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Volume VI.
NlJMBSB 4
J.TAY0R SWIFT EXPOSED
The Startling Facts Set Forth in the
Report of an A. P. A. Committee
of Chicago. "
Taensands f Dollar Illegally Taken
Frem the Xanlclpal Trenry and
Handed Oier to a Roman Invi
tation. The following report speaks for it
lelf:
Your committee, appointed at a for
mer meeting of this board to investi
gate certain matters relating- to the In
stitution known ai the ''House of the
Good Shepherd," and the chief execu
tive of the city of Chicago, having duly
considered the matter set before them,
beg leave to report a follows:
On page 780 of the Municipal Code
E. B. Myers & Co., Edition 189 will be
found an exact copy of an act passed by
the general assembly of the state of Il
linois, during the session of 1869; which
may also be found In the Private Ses
sion Laws of that year, entitled; An
Act for the benefit of the Chlcago Err
ing Woman's Refuge' for reform, and
the 'House of the Good Shepherd,' of
Chicago." Approved, March 31, 18C9,
The full text of which is as follows:
"Section 1. Be it enacted by the
people of the state of Illinois, repre
sented tnfthe general assembly, that all
fines collected by the city of Chicago
from keepers, inmates and visitors of
houses of prostitution and from any per
son in any way connected therewith,
shall be set aside by said city of Chi
cago for the sole use and benefit of the
'Chicago Erring. Woman's Refuge' for
reform, and the 'House of the Good
Shepherd,' in said city, and shall be
equally divided between said two insti
tutions. .
"Sec 2. The board of trustees of
aid 'Erring Woman's Refuge,' and the
superior and assistant at said 'House of
the Good Shepherd,' shall have power
to draw,, monthly, upon said fund, by
their respective cheeks, that of the for
mer U be drawn by the president and
countersigned by the secretary, and
that of the Uger to be draws by the
K, - V
aiatay najarlor: al cheeks to be
drawn upon the treasurer or other cus
todian having said moneys in control or
possession. - . " xt.,L,.
"Sic. 3 Each of the aforesaid insti
tutions shall render an annual account
of the expenditures and receipts tq the
common council of said city." ... ,
"Sec. 4. This act shall take "effect
and be in force from and after its pas-
- , . .... ,.,
A similar" .act, providing that 10 per
ent of the license fees be set aside by the
city of Chicago,and the county of Cook,
for the use of the Washingtonlam Home
in a sum not to exoeed 120,000 in each
year Municipal Code, p. 708, Sec 2524,
approved, Feb. 16, 1867 has been de
clared by it he supreme court of Illinois
to be unconstitutional, which, if true,
decides the constitutionality of all laws
of like character,oincluding the one re
lating to the House of the Good Shep
herd, and Erring Woman's Refuge,
quoted above. Supposing the Wash
ingtonian .Home to have drawn ite full
allowance since the passage of said law,
the enormous sum of nearly 1600,000
was turned from the public funds to the
support of a private Institution. In the
case of the'Houseof the Good Shepherd
and the (Erring Woman's Refuge, it
will be impossible to estimate the
amount of money paid to them, as the
annual; reports of these institutions are
few and very far between, and almost
Impossible to find, the last one having
been made, during the Washburn ad
ministration. Whatever the actual
. sums so paldjmay be, your committee,'
from Information obtainable, do not
hesitate to ssy the aggregate sum for
twenty-seven years must be enormous.
Another feature of the question strikes
your committee very forcibly namely,
that in onejease the law-making power
is invoked to compel the drunkard
making1 Industry to furnish funds to re
claim its victims, and in the other, vo
taries of the social evil are persecuted
to reclaim themselves on the good old
homeopathio hypothesis that "like
cures like."
It is within the common knowledge
of all who have been observant of pub
lic affairs for years that when the
exchequer of the House of the Good
(bad )4i Shepherd ian low or campaign
funds were lacking, unusual activity
developed in "the police department,
and the chief executive of the great
city of Chicago, issued the virtuous
command to his subordinates that crime
and vice must be suppressed, and be
hold! houses of ill-fame, dives, criminal
resorts (except the favored few) were
raided. Unfortunate street-walkers
were lined up in scores and hundreds
?w2m !!'-:'- :iH pi
' f ill j '
.
No, thank yon, Petci, we haven't
the police court mills were put in opera
tion and the fines ground out till the
mother superior's face was wreathed in
smiles, aad the ambitious politician
was maJa harry with visions of
tic of all administrations for years
under the guise of reform ostensibly,
though the Jesuit doctrine that "the
end justifies the means" is the real mo
tive. For twenty-seven years the
House of the Good Shepherd has been
illegally using the publio moneys for
its support. Its revenues are further
increased by sewing, embroidering and
laundry work for different firms in this
city, among whom were Mandel Bros.,
Marshal Field, Sohlesslnger & Mayer,
Boston Store,1 E. J. Lehman & Co.,
Siegel & Cooper, American Express
Co., Carson Pirie Scott & Co. The
Boston Oyster House alone giving them
7,000 napkins a month to laundry.
These inmates wash every day In the
year, and sometimes all night, and then
do you wonder that the mother superior
is continually asking for more girls.
This institution, though drawing pub
lic funds, is never open to inspection.
During Governor Filer's administra
tion a committee of the Illinois Wo
man's Alliance who endeavored to in
spect the House of the Good Shepherd
were absolutely refused admittance.
Applying to Governor Flfer, he gave
them a permit to Inspect the Institu
tion, but the mother superior refused
to honor the governor's order, and told
the committee she would give them a
ride In the patrol wagen If they did not
leave the committee left ' Later the
alliance applied to Govornor Altgeld
for permission to Inspect the House of
the Good . Shepherd, and the governor
referred them to Mayor J. P. Hopkins.
Mayor Hopkins gave the alliance com
mittee the desired authority to Inspect
the House of the Good Shepherd, but
the mother superior also refused to
honor the authority of the Hon. John
P., and when asked by the committee
what authority she would recognize,
she said Bishop Feehan was the only
one she would recognize, and him only
as far as it pleased her to do so.
But the efforts of the Woman's Al
liance did not end. here. Falling In
regular ways of'gaining information of
the Internal workings of the Institu
tion, some merry members of the al
llance, or their agents, were sent to the
House of the Good Shepherd on fines
and gained all the information they
wanted. Many girls committed to the
care of the "Good Shepherd" might
better have been given into the care of
the ordinary "bad wolf." Many of
them have never been out of the insti
tution since their incarceration, though
their legal (?)iterm of Imprisonment
has long since expired because the
unfortunates have no friends to Interest
themselves in their release. The al
liance records contain many accounts
y BLOCKING A
any use for your scales; ah, jes,
foxy look of yours doesn't
of the hard fights of friend to obtain
the release of victims months after
their sentences expired. Others have
Informed their friend of their situa
tions by aurrertlcHMJjr piatiijr ertes tol
tse ares i a w - -w
throw. fMM that wf nlnarttaLIioked
up by a passer-by. There are booKller Wether1 h
300 inmates in the institution at present
and $15,000 in debts so say the
mother superior in a recent morning
paper article entitled: "Hard Times
Felt in the Cloister." She says: "Ow
ing' to hard times the nunnery is in
straightened circumstances." But your
committee beg leave to Inform the holy
mother that the decline of her un
American institution I owing to a
growing publio sentiment that her
house is not oonduoted properly, and
that the American Protective Associa
tion and kindred orders are responsible
for this awakening of the publio mind.
In a recent issue of the Tribune ap
peared the following, which gave rise
to the present Investigation: "Mayor
Solicitous for the Nuns Likelihood
that their House of the Good Shepherd
will be Assisted. Mayor Swift ex
pressed himself as deeply pained yester
day when he learned of the miserable
condition of affairs in the House of the
Good Shepherd, created in part, at
least, by the failure of the city to pay
the annual apportionment 'of police
court fees which the Institution hat
been receiving for nearly forty years.
'That institution, as far as I have been
able to learn, is doing noble work,' said
the mayor, 'and I'll confer with the
comptroller to sscfirtalnto what extent
the city is indebted to the nuns. What
ever we owe them ought to be paid to
them as promptly as possible. Those
in charge of the institution are devot
ing their Uvea to a work that Is not
easy for others to accomplish and they
should be sustained.'"
Your committee, knowing full well
that neither individually or collectively
could they get an audience with his
honor Mayor Geo. B. Swift, or, if an
audience was granted, the information
gained would not be commensurate
with the trouble incurred, they dele
gated to other reliable parties the work
of interviewing his honor in his den.
Armed with the above clipping, a com
mittee waited -upon Mayor Swift,
showed him the clipping ar', asked
why he was so solicitous for the nuns.
His manner was surly and discourteous
as he replied that they "would have
their hands full If they paid attention
to all they found In the papers, and
that he did not care to say anything
about it." They protested against the
payment of the sum of $3,000 which had
accumulated from brothel fines. His
honor blazed again and Informed the
committee "that the money had been
paid and there was no use in their mak
ing any further kick." (His own words.)
The following questions were also
PIOUS F2AUD. '
w all know your offer it entirely
impira confidence. So long!
asked: "Why was this money paid to
this private institution?" "Why ware
girl Met there from polio court and
no nri t:;t ci their coir j la cr ootn
I- -" :." risaxsw
aV accumulation and
e longed to them,
but they would get
more, a Oomp-
deolded that the
upE2?Jrt doJlsion in the Wash
Ingtonian Homd'Yane applied also to
the House of the Good Shepherd." In
answer to the other question, his honor
referred the committee to City Prose
cutor Tatge. This gentleman informed
the committee that there was a law re
quiring the justices to keep a reoord of
those sent to the House of the Good
Shepherd and to see that they were re
leased when their time expired. He
also said that no more girl would be
sent there by the court. Mr. Swift
was asked It the law requiring the
House of the Good Shepherd to make a
report of Its doings to the city council
had been lived up to, He answered:
"No." His honor also informed the
committee that the mother superior
had always honored his signature when
asking for the discharge of girls com-
I mitted to the Institution on a criminal
charge.
In conclusion, your committee wish
to say, that not very long ago, when
Mr. Geo. B. Swift was a candidate for
the high office he now holds when he
was apparently willing to barter his
soul for votes when the votes of the
members of this order in the city of
Chicago would have made his opponent
mayor In hi stead, a member of this
committee arranged a meeting of a
committee of the advisory board with
Mr.' Swift The advisory committee
will corroborate these statements: That
Mr. Swift was a most affable gentle
man. That he was most courteous.
That he was very desirous to please.
That he was as good an A. P. A., or
Son of 'America, or an American pa
triot as one could wish to meet . That
he made fair and just promises, which
he never fulfilled. Afterwards, in
speaking to a friend of the meeting
with the committee, he said: "They
are awful nice people, and I am glad to
have met them." About the same time,
It is alleged, Mr. Swift met a committee
composed of Bishop Feehan and other
members of the Roman hierarchy of
Cook county, to whom he made prom'
Ises which he has fulfilled, as attested
by the city pay-rolls. And this Is the
gentleman of whom strangers say
"Well, you have the mayor with you!"
Indeed you have not We may In the
future conscientiously give political
aspirants oi this wi a wide berth
The mother superior we would refer
to the Roman hierarchy for relief from
her straightened circumstances, as
they hold millions of untaxed property
in look county.
Patronize those who advertise In the
American papers. By doing this you
will greatly assist the cause.
.
disinterested; bat, you see, that
TEE WELSH.
Txy
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' LtvUU Aauriea. ' ':
EniTOav This Az3'- Eaafilax an
article in your valuw?n,i
printed from the Denver Ame?t2
am a. Itttl nrnrlwd. and. after vV
lng digested the same, felt a little sort,'
and with reason, too, tor It trie to oast
a reflection upon our people which, to
say the least, seem to insinuate that
we are disloyal to our adopted country.
The word "foreigner" la thrown at us
so much that we doubt whether or no
you . (the Americans) have really
adopted us, even though you have ad
ministered to us the oath of allegiance.
You must be aware that a foreigner
cannot forget the land of hi birth.
But I hope that when we have become
citizen our love for fatherland 1 not
strong enough to impel us to take up
arm against our adopted country
God forbid itl Thl of aU countries is
(while It remain in the hand of Prot-
estantt-) the only one in which we can
say our soul is our own. We doubt
very much whether the Denver Amer
ican is conversant with our history.
We have fought for liberty ever sinoe
the birth of our nation. The Denver
American is not obliged to study our
language to become conversant with
our history, for our history make up
much of America' history. We have
Thomas Jefferson and the lamented
Garfield a example of our noble race.
We are proud to say that you will find
a smaller percentage of Roman Cath
ollcs among our people than among
any other foreign nation. Of this we
are very proud. Read the history of
the Welsh race, and you will find it
people which builds churches presided
over not by Roman Cathollo priests but
by men, men who are brave defenders
of the little red school-house. We al'
low no pope, no father (?) to dictate to
us how we shall worship God or how
we shall Interpret the Scriptures. No,
thank God, the Bible is so simple that
a child can read and understand It, yet
stumble over the word purgatory,
The holy (?) father on the Tiber
would like to embroil two Protestant
nations In war; and, should his satanlc
majesty create a little unpleasantness
between Great Britain and the United
States, you will find us shoulder to
shoulder, with Old Glory floating over
us. I am not much of a scribe; there
fore, I submit the subjoined resolutions
for your careful consideration, hoping
that their publication In your paper
will divert, through the force of Amer
ican kindness, the stigma which the
Denver American is trying to place
upon us. A Welshman.
The resolutions read as follows:
Whereas, A dispute has lately
arisen, and Is still pending, between
the United Stales and Groat Britain
respecting the application of the Mon
ro doctrine to the undecided 'contro
versy between the lalk:r power and
Venezuela; and,
Wherkah, Some cfilclal papers, as
well as utterances in leading news
papers on both sides of the Atlantic,
have recently contained some suggoa
tlone of war betwt en Great Britain and
the United SUtes; '
Now, theiefore, we, the Welsh peo
ple, in our National Eisteddfod a-'
sembled, in the city of Utica, N. Y., on
the tlrst day of January, 1890, while
avowing our approval of the Monroe
doctrine, and while proclaiming our
lupreme allegiance to our adopted
country, do hereby reassert our affeo-
tion for our fatherland, and unite in
publicly expressing the earnest hope
that the present controversy may be
settled, to the tatlsfaotlon of all, by
diplomacy or arbitration.
We furthermore desire to give utter
ance to our disapproval of war between
Great Britain and the United States,
provided such a calamity can possibly
t- 4 1 (AI A I . -1 a
ut3 BTonuu Wiiuuu MHsnuoiDg m groat f
principle or our national honor, it is a
our.sentlment that the many tokenqe of
words, and acts of friendship showf0ars
the American people by the people ment
Great Britain during recent ieathing
should continue the mutual attaolAnttit
they have begotten, and - that nothing
ooncelvable could give us more sorrow
and horror than a necessity of drawing
the sword against our beloved kindred ,
beyond the sea. We would in this oon- f
neotlon, and with this application, say.
la the words of our Immortal Grant,'
"Let us have peace," , i . , -
BUBXED FEOTESTAHT B1ELE&
Feravlau Eels Ute Ktaek tf fee inert
can 8ckty-Kre Will Ee Seat.
Lima, Peru, January 16. The mayor
of San Miguel te-day aelsed and cawed
to be burned In the public square of ta
city all the Eibles and stock of the
local agent of the American Bible So
ciety.
Niw TCSK, January 16. William
Blake, the 1 " r rf the American
Bible, Ec:J """v v: .-
"Our"
Ctli.1s -ian.
Attribution of war PKlfcii L.-- k
and every new aad U&n they seise oan0
stock and aestreylt. What will ba.
fawnwMar. wnat oan we aor u
They Lave destroyed th Bible ba fc
fore, they destroy them bow, and will
probably destroy them again. But ., .
just the same, we shall continue to
tend our Bible there. Rev. F. Pen
sottiia our agent in Peru. Only two
year ago he was imprisoned there for
no reason other than that he was din- ,
tributlng our Bibles. He was kept in
jail for five or six months, and was only
released then through the Interposi
tion of the state department In Wash"
ington."
The Manitoba Issue.
Sir Mackenzie Bswell speaks in th
heroic vein when he says: "We shall
take an official cognizance of the re
sult of the Manitoba elections: Our
policy of remedial legislation has been
announced, and will be carried out"
But "our policy of remedial legisla
tion" is so distasteful to those upon
those whom it Is intended to inflict It
as to have Insured the election of more
than a two-thirds majority of national
school men to the legislature oMdanl-.
toba.
Manitoba Is but a province of the
minion of Canada, and in some quaV"
tnrn thara still survives a tradition
that provinces have no rights that si
perior govern xents are bound to
spect But against this feebly survl
lng tradition there is to be set the fi
that on this American continent som!
thirteen provinces suooessfully defii
the superior government, and pi
claimed themselves independent am
United States. The declaration of
these provinces that "all governments
are instituted by and derive their just
powers from the consent of the gov
erne 1" is not without approval In many
pa-. ts of Canada, and most especially
In the Province of Manitoba.
Grave results may follow Sir Macken
zie's unooncillatory speech. The people
of Manitoba tax themselves for the
maintenance of free schools. More
than three-fourths.probably five-sixths,
of them desire that the schools shall be
unsectarian, and that they shall closely
resemble those of the United States.
The minority Invokes the Dominion
government to aid It In thwarting the
will of the majority, and Sir Macken
zie espouses the cause of the minority.
If, which Is doubtful, the Canadian par
liament endorse the policy of the prime
minister, very serious outcome may fol
low an attempt to coerce the people of
Manitoba. inter Ocean.
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