St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-21
spired with respect for the institutions

spired with respect for the institutions
of the republic.
The first paper offered at the morning
session embodied the report Of the
standing committee upon the prison
physician. prepared by DIR. } Il. Ran
som, of the Clinton prison at Danaihora,
n. Y. In the absence of the author. the
paper was read by DIR. d. N. Rankin,
of Allegheny. Tuberculosis in the
Prison" WAS the title of the scientific
and statistical address. One-seYenth
OF the human race died Of consumption,
and in the prisons of the country the
rate is much larger than that. One rea
son for this is found in the prison sys-
tenn. the assembling of many prisoners
in bodies, an inevitable means of propa-
eating the cause of death. More than
this, there is decided relation between
this disease and crime, due TO its effect
upon the brain, producing as it often
does mental disorders, and by its inca
pacitating effects unttting.tne unfortu-
nate possessor for the ordinary duties
of everyday existence. The average
age at which the criminal commitments
are made is less tran thirty years,
which is the time OF life at which the
tuberculosis reaches its highest point, it
being estimated by various authorities
that fully one-third of all deaths be-
tween the ages of fifteen and forty five
years OF age have been caused by tuber-
cular disease in outside communities.
The Discharged Prisoner" was the
title of an able paper given by John j.
Lytle, for forty years the general secre-
1ary of the Pennsylvania Prison Society
of Philadelphia. MIR. Lytle said that
the great need of extending helping
hand to the discharged prisoner could
not be too strongly emphasized. In no
field of philanthrophy is there broader
field for the exercise OF duty all too
lightly esteemed and too little prac-
ticed. Little use of aids toward reforna-
ton in prison if upon re-enlering society
Christian people look askal,ce upon the
man who then needs the most help TO
sustain him in his new walk among
men.
Mrs. Deborah C. Leeds. of Seal P O.,
Pa, official delegate and member
OF the Pennsylvania Prison society.
earnestly spoke upon the theme of
social purity, specifying the pernicious
influences of pictorial and printed liter
allure sown broadcast upon the country
for 1.-THE money that is in it." She had
intended offering resolution upon the
subject, but this beiug lnexpedient,
owing to the near close of the congress,
she instead proposed sentiment to be
incorporated in the record Of the con-
gress: AFTER number OF years work
among prisons and reformatorieS. taught
by incidents and experience. it is my
sincere conviction that impure pictures
and publications exert All influence
upon society aud especially on the
young as vicious and debasing as the
effect Of intemperance as related to the
use of intoxicants, and l would even
say they are as intoxicating. Thus am
l moved to urge upon all good men and
women to rise to their duty to commun-
! ity and to themselves. to create public
sentiment IN behalf Of purity and for
eradication of an agency SO hurtful, so
dangerous. SO destroying to the moral
nature of mankind"
| DR.. Minnie c. I. Love, of the Denver
board of correction and charities, spoke
| in the same vein as Mrs. Leeds in be.
F.! half of work for social purity.
/ Chaplain George H. Hickox. of jack
! son, Mich, described the work of the
| industrial home at Detroit. Mich, un.
| der the supervision of Mis-. Agnes
| L'Arcomball, an institution conducted
| for the benent of men discharged from
prisons who seek to retrieve their man.
I hood aud honorably enter the industrial
ranks.
Secretary Mllligan read the paper OF
| Walter LindIey, Of California. "Whal
Is the States Duty to Its Unfortunate
Children" The subject WAS almost
exclusively treated and aroused the
| deepest interest of the congress. This