The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-12

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Trenton started a movement in August 70
raise funds for this object. She hired me
Opera House and succeeded IN coilectlns
$500 or $400 l am satisfied that under
more favorable auspices $1,000 could nave
been raised.
Later in the meeting the following reso~
luton was adopted
Whereas, There has been brought to our
notice the movement of MRS. Bailhseoiee
Booth looking towards the erectlo!i u
a temporary home for dischargeQ prisoiA-
ers from our State Prison; thereloIe 4,;zo
Resolved That we earnestly sy yinpatA.nJJ nJ
with this movement and heartily commene
it to the active and material support of
those who have at heart the Weifares ..
such discharged prisoners ana tue saie1s
of the community at large.
The Rev. Albert Erdman. ID, of Nor
iissps .yThe ~ COMMITTEES on the Elevation of
the Poor in their Homes. contenipia'eS
three departments of effort, VIZ:
81. Investigating and Classifying tne
cases of the unemployed, and in such
ways as may be practicable, hnding wofN
-. Loan and relief, /. e., In cases OF
sickness to afford temporary renel py the
loan of small sums OF money, ,,ie 10 pe
paid by installmentS OF othef"ise a.
3. The Provident Savings plan, whose
object is to encourage the poor 70 las
fiye-these savings to be gathered by VlSi-
tors regularly appointed and by them ae-
posted to the credit OF the saver IN soile
Savings bank, under the system known as
the Uncle Ben or Savings Stamp BOOK
plan. =,
in all these lines more or less effort IS
made either directly or indirectly ny
members of the several branch socleuess'
IN most cases, however, more by lndlvld,
uals than through regularly organlzeqf
committees. The Local Committee o.
Salem county reports visits at regular in
teryals through the entire year to the
poor in their homes, to encourage them IN
habits of thrift and cleanliness, TO al
ford friendly sympathy and to see tnat
the children attend the puDnc Schools,
etc. In the Morris county branch-nota-
bly, in Morristownmthfs fe plan ,anara naS pgs Of nins
years, and the work continues 10 pe AaL.H-
fully followed up. Collectors visit thelr
districts and 20 collectors. The average
during the past year is s124.46. the total
amount collected since IN the cG lnaugufatloh la oi
this work aggregates So i6S:u0 .
This result is most gratifying, WheH ~
is remembered that this sum represents
the collections of few pennies eacn week
by the appointed visitors, In quite num-
Der of cases the persons visited them
selves have begun depositing their savings
and are taking charge OF their own pank
books Your committee cannot TOO
strongly urge all our branch societies TO
take some such work in hand in their
respective fields, being we'll assured that
many of our poor will thus learn that a
penny saved is. a penny earned and so
reap the benefit on more ways than one
The standing committee on children,
through Mrs. Williamson, presenteT Us
report in the form of a synopsis of the
many systems governing the case OF de-
pendent children in eleven States OF the
Union, which, although they differ IN
methods, still the fundamental prlhclpie
''To what extent" says the report, 1.-The
State has right to interpose in famlly
relations for the benefit of the child, is
question upon which legal authorities
have disagreed. Lycurgus resolved the
whole business of legislation into the
bringing up of youth, he looked upon II
of the law-giver.
eve confidently affirm, and the most
eminent legal authorities and enlightened
minds agree, that the State is under OBJ
legation to see that the child OF the poor
est citizen receives such an education as
will fit him for the duties and responsi-
bilitieS of citizenship.
"Certainly, a Republican government
should see to it that boys are educated
SO as to teach them, when arriving. at
manhood, to cast their votes 1ntelliglbly, |
and also that the girls who are to be |
mothers, should be literally educated and
wisely directed. The State may rightly |
extend in behalf, of the children all that
is necessary to give such child moral, |
and educational training; the
State is then only subscribing its own in
tereStS''
The rules were suspended long enough
to permit the Rev. DR.. Dowling to. explain
the poor house system adopted in Eng
land, and then the report of the Hudson
County Branch Society was read, as fol-
lows
The activity of the Hudson County
branch during the past year has been eX-
ercised chiefiy in connection with the
needs of the Hudson County Jail and the
Aims House.
Improvements are reported from the
Jail, notably in regard to sanitary ar
For the purpose of acquir-
ing more special information that could
avail toward the securing of a House of
Detention for witnesses and juvenile de-
has long interested itself, special commit
tees were added to the regular Jail Com
mittee, but their work is not yet fully
reported. Special investigations We're also
made with regard to length of terms of
prisoners held for trial. The condition
of the child inmates of the Aims House
has been made a matter of notoriety in
the public press.
Officers and ex-officers of the Aims
House have long been earnest petitioners
for some other provisions for these chill
dren than is now made; for the plac-
ing of them where associations and train.
ing would fit them for honest and use
full lives in the world. The records of the
Hudson County branch from its founda-
tion show like earnest interest in this
matter on the part of the branch which
has continued to exert itself, with in
creasing interest during the past year, to
secure more fit asylum for these de-
pendent children of the State
Much has been said of the demoralizing
influence on the children from their con-
tact with the adult paupers, whose pow
erty the world is too apt to make syn
onymous with vice. Let it be said in be-
half of the women, that they take a
personal pride in the room and the chill
dren placed in their care, entering into
sort of rivalry, especially with regard to
the cleanliness and behavior of their
child charges.
The branch has also endeavored to OBJ
tain better disposition of those harm
less, half-witted women of the Aims
House, who are not considered fit in
mates of the insane asylum. The work of
grading the grounds of the insane asylum
has afforded out-of-door employment for
the male patients. with a beneficial re-
lief from the confinement and monotony
of the asylum ward.
The branch has, as always, to thank the
officers, both men and women, of the in
stitutions visited for courteous reception
and assistance in its work
EDITH w. COOK, Secretary.
The following members We're elected as
the Board of Managers for the ensuing
year:-Mr. Carlton T. Lewis. Morristown;
Miss Twaedy, Plainfeld; Mrs Archibald
Alexander, Hoboken; Rev. George S. Mott
D. D., Newark Mr. J. c. Pumpelly Nor
ristown; Rev. Albert Erdman, d. D.
Morristown; Mrs. VIM. M Hughes. Nor
ristown; Hon. VIM. Burgess, Trenton:
Major q. K. Pangborn, Jersey City; Miss
Sarah Riley, Bridgeton; Judge Abel 1.
sill, Jersey City; Rev. George G. Mad
4, r,.o,7 foy1. Mr. Jal1