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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-07-22
PRISON PROBLENS.

The National Prison Associations sessions
at Boston this year have developed much con-
trariety Of opinion on the various systems OF
criminal reformatory treatment. Indeterminate
sentences especially have provoked the ex-
preston of irreconcilable views, some experts
strongly approving and others as strongly con-
demning the principle After all there can be
no guide so safe in these matters as the prac-
teal effect Of n given method OF treatment
but in ascertaning this it is necessary to go
beyond the prison walls and discover what be-
comes of the discharged criminal The prob
lem put before society is not merely how to
make prisoners quiet and well behaved or pro-
ductive but how to fit them for leading honest
and useful lives when they are free again.
The Irish Prison system and its derivatives APP
pear to have had more practical success than
any others, tested in this way but it is none
the less evident that these systems, like all
the others, impress a more or less artificial
character upon the man formed by them and
TO that extent unfit him for normal participa-
ton in the struggle for existence.
There is one important human tendency
which seems too little recognized in all penal
systems. That which men do always most
lrcely Is thau Which thcy Ndhu 10 uo' ihii'ui-
thrOpists, in attempting to improve the condi-
tion Of the poor, have constantly been checked
by their inability to excite positive desire
for better conditions among those they seek
TO help. The greatest present hindrance to
improvement IN the ways of living practised
by the tenemcnt-house dwcilers, for example,
is the Indifference Of the people themselves to
the dirt and decay Of their surroundings So
soon as they begin really to be dissatisfied with
the latter, and desire something better, it is
easy enough TO assist them, but until this want
is felt the most earnest efforts are futile. Take
family accustomed to tcnemcnt-house life
and put them on the prairie. They will not
avail themselves Of the opportunity for ex-
pansion. They will put up hovel and crowd
in it just as they crowded in their city home.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-07-22
THE LAKE GEORGE ISLANDS.

The action of the State Board of Forestry
in revoking all custodianships Of islands and
leases Of State lands will be learned with salts
faction by all who, while visiting Lake George,
have found their excursions and explorations
limited and Distracted by the extension Of
claims Of private ownership over all the pretti-
est and most attractive islands in that bcautl-
full sheet Of water. The mOnopolsts OF the
islands several Of whom have built cottages
upon them and made other sO-caled improve
ments. will naturally feel anything but
pleased at tho step taken by the Forestry Com
missioners. The issue however, was one which
had to be met, and it could only be met in
this way. The entertainments of private les
sees upon the beauties of the lake had g0ne
about as far as was possible. When the grant
ing Of further leases and guardianships was
prohibited the evil had already eliminated.
II was. in fact, a plain case Of locking the
stable-door after the horse had been stolen, To
declare that no more islands should be made
over to private ownership when all the eligible
islands had been withdrawn from public use
was not remedial action, and in the nature of
things it satisfied nobody.
The public complained that they were ex-
cluded from all the best islands, and this state
Of affairs continued after the prohibition Of
further leases and guardianship. Clearly
there was but one course to take. and that was
to restore all the islands to public use. But it
must not be ignored that the people who have
spent their money in improving islands have
equities They are guilty of no offence; they
simply took advantage Of privilege which
the former Board Of Land Commissioners
offered them and there can he no doubt that
they accepted the island guardanships in good
faith The fault lies with the defunct Board
of Land Commissioners. which ought not to
have made away with the public lands in so
careless n manner. Unfortunately the penalty
falls upon the innocent guardians of the
islands. who must, in the vernacular Of the
West "pull up stakes" and surrender their
monopolies. 1t is possible that in some cases
arrangements might be made for taking over
the houses built on the islands, and keeping
them open as public rendezvous and places of
shelter and refreshment. Such a change would
certainly add considerably TO the pleasure of
the summer visitors, and contribute something
toward the traffic Of the region. The recov-
cry Of the islands by the public will interfere
in no way with the purposes of such rich men
as desire to build summer cottages on the lake
the shores Of which abound with charming
sites, hundreds of which are still in the market
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-07-22
PERSONAL

The wlnc and daughter OF Senator sherman will
their charming rural home at Mansfield, Ohio.
Mr.. John A. Logan, ir, has given fine gold medal,
set with diamonds, TO the Logan Rife Company, of
Youngstown, Ohio. and similar 10 the Logan
Camp Guard Of Washington, ID. G.
one Of the Sisters who attended the late Emperor
Frederick In his last hours was the Princess Paolna
Louisa RadIswl daughter Of Prince G. l.. Carlo and
tho Princess Theresa Lubomirsky.
Professor Farman Rogers, OF Philadelphia, VIII
become permanent resident OF Newport, X. l.
II Is told OF the Prince OF Naples that when he was
about five years old he taken across the Channel
to Dover, and carried ashore there fast asleep. Next
morning they asked him II he knew where he was.
"Oh, yes,' he replied: 4" l know I'm In England /
saw a hanson cab pass by Just now"
Miss Ammo Whitney, tho sculptor, IS spending the
summer her farm In Vermont
The Emperor of Austria and the Imperial family
have COMO To Gastcln till the end Of the month, when
the Emperor win go to Ischl, and the Empress, with
Princess Valerie, to Krcuth IN Bavaria. The I'M
favorable rumors regarding the health Of the Empress
arc unfounded Her Majesty has not for long time
been 50 well rs she Is az present. Not long ago she
undertook walk OF thirteen hours In the Mi!densce
Alps. passing long fields, and. after
spending the night al n small hotel she returned TO
Ischl the following afternoon.
The Australian mail brings 10 The Pilot (Boson)
of the Golden Jubilee Of tho priesthood of a
great Irish missionary bishop, tho Right Rev. Daniel
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-07-22

Murphy, Of Hobart, Victoria. He was born IN a..
County Cork I'm 1915, is an aumnus Of Maynoo,l'
and destined for tho Irish mission But a.
apostolic spirit In him urged him to a wider aen,
Tho year Of rs ordination tho priest Of but twentv
three years Of ago set out for India with B,sho,
Carcw, Of Madras. After years he was MAD.
bishop, being placed over the yicarate OF Hyder,h.d
Among tho works which testify 10 his zeal for reyo
and education the cathedral church Of the y,c,
late, the seminary for young men and the schoo. o.,
girls lie was translated 10 the bishopric Of Hobars
In 1866 He has more than National fame AZ
promoter OF Catholic popular education Like all bs
Australian bishops, he IS warm advocate Of Irish
OBLIGATED at st. Agathas, Rome on the occasion -
the burial OF the heart Of Daniel O'COnnell and bv
happy coincidence he was in Dublin for the O'ConpsS
Centenary and tho unvcng Of the Liberators statue
Tho King OF Holland has acted with great lIberal,tv
toward the lately deceased Princess Of SAKE Alter.
burg daughter OF the late Prince Frederick CharIss
of Prussia. and sister Of the Duchess Of Connanebt,
and her children Her first husband, Prince Henry
OF the Netherlands, brother Of the King Of Holland
and p0ssessor Of immense fortune, died without
making testament and left her a chlldless widow
The fortune should therefore have gone 10 the Kns
and his sister, the Grand Duchess Of saxe-Yeimar.
The King however gave the from the fortune
TO the widowed Princess, and continued IL TO her after
her second marriage. BY recent decision OF lila
Majesty the two children sprung from her second
marriage arc TO DO left In the enjoyment Of the
property.
The Will Of Mrs. Emery A. sorrs leaves the revenus
from her little estate Of 10000 to her son George
during his life. At his death the principal will 90 TO
his chIldren II he leaves any If he leaves no chill.
dren II will 20 10 81. Luke's Hospital Chicago, and
be known the Storrs Memorial Fund.
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe has returned from hss
Western wanderings and is at homo at Newport
Just before the adjournment Of the late General
Assembly Of Louisiana, the Governor presented to
Mrs Mary IT, Hunt, the eminent temperance advocate
of Boston the pen with which he signed the strona
temperance education law Of that State.
Mrs Matilda whiting vose, who has Just celebrated
her one hundredth birthday anniversary at Hyda
Park Mass, IS great great granddaughter Of Ma
thanlel whiting, ono of the founders Of Dedham.
Miss Harriet Hosmer the sculptor who is visiting
her native land after thirty years at Rome is now
at Bar HarbOr.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-07-22
SIXTEEN PAGES.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.


Foreign. Evidence at the MandeN lie inquest
ihowed that his punishment had been for unusually
long periods. - Emperor William reviewed the
Russian troops and was heartily cheercd by the
soldiers 60 William O Brien referred in speech
at Edinburgh to the suicide Of Dr. Ridley. -
The railroad wreck at Saltllo, Mexico, was found
TO be due to pure righteousness. - White
people on the Sllecna River are besleged by
murderous Indians.
Congrcss.-Both branches in session. - The
Senate The Freedmans Bank bill was passed.
/, the appropriation being 100000 60 The
! House: The Frec-Tradc bill was passed by vote
! Of 60 to 149; Mcssrs. Fitch Brewer and Nelson,
Republicans voted for the measure; Messrs. Bliss,
Meriman Grecnman and Sowden, Democrats,
against it, Mr.. Randall was paired, but expressed
his emphatic opposition TO the bill
Domestic-General Sheridan read the daily
papers and sat for hours propped up in bed be-
side open window - General Harrison
went driving - Another Burlington striker
was arrested on charge Of completely in the
dynamite plot - The Chicago authorities
threatened to make effort TO punish John
Most for his work among the Chicago anarchists.
- IL. S. Ives gave his side of the story relating
to the indictments found against him III Clncln-
natl 80 The bank defaulters Cross and White
in Raleigh, N c., were sentenced to hard labor IN
into camp at PeeEskil
City and Suburban.-lIen-v d. Pu-roy sent
letter resigning from the County Democracy;
new political organization 70 be formed -
William L. Dunn was murdered by Henry Rogers
in Eighth-ave 80 An Italian sculptor was SUI
located by gas. - Dr. Macdonald made a re-
port in regard TO smallpox at Wards Island -
An arrest was made in connection with the
Navy Yard frauds and more arc expected. -
William Underhl wounded mystericusly
at Bath Beach; no cew to the pcrpetrator -
The Commodore's cup in the American Yacht
Clubs regatta was won by the Stranger; the
Emery cup by the Restless, and the Haswcll cup
by the Susquehama the Atlanta's Cup not taken.
Pie winners at Monmouth EariK werc= FitzrOy,
Reporter, Firenz BelvidcIe, Niagara, Spccedwell,
Win Davis 80 Brooklyn easily defeated the
Athletics. - Stocks dull and higher, closing
strong
The Weathcr.-IndicatiOn for to-day: Warmer
and fair weather. Temperature yesterday High
est, so degrees; lowest, &c; average, ~.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-07-22
TIE FREE TRADE BILL PASSED.

The Democratic party has officially regis
tered its adoption of the Presidents free-trade
policy. The Mills bill has passed the House
with a margin Of thirteen votes. The char
acter of this measure is determined bv its es-
sential feature-the free wool clause. BY that
sign it is known of all men as free-trade
measure. Even if this characteristic feature
were lacking. the files Of "The Congressional
Recordr bear witness on every Democratic
page to the purposes of the party leaders who
have forced this measure through the House.
Every Southern member Of the majority party
in the House who has spoken in the tariff de-
bates has declared his hostility to protection
and his sympathy with free trade. The North
ern Democrats have followed the Southern
leaders with servility. the majority OF them
being as extreme in their TRADES against pro-
lection as the brgadiers who made free
trade Constitution for the Southern Con1cd-
eracy. Only four voices on that side have been
raised against the bill during the prolonged
debate. A measure, advocated as this has
been, cannot mean anything but free trade
1t is the entering wedge driven In by the
Presidents command at the foot OF the noble
protection oak whose branches overspread the
land Let the President and his party triumph
in November, ard the tree will be felled ana
the ground cleared for free trade
Mr.. Mills, in closing the debate, angr-ly DIS
claimed the essential character of his work.
of that is free trade, will some one tell me
what is protection ?" was the formula which he
used in his review of the bill, schedule by
schedule He even sought by clumsy evaSions
and palpable misrepresentation to convey the
impression to the country that his handlwork
as a genuine protection measure, inspired ny
honest regard for the industrial system OF the
country. So it came to pass that the party
which has declared open warfare upon pro-
lection in a most aggressive campaign against
the tariff found itself on the last day OF the dc
bate compelled to act upon the defensive ana
to beat the air and falsify the issue The
country should not be deceived by these dis
honest tactics. If the Republican party 90
their work thoroughly in educating voters
during the next three months the issues IN
VOWED in Democratic tariff legislation Will be
understood far and wide and acted upon by an
undivided North, united once more in order
to save American industrial institutions
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-07-22

Now the same principle applies to criminals
They do not improve chiefly because they do
not want to do So You may put them under
any system you please and they will conform
to il while they are under pressure, simply be-
cause they. like everything else in nature
take the line Of least resistance. But unless
you are able in some way to develop in them
n genuine desire for better conditions, they
will when released sooner or later revert TO
their old habits
II is impossible to treat criminals as though
they were automatic. They are just as human
in all respects as the people who keep out OF
prison They are, no doubt, subject to GER
tain influences which affect humanity every
where. and the strongest of those influences
is that referred to above, namely, the influence
of personal desire. II has been observed that
in this life most people obtain what they de-
sire very earnestly. The explanation is that
people will work hard for that upon the pos
session Of which their minds arc bent III
man desires strongly to earn his living honest
" he will succeed. If he is very poor and
void of such desire he will probably become
n criminal. The central problem, therefore,
is to devise reformat0ry system which VIII
cultivate in the convicts themselves don-
inant desire to live honestly, and it is clear
that such a system must, from the necessities
of the case, be practical one, To base it upon
rewards and penalties which apply only to the
non-natural prison life is to cndanger the
collapse of the restraining influence when CO.
ercon is withdrawn. A minority of excep-
tionally strong minds will perhaps bear even
that test successfully, but the mass Of GRIM
inals, being, it must be remembered, abnOr-
mally weak Of will power, cannot be trusted to
bear the transition from coercion to indie
pendence. They must first be braced up by
establishing in their minds distinct and active
wish to remain honest This appears to be the
line upon which penology should proceed and
on which the best results are to be expected The
National Prison Association, however, seems
scarcely to put enough emphasis on the need
of the convict's own cooperation in any prom
ising scheme Of reform.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-07-22

Mayor Hcwitt's appeal in behalf OF Hartt, whose
prosecutors have been brought to judicial grief in
mild way. is meeting with the response
it deserves. This man has fought long battle
with intolerant trades unions and won victory.
Now he deserves not merely sympathy, but sup
port Every rejecting person wishes to see the
condition of laboring men improved but nobody
wants to see it improved at the expense of honest
worl1men, who are boycotted, driven from place to
place. and forced into starvation nearly as pos
oiI1
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-07-22

II is reported by 1.-THE World that the Demo
Gratis will scatter thousands Of documents
all over the country. 1t is safe to say that none
Of these thousands of documents will explain why
President Cleveland has gone back on his order TO
oiliccholders or Why in defiance OF public senti-
meat he has retained Garland in his Cabinet, or
why he has nsulted the Star-Eyed Goddess of Civil
Service Reform, or why hc is running for reelcc-
ton in the face Of his solemn conviction, publicly
expressed, that The eligibility Of President for
election is =" most serious danger to the public
veal But then, the consideration of these sub
jccts may have been omitted from the thousands OF
documents owing to the pressure Of reform plati-
trdcs upon their columns.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-07-22

The Democratic press was much worried lest the
Republicans might by nominating Chauncey NJ
Depew for President change the entire front OF the
contest from protection to corporations yet Mr.
Calvin s. Brice, of the corporation kings of the
country proceeds to lead the Democratic host-to
slaughter-with the equanmity of a tin soldier on
dress parade. Great is Democracy with big d.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-07-22

will be likely to shake off from his feet the dus'
of the streets of Rome History, TRADITION
and religious associations unite to render inc
Sacred City the only scat Of the Papacy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-07-22

Persons tearing torn for the season, and sum-
Ycr travellers, can hare THE DAILY TRIBUNE
mailed to them, postpaid, for 90 cents per month,
the address beng changed as often as desired.
THE DAILY TRIBUNE uH be sent to any address
IN Europe at 81 so per month, ~hich includes
;ke ocean postage.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-07-22

The season of forest fires is here. Serious con-
nagrations are already reported in the Adlrondacks
and in Michigan, and doubtless more will follow
These are largely caused by tourists and sporsmen
who are careless with their camp-fres, though some
are the result of malice. 1t is therefore, in order
to make two suggestions: One is to all visitors TO
the wilderness, to exercise caution in their use of
fire. for their own sake and for the sake of the COM
mon veal to which the needless destruction of for
ests is a serious injury. The other is to all the
legal guardians of the public domain, to be unceas
ing in their vigilance and relentless in their prose
cution of all wanton offenders. The scars of fire
in our great North Woods will not be outgrown in
a century, and they represent millions of dollars of
absolute loss The recurrence Of such ravages
should be guarded against by every means within
the power of the State.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-07-22

Through" which year and half ago pro-
duced so marked an impression upon the pub
lie mind, and led to such frank admissions OF
the general truth of its statements from many
who had previously been thick-and-thin Ad-
minstration supporters Every Republican VINO
seeks to defend his positions and every honest
voter who wishes to Judge Mr.. Cleveland by
his professions and the record of his practice.
will find it an invaluable mine OF facts ana
arguments for the campaign.
Dr. Macdonald's report to the Commissioners
Of Charities and Correction regarding the re-
cent cases Of smallpox in the Wards Island
Asylum shows that there is no foundation Tor
the injurious and exaggerated reports that
have been circulated and published There
have been only six cases in all, and one of these
has not proved to be smallpox, the others dc
veloped varioloid the mild form of the disease
The five so affected were promptly removed to
the smallpox hospital, and every precautlon in
the way of disinfection and fumigation was
taken. People whose friends are in the asy-
lum and the public generally may rest assured
on this statement that all that could be done
for the protection Of the patients has been done.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-07-22

No Republican can any longer be in doubt
If. indeed. there has been room for doubt at
any time-as to the meaning of the Revenue
plank in the Republican platform Still ii will
be found profitable and instructive to read the
remarkably lucid and convincing statement by
the Rev. DIR. II. K Carroll, Editor of " The In
dependent,n which is printed elsewhere in this
issue. We especially commend 1t 10 those
Democratic organs which profess to believe, and
persist in asserting from day to day, that the
Republican party has declared in favor OF
"free whiskey.n
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-07-22

II General Harrison means to allow himself to
be lonized TO death, he should follow his grand
fathers excellent example, and wait until after
the election. We can't spare him now
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-07-22

The poor OF our cities long ago discovered tho
comfort to be had on the roofs of their houses
1t night during the warm months
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-07-22

The first session of the Lth Congress is
certain to be an unusually long one but a
large amount of unfinished business will remain
when the adjournment is taken. There are
now on the Senate calendar $50, and on the
House calendar 100 bills. The majority are
of little, il any, public interest, but there are
many measures that certainly ought to become
laws Some of these are enumerated in our
Washington dispatches. One not mentioned
there is the Copyright bill, which has passed
the Senate. Now that the House has got rid
of the enormous burden of the Tariff bill, II
should be able to give attention to other mat
tiers that equally deserve to be acted on.
Our cable dispatch states that the passage OF
the Local Government bill through the com
mittee stage in the House Of Commons was
greeted with cheers from both the Govern
ment and the Opposition benches This is
significant fact While the bill may yet be
amended in some particulars its final passage
substantially in its present form is assured.
London is to reap no small advantage from the
enactment Of this measure The Metropolitan
Board of Works IS to be swept out Of exist
ence which is decided gain. This Board is
elected by the yestries, and has been prac-
ticaly an irresponsible body. 1t has given
rise TO some shocking scandals and been pro-
ductivc Of shameless corruption. The new bill
makes an end Of this business and will give
London q chance TO govern itself.
THE TRIBUNE will publish tomorrow the
record Of this Administration in the matter OF
Civil Service Reform. 1t has been made up
with the utmost care and, as far as possible,
from Democratic sources. Out Of the mouths
Of the Presidents own friends, and out Of the
admissions wrung from his own defenders, is
his treachery TO his pledges to be demonstrated
The document will recall to many TRIBUNE
readers tho preyious one. entitled Half Way