St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-07-19
Sunday Session of the National Conference
of Corrections and Charities in
st. Paul.
The Delegates Rested During the Day
a Monster Prison Meeting
at Night.
Gen. r, Brinkerhoff Delivers a Very
Able Address ON the Subject of
Prison Reform.
A Discussion and Remarks by Promi-
nent Delegates -To-Day's SEES.
sions in Minneapolis.
AEsLE SPEECHES
AT the Sunday Session of the Chari-
ties Conference.

ties Conference.
Plymouth church was packed to over
flowing last evening, this being the only
session of the day of the National Confer
ence of Charities and Corrections. Not
only were the seats all occupied, but the
aises were filled with chairs and the chairs
were filled with people. In addition all
the available standing room was packed,
even to the outer doors. People occupied
all available space in front of the speakers,
sat on tue steps to the pulpit, on the edge
of the roStrum, and even i'll each others
laps. Moreover, people had cOngregated
i'll the anterooms and on the ground outside
so that the windows were full of faces. On
the stage were noted, besides Dr.. Dana,
who presided, DR.. r. Brinkerhoff of Ohio,
Rev. j. l.. Milligan, Pennsylvania. the
speakers of the evening; Hon. Philip G.
Garrett, Philadelphia; DR.. Richard Gundry,
Baltimore; w. f. NJ. Round, New York;
Miss Clara Barton, Washington, and Rev.
Ii. Thane Miller, Cincinnati.
The exercises were opened with singing
by the choir, when Mr.. Miller offered a
short prayer. DR.. Dana then introduced
Dr.. j. L. Milligan, of Allegheny City.
Pa, who gave a history of the 1nterna-
tional Prison congress at Rome in 1888.
He said the recent congress in Rome was
the third ever held, the first United States
Prison congress having been held in 1870
and presided over by r. 3. Hayes, then
governor of Ohio. He reviewed briefly the
action of the first international congress at
London in 1872, where the International
Penitentiary association was formed, which
arranged for the second congress this being
held in Stockholm in 1878. He continued:
The invitation of King Humbert of Italy
was accepted for the Third congress. In
Rome amid the glories of the past and the
glowing progress of the present. this congress
met The active forces at work in Italy are
In sympathy with the work of the congress-
and there is the most concentrated prison
arrangement of any country i'll the world.
1t was held in building devoted to the fine
arts. About 10 delegates were present at
this meeting and the criminal anthropoligcal
congress- which met at the same time From
the United States there were four delegates,
including myself. The congress was truly q
representative body. Names and faces with
which we had become familiar at London, at
Stockholm were there, including the most
celebrated philanthropists of the
EUROPEAN GOVERNMENTS
After an impressive opening, including the
extending OF the hospitality of Italy by a
representative OF the king, and response
the daily work began. The congress was di-
yided into three sections, and each section
met in the morning. The official language of
the congress was French. The main congress
assembled in the afternoon. The plan might
seem slow to us, but it involved carefulneSs.
At Rome was the first display Of International
prison products, and the official catalogue
giving single line to specimen IS publ
cation of 500 pages. The work included the
simple wooden shoe, street and iron manufac-
lures. work in gold, silver. laces, embroidery,
taniug the uniform furniture and provisions
of the prisons they represented. The exhibit
ton from the United States was sadly de-
fective. An excursion was made to the sui
phurous baths and across the Campagna to
Tivoli. The banquet at the capitol rendered
by the central committee gave an opportunity
to hear the distinguished men of all nations.
The most beautiful of all was the grand re-
ception given by their majeshes, the king
and queen, in the Querenal palace Queen
Margareta, the most beautiful queen in
Europe, by her excellent English speech COM
pletely captured the American delegation.
The conclusions of the congress We're not far
IN advance of what we already have in
America. They are afraid to adopt the indie
terminate sentence. One question was dis
cussed which will come up in America was,
how far a parent should have control over
children when the parents character was bad
an important question to be settled IN the
future.s
W. NJ. F. ROUND.
| DR.. W. M. F. Round, secretary of the
| National Prison association, also delegate
to Rome, was introduced. He said he
could not add anything to what the previous
speaker had said of the International con-
gress What he would like to say Mr.. Mil
ligan's presence on the platform prevented
his saying. how Mr.. Milligan had been cor
daily received there as having attended all
the congresses, and the earnest work done
by him there for this country. When he
went to Rome he was struck by the move
ment toward prison reform in Italy. He
was also pleased by the hospitality of the
Italians He was pleased as an American
at having the three prominent systems
of the world spoken of in English, namely,
the Elmira system, the Pennsylvania sys-
tenn and the Auburn system. The reform
atory idea was the one prominent topic OF
the convention, which was extremely salts
factory.