Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-01-27
CONDITIONS ARE REvOL TING
Tears Brought to Eyes Of the
Senator's Who Hear the
Stories From Inmates.
TOO SHOCKING TO PUBLISH
Many Found in Poor Health
Commissioner Matthews
Remains Away.

Nofdt Capital nitrau
hkitVin Hotel
OKLAHOMA CtTY. Jan. 26 No
trngedy ~ the stage ever stirred the
emotions ~ an audience as did the
"torieH told 10 1--WE members OF the
Legislature by the inmates of tho
girls industrial home. u state inst.
tuition, near oklahoma city. an they
were told today one Of the r.n
ators, Mayflold ~ Mclniiah county.
broke down and wcpt like "a child
after he had talked with two young
girls who told ~ punishmrnta that
had been inflicted uRnn them for
inffnctiun ~ rules while Senator n
u. Woods. one of the younger sen
ator-, rhudiered at he was told ot
the condition that surrounds tho
lives or girls who. he said, DO not
live hut work out horrible existence
at the homes
Isct@ Ar DI~o,~rsi.
u was not an official lnves, I'm ting
committee that visited the home to-
day Four senators ana u member
NJ the house Of representative who
had heard OF tho horrible conditions
Mt the home determined to find out
for themselves lust what these con.
ditions were Resides senators wood,
and Mayfield, there were In tho part,
Senators George Wilson and W. r
Clark and Or. w. u. Woodward ot
the house. Hut as n result OF theii
trip q resolution In being prepared
tonight which will probably he In
troduceN In tho senate tomorrow call
ing attention to what the senator's de
Glare are worse than deplorabie con
ditions at the girlS home, and de
manding that immediate action b'
taken by the Legislature.
Many OF the stories told by 'h'
girls would not bar repetition. Hen
| ator Woods declared tonight Other'
are 80 revolving In nature that Hen
ator Mayfield was unable 10 rpeas
of them Twelve ~ the 10 girls whC
are IN the home are In delicate con
dl,ions Senator woods said that M
believes most of them were In tina
condition when they arrived nt th'
home There are two teachers fo'
the no girls and not desk IN "gh
Tor one ~ them.
Does the department ~ chariue'
ana corrections know about these
condlilons9" the world correspond
| cnt asked senator Noohr
Had Failing out.
"Thc home was established undei
direction of Governor williams
understand the governor ana tom
~, lssisner Matthews had n falling ou|
over some matter and that since ina
| time the commissioner has not beer
near tho school" Senator Woods re-
piled
why was the home located so
close To the old soldiers home?''
Il am told II was built there "
order that one pumping plant o'
power plant might serve two insu'
tutionE"
Among those who visited the home
while the members of the Legislature
we're there was A 4 Helm OF Enid
Hts dnughters are inmates or th'
school. They were sent there by TIE
county Judge ~ Garfield county
The judge told me" Helm ga'd
that the girls would he given n vine
comfortable home where there would
he clean surroundings and health>
| influences This Ia what | find Ny
eldest daughter IN coming home To
day to see n she and can't Arrange
tn net tho yiflz out ~ here" Helm
nlh his wife was "a member ~ \
religious sect who's" principals h'o
been the means ~ separating th"m
Two sisters, 10 and 2 years or age
were pointed out 10 tho senators ~
bcinR afflicted with a loathsomo Ills.
ease Their mother IL dead and
their father, the senators were toli
In charged with hring rcHponHible
for their condition
~ think something should u" done
f,r ihos, giria before the lrgIHlntut"
makeR another move senator
woods snid tonight There n plenty
of evidence that the rlrlH hour ~.
uailon Will develop facts whirh vii
hc more startling than any thus Tar
brought out