The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-07
CHARITIES AND CORRECTIONS.
A piscHssiea Concerning the Merits Of The
Whipping FOst and the Pillory.


WASHINGTON, June 6.--At the morning sessions
of the conference of Charities and Cerrso-
tons, General Brnkerhoff, Of Ohio.
read short paper prepared by Barwick
Baker, of Gloucestershire, England, one oil
the most eminent authorities upon penal insti-
tutions in the world and the author of the
Grafton system of the classification Of prisoners
The paper was entitled THE Police The authos
sketched the steps In the progress Of the police
systems from the time when policemau1
functions were held to be exclusively those oa
detection and punishment to the present cordf
ton of things, when policeman's most inn
portant duty is held to be the prevention Of
crime.
Prof A. O. Wright, of Madison. Wis, record
ing secretary of the conference. read an interest
ing and exhaustive paper upon the con.
struction Of jails. It was listened to
| attentively and applauded by the conner
ence. The pager gave rise to some discussion
during the progress of which reference was
made to the report read yesterday from the Stass
of Delaware, wherein the beauties and advantr
ages of the pillory were set forth.
General Brinkerhoff delegate from Ohio, ex-
the opinion that the sentiments embodied in the
Delaware report ought not to 60 out as the senH-
ments of the conference.
Delegate Griffiths, of Baltimore. founder ol
the Prisoners Aid Association, of Maryland,
described the result of personal investigations
and observations in the county jailS OF
Delaware. These institutions, he said, were
schools of vice, disgrace, and reproach TO any
civilized community. He had conversed
with citizens upon the effects of the
whipping post and found many men OF
| prominence in Delaware who condemned the
| system as utterly bad. The piloried prisoner
was rendered irredeemable and utterly reckless
| Delegate Morsey, of Delaware, defended the
| prominent officials of the State as to
their sentiments with regard to the
whipping post 1t was his. experience
that the pillory was quite generally approved
criminately, but only those who wers
regarded as hardened offenders wera
| whipped. He quoted statistics showing
that the criminal classes in the country at largo
| averaged about to 800 citizens. while the sta
tistics of Delaware alone showed the average
was about to $1,000.
VIM. +. Ronnd. of New York, secretary.
of the National Prison Association.
made short speech in regard
| jails. A remedy for their evils must be found
| in separation of these institutions from all
| local political infi1enee.
In the afternoon the members Of the confer
ence visited and inspected the governments asy-
| At the evening session Miss Phoebe Couzins,
| of st. Louis. conveyed to the lady delegates an
| invitation from Miss Cleveland to meet her at
1:30 ON Monday afternoon, at the executive man
| sion.
! The regular order of the meeting was the regu-
| lar report of employment given to juvenile
! applicants for work. The report the chairman OF
| the committee (Rev. A. G. Byers. of Ohiot.
Among the many general conclusions reached
| by the committee was one to the effect that
seven tenths of the children confined in reforma-
| tory institutions should be in homes and
schools, while the other three tenths were moral
lepers, corrupting all with whom they came into
| contact
| Miss e. r. Robb, matron of an industrial
school in Milwaukee, read an interesting paper
upon instructive and productive en-
| ployment for girls in industrial schools
| and houses of refuge. One of the
best results of the experience of industrial edu-
! cations, she said. was the elevation of domestic
| servants to their proper place the best means
| of support for working girls
| Eugene Smith, of New York, read a paper
| upon 'The Best Plan of Labor for Reformato-
| ries' He advocated the practice of charging q
| convict with the expense Of his keeping, and
| erediting him with his earnings.
| The convention adjourned, about IL o'clock.
| until Monday morning.