The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-07
HAINES WRITES RESIGNATION.
so THE REFORMERS IN THE s. r.
g.. 4. HAVE HEARD.

u May or May Not he Handed In at the
special Meeting Of the Managers To.
morrow. but In Either Event Charges
VIII he Presented at the Regular Meetln
The opponents OF John p. Haines In the
8. p. c. A. say they have had assurances
from certain quarters that Mr.. Haines
has written out his resignation as president
ofthe society and has put it in the hands of a
friend, who is a member of the board Of
managers, to be presented at the special
meeting of the board called for tomorrow
afternoon, one hour before the regular
meeting Of the board, when definite charges
against the Haines management are to be
presented. Whether the resignation will
be presented at the special meeting or not
is said to be dependent upon certain contin-
gencies; but the anti-Haines faction has rea-
son TO believe that it will be handed In and
that IIaines will go.
The pressure upon Haines to resign has
come almost entirely from members Of the
board who have been friendly to him and
who assisted him to have all debate con-
corning his management Of the society
shut off at the adjourned annual meeting
on February s. The reason why they
sided with the Haines faction on that st ormy
occasion was that they did not want the
society's soiled linen washed In public.
II Ia asserted that they have become con-
WINGED that the 8. p. G. A. will not be likely
tosurvive il Haines remains, and they have
induced hint to at least write out his resigna-
ton. In the failure to secure assurances
that he will be let down softly it is possible
that the resignation may not be presented.
n Of the leading influences that has
! brought about this state Of aff airs is said
to have been the attitude of Health Com
missioner Darlington. who has given public
notice that he intends to press his bill to
take away the fees from the licensing
D of dogs from the S.. p. c.. A.. and turn them
over to the city. These fees amount to
something like SIS, 900 a year. Conserva-
tive members of the board nave also be-
come convinced that Haines's public use
fulness is over, and it is understood that
they have advised him that it is bette r to
than to face the possibility of a Legis-
lative investigation.
Whether Haines resigns or not, it is said
that there will be an investigation by the
board Of managers Of the charges that will
be presented at the regular meeting OF the
board tomorrow. These charges are in
the form of affidavits. They Will be read,
and it is expected that they will be referred
10 a special committee to investigate them
=, and to report at the regular meeting in
April. The investigation will be made for
housecleaning PURPOSES.
IL T1dlIltH SIlOlIu DOl ItSlRU ana IL lie
should show a disposition to block an in
vestigation by the board Itself, the oppo-
nents Of Haines say there will be a scene
at the meeting and that a demand will be
made then and there for his immediate
~oTesignation. If he remains and does not
try TO block the investigation there will
probably be no demand at The meeting
for his resignation, his opponents believing
that the wisest course would be to have an
investigation, and thus show the truth
nf the many cha rUac that ha va bann made
for mismana cement, if not worse things.
If Haines should stay, and if there should
be no real investigation. the anti-Haines
faction will then undoubtedly go to the
Legislature and ask for relief. Several
moves of future warfare have been planned,
but these are being held in allegiance be-
cause the anti-Haines faction has reason
to believe that it has the fight practically
won.
The opponents of Haines do not look
with favor upon the movement by Arthur
Turnure, president Of the $. P. C. A. Reform
Association, to mix in the trouble. They
insist that the time is not ripe for out
, siders to take a hand in the fight. They
.1old that an opportunity should be given
20 the S. p. c. A. TO do its own houseclean-
Ang. If that is not done, they say, they
will welcome every bit of aid from the
outside that they can get. One OF the anti
Faines faction said yesterday:
The public seems to have confused
Mr.. Turnure's society with the S. p. G.. A.
That is almost a misfortune. The reform
society consists of what might be called
rank outsiders. We are not hostile to its
members, hut we think they should wait to
see what the S. p. C. A. itself will do to
reform its methods. II the society will
do nothing, then we shall welcome all the
outside aid We can get. Until that time
we think MIR. Turnl,re and his friends should
remain in the background. We recognize
that the public has a right to inquire into
what the S. p. G. A. does with its money.
A. - III
MIR, Turnure should wait until it is patent
that those inside the society who wish to
bring about reforms are helpless"
The afdavits of specific instances OF
neglect and mismanagement that will he
a great variety of cases. They have been
drawn up succinctly and will be easy Of
verifcation. Some of them, it is under
kstood. come from former employees, and
it is said that there will not be the slightest
difficulty in Drovinp the NEGLECT charges.