, 1879-06-13

tElk the resolution was nuUptc1t
Tho Conference then proceeded to discuss lie
pauer of Mr. Seth Low, read during Tic n'o'l''
hug sckstat.
SIr Eilzur Wright, Of Boston, said that indls'
erim'natc CLARITY was Of grent llsadv,ntayc t1
i,eegary iii over Tic world. Even Tic churches
,,al under this system Of begging tlctlrle totl-
itg lcss thar pnrnattca. AhnHt half tho rrGp'o
Of Thu Old World, l,e believed, vert. lr..ast'cs,
whlef, condition Of things grow ont of 'n'llses'l-
sir. iiendrtckson, ot Wiseonatn, thought tho
ts!cus coninnel n tic papers on reform, read ~
Iatlics bcore tho Conlcrcnee, ,tyerc very pertncnt,
i'"asi i of rnbiic Cnari! rs, "n, lila" 'nat there
were no bounds 10 their influence. 11,rree
were un''y things tint t'.ey, could
pccluily tr,,c In the domestic department. Dur
iBg Mrs. Lynhe'h administration ol nf1aIra. ho
Ind beell tho Superintendent oi tile Ic!or!natGry
School at Nnukc.lM, Mud lie Ind at, npuortunity
q oiarrv!nE The inslcneo n'Hl effect of women.
OF Industrial sclso0s Tint lnad decreased Thu
number Of minutes In TIN prisons oI his State.
Primary refurinatorg work n,iAt Dc d0nc Nv t!Ie
!n1cs, and thas was thu why To reduce tho
amount of crime. ........
Mrs. Gibbs presented IN Invitation to the Con.
ferestge to visit tile th Wo.nan's i1arIle IN Chi
cago. wllcl, Invitation WIS accepted with
THINKS. ..
Mrs. D.vcridgc nrtscnted an invitation to
tlIe members 10 visit flr Illinois Industrial
School for tiiris ut South Evanston, W1fcls IT.
vltation was also acrcptc1 by the Conferences.
OUTDOOR HE1.tRF.
Mr. Allcn, OF Michigan, said tlat ut ono time
the Gpyernfneut Of England had to a,a,ulon
hccatlo 70 Inrdcnsuiuc. One.stxtI1 Of tic popl.
laslon became paupers, a1Il the lainlcd estates
were abandoned. Wo might, perhaps, learn
soi9eshlE fro,n EEgan,; e. et1ps1,esfI per- ,,,,
pcssence MsN observations r., tho matter Of the
dIstttb,ttlnn Of eharista'. TlIr nur,nantuwn
system hah bcen put In furcc, md he thought 1t
III sIr. Ensic, Of indianu, was nj. convinced br
Mr. Lows paper that outdoor relief was not
practicable md pronor. VIZ Bhnaid not cpn-
dc,nn outdoor rcltuf entifcly 1ecalse IN adj
mtrable paper Ind been presented Of. tlIat sub
| lcct.
hir. Low explained his paper. still maintaining
the positions ho bad taken. What would work
we'll In q atnall place or In tl'e rural districts
wum!d nos do for d large city like New York or
EeM,klfn.
Mr. Lord, Of Michigan, matlo n few parting re-
marks, cxpipining l,ow bacon md beans were dis
| trlbntell In his State hr. LOWS pan conte.l-
| plated plan OF relief in dense population.
| 1Te could Imagine that lls Government must
determine tic manner Of the dIssrbu.ion Of
charities. Calamittes might oyersnke q small
community In 4 conntrY like Mishfgun, whereby
they wu'tid all be oysrsakcn by poverty, though
| tHGF were uEAHFYlHE pEoFle.
County Agent Mcurat.. OF Chicago, uailc q
fe,y br!ef retnarks On the subject uNsfeF discus.
alon. Ho said he had families Of from t1Ye tC
Yeyen children, were living by themselves, whc
could not maintain themselves wholly, but wlsC
| could, with little assistance from tie cuunty
| keep thcInsrIvcs at}nat- It wouIA ba great
hardship II mt Il crime TO Dut such families IN
to ponr.hpusc. Snrh famtltua reces7s Oil NJ
average 81. 10 per month.
DR.. Reynolds, Of Iowa, read q paper on til
"Ircvcniton o! pauperlsn." 4 paupor wn.
onc dependent wholly or In part for his s,,pnort
| 'I1,e ca.ses Inost prevalent were inte.nNegeDst
md hereditary causes: sixty-sfx per cent O
the inmates Of thu R!chand County P0or.1Ioust
wero ,llcre iron, the effects ot tntcmpernuce
IIo thought Tint II this one catlsn protiltret
auch proltRioua elect, It was the tluly Of il.'
State 10 con1ne and limit thai cause lie wo,lll
tuakc the dealer in rum pay such a tax that TIL
reYenue derived
| WOULD SUPPORT ALL THE FAupEHs
caused BY this trn1le. Tic speaker laid tlowt
come radical d0ctrlnes on tho subject OF mari
| ngc. lie would nllow 10 peraon convicted o
| crime OH tic ground at Insanity to marry. It
| would not nltow the denf Or the dumb to marry
Iiq wouiil not permit those born blind tU marry
or those nlo were lneorriglbte drunlar1s III
believed, with Carlyle, tllat naoru nlarrtnge
would be happy II the parties were selected b
the atatcs Genrral..
Air. Wincs suggested that when The Confer
ence diourn, IL adjourn slIle die, Tls sugEct
ton was carried out and such motion was cat
ricd.
Tho Conference tllen resolved Itself into
business lncctng, IN which proceedings the put
III arc rot Interested, and finally adjourned, t
meet Ut TIC Lydlan Art Gallery, tn attcud q II
crptiUn held there In bclalf Of the Conference.