The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-05-20

noticed Calling gun perched upon a
tower ready TO kill prisoners by the
wholesale in case they attempted to es-
cape. After Mr.. Garrett concluded Pres-
dent McCulloch remarked that his friend
from the East didn't know how bad
western man wanted gun when he
needed IL.
"Well, he don't generally carry a Cat
ling gun with him." pleasantly retorted
Mr.. Garrett
Judge r, r. Caldwell of Nashville,
Tenn, supplemented the statistical re-
port from his state with review of the
general charity work. He made his talk
brief, he said, for fear it would be "all
sweetened wind with no vim in it," Each
county in Tennessee has poor house to
which the states unfortunate are con-
signed when a county's pro rata in the
state institutions is exhausted. \ bill
was introduced in the last legislature
which allows the counties an opportunity
TO care better for their poor and insane,
In Nashville are two orphan asylums, 1
mission home, two industrial homes. u
home for old ladies. There is also state
industrial school for boys and counties are
allowed a certain number of pupils and
above that number they must pay Slo0
per capita. Davidson county, in which
Nashville is located, pays from So GOO 10
$4,000 year for charities.
The Rev. ". c. Wilson, state delegate
from North Carolina, created no li;tls
amusement when he described the opera
tons OF the penitentiary in the tar-heel
state. He is a robust man OF splendid
stature and set the audience laughing on
several occasions.
The authorities glory in making the
penitentiaries pay, down in our state,
said he, land last year these institutions
made more money than was needed 90
run them. We have great need Of
form school for boys, and / think We will
get one. The legislature created q rail-
road commission some time aeo. and thai
! almost knocked our project il the head.
You can't see the connection between
railroads and reform schools, eh? Well.
it was this way. The commission want
to bring railroads into the state, and in or
der to do that they must assure capitalists
| that timber and labor can be obtained.
Now, ii we establish n reform school for
| boys, we would have to take ssome Of the
| youthful convicts out of prison and put
them in the school, But that wouldn't
| do, because the authorities wouldn't have
enough convicts left to furnish railroads
with labo rers. The authorities 10. ii
| say to US, Here. you can't do this, =
we've only got 200 convicts and ned
| 1900 TO fill our contracts The North
| Carolinans have much difficulty with
| their feeble-minded children. A liberal
| gentleman has Just offered ground for ga
| institution to care for them. but 10 one
has volunteered to start it. The earnest
charity workers are ashamed of the
| progress, but are doing the best they can
The speaker concluded by expressing the
| hope that he would live to see the day
when penitentiaries would be used for
| pigs.
Mrs. 4. Jacobs of Denver made a SPLEEN
did impression on the conference. Or
| ganized charities were trying to "douse
the glim" OF ignorance in the state, she
stated. and TO avoid the pitfalls of the
| systems in the older states. In the state
| penitentiary are 1913 male convicts and
| one woman. Referring to the boys in the
penal institutions, she aptly remarked:
I'VE feel that misdirected maternity had
than more to doin putting these boys there
anything else, and we are trying to rem
edy the cause" The Colorado state board
OF charities was formulated after two
| years OF hard work, which itself resulted
from the San Francisco conference. Den
yer has ten kindergartens with 200 chill
| dren in the schools. These children have
their reaction in their homes. Nineteen
societies are united with the charity or
ganization in the same city. She reported
| fourteen girls under eighteen years OF age
sent to the home OF the Good Shepherd
last month, and admitted that the laws
| concerning the care OF children are very
| defective. Broaching the subject OF
women's cooperation, she said: when
women are led up to be good, conscientious
women and not imitation men, then, and
not until then, may the best results be e.
pected."
Gen. R. Brinkerhoff of the Ohio state
board of charities, made brief reference
to new law in that state which makes
the separation of youths from prisoners
mandatory. The name of the intermedi-
ate penitentlary has been changed and il
is now designated as reformatory, tie
board of charities being allowed hand IN
its government.
Miss Mary Z. Richmond, a bright
young lady, who acts as secretary OF the
Baltimore local organization, concluded
the mornings program. She attributed
the great work in MARYLAND during the
| past year to the influence of the last
session, held in Baltimore. There has been
q new awakening in the older charities,
and they are now working on the line Of
prevention In addition to the alienation OF
misery. A vacation home for young
women has been established in the Blue
Ridge mountains. and a home has been
provided where children are not only re-
ceived but their mothers made welcome,
too. In this last mentioned institution a
room has been set apart with sewing ma
chimes. run by electricity. Women who
have been broken down by severe work
on pedal machines may sew here for a
small fee.