Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-11-10
I1oNAL PRISON REFORM.
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b". -Foundered at Sea-Oglesby's
order-Cleveland in Boston.
~,oxAL PRISON REFORM ASSN.
.cDanjel. of Georgia., and Mayor
~~.u,ver, of Atlanta, Welcome the
Guests to the City,

M. BcDaniel' Oh "e'rsi"
%.u,,er. of Atlanta, Welcome the
Guests to the City.
.,xr.. Ga, November THE Ma
u prison Reform Association assem-
r" ,h.,c tonight at S o'clock, with a goot
.aouce from all parts OF the country
D,ora house was crowded. Ex-Gover
l~ ppllock made the opening address as 4;
.,,nt director of the association. H.
'''"' allowed by Gov. Mcdonald ane
Mayor Hillycr'
-, address, of welcome, EX-President
III NE presideut Of the association. afte,
ha.en l;mrntar reference to the choice Of
COUP If meeting, said it is altogether
the pl"o, nroper that at the threshold o.
Httns . the memorial address
ine W Jalivcred by a distinguished citi.
shouiu N ~ Work, Mr.. Dorsheimer, on the
%n ol I ,haracter of Horatio Seymour, the
a M !. gentleman who Tor many years
ls President of this association, and who
was eminent alike us
STATESMAN AND A PHILANTHROPIsr.
rprusal OF the programme for the week
ii srbow the intelligent reader that almost
.o,y important topic relating to prisons
W nrison systems, to crimes and their
.%srpption, to criminals, their treatment,
,snnations and reformation, OF both
YEA and all ages, will during the meeting
mt only in order but under discussion
!, members OF this association. l do not.
%..rptore, 10Y enter upon any OF these
.,Trs. | will say a few words, however,
ITsv venture TO offer as to the origin and
.%,sactions of the association whose
,ebers have SO heartily welcomed US
jos to some OF its principles and pur-
es,
THE FATHER AND FOUNDER
,the National Prison Association was
n late Rev. DR.. E. G. Wines, the learned
IA deroted and persistent leader of Amer
IAN reformers in prison discipline. In
,Go DR.. Wines proposed to the Prison
lssoriation of New York of which he was
EIm~ corresponding secretary, the holding
II a National Prison Congress, but the
|y,u York association deemed it inexpe-
Esnt TO take the %initiatory in favor Of a
r-nnosed convention. DIR. Wines was pro-
Enrrndly impressed with the Importance of
h nlan and after consulting with a few
f,n;lemep in Boston and in New York he
krsnared the following draft of q call for
Fhe National Congress.
THE CALL.
THE Undersigned, deeming prison discip-
rrp a vital interest OF the society. as well
= one of the ~gravest of social problems, |
md Oh both OF these grounds worthy Of
h. closest discussion and freest discussion, |
la rorlially unite in calling a National
Eonress for a conference on the criminal
enlistment and ~reformatory treatment.
E5pmeeting was to be held in 1870, in the
tsy Of Cincinnati. The call received 81
Ey~natures. The speaker then reverted to
M first meeting Of the association, and
Failed its objects and acts as to prisons
hi the treatment OF prisoners during and
More that period are stronger, unaccount-
N, and almost beyond belief. They are
ATRoCIOuS AND FORBIDDING
hat one cannot even attempt fully to
hate them before an intelligent audience
Ike this. Turn to the pages OF any
tdune of history or fiction in
khch the author does truthfully
ty to escape the miseries OF prison life in a
Civilized country during that period re-
Erpi to and the thoughtful and fair
blinded will be at no loss to discover one
ithe causes why civilization and christi
Ln.r have moved forward with such halt
Ecsteps. A writer in the North American
tsyiew of July 1889, describes the prisons
i Massachusetts,, Connecticut, Pennsyl-
|sia and other States as they were about
Ety years ago. Details are
TOO SHOCKING TO BE REPEATED.
hthe results he states they can be given
b aiew sentences. He describes the pri-
IONS as 'abodes Of horrible sin and filthy,
lquaGd and unalleviated misery" The re-
putt was that the prison became a secret
place, governed by its own laws. or rather
y its own precedents, an abude OF misery
b the midst OF an enlightened city, in
shsh no man not belonging to it had no
OF what was transacted within
It's walls. Hayes then related the history
duganized efforts to improve this condi-
lion q things and pointed to results and
as follows: LET outcasts and
be forgotten or d~isregarded and
whole society will
SUFFER FROM Ii
degradation. Like blood poison
twill spread through and through the So
system until it reaches the heart. This
and mighty truth imposes the duty
Ehh no society a neglect and live:
FChristian society ever can neglect if. If
had done anything instrumental in
Flang it about, he rejoiced in that fact.
b Hayes was speaking Gen. Gordon,
mruor elect, appeared on the platform
aras cheered. Hayes, soon after the
tssion Of his address, arose and
YAK hands with Gen. Gordon, and the
pad cheered enthusia sticalIy while the
sN played. Addresses were made by
la'y W. Grady. OF Atlanta, Judge Emory
peer and Gen. Gordon. Delegates are ar
wing on every train, and the meeting
to be one OF the largest and most
~teresting ever held by the association.