The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-11-04
WANTS COUNTY TO CONTRIBUTE
AGAIN TO HOME FINDING AS
SOCIATlON.
Says Deputy District Attorney OF sPo-
kane Exceeded His Authority in
His Recommendations.


sociation of Spokane, in another let
ter to Auditor Honeycutt protests
against the action of the county COM
missioners in cutting off Walla Wall
las monthly contribution of $l5 10
the association and asks that the con-
tribution be continued until a member
of the board can visit the association
at Spokane and investigate the man
agement Mr.. Williams bitterly assails
the deputy prosecuting attorney OF
Spokane for recommending that coun-
ty boards of commissioners dlscon-
tinue contributions to the Home Find
ing association until the affairs OF the
institution had been thoroughly delv-
ed into. Mr.. Williams letter to Au-
ditor Honeycutt is as follows:
Attorney Had no Authority.
Spokane, Wash, Nov. 2, 1905.
County Auditor, Walla Walla Wash,
Dear Sir:-Concerning the continuing
of the appropriation from your county
to the Home Finding association l
wish to say that the deputy prosecut-
ing attorney did not consult his SUI
perior before sending out the letter
TO Won. He mas made no move toward
his investigation as he reported TO
YOU he would do. We are convinced
that it was a scheme to put us in a
bad light. He undertook to brow
beat myself and wife in the grand jury
hoom and we resented it, and am
of the opinion that he took this plan
to get even.
Invites Investigation.
If your board should have any doubt
about my management OF the work ana
the care of the children I feel it is a
duty they owe themselves as we'll as
me to appoint some member to make
a personal investigation. Until sucn
investigation is made l feel that it is
Just and right that the appropriation
continue the same as in the past. Hold
ing them up in this way on the advice
of some prejudiced outside party is an
injury to US and compells us to go
out and get support from the public
to enable us to look after and care for
the children from your county.
Wont Bid for Children.
l understood that a representative
from the Seattle organization has
made a proposition to several of the
counties to receive children for $50
each. We claim that no child can be
cared for properly for any such sum,
and base our calculations on seven
years work. They might be placed
in a family where it would be nee
essary for them to do drudgery Or
slaves work, especially the older
ones, but we will not place our chill
dren in any such homes. We will not
your board should decide that the
cheapest way is the best, in order to
block this $50 proposition, we will re-
ceive the child for whatever amount
the board feels it is willing to give
the organization for receiving the child,
but we prefer to continue the work
on the monthly appropriation plan,
and 1 hope it will be the good judg-
ment of your board to continue the
appropriation as in the past and re-
NIT the amounts that have been held
back. Kindly let me know the decis
ion of your board.
Yours very truly,
]. w. WILLIAMS, Supt.
P. s. worked with the Seattle or
ganization over a year and one of the
reasons l discontinued my work with
them was l felt they were not careful
enough in the placement of their
children, especially the older ones. An
other reason why 1 severed my con-
nections with them was that they
insisted on taking 80 per cent. of the
money received in this field and trans
ferring it to Seattle and compelled us
to receive any number of children they
might desire to send us from Seattle
whether we wished to receive them or
not, and as the Sound cities have
more dependent children it made the
eastern part of the state dumping
ground for the organization.
maintained that this Inland Empire
country was able to provide for its
own dependent children and that il
was not it's duty to provide for the
children from that field. Six years
work has proven this to be true.
J. w. w.
TRUSTEES SCHEME