Show THAT ALMOST EMPTY HOUSE A darrow four page pamphlet more particularly described Rs ae miscellaneous doe doc no 6 house of representatives fifty second congress second Ses session slon Y 1 and headed 9 home association of utah P comes from the seat of government at washington D C this crisp morning like the strain of a halt half forgotten song or a voice from the tomb it consists of a communication from commission transmitting their annual report on the institution named and includes as appendix A a report from the president and secretary of the institution to abb members of the comans womans s industrial christian home As ocia tion of utah 22 in which those of officers ficere tell their associates just now how the me thing ining is managed ana the great good it is doling doing and is ie capable of doing and incidentally ad vise vice congress as to its duty in the premises so eo long as there to ie one sorrowing fluttering ering soul seeking its ite refuge not knowing what else to do with it the house referred the communication to the committee on territories rieB and ordered it printed that is how we came to know about it we glean from the report that with their best beet endeavors the association have only been able to spend during the year out of the appropriated so that there is on hand also that it is a conceded fact that this institution has bae not been as sue one as ae was hoped by its friends nevertheless say the gentlemen of the utah commission it has been a good work for such as have accepted iti hospitality pita lity and in the endeavor to advance something that shall looks favorable they gratuitously suggest that this good work has been done both directly and indirectly by causing greater care to be exercised by those who are unwilling to have their friends accept favors at the institution 01 following this presumptuous guess at something they know nothing about the thoughtful commission quote from that stately and picturesque back number senator edmunds on the necessity of keeping the homes door open so that if it falls fails of success the blame shall be on others and not on the general government burthey budr they generously leave to the wisdom of congress thelex senators senator s counsel as well as the matter of continuance and future use and disposition of the oon concern the ladies signing that part of the report flippantly designated as appendix A are evidently not so willing to trust the wisdom of congress they make an advocates advocat ela plus pla and point out bow necessary it le is that the I 1 doors of this asylum shall be kept open by congress PP in a burst of impassioned eloquence they declare this institution was created by law 1 9 and if that Is ie not convincing enough chato the many agencies gen cles and letb methods ode that must combine bombin and cooperate each in its own way in the actual healing and helping aud and uplifting this home has its place and can cannot not be left out 10 I 1 1 hence the request for toe the usual appropriation pria tion for the coming year As a matter or of statistics the report shows that during the year from october 1891 the average number of inmates has been twenty thirteen of them children the institution represents a moneyed evjue of As aa a matter of fact of government money was never more absurdly expended and no more glaring monument of senile senatorial yielding to a female lobbyist importunity was ever erected still it if congress to is sort soft enough t continue to devote an annual sum to its maintenance no one hereabouts will complain such a course would doubtless contribute to the joy of the lady officers and members of the association and furnish the ornamental utah commission one more subject to devote their solemn attention to for a few minutes during each recurring mellow autumn all this too without doing anybody any harm or causing anybody any pain that we have been able to hear of |