The morning call., 1891-03-02
o1-7, co~vIoT POPULATION.

Nj +bo least valuable of the census tables
,rsiob are now finding their way into print
"a the bulletin on penitentlary eonvlcsS,
rybjch was prepared by the we'll know WI =
penologist, Fred II, Wines Of Sprlns st ai
III. Sound legislation on crime ~ INC tEe re-:
ways be predieated upon a stray %
suits Of punishment. ..,i.ttoo1 t.hIes
The first feature of the sta'ls'Icni . '@ ,,;u
is the discovery that erlnei-oi az ie''oS -
isbment, is not INCREASING AZ 'nl' 3eon -
nncb faster than populatiob, IA looo 10 10
s,r.+ti,,,, nj penitentiary conYletS was iU9
piopc I'm i,,iiIian of the total population. III
600 me- pr. portion was 100. Convictions
md faprisonments just about Kept pace
With regulation. But when the table Is
5issected It is found that this rule, which
.onnljas In the whole country, does not APP
Nv to each part of it. In. eight States the
number of convicts has absolutely declined
in the course of the decade; these are Ala
bama, Maine. Michigan, Mississippi. Ne
vada. New Hampshire, Vermont and
wyoming In thirteen States, TO wit: Cali
iornia, Connecticut. Georgia, Illinois, love-
Kansas, MARYLAND, Nebraska, KEoqe iS5
and, Tennessee, Virginia, w luse f9,,i ,,
West Virginia. there has been an ,:ap2oi.' .
+eIative decrease wien that number Is ceil-
+ pafed WITH The giowth Of pGpuialionE. -
yha remain tnr STATES ard Territories tle ~
crease Of .c6nyfcts has been botll Iels''I'e
snfi absoIute: that is to- say, The cehtict
fo1fuJa lion. has Increased faster than tl!e
General. ponuI,tion. OF States and l err
sories on this slope ldahe, Mon taf1. -,
s,d TTtab are EN- braced in thls Ist': me
,,fjnn. !. however. that these figures
i!rmonst rHte a greater developMehL OF cIlhie
in tie West and the new countries thah III
cider aflCi more eastern States wenlQ De eI-
fc;n.eous, for Massachusetts; New lorkand
5oenpsy lyanfs likewise figure in the list oil
/. States where the increase of convict popu-
lation is.both relative and abs dilute. ~. :
The fetal number of conyicts now held IN
DeDltertaftes. OF leased out to employers
ms is largely the ease in the South-iS15 10, 2aS;
Of whom. 26Jr were confined in penitentlafIes
| in tits State: E Fhe PROPORTION Of native bora
i-eonyicts ta. the. tota [ aliye-bofn popalalloA
is considerably less than thdt.of foreign-born
/ eopvicts to the foreign born populations: But
,.tl,e division Of the tonyictS by sex rs more
striking :stfit. of tie total nanfber IS, 442
are males, ana only 1871 females, though tire
[ number OF the sexes are. .abeut equal In the
country at large II seems Thai twenty
three or four linen commit crime and fetclf
( IN n peniteutia<ies for every woman who
meets the liSe.fate .To~thase who believe IN
/ The lbsolHte equality of the sexes in evil as
iii good, This VIII seem very SINGULAR: Il can
!. Pre- bably be explained in some. degree. by the
sumption that .womeh'S Gffenses against
! the taw.arg usually Of. a mild 1ypa,=and less
frequently califo the stern interference OF
i>t6e law than.d6 the crimes of men, There
T is r5ortOver less disposition on: the part OF
+ District ATTORNEYS 10 prosecute, and iurie-
Ia convict, omen han men,, -. - +. :.
!. AfacT space in this bulJetiitiS devoted to a
desi1iptidn* Of: Observation-Disclosures Which have
L late y: been- established in the East, and Of
8:lilth we l}ave- a pale E9py here: Tie one at
I Elmira, N: II Is said to ho quite a success.
! IT is ,ehiffy used for. cases 81 felony where
GiJ offender. }las never before fallen into
the clutches of the lazy. HE sentence of
Sic COURTS Tor an linljeiped: ternl::of I'M
!. ptIs4nlnenE; net exceeding, however. in any
us The. e1EehIe Eenalty OF tire lazy for the
QtYtr.e tQIlRiftted.' Once in the refarmatory
Isthc.e6nEiGt is .Wn der .thecloSe watch OF the
'iffic4Ts, .andlis bellayinr is recorded from
!: day TO day., as in 4. We I.prnered soh0OL lie
is taught I'll elsHlanta AIRY :Brai4ehes Of educa-
/ ton, and Obt5ias,a g6mplete MANUAL train
hi Ao any: tfsJle wIlieh@lle Selects, After he
}}qs he me. protei{lt. t!eraat 500 that he
>c9En eatE,E tSllFing if l@t{GQse.: l.a fsgraated
q lie f-legye, {ylf}ch eILebtts bfnIte leave
til Iait.F Tory ara t0<Aeiak himself where
lie ~ ..n.tl1e copdTt 6n. That ht.Tepnrts his
F@&hetea5G COTS .=t9 th&poliee who keep their
.}}ye upon him: l} C4$e of iaisGeAagior the
t]cile-1f ley = i Tay(tkal, tl toiiy CT is rea p
llret ended ma tTeturiiyd To- rts peHitentiary.