Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-22

the face In their own streets and that
affect their own fociety. are passed by
and ignored In frantic rush to correct
a fancled wrong away out two or three
thoufand miles In the distant wcsi
Passlne By accounts " shocking de-
prayliy ana Wholesale immortality that
appear In the daily paf-pf New
York. Chlcago. Boston md other large
oltloe Of the land. We win cite an In
stance or two reported Ia the World
An ofnclai report received by the gov-
ernor OF New Jersey from the state
Hoard Of Childrnn'a Guardlnns. shows
that an Investigation had been made in
the alrne.houaoa of burlington. shlcm
und Sussex counties Tint 10 use the
language NJ the world. have been dens
~ immortality for years" The report
showHi
"FlrHt That The almahoueca of Sew
jersey nrr HwafmlnE with children
whose parents are able to support
Thorn
SECOND -Thnt conditions In some "
the nlmahouHcH have actually resulted
In hurdcning the taN-raycrH win We
support Of Legitimate ana terhie-
minded infnua Tor whose birth the
nlmahuuaes nu' RESPONSIBLE.
"rhirt That the State has almost to-
tally abandoned the children 20 the
nlmshoufea to Ignorance Fully % iior
cent ~ the little ones In those lnHti-
buttons. who have attended the Ho-
called aimHhouae schools. can neither
read nor write'
Mrs Williamson tells Gov. voorhees,
that details NJ the conditions In some Of
the almfhouacH are absolutely Imprint
able.
I'm the p,mbcrton almshoufe tho
mon and women uFo allowed 20 mlnRle
freely and their rooms are la the same
building those ~ the mon being on
ono side N the hall and those of the
women ON tho other one ~ the child
inmates ia ferhlc-mlndcd There ARE
seven children there under one year ~
age. three under two Years und two
under three years, many ~ them born
IN tho nlmshuuse uH % result NJ the
criminal negligence OF the manage
ncnt
lions In the pemhorton olmshuuHe 80
dreadful. che says, that she did not put
them In her report 10 GOV. voorhees,.
hut has reserved them Tor n rnociul re
port 20 the legislature. gi.in de-
tailed history OF each case
I'm tho Salon county nlmHhuuFe at
Salem. she found three children. two
" them hnbiua Two NJ tho children
were In the Institution with thnlr
mother. who l1 hired by tho county
committee Roth children were born In
the nlmshouau, one being black, the
other white.
"in the nranchyiuc nimrhouac. In
Sussex county. Mira Williamson found
ono unmarried mother seventeen years
o.. d.. Lot
mother, twenty -Hovcn years old, with
three children. an born there. SHE
found there too, q mother. twenty
seven years Old. who had been an In
mate since she was fourteen years old.
and with her were three illegitimuto
children.
''rhe state Board NJ Chlidron's Guar.
dians already has removed no children
frum tho almahouaea and restored them
60 their relatives. The board hna tukvn
out twcniy-Hix other children ana given
them private homcr, mostly with work.
iur people.
'In The nrldgctou Almshouae. In cum.
befland county Mrs Williamson found
one insane child and one d~iurmci child
Tho inranc child O In he placed in thl
State hospital. The defurmCd infant
will be- Put In a private home,
In IN. Snake Hin nlmahoufe. Hudson
county. Just outside OF Jersey CITY
MIR. williamson found nineteen feeble
| minded children and two child muteH
| Otherwise the conditions were good
/ There were seven dlacnHcd children al
/ Snake liill one hundred ana four chill
/ dren wore removed ffum snake Inn hy
order of Mr. WillIums1n's board
'shc reports that so Gar ns the boari
hna been able Co ascertain. the depend
cut children IN the Now Ieucy aims
hours have hardly ever received su-cil
treatment, Fully nlue-tenth1 ~ an IN
| children have been committed ana &C.
c,i.cd by the nlmshoua. authorltic
Without any special medical "Xaminn
ton.
"Of tho three corrnnt almshouse,
that ut ilranchvlllr IN Sussex county /
by far the worst The woman who ha
borne three children u feeble miudv
and The almahuusu " responsible 10
hor condition. In this place We fouu
men aud women all housed in ON
building. Thcrc were thlfty-Hix In
| mates whom We were there. The aims
houoe ~ more or Ices Isolated. and
was only through our Investigation thu
the ,Nlsting condition of affairs wa
exposed. hpcaure, 90 the casual OH
server. nothing ~ u nngfaut nature up
pears ON tho surface and the lnspot
lions or tho County Board " Free
holders have h.,n deaultorv nt best.
"tn tho nurilurton County ulmahous
We also found the sexes housed IN m
rnmc building. Four years ago ca
warden took 10 drink but uovcrtholos
has been retained, although the Fro
| holders undoubtedly were un'ure ~ m
. | lax manner In which tho inr Mutton wa
| nm, This place " twelve miles huck
the country and hard 10 reach. In cor
q sequence. the he lod hy tho inmates. un
observed. hua been horrible beyond a.
, -ctiptiun. Through our agent Nh
Avery. we nrst learned of condition
! there and personally visited the Inst
tuition.
, THE law specifically states that N
- sexes In almshnuscH shnll De- kent oop.
y rnte. hut lu the three institutions
, which we found immortality 10 xxi
/. there were absolutely no harrlcrA uu
mon and women Were able 20 ming
unestninel"
The foregoing opens 90 Wow only of
\ 81 the humorous fclds ~ labor q
3 Christian cxcrtlon, near az hand for n
b ladies' who urc afraid lost sociei
70 should become corruptgd n man H.
y ing IN Utah who IL reputcd TO be
% poiygamlst aud 80 wicked that he W
o not rggudlatc two out ~ thrcc wont
p whom hc ls said 20 have married MAJ
years ago, should be- permitted 10 tai
tho scat NO Congress TO which he h