Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-18
WOMAN FOR CHARITY WORK
Commissioner Connolly Wants to Add Ia
Oounty's Investigating staff,
no MORE COUNTY AID THROUGH POLICE
chairman of Charity Committee De-
cIares Not Another Pound of Pro-
visions VIII Leave County
store for Police station.

County. Commissioner James P. Connolly,
chairman Of the boards charity committee,
yesterday declared himself favorable to
the employment Of a woman to assist in
investigating cases submitted for county
aid and further declared himself unfavor-
able TO ever again assisting the police de-
partment OF Omaha in charitable work
without first having the county's repre-
sentatives investigate each case or OF least
having some reputable acquaintance en-
dorse the beneficiary IS deserving.
His fellow members Of tie beard now
stand back to see what will happen next.
They say that the woman's club now has
James p. where It can very easily get at
him. as the board has the right to employ
practically as many persons as II desires
for its charity corps and nothing stands
in the way Of the commissioner taking the
initial step toward putting into effect this
plan he has announced himself as favoring.
woman's Club Quick 20 Act.
Connolly FIRST committed himself at a
recent meeting OF the political and social
science department OF the Woman's club.
He was urging that the club members as
sist the boards charity committee by in
teresting themselves In those cases where
growing evil surrounded the children of
the destitute in such forms as made II
hard for the men OF the charity committee
to attempt to give advice. One woman
promptly demanded to know II It wouldn't
be a GOOD idea for the county to employ
q woman as one Of its Investigators and
there was nothing for the commissioner to
DO but admit that IL would. The women
saw their opportunity TO do a great good
at no greater expense than ''resolutlng.'
HO fhoV nraunH41v tFraun1ufad - AZ loaut
the phIlanthropic committee did and sub
mitted to the club as a recommendation the
proposal that the club call upon the county
board to regularly employ a woman to do
nothing but investigate charity cases.
COMMISSIONS Connolly, having expressed
himself as he did yesterday, 1t will be
up to him to act. his fellow members say,
when the Woman's club resolution reaches
the board. no matter what the politicians
may have to say. One of the commissioner
states that should the board do as asked
II would be the first time 30 far as he
knows that a Nebraska county has regu-
larry employed a woman to probe into
the home surroundings and conditions OF
the destitute. The salary of the man now
employed in such work Is $50 per month,
Last winter there were two men, but later
the force was cut down, leaving but one
besides the county storekeeper.
Shuts Out Police Department.
OF the other matter Commissioner Con-
molly said: mot another pound goes out
OF the county store except for cases in
vestigated by the county's employees or
recommended by citizens known to us as
reputable and well informed. II we haven't
enough investigators OF our own we will
put on more, as the law doesn't limit US
in that matter. Two policemen. I under
stand. have been commissioned to round UP
the city and see where the needy cases
are. The county storekeeper will not &C
cept their report as his oflcial guide and
not again will we permit charity stores to
go out OF the county store for the police
station by the wagon load. Last year the
supplies so furnished amounted to SIC, 900
In cost and some OF It may have gone to
emergency cases which the city is sup
posed to care for at its own expense. The
city first got to drawing on us during the
smallpox epidemic, and failed to let up
when the epidemic was relieved. We won't
let anyone suffer. but hereafter we will
be Mlssourians and must be shown In every
instance. As for any, politics there may
be in Il. we have fences Of our own to
keep In shape"