, 1890-03-13

10 become acquainted with the
great forces that man IL using to do
his work. The more real education
the less crime; the more homes the
Fewer prisons
Speaking of prisons the speaker
said that the discipline hardous and
degr0dos, and IL for the most part II
perpetual exhibition of arbitrary
power The prison Is cemetery
and the prisoners cell Is grave.
Inspections and investigations go
for naught, because the testimony
of n convict goes for naIight. Every
manly feeling, every effort toward
real reformation Is trumplcd under
foot. Colonel Ingorsoll said the
men I'm prisons should he the kind
est and noblcst. Every means
should he taken to convince the
prisoner that his good Is sought,
that nothing is done for revenge,
for display of power, for the graft
| flcation of malice. If the convict h
charged with insuboriinntion there
should be n proper Investigation
and the convict should be heard,
and he would then feel that he had
some rights and that some little of
| the human remained In him still.
| Criminals Will never he reformed 10y
being robbed, humliatcd and de-
graded. "lgnorunCc, filth and pow
crty are the missionaries of crime.
AS long as dishonori,ble success out
ranks honest ciiort-as long as socl-
ETY. bows and cringes before the
great thieves, there will be little
ones enough to fill the jails.n
Colonel Ingcrsoll closed his adj
dress with u fcrvld appeal for more
merry in mankind and asked that
the kindllcst, noblcst sympnthics OF
humanity bc brought out 10 icon.
vince the prisoner that his good ls
sought--thnt nothing II done for
revenge, nothing for the display OF
power aud nothing for the gratitlca-
lion of malice. We must take into
consideration the nature of the
man. lie said, "the facts of mind,
the power of temptation, the limitu-
tlons of the intellect, the force ol
habit, the result OF hercdity, the
power of passion, the domination oi
want, the diseases of the brain, the
tyranny of appetite, the cruelty ol
conditions, thcrcsults Of association,
the effects of poverty and wealth, OF
helplessness and power.
1--WE know something of ourselves,
OF the average man, uf his thoughts,
passions, fears and aspirations,
something of his sorrows aud his
Joys, his weakness, his liability tC
fail, something OF what he rcsists
the struggles, the victories and the
failures of his life, We know some
thing of the tides and currents oI
the mysterious sea, something of the
circuits of the wayward winds, but
we do not know where the wild
storms are born that wreck and
rend, Neither do we know In what
strange realm the mlsts and cloud;
are formed that dim and darkcn all
the heaven of the mind, nor from
whence comes the tempest Of tn,
brain In which the will
to do, sudden rs the lightning,
flash, seilcs and holds the man unit
the dreadful deed Is done that leave.
a curse upon the soul. We do not
know. Our ignorance should max,
us hesitate. our weakness shoulo
make us merciful. | can not NOR,
fittingly close this address than 10y
quoting the prayer of the Buddhist
Il pray thee To have pity ON tn,
vicious-thou hast already had pit,
ON the virtuous 10y making them
so. ,"
In the evening the member of the
association and many senators and
asscmhlymen attended the banquet
at the DtL,van, where the orator
flowed even more tlucntly than IN
tho nllernlOn.