Bisbee daily review., 1904-10-11

When Mir. Swayne was in Lordsburg he was interviewed by the Liberal, who found him to be a well posted man of the world. who had had the ex- perience of his life. He saiG the hos pital is thirty-tve years old, is char
 tered by the State of New York. It is supported by charity, and owing to
 the large bequests that have been
 made to it. and to the great advance in the vilue of real estate it owned it
 is very rich institution. Its object
 is to care for children who would be-
 come a public charge. Under it's
 charter and the laws of New York it
 is the legal guardian of these chil-
 dren. It considers 1t much better for child to be raised in a family than
 in an institution, and so endeayors to 1 secure homes for it's children. IL neY-
 CT releases its right as a guardian
 when it puts a child in a family The family agrees to make regular reports
 of the child's condition, and if at any
 time the institution concludes the child
 is not receiving proper treatment it
 will take the child away from the fam
 fly. This may happen any time un- | til the child becomes of age. If the | family can not care for the child or
 wants to get rid of it, postal card ! to the institution will bring an agent | to take the chile It always tries to I place the children in good families, where they will be well treated. In taking a number of children to one town the agent and the nuns never leave the place until they have visited each family and seen the treatment | the children are receiving, and the i probabilities of it's receiving proper care. If they are not satisfied the
 child is taken away from the family l In taking children to a town the ! arrangements have to be made in ad- vance, by correspondence. This is l generally done through the priest, as the institution is Catholic In this
 case the arrangements were made
 through Father Mandin The insti- tuition did not know that the priest
 was a recent French importation, was very young and entirely united to make such arrangements. The priest
 was undoubtedly filled with the good
 Intentions that are said to be used as | paving blocks in certain regions, and | thought he was, doing what was for { the good of the children. He has
 since found this was a great mistake, and freely confesses the mistake. MT. ] Swayne says that even if the people | of Clifton and Morenci had taken no action this mistake would nave been l discovered before he left Clifton, and | the children would all have been talk
 en back to New York.
 l The institution is a great charity.
 MT. Swayne is a broad gauged man
 who is doing a great deal of good. Father Mandin is, as was before ob- | served, filled with good intentions. { Through the ignorance of the priest
 a great mistake was made. This mis- l take would have been rectifed. even if l there had been no outside interference
 The people of Clifton are a great
 hearted lot of individuals who would
 not stand still and see forty innocents l given over to what they considered
 practical destruction. They were a little quick on the trigger, and, like
 the priest, their good intentions got
 the start of their better judgment, and they made mistakes.
 ] The legal guardianship Of these .chldren is still with the New York
 Foundlings Hospital, and, legally. they are in the condition of Kidnapped children. In all probability there will i be another chapter written to this sto-
 l. " in the course of a few weeks.