St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-07-17

Kun p "a e y lUaDl6 institutions
in his state, answering numerous questions
in regard to them propounded by members
of the conference. The chair called on
Mrs. Hendricks, widow of the late vice.
president of the United States, for report
of the resolutions of which she had charge,
but the lady had not yet come in.
Gen. w, NJ. Bone. of Washington Terri
tory, submitted report for his section of
the country. Gen. Bone is an elderly gen.
tleman with an empty sleeve on his right
side. He is president of the board
of commissioners now erecting q
penitentiary at Walla Walla. He
gave the progress in the erection
of reformatorv institutions in his territory
and stated that what was most needed in
the newer sections of country was infOr-
nation. Rev. Dr. Hill, president OF the
board of pardOns of Oregon. submitted a
summary of the methods of treating the
insane. prison system. management Of pau
perS. etc., in his state. In answer to an in
quiry he explained some of the workings of
the pardon board.
MRS. HENDRICKS CALLED FOR.
The chair again called on Mrs. Hen
bricks. stating that they all knew her as
the wife of the eX-preSident. but the con-
ference had known her for years as the
friend of the criminal and unfortunate
Mrs. Hendricks arose in the audience and
Mr.. Wines stepped down to escort her to
the stand, and after a moments whispered
conversation with her requested those that
desired to hear Mrs. Hendricks to raise
their hands Every hand went up, but ii
did not succeed in getting Mrs. Hendricks
before the conference. She deputized Mrs
Keely, superintendent of the woman's re-
formatory at indianapolis (Mrs. Hendricks
being preSident) to represent her, and that
lady gave an Interesting account of the
management OF her Institution, which re-
ceives girls at 13 or IA years of age and
keeps them under reformatory influences
until IS years of age.
j. II. Mills of North Carolina was called
upon and cOnvulsed the audience with his
humOr. which was set off by his voice.
which is a very deep bass. commensurate
in volume to the size of the speaker, an
enormously large man. His report con-
tanned some direct thruStS at some methods
in his state which were highly entertaining
to the audience. He stated that the Knights
OF Labor had forced the contractor for boots
and shoes made by convictS at Raleigh to
break his contract. told how the grand jury
once year at 81 day visited some insti-
buttons, asked one question, ate big din
ner and went home ETC., all of which was
highly entertaining to the audience. o. c.
McCullOch Of Indiana read report from
California, prepared by Mrs. Sarah Cooper
of San Francisco. Judge Follett of Ohio
read report from his state. prepared by
c. NJ. Darlington of Toledo, with which he
did not entirely agree, and which he elab-
GRATED with ideas of his own, in which the
last legislature got a mild roasting and
some of the state institutions and theiI
political management, or rather frequent
change of management were done brown.
Mr. Letchwater of New jersey moved, in
asmuch as all the members from Ohio die
not agree with the report, that it be re-
ferred back to the delegation for correction
This led to some explanation from Gen.
Brinkerhoff of Ohio, who had to further
explain the political features of managing
Ohio'S benevolent institutions, at the clos {
of which DR.. Gundry of Maryland gave
Ohio politics push. and told how the outs
always wanted the ms not to take politics
into state institutions.
FROM COLORADO.
Chaplain Brooks of the Colorado peniten.
tiarv read a report from his state prepared
by Mrs. J. S. Sperry, superintendent of the
Woman'S Benevolent union home at Pue
bio. He also gave particulars of the con
victs' school under his charge in the peni
Tertiary, where there was now not MAJ
who cannot write and read. There art
Only two almshouses in the state. at Den
yer and Pueblo, and an army of tramps
was fed at the back doors. Being
called out by the chair, Rabbi
Sonneschein of st. Louis made short