The Saint Paul globe., 1897-04-29
TO LEAVE THE HOME
FIFTY OF THOSE AT MINNEHAHA
CROWDED OUT OF THE IN
STITUTTON.
MARRIED MEN THE ONES TO GO
BOARD OF TRUSTEES LISTENS TO
REQUESTS FROM SOME TO
REMAIN.
THE QUESTION OF DISCHARGES.
None of Those Who Claim to Have
Been Wrongly Thrown Out
Put in an Appearance.
The regular quarterly meeting of the

The regular quarterly meeting of the
board of trustees of the soldiers home
at Minnehaha was held yesterday in
the administration building, and most
of the day was consumed in transact
ing what business came before the
committee. Every member of the
board was present when Capt. H. A.
Castle raped for order at IL o'clock in
the morning. There are on the board
Capt. H. A. Castle, ST. Paul; ex-Gov.
L. F. Hubbard, Red Wing; Judge L. L..
Baxter, Fergus Falls; John A. Gilman
Minneapolis; w. p. Huntington, Red
wcod Falls; ]. r. Parshall, Faribault,
and George N. La VAGUE, Duluth.
Considerable business of a routine
character was disposed of when the re-
port of Commandant H. G.. Mcmillan
was read showing that there are in the
home 313 inmates, an increase of eX-
actly % over the corresponding day
last year. Plans are now in progress
by which, during the next two or three
weeks, between so and rs married men
who have been inmates will be dis
charged from the home and cared for,
as far as possible, at their own homes
for such cases. There appeared before
the trustees perhaps half a dozen of
these married inmates with requests
that they be allowed to remain in the
home. They were heard individually
and their cases acted upon according to
their merits, some of them being al
lowed TO continue as regular inmates
of the institution.
George Knox who is married and
owns a farm in Southern Minnesota,
has had trouble with his family. and
on account of his advanced age he was
permitted to remain. B. A. Rice also
married man, is made an exception
to the rule and will remain. Joseph
Griffin was given transportation to La
Moure, N. D., and Patrick G. Murphy
was given a railroad ticket to Boston.
Daniel Sullivan, who was dishonorably
discharged upon a complaint that he
was guilty Of fighting. had his case re-
considered. He said he did not wish
to return to the home, but that he
fought in self-defense, and the board
gave him an honorable discharge.
The three cases of alleged unwar-
ranted dishonorabIe discharges, which
were made the subject of a resolution
just before the adjournment of the
legislature, did not materialize at the
meeting, although it has been repeat
edly stated that the trustees meeting
was the proper place to secure redress
for any wrong done to inmates The
three men whose names were men
tened in connection with the Stockwell
resolution, Soule, Daugherty and Trow-
bridge, did not put in an appearance,
although Soule did appear by attorney.
Frank Mead Jr., of Minneapolis Mr.
Mead, in stating the case of Soule, ex-
planned that his client did not desire to
be reinstated in the home, but did wish
his discharge made honorable instead
of dishonorable. and, further, wished
aid from the relief fund until he should
be able to secure his pension. Soule.
who is said to be hard to get along
with, although a man sixty years of
age, was captain, and in the opinion
of the officers of the home is entitled
to a pension Of $40 month if his record
In the army is not clouded.
The matter of giving him the relief
sought was referred to the executive
committee with power to act When
the discharge feature of the case was
called neither Soule nor his attorney
could be found, and the matter was al
lowed to drop, at least for the present
1t is regarded as doubtful, from the
views held by a number of the trustees
that Mr.. Soule will ever be able to have
his discharge from the home changed
as he wishes it, nor will he ever be TAX
en- back to the institution. Mr.. Stock
well, the champion of these men who
claim 20 have been arbitrarily thrown
out of the place without due warrant
or authority, was not present at any
time during the day, although promi-
nent among the visitors was Judge H.
G. Hicks. whom Mr.. Stockwen dubbed
the attorney of the executive commit