The sun., 1894-10-10
SHAW FOR BROCKWAY.
THE ELMIRA REFoRMAroRT AN
UyPARALLBBED SUCCESS.


UyPARALLBBBD SUCCESS.
n. Ed,tor or "The Review or Reviews"
Has st.died ths syrter-s n Use IN Persi
r,.t,,,tio.. In All Parts OF ths world J.
VIZ. Hroekway, re Says, HAS More Near
" Solved the Probieu, OF the Reform or
You.e Crir.insis Th.. A.y Mas Living.
Dr. Albert Shaw. the American editor Of the
Reristc Of Reute,s and one OF the ablest writer's
on municipal government, has the past few
years made study OF prison science In connec-
tion with his studies Of the government Of cities
here and abroad He has visited penal insttu-
tions In all parts Of the world. He has made
special study OF the Elmlra Reformatory, and
no man Is more competent to speak OF the sys-
tenn in vogue there and the manner In which II
10 carried out.
DR.. Shaw has no sympathy with the attacks
made on that institution. As an American he
Fesents them. The Doctor talked about this at
considerable length yesterday. He discussed
the various methods in use there for the reform
alton Of criminals and OF the remarkable re-
suits that have been achieved by them.
"Mr. Brockway," he declared, e has moro
nearly solved the problem OF the correct man.
agcnent and the reformation ofyoung criminals
than any man living"
Taking up each Of the departments In the Re-
formatory, the military, the trade schools, the
physical training, and the school OF letters and
school OF ethics, he praised them, adding that he
had often thought 1t was pity that the State
did not give to its honest young men the chance
for an education and start in life that II gave
70 these young felons. BY way Of illustrating
the value of tho institution, he told story of
the Rev. Thomas X. Beecher, the eldest OF the
Beoeher family who has for years been minis
ter In Elmtra.
that age when IL was necessary that they should
be started out in life for themselves, and the
mother was much worried about them. One
day she went to MIR. Beecher and asked his ad-
vice as TO what 1t was best to do with the boys,
70 learn q trade as a means Of living Well
now, see here said Mr.. Reecher, suppose you
night and break into blanks jewelry shop and
steal a watch. Thon well get him arrested, and
s Soy Tt 10 the ReYormatory That's The best % thing
for him, and don't know OF any chance us good
that can be bad outside as these young criminals
Speaking OF corporal punishment, the Doctor
ri don't care to talk of this while the matter
Is under official investigation. We have got to
assume that the men who are conducting the
would be pity IL the general public lost It's
bearing on account Of the controyersy"
a fit man to administer the government Of tho
institution, then certainly he should be trusted
SaS, 20 sS Of e sna cn rSsh best
stitution was working. Punishment is neces-
sary he said for the strlctest discipline must be
maintained. In an institution like the Reform
atory there must be a dictator. The people
must trust to his Judgment.
DIR. shaw laid particular stress upon the char
acter OF the men who are confined In Elmira.
-" some people have al. impression" he said,
reformation of little boys. The fact is that the
prisoners In most cases arc men from the worst
Of .ss s J h Rsye Of sn
reared in an atmosphere Of crime. Their moral
natures are bun,ed, they have no respect for
,ls Of being reasoned with. With men OF this
lass II Is not strange that numbers should be
onIy by the iniiiction OF pain"
DR.. shaw special interest In the Reformatory
In i,n agitation in Minnesota, where he lived,
which resulted In the establishment Of an insti-
tuition there similar to the Elmlra ReformatOry.
Before that he had studied the system and It's
workings. comparing them with other ideas OF
ie~ that he has not witnessed in practical oper-
uion In tho October number Of the magazine
dress o e ,s, + s Hsp HSsres es
10 the Social Science Congress at Saratoga DR..
Shaw speaks editorially rs follows:
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feeling that hos been aroused against Mr. hrockway is
eroSsa Wien iSc "ra S has ai;a"R
way has had TO dS With VII "a tsSmcadeas % body & Of tho
toughest young criminals In the whole world, great
YORK and that he has been able after sye~se DIS
asss ,SS sH'Sts e. on pn.o. and %
the parole but do enter into the ranks Of
H. I, Swa6dng et.eas To
types % the wayward hardened, and undi.ciplined
any es OF 5 az sg pads rad cs sa
i Not 2ns IN ten has been 70 rssas,
normal, ssfconiroied eE.striic" III. BrocSWoy's
g ssTsSP e ssan !oSsy .sa.
90 teach every man trade that viii enable him 70
tha
op Br,;opp and and 20 70 round oa, each mons physsa
ssGo.ns isHsGSS; 5 sfa asT;da 9n
tsese Young men % discipline and obedegce. The
90 the dsr2rms,ory y more severe than that
s5M,SS;PlsTsl I: ioaly dSersas SSwGsrs else
PossSs S Gais sshS2. ss IN asis
insiI,n,ion @ ,S which has been Srsated the genius
o. mSdsrn time. Or Of sEy period Mr. Ss SroSESSy
Gs,,dsnsd and whose whole lives have BEEN .
ssins moral ssn.bpS ThSs TSss rass as@ Sf Sfeis hs
iSr the ultimate wsSsiss ia@stes il the sass
ae Mr. srotW sa esn 20 10 ss sS
minister corporal 2un,shment He anirms that the
EsS,gnE sSTi,nlnai; when once saSdasd By tSs only
performs his allotted tasks gradually fnds that
g STS1SF doing sSSsS
and altogether mistaken. and unproitabe 70 do
n,o.. son. y Whether h Or not Mr. BrocEwsy has in The
exceeded the limits OF wisdom and pfopriety Is
question by itself IL would bc a thousand pies II at
thls Time when he IL under sharp and bitter
n the friends OF the magnificent institution that he
mas mutt up should fail to their concern for
me maintenancs ofAt type o. improved prison admin
lstraton which has given the State OF New York 50
Shs.abe reputation, and which rests upon psychic
,,oslea and educational principles that are 50 impor
,,sht and so mpregnAhle. We must then, agree with
HI. HI. Sharies Dudley Warner In expressing soleitude
r the nure Ot the Elmlra institution and In claim.
hsLT LnT VT Brockway due recognition Of the unpar
YnT ,s rTcS, , he mas rendered the state q Sew
Ned world as prison reformeF.