The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-30
THOSE ny. CHILDREN.
Further Facts to Show That
Eastern Pauper Children
Are Nuisance and a Menace ia
Kansas.
Seventeen Children in Anderson oun-
ty Have Already Been Tried by
100 Families to No Purpose.

The stand taken by many good peo-
pie in Kansas in favor of putting stop
to the importation Of young New York
criminals into the state by Chiidren's
aid societies has attracted the attention
of the New York papers.
Following is what the New York
Press says about the matter:
Kansas is trying hard to get square
with New York for ealing it the home
of the crank One Topeka paper, as
told in yesterdays Press started to
collect a trainlOad of provisions for
destitute New Workers. Now the To
pel1a State Journal charges New York
with unloading its young criminals on
Kansas.
"A preacher out there is quoted as
saying that 20 New York children left
in Montgomery county by Mr.. Brace,
the agent of the Children's Aid society,
in five months had cost the county ST.
600 in criminal prosecutions.
THE officials of the Children's Aid
society do not seem bit worried about
these charges, strange to say More
than that. they unblushingly confess
that within the last year they have
'unloaded' IS homeless boys and eight
homeless girls on Kansas
They seem to like our children out
there said one of the officials yester-
day. When we take a party Of chill
dren out there to any county there are
always more applications than there
are children. The local committees
who look after the work are composed
of the best citizens Of Kansas. 1 do
not know Of a single instance where
Kansas communities have been put to
any expense in prosecuting any Of our
children. We never send any children
who have a criminal record.
" Since May, 1894, 1875 boys and "a
girls have been placed in homes in
Kansas OF this number 1S1 are doing
we'll and eight have been adopted le-
gally- Eleven are doing fairly Well 10
are not fully satisfactory but are hay
ing a longer trial; u have run away,
four of them working their way to
New York, and seven have been re-
turned to the society
The article was shown to Rev. o. S.
Morrow, who is superintendent of the
Kansas society which believes that
Kansas should care for her own and
leave New York to do the same
THAT is nothing more than a bluff, -
said superintendent Morrow THE re-
port that a bill is to be introduced to
stop the importation of children in to
Kansas has aroused the New York So
ciety
I happen to know that II children
who were taken to Anderson county
less than a year ago have been in 100
families. That is enough to prove that
they are not satisfactory. have this
from Rev. Mr.. COMBS of Gernett who
has been acting as distributing agent
for the New York society.
Mr. COOmbS is disguised and he says
he viii have nothing more to do with
the society. He admits that the plan
is a failure and he viii assist US to Sc
cure the passage of bill to put a stop
to the practice
Il know that two of the children sent
to one county We're sent to the reform
school last spring. They We're left in
Kansas in February and the following
spring they were brought to the re-
form school. Mr. Brace, the agent OF
the society went to Superintendent
Howell of the reform school and begged
to be allowed to take the children away
and he was allowed to do so after
promising that they would be taken out
of the state