The morning times., 1895-10-23

''The public are not satisfied and are
complaining. A great many people In
this District, whom We cannot ignore, are
| criticisi1ig The way in which the business
of the a ssociated Charities is conducted" !"
This was part OF an interesting speech
In which Dr. NJ. ID. Peck, Que of the vice
| presidents OF the Associated Charities,
maintained that there should be a change
in the way thugs are at present managed
by that institution.
In furtnerauce of his expressed desire
for a change in the rules ami regulations,
he presented at the meeting OF the board
OF managers, which was held last tight,
certain amendments 10 the constltut utlon,
which Were the subject and provocatiou OF
discussion which Will Interest the public
There were present DR.. W. E. Parsons,
pre, if...nt of the beard, who gaye notice
la, / evening that he " ould hot serve alter
this meeting as member of The boafo,
but " Guild continue as a member OF the or
ganizatlon: Ar. L. q. LATER, DR.. II. d.
Peck, General Secretary l. s. Emery, b.
p Dayit Miss X. Hosmer Mrs. r. Roberts,
of the W K c.; Mrs. NJ A. Burt, Airs. t.
II Richards on, Mr.. Loring Chapelie, Mrs
Dr. Hood, Mr.. j. II. bradford, and DR..
Little.
The amendments introduced by DR..
Peck, " hich were OF pecial interest were:
First. that new committee should be
named TO be called the relief committee,
W hich should have general supervision over
nil expenditures and the distribution or
supplies TO The worthy dependent poor,
this committee TO act in conjunction with
the ecretary, and that it should adopt a
schedule of distribution and expenditures
The amendment fnrther provided that all
there expenditures should be approved by
the board.
OFFICES AND EMPLOYEES.
The other amendment which was acted
on related to offices and employees II
is proposed that this committee shall have
charge OF the selection and renting OF an
office, of the necessary number and char
acier of the employees uf the board and
make recommendations under the approval
of the board as To the location and rental
of the office and the compensation of en-
ployes.
Both of these amendments, which to be
OF force must be carried by the vote of the
general society, which will be held On the
fifth of next month, were regarded as an
effort to take out af the hands of Secretary
Emery the functions which he now dis
charges so far as covered by the amend
ments.
Mr. Bradford said openly that he locked
upon il as a reflection on the management
of the board. if not Of the secretary, nd
characterized the amendment as scheme
Dr. Rice said: II denounce the statement
that this is a scheme, for it is our duty
in handling public money that we should
have good rules by which to be governed.
We have no rules of order, for / regard
those adopted in February as very general"
Mr. T. La siernad adeanargumenttoshow de
that the keynote of the work OF the
charities was pronIptness and that to
place in the hands of a committee emer-
gency work would defeat that object; that
committees could not be gotten together
when desired and that great wrong might
possibly he done to the poor and unfortunate
heneficiaries of the society. He had no
doubt that there were some Complaints,
but the general work of the society for the
past fourteen years was an evidence
that 1t had been well done.
DEFEATED ITS PURPOSE.
Mr. Bradford said that they did not
want too many rules. The public was
aware OF the fact that people Were turned
away from the doors of charitable institu-
tions in this city simply because there were
rules which forbade any discretion TO the
officers.
Il say and / repeat" he continued,
"that this is reflection on the board and
on the secretary, and l know that DR..
Peck has made the statement IN public that
the public is disgruntled with our manage
ment-"
After some further discussion on this line,
the amendment was adopted in "a modified
FORM As IL now stands the relief commit
tee shall he empowered to make a schedule
of regulations for the expenditures OF
money aud for the dis button OF supplies.
As originally intended, the committee was
to have supervision of all moneys ex-
pended and supplies distributed.
There was another debate when the
amendment providing for the committee
on offices and employees came up. DR..
Peck insisted that it was not intended as
q reflection on anybody or on the board of
managers.
Mr.. Emery said that if the resolution
was carried. a S proposed by Dr.. Peck, no
secretary with self respect would remain as
such for a single day after their passage.
The object of the amendment was totake
away the power of appointing his as
sistants from the secretary, which every
secretary had the right to do.
STOOD BY THE SECRETARY.
Or. Bradford again made the point that
the amendment threw unnecessary restric
lions around the board and its officers.
Mr.. Loring Chepelle deprecated the dis
cussion of all these matters and the raking
up of old disagreements and Mr.. Lasier
moved the discontinuance of the discus
sion until some future date.
Mr. Davis moved to amend the amend
ment so as to give the secretary the
power to appoint his assistants with the
approval of the president.
Mr.. Bradford opposed the whole amend
ment and intimated that DR.. Peck took
pains to hear q great deal that was said
TO the disadvantage of the Associated Char
tiles, and the result OF the whole discus
sion was that we were bringing ourselves
into disrepute. / AM tired and disgusted
with the discussion" he added.
When finally Offered for passage the
amendment stood this way: The COM
mittee on offices and employees shall have
charge OF the matter OF selecting and rent