The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-05-19
SOLDIERS, HOME CONTROVERSY.


Grand Army Man says street Was Drtv-
en- Out by Conspiracy
TIE Grand Army -as-s % n1r i7ts11 70
let the removal % < 2, Street from re
command % The soldiers bone pass EaLa-
our It's cauSs oss-- thoroughly vs1-l1s-sS1-
and have also been pushing inGul-y INTO
ire eoa6GcE O. the hans stncs Alr- Streets
rsEovaL = committee % Stevens post
composed OF I. J. I-schrs1 berg. = < Rise
So-ph and L n Treeu has been ia9ulrzzs
into the treatment Of M L@veseey a. tns
home and VIII present -e7sS-~ % The d.
rar-ae1r e1cz-vrezs IN June
Some hxht = thrown On ne events lead
ing I'D 20 Mr.. S.reet's removal Sy The fol-
.-se4ssle. May * KS
TO the Editor. n your yeSte-1ay's -
Sue z article appeared hszde1 A Veteran
Win : Grievance Among other things
Il was said. II = claimed ny NJ. Eoar2-
mans friends that some cd soldiers are
e1dsavors1g 20 ST. Up strife = the llSVl-
rlrio1 simply because they are dissatisfied
with the manner II which the home =
run As an old soldier beg PERMISSION
70 rise and explain
Last October Mr.. 8ozr3C121 employed
and sent 20 the home one s ". Eapton-
stall and his wife 70 az as engineer and
lauadress. This man Haptonsta4 has pub
licly stated IN various places tine and
time again 20 scores OF men that he vas
hired and sent % The hele for q purpose.
ard when Mr. Street vas oustsd that p0--
pose was accomplished. He has tried n
every way "a blacksa the character OF NJ.
Street by vsltfytry and using he most In
decent and revolving language against him
that was possible. Such outrageous treat
rnent q the soldiers best friend re have
been 6issattSS with Men would be dead
% decency who would stand Idly By and
remain silent while such terrible means
were employed TO put down our old COM
rade and tnjare the reputation OF his fam
Nv Eapt0rStau pretended 10 be an eng1-
nee- and electrician. but his talk OF Incl
dentals' for inside ana arch for outside
iluninatio1s and opening tke relief or
drainage cocks on the radiators 20 dis
charge the vacuum shows plainly his
qualifications IN that line.
'@On the first OF January the board Of
trustees saw IT 70 employ this couple for
another three months and allow them 70
act independent o. the connaudant and
rnatron's authority. which is il direct VIC
lation OF law Mrs Il. was known as a
morphine fiend. which habit united her
for the position OF laundress. YET she was
given an Increase in pay and allowed 70
order Mrs. Street from the laundry when
on her round OF duty. The coumandant
was likewise ordered from the engine
room Mr. and Mrs. Street al once re
ported these people 70 the trustees and de-
mandei their removal from the home.
The full board met The Isl Of April and
soon thereafter notified Mr.. Street that,
owing 10 lack OF confidence. in his ability
10 manage the home and lack o. harmony.
he must resign, and in their magnaninity
gave him until 5 o'clock 70 perform that
duty. as his salary could run Up 10 that
hour The engineer and laundreSS re-
NAMED some time after that under fun
paw. The accounts al the home were cor
rect and the affairs at the home were IN
excellent shape. the best IN lis history.
The comman1ant can only be dismissed
for cause. Now what produced the cause
that Mr. Street should be so ruthleSSly
turned out7 The board OF trustees forced
the cause, II any existed. and Il that pair
that was the aataEoniZing element al the
home was given their positions contrary
TO Law, Mr. Streets removal was an IN
lawful act Perhaps some judge would
ike 20 decide this proposition.
IF Boardrnan's friends have anything
70 say, we would Ike 70 hear from them.
I wonder II they still have that letter
written by an inmate OF the home and
mailed TO the editor OF the Tacoma Ledger,
or what did become Of Il? Old soldiers
demand fair play for every one II was
said some 9. A r men want % Re on the
staff OF the commaD1aDE Better the board
had a full field and staff, as We are not
yet of the skirnish line
II don'S know anything about Gen Nc
Micken's talk with Mr.. LiYesley. but that
gentleman stated before the committee
appointed by Stevens post 70 examine into
his case that he told Mr.. Boariman, when
asking for q bed al o'clock az night.
weary. footsore and hungry, that he was
an old soldier and belonged - the Sixth
Wisconsin infantry during the war. He
was not travelling as a soldier. but TO be
recognized as such BY another old soldier
must he carry his credentials with HIN?
The idea Is ridiculous. Il is thirty years
since the war closed; great many dis
charge papers have been lost or worn OUT
by time. One would suppose that Board
man and company think an old soldier
without his discharge papers on his per
son should be branded with u. S. A IN
order to be identified. X"