New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-20
POLITICS IN CHARITIES.
j. Il. AlHng Says the Governor Seeks
to Strengthen the Machine.


Charities and Correction to-day and read tne
OF the committee on politics IN penal and cnareAo
institutions. While disclaimlng an attack on any
individual Mr.. AHing. in making the report sSi"
As is well known the Governor OF thi: state hss
State hospitals and charitable INSTITUTIONS 20 ~
0niisiea msnn sn or the people OF the state
by playing politics with the interests VI nv 49,
~ The s PEOPLE noos 10 permit their streets roads
canals and forests to be managed ,bsir choice
but we can acqtiesce. But wnen the pohticia at
weak minded the insane and the criminal classes
II is high time that every decent rSn We nesi
the best possible service for them For yesrs ois
interested men and th wo goa al During the last
years. however. the chsrtaole mT,,s.sT ssnsona gs
and NEEDING control that threatens to produces
most serious results
The abolition Of the boards OF managers OF Esr'
Gus institutions and their dependence on 'He '
BOARD of Lunacy vas traced. He said;
Firs,-subtect to the consent Of the Gove a,,s
this commission Gin Lunacyl may aoClrs der ~. pro-
.c3,e easy y Ts sy S & ff's eryiG G'a OF
second-Subject to the consent o. Pc ~ belongTg 10
thsy fTs 81 superintendent and assign tns. ~
other s 0 aTs o. anoss eD5Gt
Third-Subject TO the conssh' or % advertisements
rom one hospital anothera gentle way o do rot
ing It dlsagreea3 al fb for ,6tieaI prosrsme
F9urth-subject 70 the consent o, ,n sehisct mai,
they 10 may DISCUSSED in the ANIMAL s
report and In what FORM 6ne seems Iess ike
Rmerican provision than Russian law ovsrnor
he are efysn the sole power to appoint ana the
move the stewards or puffe 3 nsrn the placing
OF Contracts where they VIII DO the H''S'
n sIphWfthout the Of the Governor z ne
rev buildings can be built no } ,sthad OF
insurng Submission the part OF h'isIrzs
sedulous for the tmproV ot,-,Fort and vel
and and d D., ,befr to S,t Pr0Eias TOT e
have no desire to make any personal a 6taeH
upon the Governor OF this State for any o' toI
man with similar political IDEALS Soar ,a noIitcaI
I b0sit5o6 the but St WITH All the OF which
am capa6s DO aTTsds the Welfare Of the
Fortunate wards OF the state 70 me ~ safe and
bat Cramps and nuiiifss unsesh labor OF puoni
spirited citizens in order sr ' aSd 001Terfui
THOMAS 4 Osborne Mayor OF Auburn. followed
- g. :. r.ner on The Blight OF Politics AIter
ro.,az,I,y his subject at considerable length MI
Osborne said:
The remedy for the blight OF politics hess for Je
remedy for Tany OF our so.lsl pIIbr opinion Let
fS and b sTe most Interested firmly resolve i3as
ali politics must cease in our penal ana S''i '"0'
institutions. and the thlns i oole
n Robert Mason. OF Syracuse. spoke OF the
necessity Of caring for the feeble minded 'ne ao
commodations for whom were grossly -
II was decided TO lay the conditions before 'ne
islature - -,..;
oa,sr n, Civil Service Reform in Its Prset-
cal Workings, was read by Ansley Wilcox. presi-
dent OF the Buffalo Civil Service REFORM @NSsO-
,ion Mr. wilcox declared that the only way pei
r,ansntIv to keep politics out Of penal ana CHaii
tt,. i,si,utfons was 70 enforce the Civil service
low faarIesslv and rightly. Frank Tucker OF New
work criticised the Civil Service CorlnlsSlOA u
<ev-York for asking unnecessary GuestiOhs :" -
conduct OF some OF its examinations II ".
sprague of Buffalo. replied that the erlucisln Va
not gerrnane to the discussion
In the evening J. C. Stokes Phelps had report
on Preventive Social Work" He said.
= The people Of cur land would devote more tlIae
ca,tsos - Oft and 10 introducing well proved
cs1Ises ~ good not only would the social baroerss
involved f. the maintenance 81. Lo ,-i,- re+1,ced
hut the suffering consequent upon crime ana e'Ii
would gradually disappear
The Making OF Americans was the subject OF
rs,Ar h. DR. David BlaUstsin OF the Educauoha
ATiance NeU-York Melvin 2. Porter. o. BufIsio'
smoke on The Playground Movement n Ciu-S
Miss Lillian Brandt. statisticiau OF 'hs t-1Si
o-r,,trea led in the discussion. Papers on tuoeT-
oIosts 30 nr Frederick Peterson and Or A r
Macdonald. superintendent Of the Manhattan s'A'e
IIcsri,aI we're read BY DR.. 2. Haviiand me SUE
- - .ho outdoor treatment FOR consumptive n
- -.s described in forcible manner ne
,,o-taiftv among tuberculosis patients al W aTu
rstand has been reduced from Us per cent 70 80
nor cent by the outdoor treatment -. 1,-osi5a-+
The following officers were eiecteu. i-+S +bc
u1bsrt " Hebberd. Albany, vice -preSlIeIlts. II
ReT Max Iandsberg Of Rochester; 11 1Cs. u
Osborne, Of AToGrR1 X CIV: '' secretary Edmond
! Butler New-YOrk city. aSslSteil 80 = Z e.
Miss Marion l. Moore. OF Syr1glSf -, 81 n les
80 Albany and treasurer, Frank IucAe'f - -
York CITY.