has just been organized in this city
under the name OF the Hankato
Humane Society, and urge all classes
of our citizens to give it active sup
port by becoming members in the
association and by giving it sympathy
and assistance in it's work.
Resolved, That this society declares
itself as opposed to the careless and
unlawful habit of allowing horses to
stand hitched to hitching posts and
rings in cold or stormy weather with
out being efficiently covered with
blankets or properly protected from
storms: that it opposes the abuse OF
the over-check as used on horses; that
it condemns the killing of birds for
millinery purposes, or thelr ruthless
slaughter for any purpose
ReS0lred, That we favor the clrcu-
lation of literature on humane sub
iects: the education of children in the
same line, and the passage OF all leg
islation necessary to prevent or to
punish cruelty.
ResOlred. That we have found in
Mrs. N. Il. Cause, an earnest, intelli-
gent and efficient helper and adviser
in the organization Of this society;
that we believe her heart is in the
work. and that we recommend her to
all whom she may see in the future
for the purpose of attempting to ex-
tend the organization for the proven
tion of cruelty.
Mrs. Cause wanted a resolution adopt
ed to the effect that a bill be offer
ed to the legislature asking that hui
name officers be placed on the NUM-
cipal pay roll the same as other police.