New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-11

80, was done. More than half the one hundred
-,erbers Of the committee present. among
them being:
STEPHEN BAKER. wOODBrRY G. LANGDoN
ssn1WSAaRD {. FRIEDMAN. CHARLTON T. LEWIS
& 5ESNTR G2SndH Il Il h n1TGHFLD
ISSsrI.r " re FOREST. LEVI r. MORTON
EEL Il De SILVER. ALEXANDER Z. ORR
xI4i;M F P94qr y TllAA = p & 96I9RS
,rsrNIAH FITZPATRICK. GEORGE r. PEABODY
JAMES ,N951dRr Fi < GIBBS r HYMAh sHN S5
NTr1xFY HENrz. ". j sCHIEFFELIN.
hhsFiM : HEWITT CHARLES \ SGHIEREN
sT gNyfFSy' 2 HoWLAND isAAc ). sEIIGMAx.
NN66EEr-.,s K irsI-P STEPHEN SMITH
..1-rl-s-r,S r. yI-ILLIARD. IdSPENARD STEWART.
COWS = KELLER WILLIAM :. STRONG.
;;6TY 5 KrNNrny GoEoEGE C. WHEELocK'
T IoGTrs :. y LAN6boS. ANDREW G zABRIsIuE
Among he members Of the committee who
-, r-asent are John y. Rockefeller. J. Pierpon;
,,,-cs, J Kennedy Tod. H Walter Webb. w. n.
sioa,e Everett p Wheeler. John Harsen Rhoades.
lies A. Roosevelt. +. Fulton Cutting, David \.
v,osv A = Cornell. r. c. Cornell. Richard Wat
s,- cider Darwin r. James D. Willis James. Seth
Nv and Horace White.
vwiam R. Stewart. president o; the conference.
lid the meeting 70 order and Alexander z. orr
r,s chosen temporary chairman. Mr.. Stewart then
roass brief address in witch he set forth the OBJ
.e., and importance OF the coming session in part
IS follows
,1 A invitation was extended by delegates from
-. s,s,e Of New-York for the twenty MIN
SS cG1'T'ls S 10 @5S! @ 5S was s 6rganzed
- L seemed appropriate THAI the ousFter-cen-
, isv;.on Of ms state was fav5ra6iv regarded
Considerable hesitation was manifested as 70 the
s,d2 s9,t 70, TeTe Very desroas .! being hon
o-ei by hav.ns the conference held within Their
, rs 10 show shat New-NoIk was not the bes-
Place for the coming meeting, Al these oo)ectons
NJ
secured fo- this city. Subsequently The Executive
Committee Sc; ne the OF weens rom me erei ~
Wednesday. May q, when the closing session will be
following precedent Of long standing it was my
r--eca a. president OF the conference 20 appoint
De ,' session take this opportunity the first which
~ bee7 presented 70 extend hearty thanks 10 The
members OF the Committee Of one Hundred for IN
soonosed ~ leaders In the different fields OF philan
ihropic work within our city. and may - fairly
Cci.iza1shi3 TIE city and State OF New-York Will
derive much benefit from the conference Tor the
r92 pTs5ened 10 'n n. b and s,es Methods Of
conducting prs ctca charitable administration WITH
ence can likewise learn muca from New-York.
which eXoes in many forms or henencencei ana -
compex and trying character An interesting pro-
eranme for the conference has been adopted
Joseph II Choa.e was then chosen permanent
chairman OF the committee ana olIeT OIi'f4S "fIS
elected az follows. Judge Joseph T. DAILY, vice.
president: Jacob II. Schiff. treasurer; ex-Mayors
FeTit, and Strong and Myer ;. lsaacs were ap-
pointed committee 70 invite the attendance OF
President Mckinley. Vlce-President Hobart. Gov
ernor Black Mayor Van Wyck. Bishop Potter and
Arhpsaop Corrigan at the opening session OF the
ccaserenca al Carnegie Hall. Other committees WI!
81 appointed by the chairman IN due season.
After The opening session OF the conference ne
ssssloa H1y ne ned in Association Han NJ twenty
thli-s and Fourth-ave. on sunday, May Y. mere
VII re a special service in Grace Church. ana the
Rs, Dr. ". r. Huntington VIII deliver the ser
mon The committee adjourned al O'Clock SUBJECT
e he call OF the chairman. ~
TIE Natana Conference o. Charities and Correc-
tons has grown rapidly in the quarter OF century
soce he first conference was helo In tins CITY Al
that lime only twenty delegates Were present. Al
the lss; session. held in Toronto Canada more than
eva hundred delgates were presen,. The FIRST con-
ference was a meeting simply % members and
officers OF the state Board OF Charities. The con-
ference has now become by far the most important
and Influential gathering of people Interested in
the various subjects that may be grouped under the
cororrenensve title Of charity. usins that word In
,,s -le sense The present con1ltuencF OF the con,
ferArce includes many diverse elements. who md
Interest and profit in exchange OF opinion and eX-
psriences because OF their common interest In re-
hevng distress and improving the condition OF the
pCCr.