New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-01-14

interests of the convict, and without prem
dice to public Justice, il wholesome condi-
uons could be imposed. But to make the
provisions of the chapter quoted practically
effective, an adequate remedy should be pro
vlded in case the conditions upon which a
pardon is granted are violated. To that end
recommend an enactment to the effect that
in case a convict conditionallv partloned
shall fail to observe the conditions imposed
he shall be deemed to have escaped from the
prison and become subject to arrest and re-
turn to confinement, under the operation of
his original sentence. The decisions of courts
upon this subject assert the authority of the
executive to enforce this penalty in the alb
sence of statute, but doubtless an effort to
DO SO would be contested Doubts NAV
therefore be settled in advance by a legisIa-
tive enactment upon the subject The exist
ence OF such statute would have a restrain
ing influence upon the person affected, by the
information thus conveyed that he could not
ignore the conditions upon which he received
and accepted his pardon.
REFORM SCHOOL.
This model institution maintains it's record
for efficiency in the important work for
which it was established Unlike some of
the refOrmatories for youths existing else.
where, its name is significant and expressive
OF it's work Without walls or guards to re.
strain the youth in it's charge, the manage
ment succeeds, by the moral influence il
commands, in exercising the needed control
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their reform. Since its establishment in
1868 it has graduated" over five hundred
boys and girls, most of whom have become
or give promise of becoming useful mem.
6ers OF the community, instead of recruits
for the criminal classes, which would prob
ably have been their fate under the influences
OF their early life. The results accomplished
Dy this institution commend it's management
to public confidence, and should command
Tor It's work such recognition and support as
inn cd afjo
port OF the managers shows 129 inmates
at the end Of the last fiscal year The ex-
pense Tor maintenance for the twenty months
ending July 81. 1884, was $47, 700 50, OF
winch sum pp23 TBS. 70 has been reimbursed
by the counties contributing to it's popula.
ton Appropriations are asked for Current
expenses Tor 1880 and 1856 OF f35 900 per
year, and for insurance and repairs Sc 600
The report also recommends an appropria-
tion Of $4,000 for new building for a
female department doubt ii the probable
revenues OF the state will authorize this ex-
penditure within the next two years: but.
aside from that consideration, the question
OF the expectancy of a permanent female
department. in connection with the present
institution deserves deliberate examination
The few females that are likely to become
inmates of the school in the near future NAV
be properly cared for under existing arrange.
ments, but before steps are taken for a per
manent reformatOry for girls, believe we
may avail ourselves probably of the expe-
rlence and Judgment OF communities that
have dealt with the question more fully
STATE PUBLIC SCHOOL.
The treatment and control of the pauper
and criminal classes give rise to questions
among the most important with which tho
public has to deal; and the excessive rate OF
the increase of these evils, as compared with
the growth of population throughout tho
country, has become subject OF grave con-
Germ. Statistics show that the increase OF
pauperism and crime in the United States
has been 100 per cent greater than its
increase in population within the last quarter
OF century. Measures that may prove
effective to check this growing evil have
long been the subject of earnest inquisition
among philanthropists and legislators Con-
slderations of economy and public security,
as we'll as those of humanity and morality,
suggest the adoption of whatever means
may promise to lessen these great evils that
prey upon society. AS it is a law of nature
that every species shall produce its kind, 80
In every community it is observed
that the ranks of the pauper and criminal
classes are largely recruited from their
neglected and abused progeny. The envt-
rOnment of idleness. ignorance and vice in
Which the children of such parents are reared,
must in the natural order of things, give
direction and character to their future course
of life. AS matter of economy, a mere
question of public expense, is it not the wiser
policy to rescue. ii possible, these youths
from their apparently inevitable fate, rattle,
than to provide expensive almshouses and
reformatories to be maintained at great cost
for their care while young, and prisons for
their restraint when they come to mans
estate? An intelligent and effective method
to deal with this question would be the estab-
lishment of state public school, in which
the young children Of dependent parents, OF
criminals, and the orphaned waits of society
| may be gathered and reared under influences
and surroundings that will develop the
better elements of their natures, and make
OF them good citizens to contribute to
the benefits rather than the bur
dens of society This is by nc
means an experiment. Such institutions
| have existed for years past in some of the
! States and their work shows most crafty
| ing results Detailed information can be
| furnished by our state board OF charities and
corrections, regarding the organization, the
| work and the results accomplishment school,
of this character as established elsewhere
commend the subject to your thoughtful
| consideration. II there should be hesita-
| tiOn to act upon it by reason OF the expense
of establishing another public institution, J
repeat, that, in my Judgment, it is recon-
mended by considerations of public econo-
,my, though the proposition also appeals to
| you upon the vastly broader basis OF hu-
mainly and the general public good The
] cost of maintaining and educating these
| children in such an institution until they
/
prenticed or indentured to their advantage,
would be less than the present average cost
| of their maintenance in the poor houses, OF
through the usual methods of distribution
| of poor aid, in many of the counties of the
| state requirement such as now applies
| to class of the inmates of the reform
school, which provides for the maintenance
by each county Of the children they respect
lively send to the institution, could properly
be made feature of it's organization.
BOARD OF CORRECTIONS AND CHARITIES.
Chapter 1877 of the General Laws, 1888,
| provides for the appointment by the gov
ernor OF six persons, not more than three OF
whom shall be from the same political party
! who shall constitute, with the governor. g
state board of corrections and charities The
duties of such board, as defined by the ac1
are to Investigate the whole system Of pub.
lie charities and correctional institutions Of
the state, examine into the condition and
management thereof, especially OF prisons
jails, infirmaries. public hospitals and
asylums, and to examine and critics. al
plans for new jails and infrmaries" before
their adoption by county authorities The
board is also empowered, upon the ordel
of the governor, to investigate the man
agement of any penal, reformatory
or charitable institution of the state.
Though the act creating the board provides
for the employment OF a secretary at al
annual salary of 81 200, and the necessary
| kYnonspa 0f tho members in thu