, 1874-05-16

PRISON REEO1tNl.
The reform convention in st. Louis
Papers, Discussions. Etc.
Special Dispatch to 7rhs Chicago 75fbtsne.
ST, LOUIS, May 15.-At tho National Prison
Reform session, this ovoning, Mr. Arnes, Of
massachusetts,, road n report On preventive
and reformatory vorls. Flo thought tint urine
had it's origin mostly In the lack Of carly train
inu. and that tho mont export criminals Wcro
BOYS of from 10 to 20 years Of age also. criminals
In ihis country were reinforced BY foreign I'M
portations, which should bo stopped: Inc lion.
j. bingham gave m aceonn. OF tao "oi,aHgs so,a aSga
churches in TINT Stato aro supporting "
juvonile reform, schools, containing moro pupils
than the public ones: nz~ =
Dr. Howe. Principal OF tho Ohio Reform
gchooi. gave an account Of tue workings Of his
school On whnt ho' termed tho family plan; that
ie. Tho ohi1dron arc not imprisoned, but divided
into convoniont sizod families in separate build
ines coutjgooua to the main structure. Moral
emission is Tue only Influence brought to bear on
tham. and tho sevorost punishment inflicted Ia
merely deprivation of privileges at play. Five
hours per day arc devoted to their education,
and five to labor, tho labor being agricultural.
In tho afternoon session tho prosonce Of Gov.
Beycridge was announced and he was invited to
a eoat oil tho stand !; later in tho afternoon. he
WIS called upon by the House for speech, and
in response, ca1no forward. -
GOV. HEvEnIpaE'H REMAnKB.
IIe stated thsNl,e was on lis way l1onoward,
and had Just como IN to wish tic Convention
God-spccd in Its good work, Hc lad appointed
delegates to represent. Illinois In COM
BY tile State Society. These Delegates from
bis State wero not big guns, but they kept up an
inccssant rattling fire. Illinois, ho said. had
penal institution not far from Chicago; he ro-
ferroa to Joliet. Flo thought that institution
r+IJr
In tho United States. More work is derived from
tho nriaonors, with less punishment, than In any
other ponitentiary IN tho 2, country. , Tho pris-
onoFs -. are oo treated atxai kindly hq1 Il. Pris
and tho kindly feeling OF society towards
tho crimiual; thoy a1e outgrowths Of sonse OF
Justice, md, boing this, thoy should not bo made
the abodcs to which criminals might take ploas-
pureatory d pleasanter place than paradise, or
hell more comfortable than heaycn.
Mr. Balm, Of Joliet, believed TINT oduca-
tion, in Its broadcast sense, viii prove
tho best preventative Of crime. Our children
our public schools we'll as comic reoitations.
hTr. Gibbs, OF Whitewater, Mich, gayo an ac-
count Of the, management OF tho lndustrial
school over which lie presided: The family sys-
tenn has proved most successful with him. He
did not punish his pupils moral suasion was
the plan OF government adopted.
The Congress will get through with Its work
with the Saturday evening aessioh, and most Of
tho members will go On an excursion to Iron
ITO the Asscriattd Prtssl -
Sr. LOUIS, May 16,-The Prison Reform Con-
tho transaction of some routine business, copi-
GUS extraots were road from reports On tho pre-
ventlvo work, ns rolntingt to children, by the Rev
q. L. Bruce, Secretary Of tho Ohildren's Aid
Society, Of Nov York. and on the preventive and
formerly Superintendent Of the Girls, In
austral Reform School, Of Massachusetts. and
Chaplain Of the New York House of Refuge.
Tho discussion Of these reports will bo the order
OF the afternoon session. committee, con.
eieting Of Alexander, Nevins, Rice, Cordior,' aud
Baino was appointed to report on the feasibility
OF the free-labor system in prisons, the idea be-
ing that labor shall DO optional with the prison.
er. andif he DOES labor lie shall receive romun-
GRAFTON therefor.
REPORTS DISCUSSED. ,;.'-;
The afternoon session WAS wholly occupied In
the discussion Of reports Fead In tho morning.
The report Of Alr. Bruce, Of Masaachuaotts, gave
industrial soh0ols and roformatorips for children
in New York, whlch show that since the first
school vas established in 1ssa.aaS 1880 crime 9o
saspss tss dss9ss Ssgps s. ho 'sssisa
these institntions nine-tenths OF them have
drunken parents, but only s per cent hayo ap-
pcared in the criminal records. = =.
TEN-1iINuTE SPEECHES
woro made by Mr. Bingham, Of Pennsylvania |;
Howe. Of Ohio Minor, Of Missouri Grammar:
Maryland; Fulton, of New York; BARLOW, of
S Pan9ssvSp" e. ius dn'' pson et Il oSs
Wharton, Of Ohio Lano, Of. Illinois aihbs,
which were descriptive o.. industrial, reformato-
~, or preventive Institution, public and private
notable was said during the discussion, but ill
the speakers favored lenient treatment Of tho