The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-10-13
COMMITTEES NAMED.

COMMITTEES NAMED.
President Walk appointed the follow
ing committees: Officers, Samuel
Wickersham, Chester, chairman; H.
w. Ochre, Allegheny; +. w. Feitz,
Lackawanna; James Moore, Cambria
Mrs. e. G. Rankin, Fayette; finance
and auditing, II. f. Detweiler, Fayette,
chairman; Reuben Lauer, York; r. d.
McGonnigle, Allegheny; place of meet
ing, p. H. Breidenbaugh, Blair, chair
man; Charles Snyder, Philadelphia;
Mrs. Harriet Lay, Venango; w. M.
Brown, Erie; G. A. l.. Row, Dauphin;
j. F. Gessong, Schuylkill; resolutions,
Captain Charles Lawrence, Philadel-
phia, chairman; r. G. Brooks, Scran-
ton; j. w. Peck, Somerset; j. N. Graft
Lancaster; r. f. James, Delaware; G.
NJ. Hartzell, Westmoreland; John Hen
derson, Allegheny.
a motion was adopted that the presi-
dent-elect be q delegate to the ma
tional conference of charities and COR
rection and that he be empowered to
select two associates. The committee
on programme and legislation will by
rule be appointed by the president
elect and published in the official min
utes of the convention.
The following resolution was pre-
sented by Secretary pro TEN Hughes
and was unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That the important question
of the unwise appropriation of public
moneys to institutions not under state
control Of state legislature so ably pre-
sented by Dr. Walk in his presidential
address, be referred to the committee on
legislation for consideration and report.
D. S. Brumbaugh, of Blair county,
made the report of delegates to the
national conference of charities and
correction at Toronto. Ont, in July.
There was no discussion of this re-
port.
President Walk announced that an
opportunity would be given for the
presentation of the names of cities
proposed for the next place of meet
ing. None We're named at this time,
however.
LANGSTAFF PRESIDENT.
w. S. Langstaff, Of this city, the first
vice-president, was called to the chair
and presided during the remainder Of
the afternoon.
Rev. John Henderson, steward, of the
Allegheny City poor house, read a
paper on Qualifications, Responsible
tiles and Duties of Directors Of the
Poor" A director should be, he said
a business man with q mind of his
own and proof against the foibles of
cranks and politicians; a man of great
patience and not easily provoked; an
honest, moral and upright man. His
duties are indicated in the most
humane meaning of the management,
protection and care of the poor. 1t is
sacred trust that demands the exer-
else of all the qualifications mentioned.
The responsibilities are great when It
is considered that a director stands be-
tween the HELPLESS and a cold world,
1t requires peculiar traits of character,
grace, courage and charity.
Mr.. Henderson's paper was brief, but
so apparently sensible and clearly
understood that it won for it's author
considerable applause.
Neri Dietrich, of SchuylkiI county,
who was to have read paper on How
to Improve the Moral Influences of the
Almshouses," was not present, nor was
Mrs. Sue Willard, of Indiana county,
who had been assigned the subject
1.-THE Industrial School for Wayward
and Incorrigible Girls" The latter
topic was presented in a circular read
by Mrs. Harriet L. Lay, president of
the Children's Aid society, of Venango
county. 1t was an appeal for the es-
tablishment of a home in Indiana
county for which 81 100 has been Sc
cured toward a necessary $4,000, the
institution to be for wayward girls un-
tt for private homes and not sufic-
iently incorrigible for commitment to
confinement. The home would be open
to inmates from all over the state.
The circular solicited subscriptions.
REPORTS RECEIVED.
A period was devoted to receiving re-
ports which were made as follows:
Berks county, o. C. Sitter, steward;
Schuylkill county. Fred. Alwensheld;
Allegheny county, II. w. Ochre.
The legality of the scheme proposed
in the circular read by Mrs. Lay was
questioned by f. p. Gould, Of Erie,
chairman of the committee on legis-
lation. Unless the home obtained
proper state sanction he did not know
by what right girls could be sent there
by poor officials or by court. William
r. Page, Of Willlamsport, dissented
from Mr.. Gould's view and said the
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