The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-16
ASKS WHITMAN TO
HIT CHARITY TRUST
Father Farrell Says Inquiry Is
Anti-CathOlic Plot and
Baby Farm Scheme.
DEMANDS INVESTIGATION

The Rev. Father william y. Farrell
OF the Church Of Saints Peter and Paul..
Brooklyn. has written an open letter to
Gov. Whitman in which he calls for a
legislative investigation Of the entire
charity problem Of the city. private In
situations and associations as well as
public or official associations. including
the Department Of Public Charities.
Father Farrell criticiscs In scathing
terms the motives. he alleges. are back
Of the strong investigation. the men VIII"
are conducting II and their method of
procedure. At the outset lie says in part
THE investigating committee appoint
ed by the Governor has been taking 'tes-
timony' on the alleged charges of Com-
missioner OF Charities John A. Kings
bury against the state Board Of Chair
ties for many days past and has 81
thoroughly demonstrated or exposed IT.
self that II Is time to take stock.
"On November ~ last our daily press
gave large space to an alleged report Of
the Department Of Charities addressed
to the Mayor. The report claimed.
among other things. to have saved $500
600. This was done by simply crowding
more beds into buildings that from the
time he took Office the Commissioners has
continually clamored were ovcrcrowded.
Denies an Tine Employment trists
"IIe says he has assisted your Honor
in meeting the unemployment crisis by
putting the idle Twenty-fourth street
Pier into service with cots and blankets
to provide for 1.j0O more men than the
city has been able to lodge at the Munic.-
pal Lodging House. Whereas there l. no
uncmployin. nj crisis and on the coolest
night this winter bu, 800 applied to u
partly filled Institution which had LOO
u yeai ago.
10y the fact tina the department in De-
cember last. before the years figures
were completed, had cost over S.l1.0795t
more than II cost In 1913.
THE Commissioner attacks the state
Board Of Charities as inspecting private
institutions with both eyes closed or
with one suspicious ard one dropping
eye Ard after asss ring that lie Will
decline hereafter to accept the stat.
boards reports. he says his statement
would warrant a special inquiry into this
branch Of the state government by the
Governor or the Legislature
This amazing paper was sent To the
b acting Mayor. George Mc.Aneuy. "A for
m-r president, Of the City club. and by
hin forwarded to the Governor.
1T Is "a matter Of Common knowledge
that Homer Folks. All open and urde.t
enemy of the State Board OF Charities. in
compa with Mr.. kingsbury. at one
time y secretary in Mr.. Folhs's Stale
Charities Aid Association twhirA NJ.
Folks boasts has 1900 member rs. and
one can infer that they are AL voters,
visited the Governor before the des red
commission oc investigation was APP
pointed.
McAn~"y's Ex.Partncv Chosen.
Now, when the Governors special
commissioner Charles IL Stroirx. is
, appointed II H. observed that h.. was q
! former partner Of Mr.. McAncny's ana
also a president OF the City club. There
are no destinations In this statement
and II IL made simply Ia record what
are believed IA b" tn" facts and show
the origin Of the commission
Follows then the biography OF Messrs.
Doherry. Bernstein and u. u. ltceder.
members of the committee. In which
Father Farrell points ont that their ~
po'rtments were AT least unhappy, after
| which there are some words on Homer
folks and Edward 4. Dcvinc. TN thi.
latter point ne writes:
MI Folks and Mr.. Devine are both
strong an,i-institu'ionS advocates. In
1905 at III broadway. before n lary'
! audience. both Mr.. Folks and Mr.. d.
vtn. made addresses dcitounclng iaStitu-
, tions. Mr.. Ievine said
"I am prepared 10 say that the day
OF the private institution and re-
! furmatory and the day of the private
hospital has gon" past forever. ~ far
as their relation 10 tho civic corporation
is concerned. ] wish I could say that
his Is already true Of the city Of New
! York. We rave In this city
"a we'll organized Catholic Interest. whose
power and Influence with the publ
officials are such that they Il n not
deny them anything
so certain am | OF the substantial
truth of this entire investigation being
"a conspiracy against the institutions and
the state hoard and IN the interest of
The organizations sometimes spoken If
az tie charty tr,is:.' as well as IN"
scheme Of boarding ont children IN
homes. the return Ia baby farming. that
II seems to me this commission" has al
ready gone far enough.
Nothing is cirarcr than thai this al
legged Testimony IL directed against our
institutions. using the dupc ana tool
Doherty. az chief calumniator. Listen
[, the snug Feeder, hims'lf IN a rl'h
institution, AZ he insuftingly nswer al
question of Commissioned Strong Yes.
sir, there is a scramble 10 get children
because public funds help TO build VI
their plants And then with n smirk
and an insul, he adds; Such fund
might also IN. used To Helr build up |
religious orders b.. |
our children come 10 W. under tho
law and We build our institutions out OF
the sacrifice of blood and effort
"Mr. Feeder showed his hatred of
Catholics when in 1907 AZ the national
convention in Minneapolis he said, after
speaking OF what he had seen In visiting
INST 'rhe serrclesS mumb'lrg OF
PRAYERS and catechisms. the memoriziis
of numerous songs adapted to adult
saints, the enforced idlen"Ss of uno"-
cupi,d time; all thos" form "a drcary
chap,rr az the institution life of children
which ought long since TO have been
closed ,
"Iu all our institutions ~ 1913 we re-
i~ccl,c.I from the city s.,1lT.69i.6 ~. and ""
expended s@.5tt.,S%. and gave untort
labor besides. THIS will show Mr.. Rceder
The profits IN our humanitarian work"
sees EarmarLs ~ Conspiracy.
,...r, -. 80. $1,000.