The evening times., 1896-02-01

| ted States. and our sole aim j. to Sepa-
| rate the affairs of the church and state
| Consequently we objected TO government
| money being appropriated for sectarian IN
| stItutions.
Il told the commit ee that we had reasons
for our objections, and asked them If they
desired those reasons. They said they
| did. and consequently made certain sta te-
| nients, every one OF which | am ready TO
prove.
/ HE HAS THE NAMES.
Il have secured no affidavits. The an
nouncement to that effect was erroneous,
| but have the names OF people who can
| bear me out in my assertions.
The finding OF a dead soldiers body in
diSsecring room Of Il local college occurred
! In 1857, while | was commander of the
| department OF the Potomac, Grand Army
1 OF tie Republic. The physician who discov-
! cred the body is at present in Washing tuu.
| Several members Of the department relief
| committee are also here.
| The conrad died III Providence Hos
| pitai, and WHEN as body was found the coni-
| mittce took charge OF the funeral arrange
nents.
'On Thursday. fter had gotten through
| with the committee, gentleman told me
that student OF a md cal college here
| had informed him in a iocuiar way that
| they the studentsl had ralmcd off
cadaver nl the members OF the G. A. K
who were locking for the body OF a cum
! rade. and that the old soldiers had given
| this spurious stiff Il decent burial. think
| ing all the time they were burying the
| right man. The boys at the college often
laughed over how they had fooled the
G. A. Il.
Il hardly think this can he true. don't
believe it. II il is so, what sbouid not be
done to this place?
u also objected TO the House of the Coed
Shepherd receiving government funds, and
with good reason.
House of the Good Shepherd indeed
A mere appropriate term would be private
jail. 1t is nothing less. No one can get IN
there to lind out anything about the work
ings OF the institution. and until a shor.
time ago girls We're arrested and iDcar-
cerated there without authority or war
rant And they cannot be gotten out with
out a legal writ.
To obtain such writ Is almost a matter of
impossibiiity. l have been informed on
excellent authority that these girls, as
soon as they are brought to this place. are
given fictitious names-names dra wn from
the stars When you go to inquire after
them by their right names. you are in-
formed that no such person is there.
NO HELP SHOULD BE GIVEN.
If the people who run this institution
want to do these things. that is their choice
but they should receive no help from the
government. Every one of them is of for
eign origin. They belong to back ages
They do not belong to the civilization OF
America.
We have succeeded in changing this order
of things to a certain extent. and IbeIieve
that girls are no longer arrested and taken
there without a warrant
"St. AIMS Asylum is another beneficiary
of the government. This is the place y.Icr,,
they receive little children and farm them
out TO negro women or any one else who vii!
take them
There is physician here in Washing
ton who viii testify that he was called
In to see the sick child OF colOred woman
He also found there white child. and
the latter was much the sicker OF the two;
In fact-it was dying. The woman said
she had secured it from st. AIMS Asylum
and they guaranteed it to be a healthy
child. When the doctor left the house
the little one was dead.
Il have been accused of criticisinr the
District Commissioners. ] have not in-
tended to do so. ] did say. however.
that thought it wrong for the Commits
sioncrs to oppose Gen. Curtis bill to pro-
vide for this class of women a female re-
tention for them while awaiting trial
Mr.. Tracey made report to the Commits
slonerS, j believe, and objected to this
measure. and the Commissioners indorsed
his statement. citing the House of the Good
shepherd as a proper place OF detention.
Il repeat, there is not an inmate i'll there
under the law. Why, the Commissioners
themselves cannot take a girl out of that
place.
Ma inr I, Tran ~ st.,fP
nient, published in yesterdays Evening
Tinies?''
II have read that statement. To his
first assertion that my charges are too |
general, I have no reply TO make.
ITO his second one, l will say that l |
did not want to see the subcommittee,
nor did want TO see any part or tie whole |
of that committee, until the last moment. |
! want TO fare the last say. Besides, | |
must be my own judge as 10 whether / |
wanted TO see the subcommittee or the |
whole committee"
why is it you made no charges TO the |
Commissioners"
.'As for any charges tina might ha We been |
made against any OF the officials. they |
were settled to our satisfaction in the |
courts, and complaint in that direction |
has ceased. l refer to the arrest of people |
on the streets, without authority of war |
rant, and the confinng OF them in the
House OF the Good Shepherd We have
no charges to make against the Commits |
sioners- We simply take exceptions to
their Recommendation against Gen. Curtis
bill.
Neither are we making complaint ga inst |
any of the officials, hut are forced to say |
these things in support Of our contention
that no appropriations must be made to
these sectarian institutions, and that the
affairs of church and state must be kept
cseparate.
''This is no personal matter with me, nor
are we making a fight on any particular re-
ligion- We are striving to accomplish the
Object stated. and that is all"