The news & observer., 1901-03-14
REPORT REFERRED
TO TIE GOVERNOR
Charges Against the Blind
Institution.
ARE NOW MORE SPECIFIC
10th Houses Receive Them and Send
Them to the Governor.
ARE NOW MORE SPECIFIC
CHARGED THAT FUNDS WERE MlSAPPulED
The Particulars in Which The Principals Report
Is Thought TO Be Misleading Are
Pointed Out. Work cf Teachers
Commanded.
REPORT REFERRED

L-REPORT REFERRED
The special joint committee, appointed
TO investigate the condition and manage
laent OF the Institution for the Deaf
Dumb and Blind, and whose report made
On Saturday, March 9th, was 're-referred
to the committee, made a. supplemental
report to the House and Senate yester-
day. On the part of the Senate the
committee consisted OF Seantors VIM.
Lindsay and Jno E. Woodard, the House
members. being Representatives R. N.
Page, CT. Carson and r H. Zachary. The
original report, presented after an in
Hestigation of various charges made
gainst the conduct Of the institution by
llr. w. A. White an instructor in music.
il the institution, caused a warm debate
md the re-refcrence to the committee
was for the purpose of obtaining more
Specific report on the matters brought
cut in the investigation, the first re-
port being considered as too general in
lis term
In The House the report was ordered
spread upon the journal and referred TO
he Governor without pejudice. In the
senate there was a very heated debate
over the matter. precipitated by Sena-
tor Gudger, who espoused the cause Of the
Institution against the report of the COM
mittee, a report of which will be found
in the proceedings of the Senate, pub
lished elsewhere in this paper.
The report in full reads as follows
To the Senate and House of Representa-
tives:
The report of the Special Committee to
Investigate the Deaf, Dumb and Blind
Institution in the city of Raleigh, which
as submitted by your committee to
the Senate and House of Representatives.
on March 9th, having been referred back
to the same committee for more de-
tailed statement showing wherein the
appropriations for maintenance had been
risapplied L and also wherein the bi-annual
report is misleading as alleged in former
report. now therefore after further tes-
timony and investigation we submit the
following additional report:
MONEYS MISAPPLIED.
BY reference to the bi-annual report
page 16. second paragraph, the President
says: 1T will be seen that there has
been expended in permanent improve
ncnts the sum of So, ,6605S in excess of
tie appropriation for improvements. This
sum has been paid, and paid out Of the
rlcantcnance fund.- which paragraph
taken in full clearly indicates to the
minds of your committee that this is the
whole amount paid out of such fund for
other purposes than maintenance, but
en- page is of same report we find this
language: There has been expended
under this contract (boring wells) the
sum of $1,20924 which has been ad
yanced out of the maintenance fund.-
The Stewards report. pages 4344 shows
that the latter amount is not included in
the former as would appear in para
graph 2 page 16, but that both amounts,
on S4S69.92 was so misapplied.
We find further in substantiation of the
charges that there was expended out of
the same maintenance fund, as follows:
Tile flooring. g........................ $10759
carriage .s..-.. ....'..... ...'.r.. -oo'oo
MantelS. ......s... ................... lb1.O0
Livery, for driver OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 400
/ .sving. ................ ............ 137O0
PRINCIPALS REPORT MISLEADING.
Principals report, page. %, paragraph
4. would clearly indicate to any one, your
committee takes it. that the purpose is
% impress upon the Legislature the
Importance of providing means to equip
eymnasium, when by investigation we
find that the same had already been
equipped at a cost of about $4,000, but no
book account of this transaction could be
found and the Steward states that he
knows nothing about it. Further in this
connection we find page 3D. paragraph 3,
Musical Directors report, the following:
Excellent provision is now made for the
physical training Of our pupils.