The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-07-25
THE PRISON CONGRESS.

gress Of the day previous, has the fol-
lowing: IT,
Rev. Mr.. Brace read a paper on
the operation Of industrial schools
in New York. He explained the
management Of the schools, and sta
ted that after children have been in
structed in schools, employment is
readily found for them. The par
ticular insti'.+ ution of which he spoke,
had sent out 900 children to hon
est employment in fsslmilies in the
west. converting the chllt1,ren to
ranks Of industry, and receiving
them from ranks of viciousness, ids
ness, and crime.
Mr.. Howe, of Ohio, made an in
teresting statement, describing the
treatment Of boys in a reformation
and industrial institute Of that state.
Kindly and trusting treatment had
the happiest effects, and he especial
| ly remarked on the powerful influence
Of giving boys gardens to cultivate.
! Sir. f. Buxton, M. P, after re-
fering to Braces speech, said he de-
sired to ask some questions. He
understood that the time during
which the children were detained in
the New York institution was about
6 months, term which was much
shorter than that during which chill
dren were detained in English insti-
tutions the term In this country be-
ing seldom less than / 2 or 18months.
If this information as TO 6 months
was correct, he desired to know if
the shorter time of detention was oW-
ing to the circumstances of American
population rendering it easier than
in this country to place child
out. ..ea
The chairman said Buxton correct
ly understood the operation of the in
dustrial school system of New York,
and he stated that children there
were not criminals, but simply neg
lected children; and it was not held
necessary to keep the children long
in school. It was peculiarly favora-
bic to the institution that in the west
there was a great demand for youth
full labor The homes there were
not luxurious, but though plain
there, were no better homes in the
world, and children grew up into the
useful ycoman class. Cheers.
Mr.. Foote, Of Ohio, spoke in ex-
PLANTATION Of the satisfactory pro-
gress Of reformatory and industrial
school work N America. He also
paid the highest tribute to the labors
Of al Englishman, Robert Waterton,
in America, and declared, amid APP
plause from his American brethren,
that Waterton had done more for the
poor in America than Peabody had
done for English poor.
Mr.. Hendrickson, Of Wisconsin,
and Sir John Browning and others
also addressed the meeting.
New YORK, July 22.-At the
last English advices the Information
al Prison Congress was still in the
early stages of debate. On the even
ing of July 8 the English Commits
sioner gave reception to the foreign
delegates, at which the Prince of
Wales was present as an invited
guest. At the session Of the Con-
gress July II, Mrs. Julia Ward
Howe, of the United States, remark
ed that she would say one word about
the rehabilitation Of her own sex,
and that was, she could wish that
the technical and unjust phrase, ''the
fallen Noman'' should be struck out
Of the deliberations of such body as
that Congress. All who had sinned
might be considered fallen, and she
must beg them to remember that ev-
cry woman who was SO stigmatized
and spoken Of as fallen, was associa-
ted with and represented an ther
fallen human being, who was an &C.
complice, and who was not, as she
was, liable to be held up to human
scorn. Loud and continued APP,
Fplause.