New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-30
NATIONAL PRISON CONGRES.c
WARDEN BRUSH, OF SING sITG. REPORTS on
PRISON DISC IpLINr.

CtnC!nnati. Spt. 'G9.-In Tho National Prison
C"Hrs"~'. the report Il tho Prison Committee WAS
pN"cn'cd t. da' IN Warden Ilru,h OF Sin: Sing
Prison. he opposed i',Icinc sentences on tire
ground that n mans conduct In prison critic
ri"n Of HI condnci wien released. he added The
first thing necessary 70 form discipline among pfls
oncr, l. worI.hard work. work Just Tho same AZ Is
done ont ii": work In which the prisoner cnn ..s
sorn' ing grow under his hands. ard form = rrfrc:
article rs tho Production Of hs labor. consider
HAT work. which viii not do this IA no better tran
idlcncss- They should he instructed In sor,e ncans
o! livelihood Punishment ,"hd lr sharp nud sever.
f"r all offences In prison. but TIL. ,h,nid not lie In
I'm ted e. eu,rrdinatr~. Poison officer, should h." sub
j""t 10 " bpard Of IA pc':.'n or "a some hg!"r
tloI"S. hui he would certainly csclnde from such
lne'"r authorities all women, ~ they ar" mor~ ~v
10 De- governed by their feeling, and hc dr,ryrd ~
IL" cunning 81 thc prisoner
There was bong continued and ra.nr~t dl>rnssi.n
II tl- report. Nr. li"' a"ay. Of E!u.ir,. The
only Oh" who tooh "" with II, propositions. md
h" was answered l., number. lur!ndnS Colonel
t!anbciiin Of Connecticut. NJ Duhl, Of Nns,,
o.,u It's. and Colonel Dnw.na II Alabama Mr.
AulIn. s""r'ary 81 the C,raiitn Prisn Commission
No called on Ia s"th on the subject" but cNcusrd him
III ~ hrin;. not an c,irft, bat only iulr-tca
he mentioned Il ri c,p~rcnce,, showing how
difficult 10 get AZ IA" iiath. lie had visited
III" p"'i''ntInrv ~ Coum'u and had bc"n till that
II tie !;'quc,y II chang, IN the and
thI' for III, t"a.nn TIE pr "h WARREN had not th"
confidence m the board u:lcntiy f,r them t depend
him for .uer s.l"u, Ia ;ard Ia paoing prisoners.
Then the Other day hc heard secretary Wines say
that when he va, there III January last. the same
state 81 affair, held with rr.aNl H. the former warden
and III addition Ia hi, he was told by General Br,nkcr
hoi that the ohio par DC ~ stem doing Simrable
work.
\ letter has been received bv members Of tho Con-
gree, f. the Rev. Lyman .tb.iott of IrOklyn. In
which he Say,: believe IL l. tn" function Of society
not ~ avcngc crime but to redeem men from crime.
aud that all punishment should he adjusted with
p!nia, reference 70 the formation OF III" offender be
cause this the best and quickest and cheapest
OF protecting society,"
The rliaplanS IN Attendance upon the Congress have
pa .cd resolutions especially mn'nding thoSe por
tol, Of President Iaycs's opening address which set
f1rh thr theory that the community /, responsible
morally for hc crimes committed IN II and also that
mort ION Of the address wh:n pointed ont tlr' nna"
relation lrtwrc t1>e who on tine top OF the wheel
~ forum and tio, whose lives AFRO 'pcnt with little
hope Of Temporal good.
Tl~ Conerrs, made some amendments to its con.
situation II also decided 10 meet AT litisbnrg next
wear on October 10. DR.. W I. Harris. formerly
,uimrincndcn Of N ST. Louis schools. read phpcr
tonight on speculative philosophy