Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-06-03

| tematic methods in relieving the necessities OF
| the poor and dealing with the criminal classes
! is APPLY illustrated by the national conference
| oil charities and corrections which convenes for
| the twelfth annual session at Willard hall to-
! morrow evening. This organization is national
ini.s character aud is composed OF delegates
| selected by the governors of the various states
| of the Union, as well representatives of the
| various charitable and penal institutions
| Throughout the country. There will be between
| four and five hundred delegates present and
| thirty states will be represented. The object OF
| this conference enlsting as it does the most
| prominent men and women interested in char
| liable work and penal reforms, is to consider
| the best methods OF treating the dependent and
| delinquent classes and to secure the abandon
| nent of old abuses and the adoption of more
| enlightened methods. AS can be seen the OBJ.
| tects Of the organization affect the most
! vital questions of modern society and
the character of those Interested as
we'll as the results to be attained, appeal to-
| the sympathies and interests of the public gen
| orally. That such is the case is attested by the
| fact that this National conference is now in its
development and growth, until now it can be
justly called n representative body of the Amer
lean people. Its origin is only another illustra-
| ton OF how great movements have their begin
! nings in small and apparently insignificant
events. On the 18th of May. 1872, representa-
| Illinois met in Chicago for the purpose of eX-
| changing views and obtaining Information as
would enable the state boards of charities
|
vantage and secure harmony of action and
methods. This was the beginning of the Ma
tional Conference of Charities and the results
! of this first meeting were SO beneficial that a
! second meeting was held in the following year
/ in Milwaukee. At these meetings
| THE PRISON SYSTEMS
! then in vogue in those states were discussed as
to their effectiveness in securing the objects of
| imprisonment, namely: The protection of
society, the reformation of the criminal and
| the prevention of crime. The subject of COM
| pulsory labor was also considered and the
various reformatory methods discussed. In
| 1874 the conference met in New York upon the
| invitation of the Social Science association and
| in connection with that body. For the next
| fFe years the conference continued to meet
| with the Social Science association, but it was
| felt that the practical questions: What shall
| be done with the poor, the insane and criminal
classes: were of sufficient Importance to absorb
! all the time OF the conference The sixth con-
ference, held in Chicago in 1872 met indepen-
| IDENTIFY of the Social Science association, and
the subsequent meetings, held annually, have
/ been separate and distinct from any other or
| ganiZatiOn. The National Conference of Chari-
| ties and Corrections is no longer an experiment
| and the meetings have been productive oil
/ great benefit. 1t is remarked that the meet
ings are followed by. legislation in various
| states, which carries into practical operation
] the ideas and suggestions made at the con-
| 1erenceS.
THE PRESENT SESSION,
which begins tomorrow evening, and promises
to be very largely attended, will continue until
|
and Saturday there will be a morning and an
evening session. Friday afternoon the dele
gates will visit the Jail, asylum, work house and
| the government insane hospital. Saturday
afternoon they will be given drive around the
city and visit the various public buildings and
the Soldiers Home. Tomorrow the delegates
| VIII visit Mount Vernon, accompanied by the
| members of the local committee. and i'm the
! evening, after the opening exercises a recep-
| ton and banquet will be given at Wizards
hotel. Some of the subjects that will be dis.
cussed during the session will be prison reform,
| the employment Ofjuvenilc delinquents in re-
Iormaterles ana houses oil refuge, the proper
! provision for the insane and idiots the preven-
ton of pauperism and charity organization
| SOME OF THE DELEG ATES.
| Among the delegates who will be present are
the following: President, Philip c. Garrett,
| Philadelphia; vice presidents, DIR. Charles s.
| Hoyt, Albany, n. Y, and ex-Gov. Charles An
derson, kuttawa, KY; general secretary, Rev.
H. H. Hart, st. Paul, MIMI; recording
secretary, Prof. A o. Wright, Madison,
Wis, corresponding secretary, Cadwalder
Rev. J. L. .Milligan. Allegheny, Pa
state corresponding secretaries, Peter Boyce;
I pai Moo Ala; Vim; NJ Gahbyy, Wilmington
G. a. Orr, Atlanta, Ca: John w Whip, Spring.
field f1s H.; Rsy Q. G: McCuloch, indianapolis:
| well, Louisville, KY; +. b. Sanborn, Concord
Mast; l. L; Barbour, Detroit: J. H. Mills. Thorn
asyille, n. c.; W. Howard Men, Cincinnati: VIM
P. Letchworth, Rev: \. q: Byers John c. Ferris,
Nashville, Tenn Miss Ella a. Giles, Madison,
| Wis: Mrs. Clara T. Leonard, Springfield, Mass:
Mrs. d. II. Johnson, milwaukee,, Wis; GEN K
Brinkerhof, Mansfield Ohio: DR. Richard Gun
| dey, Baltimore; Prof Edward Hitchcock, Am
htHerst, Mass; DR.: 1. =. Kerlin, Elwyn, Pa;
Beasley, Oxford, n. c.. Prot. Francis Wayland
New Haven, Conn; Miss Tilpha Smith. Boston,
Men 1dan Sew Wal' r. Pha9eph Efg
Boston Rev st. NJ e. Dana, st. Paul: Il. w
McClaHghey, Joliet III; z, r. Brockway, Ell
Wis; DR.. T. z. Grant, Louisville, Ky: Albert
4. Day, Brooklyn; lydia r. Ward, Bridgeport
Eayres, Rutland. VT; A. A. Mcdonald Toledo
Ohio; Mr.. and Mrs A. d. Warner Wilmington
Del; w; NJ; Candy and Mrs. l.. Bickford. bel
J. NJ: Foster, and Joseph Nicholson, Michigan
j. Adams and wife and Mrs. IL. S. Harris, ILL
5. Harrison, Illinois; g. III. Hill, Independence
Iowa; Mrs. Phoebe W. Couzins, st. Louis; Dr.
and Mrs c. b. Lockwood, Cleveland; Dr. and
Mrs. p. W. Llewelan, Iowa; Mr. and Mrs. F.. b.
Fairbanks, Milwaukee,; w. d. Patterson, Cleve-
land; Prentiss Loring, Portland, Me; W. q.
fan and wife, Vsrsennes vi H. John
C.; ID. Z. Kellogg, New Jersey.
THE DISTRICT DELEGATION
The District will be represented by 1874 dele
gates, among whom are the following, ap-
pointed by the Commissioners of the District !:
Judge Arthur Macarthur, Rev. Byron Sunder:
land Bishop VIM Paret DIR. w w Goddinc.
Prof. E. VI. Gallaudet, DIR. c. Il. Purvis, Mrs. sara
A. Spencer, Miss Clara Barton, Geo. w. Adams,
A. >; Pratt, l.. $. Emery, r. Ross Perry, Vim. b.
SHELL John Croker, VIM. II. Stoutenburg,
Simon Wolf Anton Eberly, Rev. =. L. Chap.
! pelie, Rey: VIM. \. Leonard and Rev. John
Chester Boys Reform School-Hon o. p G..
clarke, Dr. j. r. Carpenter and Geo. A. Shafien-
berger; Industrial Home School-Lewis Abra-
ham, W. $. Stockbridge, Mrs. J. p. Voorhees,,
Mrs Senator Conger. Humane Society-NIrs A.
L. Barber, Mrs; Martha b. Smell. Miss NJ. l..
| Douglass, Miss NJ. \. Peet, A. A. HAYES i r. G
| Topper, Edward NJ. TrUell and Chas A Waller
Charity Organization Society b. Pickman
Mann, w. W. Burdette, j. +. Cook Rev A. F.
steele and Mrs NJ j. shedd; Associated Chari-
ties-Rey r. Il. Shipper. Rev. ]. S. Lindsey,
! john III. Voorhees,, Miss NJ. Il. Smell and Mrs
| Enoch TOtten. National Homeopathic Hospital
| Association-Dr. Z. Il. Culver, Mrs. g. H. Wilcox
Mrs. u. W. Pope, Lewis Clephane and AlonZo
| Bell.
| THE COMMITTEE ON ARRANGEMENTS
| n local committee, of which Judge Mac
| Arthur is chairman, a. s. Pratt secretary and
! Charles Bradley treasurer, and the following
| members Is in charge of the arrange ments.
| The Commissioners of the District President
] r.. NJ. Galiaudet, PHI. D., Ii. D. DR. w w
Godding, Hon. John Eaton b. II. Warner Geo.
Ryneai jr., Mrs. sara a. Spencer, Gen. f.
Carnan, :. Wolf, NJ. w. Beveridge The0 A
| Harding L.. >. Emery, 4. G.. Riddle. A. S. Solo
] mons Jonn sherman, Charles T. Foster Major
! Smell, Miss Eva Mills, L. Morrison, VIM. Tindaii
| Geo; W. Adams, 4. Ross Perry, r. b. Kinseli'
/ Rabbi J. stern, +. X. Johnson Rev Jabez Fox'
| Geo. IL. Il. White, Rev. VIM. A. Leonard Rev
| IL. r.. Naylor, Rev. A. +. Steele, $. Walter
Woodward, Rev. Rush r. Shippen,B Robinson,
| MS Mary A. Copenhaver, Rev. Alex Kent
Mrs. Jane C. Htz, Miss Clara Barton. Rev
] ID. Power, John +. Cook, Rev. W. C a IeuIs
| kert, Mrs. Jane III. Spofford Rev / q Rutjer