The record-union., 1897-02-24
injury of children. Successfully cor

| where rooms are used for immoral pur,
poses. The boy is between IL and l.
years of age. II. Case of a girl charged
of enticement from home. Recovered
and is at service. The party charged
denies and says he wishes to marry the
girl when She is of age. Complains
| laid by the father of the girl.
| Secretary Simon reported that he ha6
sent Officer Healy to San Francisco tt
ascertain what societies and shelters
there would take children rescued here
| He asked the officer to briefly state his
! success. Mr.. Healey replied that h5
was received in cordial manner
! shown all courtesy and given a great
deal Of valuable information. He had
received offers of assistance to tbs
| Sacramento Society SO far as taking
children that cannot be cared for here
from the San Francisco Society for tbs
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, the
Pacific Society for Prevention of Cru
city to Children and Animals and fol
! the suppression of Vice, the Boys anG
Girls Aid Society," the Youths Direct
ory, the Magdalen Society, the Beulaf
/ Home and two other societies of SINH
lar character having institutions or ia
| cillties for placing children in homes
or under good influences.
The question of the work of the Sec
| retary was taken up with a view of re-
| ieVing him, as his labors are numerous
and heavy. George H. Smith moved
TO pay him a small salary. Mr.. Simon
| declared he would not consent. H
! did the work because he felt it to be a
| duty to do what he could, but a salary
| he would not accept. The duties were
| heavy and he needed clerical assist
ance to keep the members accounts
| collect dues, send out notices. etc. II
| absorbed much time to keep in touch
with the daily work, direct the officer
| hear and investigate complaints, etc
and all that. He would strive to do it
however. His salary as rabbi enabled
him to live well, and what time he could
! spare he would devote to this great
work for humanity and society in Sac
ramento, but money from the society
| he would not take.
| The matter was finally settled by
authorizing the Secretary to employ
| assistance in clerical work at the cost
of SO a month to relieve him of cleri-
cal routine. George H. Smith declared
| that the society officer could not pos
sibly do the work put on him.
! Mr.. Healey-I do do it.
| Mr.. Smith, mean not do it without
| loss to his business. He cannot do it
! for what the city enables the society to
| pay him. The duty is more than enough
TO take all the time of one strong, de-
voted man, if all is attended to that
| should be.
| Many members agreed with this
statement, which led Mr. Smith to say
that the need of the society in this re-
| gard should be presented to the peo-
pie and they be asked to help all they
possibly can until at least conditions
are considerably bettered here
! The case of old man Lynn was again
| brought up. Mr.. Beckwith thought if
a distinct case could be had a law could
be found to check the mans career
as a cOrrupter of youth. Mr.. Healey
said it was hard to make a distinct
case, yet the guilt is unquesti0ned.
There seemed to be no law to meet it.
Mr.. Woodson said he had been told
that there is no statute defining the
charge made against the man.
S. G. Smith expressed his amazement
that this should be true. The Presi-
dent expressed the hope that the law
was equal to the case. Secretary ST.
mon said he had visited Lynn, who
made denial, but was a shrewd fellow,
and said he simply loved children and
liked their company. The general opin-
ion, especially that of the ladies pres
ent, was that Lynns casetmust be met
by some remedy, as they say the COM
| munity is full of charges about his
shameful conduct.
On the advice Of the Secretary and
his statement that often the services
of physicians are needed, as only re-
Gently where conta gious disease was
| arrested in its spread by the aC ion of
the Society, and where it is necessary
to ascertain if there is deceit, etc, Drs.
Ogden and Tyrreu were unanimously
elected Society Physicians, they agree
ing to act for a term as a contribution
to the work of the Society. The thanks
of the association were voted the doc
tors.
President HerTack reported receipt of
! interesting documents from the New
! York Society, the oldest in the country
1t had 10000 cases in 1896 alone, and
in its time has treated 300,000 cases
and is admitted the world over to be a
great Influence But at one time it
was poorer than the Sacramento~So-
ciety, poor as it is.
5. G.. Smith, referring TO puzzling
cases said that up in Portland in cases
Of inhuTnanity. neglect and corruption
Of children, the society acts first and
looks TO the law afterward. 1t first
asks SIS there need mere to defend the
right of the child and rescue it?" It
takes the chances OF rebuke and never
yet has met with reproach.
Attorney Beckwith reported that
w9th Rev. Mr. Mel and S. G.. Smith he
acted as a Committee of Inquiry con-
corning a temporary shelter and place
of detention. They had corresponded
with many Institutions and the an
swers had been full The average of
opinion under experience was that on
the basis of seventy-five inmates the
cost of maintaining such a shelter With
eight attaches would be from 81 to 50
per head per annum. The comcnlttee is
still at work, and has facts that Il
cannot now report, giving hope that
We may have temporary place OF
shelter and detention In Sacramento
presently. He added that the Police
Department had kindly given the COM
mittee very important statistics as to
the number of arrests of children since
1890. the number convicted, the num-
Der sent to reform Institutions, the
number reprimanded and sent home at
that, and the number dismissed with
reprimand because there is no shelter