St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-09
OFFICERS ARE ELECTED,
And Secretary Hutchins Re-
ports Marked Success
for ga.
CONDITION OF POOR BETTER
Than 1t Was Twelve Months
Ago--Reports Of Depart
mentS.

A the nineteenth annual meeting Of
the Society for the Relief OF the Poor,
held yesterday afternoon at Relief hall,
14l East Ninth street, the old officers,
with one exception, were reelected, as
follows:
President, Hon. Alexander Ramsey;
first vice president. w. l.. Wilson, Sec
ond vice president. Mrs. H. G. Burbank;
third vice president, Rev. K. Hall;
treasurer, Daniel Il. Noyes; secretary,
Morgan l.. Hutchins. In the place of
the former vice president, II. K. Bige-
low, deceased, the society chose Mr..
Wilson, formerly second vice president,
ana Mrs. Burbank was elected to the
office occupied by Mr.. Wilson.
Little change was made In the list Of
directors. which is now: E. W. Peet,
c. W. Hackett, r. G. jefferson, w. P.
Clough, Greenieaf Clark, Rev. H. H.
Hart, Rev. W. N. Jameson. Hon. G. E.
Otis, Rev. S. q. Smith, Rev. A. j. d.
Haupt. H. S. Haas, John Wann, G. w.
Horr, Mrs. j. IL. Murphy, Miss Kate
Wheelock, Mrs. Edmund Rice, Mrs.
f. j. Haynes. Mrs. T. L. Blood, Mrs. Ii.
P. Upham. Dr.. Henry NJ. Hutchinson.
Miss Julia Knautt Miss Cordelia Wild
er, D. G. Shepard, w. ID. Kirk. The
executive committee are w. l.. Wool
son, Mrs. j. II. Murphy, r. c. Jefferson
Mrs. f. j. Haynes, FL. IL. Hart. c. w.
Horn, Rev. A. j d. Haupt; superin-
tendent of industrial school, Mrs. t. l..
Blood; president of Women'S auxiliary,
Mrs. Il. NJ. Newport; secretary of loan
department. Anna HutchinS.
From the Interesting report of Secre-
tary HutcninS the following extracts
display the marked success and useful
ness of the society during the past
year:
"lSg3-Number of applications, 5,175;
number of new applications, $50. 1894
Number If Applications, 6,4l9; NUM-
Der OF new applications, 1925. There
has been given from this office l0,091
garments. valued at So, 504 80: aid has
been rendered in food to the amount of
81, 755.05; aid has Deen rendered in fuel
to the amount of $4S790; meals and
lodging given to the amount of Sl06 90 :
amount earned by poor women through
our free employment bureau. $40. 9S;
and by men, $1l5. Is; amount saved the
poor by securing Tor them half rates
and passes, IS, TT2.43.
The condition of the poor is better
than 1t was this time twelve months ago.
We account for this in various ways.
The majority of our able-bodled men
and women, through want of the fore
thought that enables them to lay by
something for rainy uay, having past
through last winter, feeling as they
never did before, perhaps, the pinches
of poverty, made up their minds that it
should be different this season; and
they and their children have put forth
heroic efforts i'll many ways through the
summer and fall te earn what they
could, and have succeeded.
This is the fruit Of the efforts of this
and other similar societies which have
for years been teaching the people to
rise to Self-help; and then the spirit of
giving and asking no questions, or in
discriminate almsgiving, is fast be-
coming thing of the past which does
great deal towards making the people
realize the benefit of working for what
they need, instead of taking it as char
ity.