Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1898-07-10
MINORITY REPORT
General Pratt Makes one in the
Home investigation

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Board of Directors of the Stste Orphans
III ONE (Which seems to be a court OF last
resort'O having fully exOneratel Supt.
A. NJ. Beebe from all the charges made by
Chas. b. Day, and having been ignored by
my associates in this as in many matters
concerning the management of the Home
l feel it my duty to the public to state
that | do not concur in the "hndingS'. of
my associates and to give some of my
reasons for not doing so.
About two weeks after the investigation
Mr.. Cutting handle me IA typewriter
document which he stated was one of
three copies of the testimony taken at
that investigation; but my copy does not
purpOrt to be either a full or correct copy
and does not even show when. by whom
or what authority it was taken.
On the attern DON of June 81. Mr.. Cut
ting again stepped into my office and
asked me if l had prepared my findings
in the Home investigation. | told him |
had not. and that | was not aware that it
was necessary. He said that he had his
own report ready, that Mr.. Westerheld
had just handed him his (Westertield's)
and added, as he walked out of the office,
that if | wanted to eport | could do so
An hour or two later the Findings i'll
Orphans investigatiOn' signed by Mr..
Cutting and Mr.. Westerfield appeared in
the Carson News. I had expected that
the Chairman, Mr.. Westertield, would
call a meeting Of the Board and ga
through the formaIity of preparing and
adopting a report; but as l have not yet
received an invitation to attend any such
meeting | presume the field is open for
each individual member to report
through the columns of some newspaper
and, as the APPEAL claims to he the only
authorized organ of the War Department
III the Orphans Home inbrogio, as we'll
as a member in good standing of the
Silver Party l give y0u the preference.
BEFORE passing upon Mr.. Days charges
permit me to call attention to my mi
nOrity report made or the Moore inves-
tigatiOn in the form of an open letter 10
Mr. Beebe, dated January e., 1895, and
filed with the Board at that time as
follows:
To \. NJ. Beebe. Supt. Orphans Home
Carson City, New. Sir:-While there was
no proof that you originated or encOara
ged the circulation of a petition among
the children of the Home asking for the
removal of the teachers, and while it was
shown that o secured and destroyed
the same when you learned of its exis.
tence. | ann convinced that if your sub
ordinates had used the diligence expected
of them, such a petition could not hav,
been circulated at all without your know
ledge; and l also believe that the petition
must have reflected your wishes, other
wise the instigatOrs would have beer
punished for trying to deceive you, if 70
nothing more.
Although a comparison of bills shOv
that you conSum as much or more mea
than you predecessor, yet this is not sat
isfactory proof TO me that it has been sui
ticient. ! prefer TO correct, rather thai
repeat the mistakes Of former admin
STATIONS and to be governed by th
wants of the Institution, rather than b
precedent.
think you several trips to Genoa t
investigate the reputation of Miss Moor
had for its object the instigatiOn of
scandal, intended to injure Miss Moore
in her occupation as a teacher, and there
by Justify in IA measure your own action
towards her at the Home. BY so dom
think yOu manifested a trait of chal
acter not at ALI commendable in a perso
filling the important position to whic
we have consigned you I think | hay
discovered a disposition on your par
eitherly directly or indirectly to boss
the Home school, or else to make tn
teachers position so undesirable and ur
comfortable that they will be forced
resign. By so doing You in q great NE:
sure destroy the efficiency of the schoC
which | consider one OF the most i'm
pOrtant features of the institution an
which, by my consent, shall not be pc
mitted 10 suffer to crafty personal spit
Your failure TO secure the attendant
of the children in school is evidence
my mind, either of your Indifferent;
neglect or lack of ability, which quail
cations | deem indispens2 hle for you
possess.
While it was not shown that you ha'
inflicted excessive or cruel punishmoi
| must cOndem some of the methods yu
nave adopted with girls, which in n
opinion are humiliating aud calculate
10 destroy modesty-the most admiral
part OF a woHian's character.
1t IS my belief that the teachers are 81
titled To comfortable quarters, and lii
all ladies. to the privacy of their be
rooms if they so desire; and that al
effort on your part to gain access to su,
rooms without their consent is Meth
proper OF rOmmendable.
In the recent investigation | failed
discover sufficient evidence of incomr
tency to warrant me as a member of L
Board, in asking for you resignati,
but as herein stated, there are ma
things you nave lone which do not III