The New York herald., 1870-06-13

Chicago is unguestonably great IN the growing
expansion OF her area, great in her increasing trade
great In gigantic srecuations, great as the grand
centra2iag point OF railroads great IN divorces and
great In the diversity and extent OF ner criminal cal
endar, but she certainly not great social sci
ence At the reassembling at nine O'Clock this morn
Ing al the Farwe.l Hall lecture rooms of the West.
ern Social Scehce Association Convention there
were just seventeen men present and three ladies'.
These men, however, representative men In their
way representatives Of hobbies which they ruthesslY
and remorsely ride, representatives OF modern pro-
gressye IDEAS, the lncoa nucleus, they believe,
and which belief may develop into a reality, or great
growth and great power IN The future. The women
too are representative women ana wear spectacles
and rnglets and the faces Of those having earnest
purpose In life and unaliering hope in its accom-
pishmcnt. About three quarters or an hour OF pre-
limnary gossipping was gone through with, during
which few more men and other specialized and
flngieed women struggled into the room, before
the formality OF calling the meeting to ORDER which
was done by Judge Walker, OF Detroit, who presided
and which was followed by prayer by Rev. Mir.
Woods orMchigan City, and the reading and accept
Ance OF the minutes of yesterdays proceedings.
The committee appointed TO prepare u list OF
officers OF the association for the ensuing year SUBJ
mitted their report recommending the selection Of
the following officers. who were duly elected TO
the various positions named:-
Prssfdent-Z X. Brockway, OF Detroit.
RecO1dtng SecretdrD.O. q. Gibbs
Co1respondIta0 Secretdry-Rev Fred. II. Wines, Of
Tyeasuei-W. +. Coolbaugh, Of Chicago
Department or Etucatlo,s-President j. W. Hoyt,
NJ D., Madison, Wis; Director. Rev. Robert collyer
Department or P,olic Healtt-vlce President, J.
r. Hubbard. NJ. d., Richmond. Ind; Director, W. s.
Davis, M d., OF Chcago Secretary. Dr. Hoy,
Department Of Fyaance-H. P. Baldwin. Detroit,
Mich, Director, Samuel D. Hastings, Madison WIS;
Secretary Sidney Myer, Chicago.
Department or Jurisp'ude,ace-v President,
Conrad Baker, Indianapolis; Director, Gray +.
Harding, Chicago; Secretary, 7. T. Walker, Detroit.
Department or Fine Arts--vice President, Ion.
Carl Schurtz, ST Louis; Librarian, Philip q. Get,
Jacksonville H.
Considerable discussion ensued on the recommen
datons embodied In the report OF yesterdays pro-
ceedings made by the Executive Committee, and the
same was finally accepted, with the exception OF
allowing commissions to those obtaining members
for the association. The most important OF these re-
commentators now to be carried into effect, is the
publication of the papers read before the association
at It's present meeting, as well as selection from
those read before the association at It's first meeting
DR.. J. w. HoYT OF Wisconsin, offered the follow
Ing resolution, which was adoped:-
Whereas the great obj Get of this association the promo
pes social science and 5y their practical Application to
sas sssnE soes es n G any and every and
ebect tha. not only harmony but welldevised and
cred IN this country and whereas general re-
:ion looking to close animation between and the A%eri
can Social scece Association, has been already adopted
Resolved That the president of this association hereby
Rev + H. Vines secretary as Chairman to eonfer with we s
authorities OF the American Association in relation this
such bas Of systematic cooperation subject raca
The OF 10Th organizations and to
ana advance tie common cause
Reading the paper OF Mr.. William II.
Chur nnan SUPERINTENDENT the Indiana
Find Asylum On the" Air We Breathe
aaar Of the paSsr being blind @ the nse 'eanne had he ne
le done ~ proxy. Ii took three persons read 1t,
-ucn was rs eipth, but ,r all this its interest
We kept up to The close He treated Of every rami-
.lcatioI Of tie topi', throwing food OF rare ana
mosl interc ting light on The subject. His de,llc-
ti0nS were that most or the diseases which human
flesh Is heir to caused by vriaion Of the air. and
tIt ~ p oper attention 10 this subject the health
1nlne Of the human race can be greatly increased
ana bins of mortality proportonatelv diminished.
fhc reading OF this paper concluded the morning
session.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
~ Two 7. NJ. the Convention reassembed, with
sight Improvement on the morning attendance,
Rey. FREDERICK ii. WINES, Of spr nGneld H. open
ed the afternoon proc eedings by reading very
prebenslye ana lucid paper on social Sciences ana
he Gems 49," lie viewed the human race as a unit
OF forces. A person in health eats thirty o. hun
drad ponds in year. which is converted into
forces. These forces were the product OF growth
Social science sought To answer these questions
whence these forces came their mission and tenden-
cies The censEs was oniy keeping an account of
these fore IS, and hence most important show
ing the advancement or deterioration OF the human
race. lie reeapilulated these forces expended
in agriculture, commerce the fine arts politics,
liglon and tie Ike The present mode Of taking the
census lie characterized very imperfect and uil-
satisfactory, and suggested variety OF improve
ments that should be made, among which was. fore
most placing all classes OF facts statlstcay IN lines
and thus have all presented clearly to the eye and
comprehen ION by easily prepared st1tegraphic
maps, so arranged as to represent the relative den
slty OF population by relative density Of .hadoNing.
He claimed also. that the difference in the and
female population, ages, business, manufactures,
pauperism, crime and all classes of facts forth in
census tables might be shown BY Introducing differ
ent colorings on the maps In confirmation OF his
theory he exhibited some Russian maps, partially
gotten up on his plan, and in concluding his payer
showed The advantages which would be gained by
prepared In connection with the present census
Professor DANIELS, OF Virginia, made some remarks
on the paper. and Two other gentlemen also ex-
pressed an ea2erness TO speak wnen further Discus
sion on tins and all subsequent papers was cut OF;
by motion TO this effect.
paper, which was read by MIR. Isaac Mckinley Of
Richmond, Ind. nation, he insisted, was ike the
individual. Man Is subject to external conditions
and when he Violates physical law he must pay the
penalty. IL was SO with nations. Man, when his
recuperative energies are exhausted, dies. There
were dead nations from The same causes and there
would he dead nationalitles in the future He
alluded TO slavery, and how 1t brought on The late
war; but claimed that though the slave had been Set
free there still remained the fruits Of the system
among which was caste. In the course OF the paper
he called attention to the late Mcfarland trial. which
he pronounced great farce, and characterized the
kissing by the ladies tile renditlon OF tie YER
dict OF the senior counsel OF the acquitted man as
the neftrlclous embraces OF the bawds OF the Five
Points. Instances of other murders were cited and
the acquttal OF the murderers This thus letting
criminals go unwhipped OF justice; this making, as
he claimed was the case, our courts of justice the
most uncertain resorts for obtaining vindication of
the violated law, ne urged as .'he great dangern
There could be no liberty whe6 there was no law.
Mob spirit must be put down or the country would
be ruined. He traced rascaliiy through all its
phases-ln ''rngs' III Congress for deranding the
government IN State legislators selling their votes,
IN lobby schemings IN securing nominations and
elections TO office, and In the great swindes prac
tsed in Wall street The remedy for all this corrup
ton, this source or great danger to the country he
urged IN conclusion, was to educate TO higher
standard the national conscience, which was to be
done by the pulpit the school, the press and other
great moral agencies.
Rev. LAIRD COLLYER, Notwithstanding tie pre-.
vious motion, thought the paper just read ought to
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