New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-06
THE PLACING OFT or CHILDREN.
GOVERNOR BLACK GIVES \ HEARING on sENA-
TOR BROWNS BILL.

GOVERNOR BLACK GIVES \ HEARING on SENA-
TOR BROWNS BILL.
Albany. May ) (SpeciaD.-Governor Black gave a
hearing to-day on Senator Browns bill declaring
that no destitute or orphan children shall be placed
In families except under rules and regulations that
the State Board Of Charities may establish. The
bill also contains clause providing that every
such child must be put In institution of his or
her religious faith. This feature of the bill
brought here to oppose 1t d. Willis James. Will
lam c. Osborn Everett j. Wendell and Charles
Loring Brace. Of the New-York Childrens Aid So
cicty; Charles Wallace of the Chdren's Aid So
ciety of Brooklyn; Thornay Williams and Henry
r. Gregory of the juvenile Asylum; Edward T.
Devine, of the New-York Charity Organization So
ciety. and Homer Folks. of the State Charities Aid
Society john T. McDonough. of Albany. APP
peared to support the bill.
D. Wills James said that the Children's Aid So
oiety had provided ninety thousand children with
homes in the country. They had grown up good
children. Agents visited them from time to time
TO see that they were we'll treated and had good
homes This bill struck the continuance of
this system. IL would seriously harm the home
AZ Kensco These children were trained to farm
ing Many of them Hebrews. Some of
them were Catholics 1t would be impossible 10
find homes for all OF them II a religious test was
made No Hebrew farmers could be found. AS
a rule it was American farmers who would take
them The agents should not be limited TO putting
Hebrew children with Hebrew farmers. or Cath
Ole children with Catholic farmers
William Church Osborn. counsel for the Children =
Aid Society said that the bill would give he State
BOARD OF Charities largely increased powers. will
FIJI violation OF their regulations, as the act read
woud be a misdemeanor. lie did not believe such
an extension OF the authority OF the STATE Board of
vrntion The class OF citizens affected by the stat
ute we're destitute children and abandoned children
As he read the statute proposed. children could not
be aided by any society except pS one vi ther o""
WoTnav Williams in behalf OF the Juvenile Asy-
Wing OH its PROVISIONS Large numbers OF Russian
ana Polish Hebrews came into their care. The
be Impossible TO obtain homes f9r these Jewisn emil
dren. The was made mandat tory The present
law said that wherever pracucabe cniiuren should
eot,b THAT was unobjectiOnable. we could not
find homes OF exactly the same religious faith for
these children" said Mr.. Williams and therefore
We should have TO abandon the work Other States
make no such condition. Why should this State
John T. McDonough suPpored ne PIX 5o a. ne y1id
should nifty thousand children be sent out or THIS
state without record as = their religious falth: he
onebt 10 have this power. and would make proper
TIles { hidren OF the State OF New York oSEht TO
pe ,rn chrren should be put in OF Catholics
and Proiestauts with Protestants.
Prior he hearing special nnsegy OF tb me h
hacIde vhat position II would take on IT, After the
matter had been discussed at length this resoi'u'h
was adopted
mo,slv approves the spirit OF the original Senate
HI 10 Sd9 an act regulating the placing out OF
bndren hut II Is not unanimous In approval OF the
nTdat6rv provison OF the bill in Section Thereof
compelling the placing out OF children IN homes or
their religious faithl hut mal3r,,y oil me
BOARD decline TO oppose the approval of the bill by
No Governor"