The evening times., 1899-10-16
ACCUSES THE DIRECTORS.
L. ID. BaiIey's Attack on the Central
Union Mission.


The various disagreements that have
been talked of in the Central Union Mis-
sion for some time were revived this
morning in a circular issued by former
director, Z. ID. Bailey. The circular is
addressed to the building directors of the
Central Union Mission, and it is said, will
be read at the meeting that is to be held
tonight. Mr.. Bailey writes from Gil North
Carolina Avenue southeast, and he says il
Part:
Your circular letter of October 9 ad-
dressed TO the pastors of the city, instI-
tutes comparison between the first six
months and last six months of the mission
year, with the evident purpose of making
II appear that the mission has profted by
my separation therefrom. Your statements
are so false and 40 me such injustice that
/ cannot permit them to pass without no.
tice. Your deductions are based upon the
statemtnt that year ago the deficit of the
mission was stated 10 be 81 800" This is
absolutely incorrect. year ago the debt
was So, ,535.S9, as follows: Two notes in
bank $500 and $500, respectively, $500;
two notes of individuals ($490 and $500,
respectively, $4,000; deficit in current ex-
penses last year, as shown by annual re-
port (see Bulletin" October l3,. 1S9S),
$1,4S5.S9; total deficit of s3,535.S9.
In the bulletin and in private conversa-
tion you refer to this debt as discovered
by the board after my resignation, as il
had contracted il and kept you in ignorance
of it. On the contrary the debts were all
contracted by the board ITSELF and not by
me individually: the notes were all en-
hr-r h ,I,o
members of the board, and a statement of
the deficit was published by the treasurer
in his last annual report The pretence that
had kept you in ignorance OF the facts is
therefore untrue
You next state in your circular letter
that the debt was Increased m six months,
under my administration, from 81 800 to
SO 100. This would be an increase of S, 300
in six months or over S216 month, This
II true, would be astonishing. But Ii is
absurdly untrue. During the last six
months of my administration as chairman,
the note Of $500 in bank was paid two of
the three notes were reduced, while nearly
all Of the book-account debts were paid
of, the total reduction of debt being, as
remember it, somewhat over 81 600. A ref
erence to the books, if it were permitted
me- would show the exact amount.
last six months since my resignation, has
reduced the deficit from S3,100 to $500.
That is, you have, according to your claim,
reduced the debt in the SIX dullest months
of the year at the rate of 500 month If
true, this would be marvellous. But Ii is
not true, as ! have already shown. Ac-
cording 10 your statement / created a de-
felt of $500 a month and you a surplus of
s10G a month; difference, $500 a month. or
$500 year, If this were true / would
deserve public censure. But il is not true.
1t is based on a gross misstatement of
facts as have shown above and the re-
duction of deficit belongs 10 the first half
and not the last half of the year.
Your next declaration is that a saving
OF $1,000 year has been effected by you,
since my resignation, in the industrial de-
partment. This, too, if true, would re-
fleet badly on me. Bat / am very sure
from my knowledge OF the facts, that 1t is
not true, and that, IL you will publish the
figures, they will make far better show
ing for the first half than the last half of
the year.
ION March IS, 1899, when my connection
with the Mission ceased, the weekly state
ment of the bookkeeper showed that the
net earnings during the six months in
which ! had sole charge of the industrial
department, were s2,04441-the largest in
any six months in the history of the de-
partmeIt. and exceeding the net earnings
of the entire preceding year by over $780,
The books show that there were no debts
against the department when l resigned
but there were S2l9.37 in cash on hand
and there were good bills due the depart
ment, including Sl55 from the District gov
ernment, aggregating S257.9S. 1t thus ap-
pears that the department owed no bills
and had cash and other resources amount
ing 10 S477.35. II you desire TO make an
honest comparison between the net earn
ings of the two periods why do you not
publish the figures which will make COM
parison possible?"
Mr.. Bailey then refutes what he calls a
number of sianderous attacks upon his
character that the present directors have
made and he demands reparation. AS a
result of the circular, an exciting session is
expected al the Mission tonight.