Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-30
Nebraska

state. formerly the old Fremont, Eikhorn
& Missouri Valley. OF the amount TO be
issued $4,000 is for past expenditures, S.
$3.50 o is for the retiring Of other bonds
now out, 1900 900 IL to reimburse the
Northwestern for general improvements
and $40 900 is for betterment and extern
sion.
Andrews Home 60 Vote.
w. +. Andrews came in from Washing
ton today and went on to Hastings to-
night. Mr.. Andrews said he came home to
vote and not to discuss the story sent
out from Washington that he intends to
run for governor.
Charity Begins at Home.
Two young women who have come to
Lincoln to solicit money for an orphans
home in Kansas City were refused a letter
by Mayor Love today. When he was re-
quested to give them a letter endorsing
their project the mayor said he considered
the young women too far away from home
for that work. Lincoln had plenty to do
caring for its own o~rphanages without
helping out some other city.
Rules for Halloween.
Children who desire may raise a general,
though orderly, lot Of racket Saturday
night in honor Of Halloween, but Sunday
and Monday nights they must keep quiet.
This is the order Of the mayo and he
promised that nj policeman would inter-
fere with any innocent fun Saturday night,
but should any child attempt to do dam
age to property, said child will be taken
in charge by the thousand more or less
policemen In plain clothes who will be on
duty that night.
Home for Dependent ChiIdren.
For the Board of Control of the State
School for Dependent children, the secretary,
Arthur L. Weatherly makes public a
lengthy composition explaining in detail
the origin of the new law governing that
institution and praising the governor for
refraining from making it part of his
spoils distribution. The purpose Of the
school and its management is set forth
as follows:
Into its care the children that are legally
determined to be, either from the voluntary
relinquishment of their parents or through
the action Of the courts, state children.
After they have received such children, 1t
is the purpose of the board to place them
Immediately in good homes. which are care
fully selected. In the state Of Nebraska
at the present time there are many homes
awaiting every child which needs one But
TO-, or assist in any way, the desertion OF
children by those who, by every moral
and legal law, ought to care for them. The
Board of Control recognizes the fact that
the children may be permanently or
temporarily committed to it's care when
they. come from the proper authorities,
but 1t does not propose to permit any. one
to thrust upon the state responsibilities
they ought to bear themselves. Further
more when. little babies are taken from
their mothers, the chances Of their living
are greatly decreased and the so-doing
becomes to a certain extent child murder.
So. long as the state Of Nebraska makes
the magnificent provision that It does
for the care Of young girls and
their babies at the home for girls at NIL
ford, there. is no need for any institution
~condoning in any way child desertion.
During the first two months and a half
of the existence OF the State School for
Dependent children II was necessary to
conduct 1t very much on the old lines.
During that time Mrs. Clara Marks acted
as temporary superintendent. At the. end
of that time It was found that the school
organized on the new basis because OF the
reduction OF the number of children in the
immediate care OF the school, by the re-
turning of some to their parents and by
the placing out of a much larger num-
Der.
After this experience of two and one
half months we know that the School for
Dependent children can become virtually a
clearing house scarcely more than al Of
flee because OF the fact that as soon as a
child comes into its care 1t can be Inn
mediately placed out In a private home.
are more applicants for babies thar there
are more applicants for babies than there
are babies ~legitimately coming to the
school. There are many, many more ap-
plicants for little girls han there are
girls for adoption, and we will be able to
find homes for all the boys that are placed
In our care.