St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-17
In q Talk on The Street
Boy From a Legal
Standpoint"
PROCEEDINGS OF THE DAY
Of the Charities and Corree.
lions Convention at the
Capitol.

date was decided upon i'll order 10 enable
the various smaller Societies to put into
operation the suggestions of the state
conference. Such suggestions can be
acted upon to the greatest advantage
during the fall and winter
Bishop McGolrick, Of Duluth, not
being present, Secretary Ii. H. Hart
read the first paper before the commit
tee on Juvenile reformatories. His sub
ject was Juvenile Delinquents." He
recommended state agent to look after
the boys discharged from the reform
school at Red Wing. AS in other states,
a separate reform school, presided over
by women, should be provided for girls.
The probation system is much better
than sending children indiscriminately
to the reform school.
After some discussion the convention
adopted the following report Of the COM
mittee on resolutions:
Resolved, That we, as state confer
ence Of charities and corrections, here
by respectfully call the attention OF our
state board 10 the following suggeS-
lions as being worthy of their considera-
tion:
That the lunacy laws be so amended
as to allow the executive authorities OF
the several hospitals for the insane
final decision in the case OF commit
ments and Of the propriety OF home
custody; also. to provide for penalty
for commitments without sufficient
medical examination, to provide fer
voluntary commitments, and to IN Ore
efficiently guard our hospitals against
Non Resident Insane.
That the proper classification Of the
insane he recognized i'll our statutes. so
that the hospitals for the insane be used
exclusively for acute cases, and that
separate provision in colonies be made
for non-eurative Tor chronlc) cases.
That the powers OF the board Of di-
rectors Of the MINNESOTA institute for
detectives be extended TO authoriZ3
them to make experimental provision
for the relief of the adult blind.
That an annual appropriation OF $500
be made TO meet the expenses OF this
conference and, also, that its reports be
printed at public expense.
Resolved, That standing committee
of seven be appointed by this confer
ence to consider and report upon the
causes of poverty, crime and detective
conditions.
The executive committee was authors
lied to investigate and report on the
causes of poverty and crime.
Before the section Oh dependent chill
dren Judge g. d. Kerr was heard on
"The Street Boy, Considered From Il
Legal Standpoint" The judge insisted
that reform school sentence was al.
ways a blight upon child's life, ana
that no child should be sent there who
is not a criminal. Besides, an lnde-
terminate sentence ought to be glyen'in
every case, the school to have control OF
the child during minority, with power
to secure its adoption, lndenture or re-
lease. 1t is of the greatest Importance
that the inmates OF a reform school
should master at least the rudimentS of
some trade. A trained mechanic is
very rarely a criminal. Legal provision
regulate their employment as news.
BOYS, if such occupation should be al
lowed at all. and to absolutely prohibit
their employment as district meSsen-
gers. The latter class OF boys now see
too much of the eity's Vice.
1t was the opinion of Rev. David
Morgan that many Of tie street boys
would return to the farm il an institu-
ton for boys were established similar to
the Friendly Inn in this city.
Dr. p. R. Hebron. speaking OF "ln-
stitutional Care of Children" said that
though always lacking i'll the advan-
tages of home life, many institutions
conferred vast benefit upon the young.
but no child should be committed to
their care until every other resource
had been exhausted.
Afternoon Session.
Before the private charities commit
tee in the afternoon Rev. II. P. Nichols,
of Minneapolis, began with a paper On
the question Are There Any Better
Methods Of Raising Money for Our
Charities Than Those Now in Use?"
People should limit the amount of their
gifts by the necessities of the demand
rather than by more conventional
models. For q man to give part-a
titne. for instance-of his income may
be liberal, or not. according solely to
the amount of his income and the
amount of his necessary expenditures.
Mrs. DR.. Higbee. Of st. Paul, speak
ing of "Improvemeut in the Homes of
the Poor" advocated the removal to
the country, and to small farms pro-
vided by the state, Of ali Of the poor
capable of earning living in such sur
roundings. Otherwise the friendly
visitor" can accomplish wonders i'll the
city by frequent and regular calls, and
bvtaking a sincere interest in the home
life of the family she visits.
"Is There Need for Free LaundrleS
and Public Baths in the Cities and
Towns of Minnesota" was the question
treated by George A. Bracket, Of Min
neapolis. In Boston, he said, the poor
are taught how to wash; but, i'll his
opinion, they should be given public
laundries where they can actually wash
their own clothes rather than merely
learn how washing should be done.
Free baths are not ouly admirable in
other respects, but they are sure cure
for tramps, if made compulsory for that
class wherever found.
An impyomptu address upon
sTrained Nurses,
by Miss A. Jones. of st. Barnabas' hos
pital. Minneapolis, was followed by a
discussion of the general subject.
Rev. E. p. Savage, of this city, pre-
sided over the session Of the committee
on dependent children at its 4 o'clock
meeting. Mrs. o. II. Slmonds. of Du-
luth, was absent, and her paper on
",rhe Duluth Home Society" was read
by r. A. Abbott, of St. Paul.
Frank Lewis, superintendent of the
state public school at Owatonna, read a
paper on the work of his school, in
which he stated that of LOO children
received since the school was estab-
lshed CSC are now out in homes. 25 have
been adopted, II returned to their own
homes, and 1872 are now in the school.
All the schools methods are in full &C.
cord with those of the general public
system of the state. An entertaining
account followed by Rev. ID. B. jack
son, assistant superintendent OF the
children's home society of this city.
upon the scope and laborS of the So
ciety.
1t was expected that Warden Wolfer.
of the Saltwater penitentiary, would
preside over the session on jalls and
iockups, but, in his absence. Superin-
tendent Lee, Of the st. Cloud reforma-
tory, took the chair. No papers were