St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-20


genius to be euabled not only to direct
affairs, but to devise new methods and
to lead the way over unbrOken paths.
In this staff of officers of robustness, Of
talent, and. If possible, genius, pervad-
ing them all and leading them all should
be the force of moral enthusiasm. Its
influence should entirely pervade the
prison throughout and become the at.
mosphere of it. The prisoner should
breathe 1t from the time he enters the
prison until lie leaves it. 1t should be
impossible for him to get away from it
at any time while he remains a prisoner,
whether in the chapel, the workshop or
whatever place he may find himself. Ii
should come upon the prisoner with
such force that he cannot fail to feel it
strongly, even though he has always
had the power to resist it.
1t is indispensable if the officer is to
be raised from mere machine doing
routine duty to true dlsciplinarian
and personality capable of Denetitlng
the prison. it is not sufficient to run a
shop, run school, or run any other de-
partment in prison, and by physical
force maintain perfect precision and
order. and call it we'll disciplined
prison, but if we are to make men
better or to maintain discipline that is
wholesome and to which a cheerful
obedience will be given so high level
of enthusiasm must be reached and
maintai ned that it will be an irresistible
insp ration to all who come under it.
WARDEN wOLFER
gave the congress an eXordium upon
prison discipline based upon the search
light of practical experience. illustrated
tc some extent by citing the methods at
Saltwater under his administration. At
one point in his address he said that a
prisoner should he sent to the prison
the same as an Insane person is sent to
an asylum for the insane-to remain
there until he is cured, or at least until
it is reasonably safe for him to go at
large. II venture the assertion that
there is not Il warden here who has not
turned out large proportion of the i'll
mates of his prison with the positive
knowledge at the time OF their dis
charge that they intended to lapse again
into crime at the first opportunity.
Is this just to society? Is it just to the
i prisoner? Does the state discharge its
oblig alton? l say no. Let US have the
interdetermlnate sentence. When the
I prisoner is allowed to go forth to try
anew the battles of life, let it be ON
parole Or on probation. In conjunction
with this, let there be system of iden-
| LITIGATION so perfect and so universal
| that should the prisoner lapse again
into life of crime, he can speedily be
Appreciated and returned to a place of
safety. This. with what has gone,
would be laying the foundation of prison
reform broad and deep, and would, in
my opinion, reclaim many who are now
following life of crime. 1t Will bring
| the criminal face to face with condi-
| s., hS tIro ~,
sion, unless wholly incOrrigible. that a
life of crime is failure; that his only
nope for peace and freedom in this
world depends upon his leading we'll
ordered life"
AT the conclusion of these papers
Chaplain e. l.. Bradshaw, OF the Allie
ghcny county, Pennsylvania, work
house, moved an expression of approba-
ton of the papers OF the afternoon,
which met with a most cordial response
RESOLUTIONS.
Warden j. W. French, of the Michi-
gan City, Ind, penitentiary, moved the
adoption OF rule of the association
that in future congresses there he less
time given to the reading of papers and
more to discussion. Adopted without
debate.
FINANCIAL.
Col. Charles E. FELTON, and Maj R.W
McClaughry reported the auditing o.
Secretary Mllligan's accounts, which
they found correct. Receipts for the
year: Dues, 5000; for proceedings
sl75; total. S1.075. Paid sundry ex
penses, S265 go; RENTED to treasurer
S7U9.40. The committee reminded ths
association that some of the member!
were in arrears FOR dues for 1928 ant
for 1S94-95 payments were III order.
NEXT PLACE OF MEETING.
The committee upon this subject rec
commended that the congress of 1S9
meet in the month of September at tn,
city of Denver, Col, the days of meeting
to lie designated by the executive com
mittee. The report was adopted. Th,
congress at o'clock adjourned to par
ticipate in
TIE CARRIAGE DRIVE
. about the city, under the direction o
the local committee, MessrS. A. s. Tall
madge ano Ii. II. Hart. The gentlemen
and ladies took carriages at the cap
itOl, were driven through the principa
/ points of interest: Central park, Mer
5 RAM hill, st. Anthony hill, Crocus hill
: Summit court. Summit avenue to tn
Windsor hotel, which was reached at
O'Clock, all having greatly enjoyed tn
, | opportunity to see the city, even thong
. somewhat hastily.
| Each carriage was accompanied b.
| some citizen to explain TO the guests tn
various places of interest Carriage
were furnished for the drive by the TO
/ lowing: W. T. Clough. Gov. Ramsey
t R. A. Smith, Crawford Livingston. A
-Kalman, DR.. Lawton. William Dawson
: J. w. Owens. G. A. Severance. F.
/ Wright, T. Henry, E. W. Peet; r. n
Newport. nj. Auerback. George 7
$ White. E. E. Mcdonald, A. Schei
r fer, c. N. Bell, G. j. Gran
5 II. R. Bigelow, A. H. Lindeke, /
S Schiffman. r. Dorr. George Thompson
| E. S. Chittenden, George Benz, f.
5 Bass. j. ". l.. Corning. S. S. Breed, .
F. McQuillan. V. NJ. Watkins, j. .
: Hill, A. A. White, w. H. Llghtner. l
3 A. Young, Mrs. Drake, F. A. Seymou
: w. r. Merriam, A. Guthrie, d. l
, Foyes, e. Ii. Cutler, j. Tanning.
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