Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-04-16
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u do not think the escAy.s - Lstiuaer
Gill result la the restoration ~ The
death penalty" said "a Warden George
~ Davis ~ the Jackson prison IN The
Morton last night. There ere always
enough ssntimeatx.irts To- prevent such
q lsw going into effect For my part. !
believe that capiixi punishment. under
certain restrictions would te an excel.
lent thing. ~ courve extreme care must
he exercised. But the present sss,@n 10
susceptible "a . great many Improve.
mcnts ! believe the present practice ~
conhning short term and long term
men in the same prieon should he
abandoned. IL In one of the greatest
obstacles in the way Of even . partial
reformation of the oonvsctA Let mc
give you an illustration. In the ms
chine shop Of the jackson prison ere
two convicts sent up for similar oden~es-
One 10 ia Tor fifteen years and the other
for two yeSrA The long term man works
a press and the other 10 helper. Both e
know that they are in FOR similar crlE.-s
and the long termer has keen appfe-
citation Of the fact that he receisei de.
that he IL sour. unruly. rarely speaks,
and all the moral influences Ia the
world would not have the slighi~st effect
upon him. II he were working with q
man who had received an equally long
sentence have every reason 90 believe
that his disposition would be exactly the
reverse. The lonia pr son was built for
the express benefit al short term con
victs. but the distinction has h~en lo~s
sight 81. and the other day kgan Was
sent IN Ionia for fifteen years IL has .
bad influence upon men Who are IN
prison for their firSt odcnse 20 permit
them fo be associated with hardened
criminals. BY the time their terms have
expired they have become contaminated
with crime and their eubeeQuent re-
formation 10 matter Of extreme doubt
IL Michigan would make ar iron clad
rule that all short term prisoLers tie
sent 10 Ionia and all long term conviets
20 jackson many IL the difficulties az
prison management would he overcome
and there would be fewer criminals in
the state"
Yes. am a kodac fiend.- spoleeeti-
cslly remarked &. ". Taylor al bos;nn
in The Morton yesterday afternoon IN
he pulled q hundred dollar camera out
Of its box. But don't know that II 10
anything 10 he ashamed of. The anna
teur photographer ought 20 have more
honor than ir given him. He's not such
a bad sort 81 fellow and his mania H. st
worst. harmless one. regard amateur
photography as one ~ the most delight
full Blooms ever granted IN us uninspired
mortals who have no genius FOR sketch
ing and yet have keen appreciation FOR
the beautiful in nature. II 10 % easy 10
obtain . snap shot At . pretty little
ecenc. and while the camera will not re
produce il ~ faithfully ~ one might
wish. yet il will give you . semblance TO
the real scene. which will call UP pleas
ant memories every time YOU Look a, Il
When ] am on my tours ] 80 hundreds
81 little things that are interesting aud
which an artist would probably sketch
l pull my kodsc on everything that
yleaees me. and when / return home I
have eome very pretty souvenirs ~ my
trip Amateur photography has been
making gigantic strides for several years
now and many ~ the novices d. work
that would not I've a discredit 90 The
professionals Some ~ the work ~ the
Boston Camera club In ~ finished as
anybody could desire The work - the
ulaiinc the professionals and pho
Biography 10 reaching an unthoughi a
stage 81 perfection"
j. W. Hine ~ Detroit was sr,ons
yesterdays arrivals IN the New Living
sion. Mr.. Hine 10 the Jener~onisp
democrat who has just born appointed
consul 20 Ambcrssburg. Canada. He 10
one 81 Don Ne high cards. and might
have had the earth II be had asked Tor
H.
Will VI. Stow will euccced r. y ray
ss bead clerk In Sweets hotel Mr.
Stow 10 popular and efficient and IN
every way capable 81 filing the position
W. A. Ekwail wili he assistant clerk
new night clerk has no, yet been sp
pointed
u. 5. Waterbury, principal ~ the
Sparta schools. and r. A. Hastings. one
of the villages leading merchants dinei
m the New Livingston yesterday.
&. ID. Carpenfer. a leading dry ecods
merchant ~ Bug Rapids. Vas guest IN
the Ne~ Livingston yesterday. lie Mas
accompanied by his wife
MoHros r.. &. Noble. y. r T,e-ns,
Ann Arbor, ". W. Mitchell. Cadillac:
~ ". Corey. Msnisfee; A NJ. Crovthers.
Detroit. &. r. Taylor. Lansing.
swrrr's n. Carlton. Detroit, G.
A. Clark, Kslsmszoc; L. l. Gray. Sew
aygp: NJ X Bradford, Saginaw. " !.
Dudley. Fremont, W. ii. Wordsworth.
Pewsmc.
Nv Lfvfsosro< NJ. Ferry. Lev
ell: n. :. Waterbury. Sparta; CD Gar
renier. Big Rapids. J. 4. Parker. DO
wseiac. &. l.. Fleming. kslafnsxoo; Il.
v. Bush. rierson
EssIr r. v Mccoy. Traverse CITY.
A. 4 Shaver. Ofe>go: - f. h5rr, Scufh
Haven. George Ranney. Portland. h. n.
Ray. Cannon; y. II. veusen Williams
burg
kE-r-F. II. Atkins. West Carlisle:
| IL =. spsnsdine. LANSING; y. c. Gomez
t~rc. Sseinsw; Y. W Ssutt~s. kslsma-
RIO; G. ". Mcbride Holland; " Lander.
+ man. Whitehall.
CI.ps~pos Iersei Dsvis. Hosiand;
William SfauHer. Bovre; g.. 7 Chsysi
T Sand Lake: ! J. Wood. Lansing, W v
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