The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-01-05

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practical suggestions, consistent with
the present system, are offered for
your consideration: A convict is not
allowed a deduction from the period
Of his sentence as a reward for good
behavior; the power to extend the pc
riod Of the sentence as q punishment
for bad conduct would also, under
proper regulations, exercise a whole
some influence in the discipline OF
the prison.
CLASSIFICATION
The importance of classification
among cOnvicts is now universally
admitted. For economical or other
reasons the establishment of an inter
mediate prison will perhaps be deem
ed expedient at this time. 1t is be-
lieved, however, that by employing
convict labor the additional buildings
and improvements required for sat
isfactory classification can be erected
on the ground adjoining the old pris-
on, recently purchased and now in
closed, at a small expense compared
with the cost of a new prison. This
plan, it is hoped, will receive your
careful consideration.
DISCHARGED CONvICTs.
It is also recommended that the
Board of State Charities be empower.
ed to aid discharged cOnvicts to OBJ
tam honest employment. An annual
appropriation Of small sum for this
purpose, in the course Of a few years
would probably save a large number
who, without such help, would again
return to a criminal course Of life.
COUNTY JAILS.
The most defective part of our pres
ent system is probably our county
jails. 1t is supposed about 5000 per
sons pass through our county Jail
each year. They are generally per
SOILS charged with crimes and await
| ing trial. But lunatics and petty of
tenders, in considerable numbers, ar
also confined in these places. Tn
young and the old, the innocent ant
the guilty, hardened offenders ami be
ginners in crime, are commonly min
gled together in the jails, under few
restraints, without useful occupation
and with abundant leisure, and temp
| tation, to learn Wickedness. Thejai
have been fifty termed nurseries O
crime. Plans of jails, not too eXpen
sive, have been furnished by tn
Board of State Charities, which pro
vide for the absolute separation of tn
prisoners. 1t is recommended tina
the law shall require all jails to be s
constructed as to entirely prevent thi
promiscUous and dangerous inter
| course.
Your attention is particularly ealle,
| to the recommendation Of the Boar
of State Charities, that the proper au
| thOrities of all the cities of the Stat
should be required to make full re
ports. annually, to the Legislature
through the Governor, of the stats
tics of vice and crime, and of the wOrl
/ Of the Police Department in such cit
les. And also the suggestion tina
Prosecuting Attorneys should not b
allowed to enter a TlOLLe OrOSequi il
any case of an Indictment for Grim
punishable by imprisonment in tn
Penitentiary or by death, without tn
written approval of the Attorney Gen
eral first given upon a written repOr
to him of the facts.
The importance of this is sufficient
" shown by the fact that in 1869 tn
number of cases in which a pOLLe pros
eqlti was entered exceeded fifteen hun
dred.
REFORM SCHOOL FOR GIRLS.
The Girls Reformatory at Whit
Sulphur Springs contains forty-nin
| inmates, and it is now demonstrate
| that the number is likely to increas
as rapidly as the welfare of the inst
! tuition will allow. Whatever doubt
may have been reasonably entertain
ed as to the necessity for such an in
stitutiOn prior to its establishment
! the report of the Directors and Supel
| intendent, and a thorough investigs
fiOn of the facts, will, it is believed
satisfy you that the institution is
very Important one, and ought to b
literally supported.
SOLDIERS ORPHANS HOME.
The report of the Superintendent
/ and Trustees of the Soldiers Orphans
Home will engage your earnest after
ton. The duty of providing for tn
education and support of the childre
of the soldiers of Ohio who fell in tn
war for the Union was fully recogniz
ed by the resolutions and acts of you
last session. 1t is not doubted ths
your action was in accordance wit
the will of the people of the State, an
they earnestly desire that the duty {
caring for the soldiers orphans sha
1 be performed in a manner that wi
WOTthily express the affection an
gratitude with which these wards {
the State must ever be regarded by
| Just and patriotic community.
therefore, respectfully recommen
| that the legislation deemed necessaT
by the board and officers in charge {
the institution he enacted as prompt
as practicable.
THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.
The report ofthe Geological Survey
to be LAID before you, exhibits the eI
cOuraging progress of that work. Th
future growth of Ohio, in wealth an
population, will depend largely on th
deVelOpement of the mining an
manufacturing resources of the State
Heretofore, our increase in capital an
numbers has been chiefly due to agr
culture. Important as that great il
terest will always be in Ohio, the n
cent census shows that we may ne
reasonably anticipate, in future, rapi
growth in population or wealth, frOI
agriculture alone. Without calling
question the great and tmmediat
benefit to accure to agriculture frOI
the geological survey, it is yet tru
that the tendency OF its exhibition {
our vast mineral wealth is to encOul
age the employment of labor and CAP
ital in mining and manufacturing er
terprises. Let the work be continues
and sustained by ample appropria
tiOns.
INSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
1t is necessary that the General As
sembly, at its present session, shOul
adopt the requisite legislation to carr,
into effect the following Requirement
of the Constitution: Section 3, arti
Gle Is, of the ConstitiOn provides tina
''at the general election to be held il
the year one thousand eight hundreC
and seventy-one, and each twentieth
year thereafter, the question, 'Shal
! there be q convention to revise, alter
or amend, the Constitution ?p shall b
submitted to the electors of the State
and in case a majority of all the elec
! tors voting at such election shall de
eide in favor of such convention, tn
General Assembly, at its next session
shall provide by law for the election
OF delegates and the assembling o
/ such convention.
In conclusion, I feel warranted il
cOngratulating you on the favorabl,
judgment of your constituents upoI
your action on the important subject
which were considered at your las
session, and in expressing a cOnfiden
hope that what remains to be don
viii, under Providence, be so wisel,
ordered that the true interests of al
of the people of the State will be great
ly and permanently advanced.
r. B. HAYES.
January 8, 1871.
The many friends of Mr.. A. I
Barnes will read the following, takel
from the Lancaster Gazette, will
pleasure: