The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-07-17
CONVICT LABOR.


BOSTON, July b.--Iee annual meeting 0t
the National Prison Association began sat.
pfday. 4 reception IN honor o3 ex-rresi
dent Hayes, president of the association.
was hesd from TO s ,. H. az the Trenaant
House. AZ the evening session Lieut.. Gov.
Bracket; welcomed the association on be-
half of the state Gen. Hayes then deliver
ed the presidential address.
On -Unfisy the association attended she
morning service al Trinity church. Dr.
Phillips Brooks preaching from She text,
Il was In prison aud sc came unto nae
J. /. AiiilEsn OF fennsy lyania spoke at the
Concord reforrBstory in the afternoon. Ia
che evening J. r. Phillips Of Rhode Island.
Oscar Mccuilocs OF ireland and A. q. Byers
OF Ohio SPOKE briefly at the Peoples
church, aud W. I. Bali of foucnEa reform
atofy. X. Brinkerhof. MyFoa W. Reed of
Colorado and }. l.. Miiligan, al the FIRST
Baptist church.
A change of programme vas fasde to
day. Ia order 10 discuss the o'Neiii bill,
word having been received that IL would
come up ia Congress "Wednesday. paper
on She labor question was presented by
Cfas. r Fcltssn of Chicago He said If
hostile Isgieiation 10 prison labor eontia-
lles all the prisoners In the country viii
soon be idle. The power efthc labor ngita-
tion is great They elect mefn bess Of city
and si4te governments In their Interest.
hold secret meetings. ara are well organ
lied. Public officials. both elected aud ap-
pointed. 10 carry fayar with these organfxs-
t3oglz, aud cysu isfrur bureaus are open to
The clGar-e OF catering 10 them. but iahor
must ultimately be chief factor In the
reformation OF prisons.
FELTON, skctchesi the history OF the O'Seiil
bin. and read IL. He gave the statistics
presented 20 congress as reason for the
bill. saying they were eagerly magbi8e5 In
the Interest of labor. lie read the minority
report against the hill, charging that its
sal n. stfEzs a ttr41
/ labor. tie gave an analysis al statistics
showing how only Is per cent of the
amount said 20 he produced By prison labor
was really produced, and that g per cent
was fer raw material, free labor and skilled
supervision. He argued that the method
lator. and that II w&s urolg 10 lock ur
prisoners in idisDesss TIE destruction Of
the latso- system would prevent the oIs;sof-
tasaity Of earning n release by good cot
dacf. The proposed bill Is no; IN The In
fcrest 81 honest woskinxlHeB. prison re-
foffa or good government
Exasog. Bullock ns Georgia said the
0Nei1 bill would compei the abandon
meat OF the whole sy<fxfa Of leasing ecu
yicts In vogue 10 the sosfh. He predicted
that the southern tneEnters Of congress
weuisi vote against the hili whcs fhey saw
!, wossid csfnpei The support Of the ffss-
oners Ia ids-ness
CONVICT LABOR ESfsSExsB
Prof wAylani os New Haven offered ;he
ssii6sfug resolution "Eexoivea That To
the Judgment Of this association the pro
ssucftyr prison labor l. an indispensable fse-
ssr ia ss1~ w0rk sf pfssssn reform. and fasf
any scAlesae which has g tendency 80 pr
NIT cr prpzas;e the isiicpe<s of prisoners
viii inffief irse;sazatsle iniEry on the rris-
aner.- the NerkIuxsHHa and the state =
B&sFd Of kirxinis said that The - Neil isili
contained two fnonstvDus propositions.
that e0nxie.s. coFar rseilei 10 I've in likeness.
shall h-sssssne physical aud saSrai wrecks.
and hat the pe-sr Fe1ple o. the eoansFy
sho pay NEST Of the taxes sis4il support all
cons lets In idleress.
T. K Rroekwsexway. of the Sew Yerk
STATE Eesvrrnsfssry. szis THAT In 10 eoautrs
vas rssasict labor msre tAaa q srnxu part
s,f PEI cent nf FREE lafssr The Yates biil
u xex York zad she ~ SciIl NIL In eof-
xress are examples of legislative tendency
IA discriminate Ia fsFer Of = class a. the
sxr-ra-e of others Krsxkwayss proposition
sss - hold co3fcreBce this fAll. rrsre-
seatiax ali she states II psyssshse 90
consider ttse prison lesror question:.
Rr1ekwss presented resolution, which
sas adapted, providing that the executive
committee ct the association rnafer with
the Eoscrzssos ssf states throughout TIE
Enirf.