The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-04-13
GOVERNOR MAY TAKE ACTION
Rumors are AAoat that Chief Execu-
tive Will Demand a Complete
Change in Management
(By T. A. Wilson)
aemidji Pioneer Legislative Bureau

Inc senate last night voted, as
did the house the night before, to ex-
onerate Superintendent Whittier of
the Red Wing Training school. The
vote was "a to 33.
Despite the action of the senate,
it became known today that Cover
nor Eberhart would demand a COM
plete change of management at Red
Wing, and that Superintendent
Whittier would probably be COMPEL
ed to resign in the near future.
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st. Paul, April 12.-There was
more to that midnight seance of the
House Tuesday when it voted to up
hold F. A. Whittier, superintendent
of the torture taught boys of Red
Wing, than has been printed in the
city newspapers.
Representative Lydiard of Min
neapolis, a member of the investi-
eating committee, made manly,
but losing fight, to purge Minnesota
Of the odium which a mountain of
heart wrenching testimony has
caused. The recommendation of the
committee, appointed specifically to
make a thorough investigation and
which was made only after pains
taking, Conscientious, fearless eff
forts, commanded but little respect
and all testimony discovered by the
committee went like chaff before a
wind. Likewise Mr.. Lydiard's. de-
mand that the, members of the
Board of Control resign, received
slight consideration.
To Bob" Dunn, republican repre-
sentative from Princeton, belongs
the unique distinction of being the
only man appointed to the committee
and who, although he took no active
part in the investigation and was
pres Mt at none of the public heat
ihss, stood before the House as I.
member of the committee and urge
exoneration of Mr.. Whittier. Mr..
Dunn frankly admitted that he had
not participated in the work of the
committee, but nevertheless offered
the amendment to the majority re-
port which excerpts criticism of Mr.
Whittier and the demand of his re-
signation.
Mr.. Dunn said in part:
Nov I know there is a feeling
throughout the state-worked UP
that there has been gross brutality
but I think if matters were known
all this is grossly exaggerated.
have known Mr.. Whittier for many
years and nicer man I never knew
l cannot believe, despite any evidence
shown, that he is as black as he is
painted. Now then the impression
abroad is that these boys sent to
Red Wing are angels. Why are
they sent there? Simply because
they are rrigible-because they
can't be handled by their own
people and they are far from being
angels. A good many of them ought
to be in the reformatory or the state
prison. In ten years the Red Wing
school has cared for 1850 inmates
and only a few have made complain,
just few black sheep, and they
are the cause of all this historical
gush of the kind hearted ladies anG
kind hearted men. Now | am moi
here to uphold corporal punishment
but it is often necessary and is used
or should be, in the public schools
Mr.. Lydiard has made nice little
talk but it has all been aimed at the
board of control. l believe in thu
board of control for was the author
of the bill creating it. / know all
the present members and believe
they are good men. There has been