The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1901-07-05

mercy 70 maEe ftcta rthAtoI esa-t
iug's COMMITTEES tuo vsars bsiure iouna
itiB perfect order sss hired 10 CLERKS
Tor the eonmiites. TIE lsgislnuvs
COMMITTEES os 1901 sornd no;hing
against the Carisrs bui reported THAI
there wAs ''frici5an.~ and The SlSas
Boar5 q E5ncaiian nssumsd taHi -
remove the "fricion" thev musi re-
move sac E.eopis ulso rad pot IN iour
yehFs rssallisilinG order and harmony
ard learning h0w 70 teach the blind
eAiidre-. TIE whole improved charge
iof frirsMn Nrs cfuftd brrsrte
suPt Csrfer had removed a yosnE
uosnAn q sbaut 95 uhom be had re-
ported 20 iis board ior insnbordinaiiou
and ii,ey fo'1 hin % eriorce his rules
q discipline 10 Ter case. TIE con-
mi;iee DID not fnd that tie Carriers lad
h'ssn remiss 10 their duiy. had stolen a
cent, had DOT been economical, OF we're
ino5mpstent they vent 10 to remove
aud remove they did They fond not
fact, not a witness, not an act wrong,
not penny gone. They did not drag
in some hostile people and called come
employees who had been discharged
and who bad always been scrapp-
Ing each other. All that
the persons most bitterly oppOsed TO the
Carriers could cay against them was that
they might have allowed the boys and
girls more liberty, let them play together
more. TO romp together in the barn, roll
On the grass more, swap gum and run
together in tLeir nighties. The fact that
a whole lot OF them were from Is TO 30
years old did not seem TO strike the
senGibiities Of the witnesses who com
planned Of the Puritanical Carriers,
who drew the line on bundling and all
other sorts Of intimacies among children
out Of short clothes. First thing the
Carriers did when they went IN there
was 10 draw a deadline in the dormitory
and make the boys sleep on one side and
the girls on the other, besides other
more or less oppressive regulations cus
tomary among christian people.
The committee that investigated the
Blind school and heard these demands
for more jolly" kind Of man for supi.
and more easygoinR woman for
matron iarmed the job out to two clerks,
one Of them the son Of the chairman.
These boys worked their fingers to the
quick counting sheets and iron spoons,
pots, kettles and pans and looked over
books that they didn't understand.
They worked their job 10 a finish and
found nothing but chance they wanted
70 swear in big bill against the State
These boys did not know and the com.
mittee did not know and never will com
prehend what the Carriers had done for
good order, for real education, for letter
morals and letter bill of fare. for
good garden, for abundance Of flowers
and conscientious iatherly and motherly
care for the children.
The committee went about II 10 make
vacancies. They were selected for that
purpose and the Carriers we're the yict-
toms OF the same system under which
they went into the institution. What is
the department Of Education for but to
make places for somebody What are
the deaf, the blind and the otherwise
mentally detectives created for but ma
terial for a spoils system What Ii the
man who crosses lie deadline fit for but
sacrifices?
The foregoing is not said to reflect on
Rev. aud Mrs Bollinger, who preceded Mr.
and Mrs. jos. Carter, or Mr.. aud Mrs.
q. w Jones who will succeed them.
The former we're conscientious. Chris-
tian people who rendered the state faith.
ful services. The latter will doubtless do
the same and give the institution the
best kind Of seryics.
All three sets OF these officials we're
appointed entirely unfamiliar With the
duties Of their positions, and In each case
the state loses the value OF experience
gained while in service when they were
removed. Under this system Of success
sion in office injustice is done both state
and official
But worst injustice is done the wards
Of the state. The purpose OF this oil
hand writing is 10 brand with deserved
Iniamy the treatment OF tho state educa.
lional and charitable institutions from {
Tho standpoint OF political rewards. Let ,
Ihe mothers and fathers OF the little an. Z
Iortunates who come under the states
,are pray for a higher aud better order
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