Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-20

found that his money was soon wasted
and that kindness, continuously served
to these mortals, wasn't appreciated
that as soon as they got from the shell
ter of his roof, they went back to their
old ways He questions the claim of the
representatives Of the Foxboro hospital
that any of the patients there had been
cured, and from reports Of other dis
interested parties, Mr.. Faxon's state
ments seem pretty well founded.
Whether the public charitable commit
tee reports against the recommendation
to the trustees or not, these recon-
mendations will have hard shedding be-
fore the ways and means committee.
The conviction is becoming fairly well
fixed that the dT-unkard as well as the
criminal Of Massachusetts, has been far
too well treated by their kind-hearted
and well-meaning brethren at the legis-
lature.
While the great evangelist, Moody, is
swaying' New York audiences with his
eloquence, there is a quiet but powerful
influence of the Moody character at
work at the legislature. 1t is exerted
in the interest of a bill introduced by
the trustees OF the Mount Hermon
school, one of the educational institu-
lions founded by the great preacher in
the Connecticut river valley in the
northern part of Franklin county. While
Moody is generally right and there are
but few people who wish to contend
against his desires, there is smart OPP
position to the bill introduced by the
men chosen to manage the school which
bears the name already mentioned.
The Mount Hernon school is situated
in the towns of Gill and Bernardston,
but it's social and business relations are
with the town of Mortified, across the
river In 1895 the trustees Of this
school came to the legislature and Sc
cured a special act authorizing the hold
ing Of property by the corporation to
the extent Of two millions of dollars. At
that time the general law relating to
educational institutions allowed the
holding of but 100000 worth of prop
erty. Under the provisions of the spe-
cial act given the trustees OF Mount
Hermon school, there was no exemption
from taxation for any land acquired af-
ter the passage of the special act Now
the trustees petition for repeal of the
special act, and want to come in under
the general law. which has since been
amended, allowing educational institu-
tions to hold property to the extent of
81, 100000. Under the provisions OF this
general law the trustees would be ex-
empt from taxation on land that has
Just been taken in the town of Gill, and
also from about $4,000 worth of land ac-
quired in the town of Bernardston, since
the enactment of the special law.
The selectmen of these two towns
are opposed to the repeal Of the special
law. They have seen several of their
best farms acquired by the trustees of
the school since the law of 1895 was en-
acted, and they don't relish the idea OF
losing taxes on this property by the re-
peal of the same law. They claim that
the school Is of little benefit to their
towns. If there is any benefit to the
locality, the town of Mortified obtains
the whole of it, and hence their opposi-
ton. They are willing to exempt the
buildings that the trustees may erect
on the land that has been taken, but
they desire to collect taxes ON the value
of the land when it is taken by the
school The petition of the trustees has
been heard by the committee on educa-
ton, and the Moody influence is being
used for all it is worth to get a favor
able report from this committee. There
will be fight in the house when the
matter reaches that body. regardless OF
the shape in which it comes.
The attack by Representative Pator