The daily gazette., 1877-02-15

HOWARD NJ. JENKINS
GEO. w. TODD,
THOMAS 3. BELLAH
EDWIN A. VANTRUMP
GEORGE w. STONE,
LEA PUsEY,
j. T. HEALD,
GEORGE w. Bush, |
'I| WILLIAM T. CRoAsDALE. |
After reading the letter the Mayor ad- |
dressed the meeting for short time. He |
stated that he was not welded to the |
question of estate Work House," but |
since he has been Mayor he had seen
every day the importance of having a
work house or some place where society
could be rid of, 1stAthe tramps; 2d,grown
up people who commit petty thieviDg
while under the influence of liquor or
hunger; Sd boys who are nothieves but go
around and commit petty depredations
under the influence OF the spirit of mis-
chief.Now such are the ones that the COM
munity must protect itself against but it
and how are they do 1t, but by having a
place TO send thom where they will be
uuder the influence of good men or wo-
men. On the question of tramps he
could easily get rid of them If the Coun-
Gil would only do as he wished them to
do, purchase 100 or 200 perches of sto he,
and dump them in front of the City
Hall, and when tramps came there for
lodging. he would make them move the
other, and If they would not do 1t, then
he would give them no lodging. The police
station in this city has afforded lodging
to tramps from Maine to Georgia, and he
felt assured that If Council would only
do what he asked that the city would
soon be rid of that great nuisance.
He then took up the second class,
| little depredations, under the influence
of drink, and necessity from hunger
There had been many men under his no.
l tee since he had been Mayor, that
| had committed Just such theiving under
/ the necessity of hunger, and he knowing
this had to send them to Jail as he had no
power to release or place TO secure them.
Now is it right to confine such man in
iail among educated thieves. When he
comes out of such place he is broken
down and his manhood is gone perhaps
| forever.
On the ether hand If there was place
to send him where Lhe would be under
good influences until court met he did not
believe that an intelligent jury would
convict person under such circum-
stances. And now we come toIthe youths
and boys, wbo are not thieves, put Tor
the sake of raising q few cents. they go
around and get into vacant houses, and
strip them of all the lead pipe that can be
found, and then sell it for about one-fifth
of what is worth. They were the kind
that some place was needed for reforma-
ton, butlunder our presentkystem he was
) obliged to send them New Castle 70 await
theiiltrial, where in themeantinEe they be-
come educated thieves. Larger felonIes,
our laws are sufficient for, let those who
commit them go and stay in our jails, but
not our youths. Boys who will not go TO
school but run around and commit petty
, theivery, and when they are arrested and
piyen a hearing, let them be sent to some
place were they will not be educated In
crime, 1t is terrible to think that we are
educating our youths into criminal
class.
Bows are afiectionate, and are easily i'm
pressed, many a time he had brought the
tears to a boys eyes, while he was being
given hearing, just by talking to then1
Of their parents or brothers and sisters. Il
, such bows was placed somewhere wher'
kind woman or some worthy man coule
) get at him, he could be made worthy
t citizen, lie believed that more boy:
: were reformed under the influence OF
g kind matron than under all the influence
4 of iail. But people say that a wori
house or reformatory school will cos
something. Show me anything that IL
good that does not cost something. Som'
: people say that if you erect State Wori
House. that the work of the inmate
: would come in competition with OUTSIDE
a manufacturers, but he would say that i
q the people worked and burned up Tho
= products OF their labor it would be bette
y than the present mode of Furnishing crim
He would like the Legislature to d'
i something no matter whether it would b.
S a work house or a reformatory school.
He considered that when man cam
- ont of New Castle after six months i'm
10 nrisonment he was completely crushed
l. hnt nnt him somewhere where he can b
- raformed no matter if it be S years h
v comes ont and his manhood asserts itseli
% and he becomes good ana la"-aoiuih
citizen.
10 His Honor closed by saying that h
would have something done for societ
ID that will protect it from the criminal cias
/, that is growing up around.
~ Mr., John p. Springer asked II ihe NEE
v inc was called to favor the bill now pt
e. fore the Legislature, for State Wor
l House, if it was he was opposed to lt,ot
/, was in favor Of some place where I'll
or classes just spoken Of by the Mayor coui
be confined.
The Mayor replied to Mr.. Springer
question by saying that he did not kno
the provisions of the bill as he hsidd had 9et; :
I'd read it. but the meeting was called Il
or the purpose of giving expression oy u u
citizens for different place than the ia
for the confinement of our young me
,s, and boys"
SO Mr.. Springer, being invited up to star I
sc hv tbe Mayor addressed the audience II
er q few minutes, lie favored reformatol
school or some different place of confin
. ment than New Castle but was oppose
= to to- the present bill now before the Legi
y Dp.L.P. Bush, offered the followii
PeaoIred As the sense ofthis meetiI