New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-09
aAINES STEPS DOWN.
VICTORT FOR REFORMERS.
President of S. p. c. II. Resigns
Tictim of Cdlumnv, He Sags.

,hs Prevention OF Cruelty TO Animals. rendered
-, resignation TO the board OF managers at a
.o..ial meeting yesterday afternoon. to take ef-
.,. OF May J.
The action OF Mr.. Haines signifies a great
,s,,orv for the members OF the Society for the
r,.vention Of Cruelty 70 Animals who have been
,,-ring SIS reform.
There was discussion on the resignation,
and I; was unanimously accepted. There were
% sneeches in eulogy OF Mr.. Haines by the mem
hers % the board. and only one-General Hor-
80 " Carpentier-openly expressed regret at
,be retirement OF Mr.. Haines. He said: II ex-
,-ess my own views when say that II is with
-sqret that we accept the resignation OF Presi-
dent Hsines
The resignation OF Mr.. Haines which was
,r-stten few days ago and placed In the hands
=. friend said 70 have been General Charles
p Roe who moved its acceptance at the meet
,rr contained about three Thousand words and
was distributed in printed form. II took John
Mason Knox. secretary OF the society. half an
hour TO read f.
That Mr. Haines retired under some great
p-essure IS certain. but the exact nature OF It
rrust remain g secret, unless. indeed, he was
ac,uated by knowledge OF the contents OF sew
eral roluminous atidaEits complaining Of COR
-uption and neglect on the part Of OF the
socetys employees. which was presented yester-
day in typewriter legal form.
Il became generally known yesterday that IN
less NJ. Eaines resigned the only method by
which he could be removed would be by petition
70 the Legislature. That such move was OBJ
riafed was due TO the diplomacy OF General Roe,
II was said who induced Mr. Haines 10 retire
voluntarily Resort 10 the other course would
have cost the society much Of ITS prestige. and
might possibly have disrupted IL.
UNDER STRESS OF CALUaINT."
Mr Haiues F1ves the following reasons for his
action:
While have been willing and glad 70 serve the
% and M rs se E With n0 Sns5 reHsrq sns III than & 19s
earned approval OF my associates do not feel
! an bound 70 continue service which entails the
objo9ly. Largely at the expense OF NV family the
society has had the best powers OF the best years
willing continue the sacrifice; therefore resign
The members of the beard OF managers pres
ent at the meeting were COIone! Joel B. Ehr-
hardt. General James C. Wilson Gordon Knox
Bell John Il. Iseiin John P. Ealnss. John Mason
Knox Frederic r. Coudert. Coi51eI Alfred Wag-
staf. Henry Bergh the Rev. Percy Sticlney
Grant, Charles II. Jesup, Richard W. G. yelling
General Charles F. Roe, Evert J. Wendell and
General Horace ". Carpenter.
The resignation Of Mr.. Eaines was presented
q special meeting which preceded the monthly
meeting ana was called for the purpose OF re-
esving a communication from the president.
Coonel Wagstaf presided al the special meet
ing ard Mr.. Hsfnes At the regular meeting.
Ire board members were not surprised when
:, developed what this communication really was
its preseutulent was merely Official confirmation
ot runners which had been abroad for several
days
III. Haines in his resignation displays re-
sentiment and bitterness against the members Of
the Society for the Prevention Of Cruelty to AMI
mails some Of whom the board who
forced him 10 the step he has taken by making
public The alleged mismanagenent Of the society.
He says that for years he had been the victim Of
malicious assaults" He discusses his critics as
follows:
Il is a. this time-after long service. IN which
ny whole energies have been engaged without
fort HitboU he moderate 1scarion rhsT the busi-
est Of business men allow themselves-that have
people win ms one common chara cferistic that
none of them mas ever before been known TO care
years, their MALICIOUS assaults have been kept up
2 The correspondence columns OF the newspapers
Msny articles have appeared under many ny names
..ne sgilation thus begun has been oronght @ INTO mo
ne meetings of our society. Nothing has been TOO
VIC 70 ne said. 80 long as the slsnderers colld
ssep Gear of he danger OF PTosecgnoHt II Is sald
the society. / cannot prosecute for libel because
5ht wore misuse does not necessarily imply ms
MANY other statements have been made equally
false and elusive
Mr.. Haines devotes a greater part Of his res
ignstion 70 e summary Of the work done by the
Society for the Prevention Of Cruelty 70 Animals
under his administration.
Ee quotes extensively figures In support Of his
arguments and without going deeply into the
rh- lind 20
cruelt-s prac;.sed on horses in this city. he
says
u fare z all the slanderous clamor that has
been hurled against me- assert these Two things:
- thst ne oonoitlor ot horses IN tlis e. s en-
- enormously improved within these IasL sSee i
teen yeers; and, second, that there Is not single
~ - t-e "orlo to--Ay IL NIcL ,,5sIs ~ ss in
~ ~ lnd 50 little cruelty 10 working a.tsis . ss 20 -
.ne city a New-Nork. II Is due 10 the cltlzehe oA
e1d q some small measure 10 myself. that these
tscls should be proclsaeo WIN m ,pst SEEN en-
teen years of constant struggle there has not been
y sagg instance m which me s@IeS se N ef he
powers with which it is endowed.
In fac,. all through his letter Mr.. Haines
shows what an Improvement he has been on
Henry Bergh. as head Of the Society for the Pre-
penuon Of Cruelty 20 Animals.
AFFAIRS HONESTLY ADMINISTERED"
lie ends with these words:
But the Gay that I step cut Of this Office there
must % possibility Of question Of the absolute
c-tgriy which rules AND has ruled in every ps parI
~ our business. After seventeen years ot cheefIul
sountary service. ] hold myself entitled al least
NAT justice and J therefore include IN TINS Iel-
~ o. resignation. and make part OF Il. the foIoW-
.g comm munioation from Two Of the best known ac-
N'4nlants ln the United States
appended 10 the letter OF resignation is a com
|ulicstion from TWO accountants. who at the
request OF Mr. Haines made a review Of the re-
'ofl Of Hasidns & Sells. accountants for the
'e'g- They give the Haines administration
'-e following bIl OF health.