Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1895-01-17
IT w.s vorED a0nN..
THE Proposition Of Hen. ", ~. KeRnaa
10 Transfer the Ex-t,0Rfsderate
Hume ta the Mate.

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The Executive Board OF the Mis-
souri, ex, Confederate Association
met at the Lselede Hotel st. Louis,
Wednesday morning.
The principal business before the
Board was the proposed transfer q
the State OF the ex. Confederate Home
at HigginsviIle
The question: was whether the
State can contribute to the support
of ;he Home without lite being alb
solutely transferred, or whether the
State would be compelled TO receive
the property absolutely before ap-
propriating funds for its support.
The sentiment among many oil
the members was that If the State
can assist the Home and have i.
under it's present management, with
the understanding that when its
work as an ex Confederate Home is
ended by the death OF all the veter-
ans, the property shall revert to the
State, well and good. The members
of the association are willing to ac-
cept such support, But if the prop
erty must pass from the present
management TO get State support,
the majority Of the members are
opposed to it. These are the senti-
me nts expressed by Capt. Pitts,
Capt. Guibor, Mr.. Gaiennie, w.
McNinch, Mrs. P. s.. Robert and
others.
1t was learned that Judge Porter
had decided that the State could not
aid the Home withou. taking alb.
solute control of it. The question
was then turned over to the Execu.
tive Board for discussion. Frank
Gaiennie, ,wbois opposedtoletting the
Home go under the States control,
made a speech in support of his po-
sition. He holds that it should not
be done on sentimental grounds, ,and
thinks that it would be impossible
to do it if it was SO desired, owing to
opposition in the Legislature.
The proposition to ask State help
was voted down.
The vote was s to Z.
w. H. Kennan, Maj. Salmon,
Judge Hoy and Messrs. Catrcn,
Bronaugh, Pitts and Mrs. Rainwater
voted aye.
All the other ladies voted no.
Had the vote been the reverse,
Hon. w. III. Kennan had ready
bill to present to the Legislature
providing for the purchase of the
Home by the State IN consideration
of S10. 200 a year for II years, when
it shall be put to any use the State
might see fit. 1t was to be managed
by the State like any other elee-
mosynary institution.
Hon. w. III. Kennan, of Mexico,
who had been asked to make a re-
port on the legal points in the case,
did so, and said the transfer would
be constitutional and in accordance
with the laws regulating eleemosyn-
ary institutions. He favored the
transfer and had prepared a bill
which hs submitted, and which, he
said, he would present to the Legis-
lature at once, if accepted. A deed
in fee would be made to the Secre-
tary of State from the association
giving the 1858 acres of land and i'm.
provements, on the date the act
went into effect. For this gift the
State would appropriate every two
years $40, 900 to support the home
for II years. The Governor would
appoint an Executive Board, two OF
whom should reside in Higginsville.
If;at any time in the next II years
there should be less than % in
mates the State would be at liberty
to make any use of the home it saw
fit, provided the inmates were prop
erly provided for or sent back to their
counties. The only salaried officers
were to be a manager at $500 and a
matron and physician at $500 each.