St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-15
Third Minnesota State Con-
ference of Charities and
Corrections.
AN IMPRESSIVE ADDRESS
Delivered by the Venerable
President, R. A. Mott, OF
Faribault.
ABLE PAPER By S. R. THAYER
Many Distinguished People
Are in Att enhance as
Delegates.
ABLE PAPER By S. R. THAYER

THE first session of the third state
conference of the Minnesota Assocla-
ton of Charities and Corrections was
held last evening at Unity church.
While not all the delegates had arrived,
there was fairly large attendance a
band composed of boys from the tafl-
bault school for the feeble-minded en-
livened the opening with several patrl-
otic pieces. AS will be noticed III the
list OF delegates, many ladies are pres
eht, and they evince a deep interest IN
the proceedings.
Rev. DR.. Willard offered the opening
prayer, and then Secretary Hart, OF the
state board Of charities and corrections,
offered welcome on behalf or the
State and GOV. Nelson, who. for obvious
reasons, was unable to be present. Sec
rotary Hart was happy in his remarks,
and his talk proved a good opening OF
the sessions.
Speaking Of the work Of the local and
state associations. he cited the testimony
of man noted in this line Of work who
recently visited st. Paul.
That gentleman," said Mr.. Hart,
latter being shown what are called the
slums, the very worst we have TO show,
remarked: Why. you have no slums IN
st. Paul like they have i'll the older
countries and in other states. You have
no such aggregations of misery as are
seen elsewhere
This condition. Mr.. Hart asserted, is
largely owing to the work and the In
Auence Of the association.
The annual address of President X.
a. Mott was an exhaustive review of
Me causes that made HE association
nt cessi1y, and also went over i'll detail
The various phases OF the work, lie
uwelt with especial vehemence on the
necessity for more aggressive work 10
eradicate the sources Of crime, poverty
and desolation. In this connection he
laid down
Some F0rcibIe ideas
he would like to see carried into effect.
Briefly these are: First-General and
thorough information on the laws of
life and the mysterious sanciity OF he
redity. Sacond-Radical reform of the
laws of marriage. that shall protect the
rights of future families, Third-COm-
plete isolation of some Of the defective
classes with the ohject of studying and
analyzlng special cases. Fourth Re
strictun Of immigration. FIfth-ln eX~
IRENE cases, under conservative legal
rules, surgical interference.
On these propositions the president
talked pOintediY and at some length.
His earnest and. lucid words demon
Strated the fact that lie has given the
matter much thought and study. In
closing the remarkable rhilanthr0pisJ
grew really eloquent. Ills tribute 70
the pioneers OF Minnesota AID the pi0-
ncers in the Humanitarian movement
was charged with pathos and tender
ness, and there were few who were not
affected as he feeIngly recitcd the last
stanZa of Burns John Anderson, My
10, john"
Hon. Samuel r. Thayer. of Mime
ap0is. minister at The Hague, read
q scholarly and instructive paper on
1.-The Charities of the Netherlands"
He traced the growth of the charitable
aud penal Institutions of Holland at
length, and enlarged in detail on the
features which have made notable the
Dutch methods of dealing with poverty
ana crime. lie drew the conclusion
that the excellent results attained in
Holland are due principally TO tile
broad and comprehensive lines on
which the charitable work and punt
tive proceedings are planned. The
closing suggestion was that. perhaps,
the American humanitarian movement
would achieve greater and better re-
suits if its scope is broadened and pro-
vision made tor a Capitalization of
authority.
The List Of Delegates
who registered last night is printed be-
low. Most of them are officers Of cOun-
ties and of state institutions directly
connected with tie dIsptnSatiou of Du5-
lie charity or the enforcement of re-
straining and punitive laws. There are,
however, number OF ''friendly visit
orS," unofficial delegates in the list:
Hcffron. E. W. Poet, Nels j. Ness, j.
Ii. Mortz, Capt. NJ. j. O'Connor, c. L.
Pusch. Fairick Butter, Mrs. j. II. MuI
ply, Mrs. c. d. Smith, Capt. r. II. l..
jeWett, Mrs. II. S. Fairchild, Hon. G..
j.. Kerr, Hon. John W. Willis.
Miss Jennie Z. Rankin, Mrs.
Angus Macdonald, Ambrose Pierce.
Rev. Dray, JOAN KerwIn, John d. Luis
den. Rev. ". b. Willard, Rev. David
Morgan. Rev. w. G.. Pope. j. Watson
Smith. j. j. Todd, p. A. Abbott, NJ IS
Mary Cramsie, A. Z. Croonqust, Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Haas. Miss Louise
Emory. Mrs. &. w. Wylie, Mrs. A. A.
White, w. l.. Wilson,
Minneapolis Delegatps-Mrs. G. H.
Graham, Mrs. NJ. }. Thompson, Mrs. j.
ii. Pray, Mrs. McClrry, William Powell,
Eugene Fay, Mrs. +. IL. Egan, Miss
Mary Egan and Miss A. T.. Leonard,
Mrs. MlchaelS, Mrs. Lehrmeier, George
Bracket, w. g. Byron, Mrs. d. &.
Donaldson, Mrs. W. II. Gerry. DR.. w.
A. Jones. Judge Woods.
Delegates From State at Large =
Frank Temple, Still water; T. Whitney
Anoka; G. L. Mcmillan. Luverne; Rev
Albert Warren, Lake Benton; eX>Gov.
J. Is. Wakefield, Blue Earth City; G.
Amundson, ST. Peter; A. T. Anderson.
Red Wing; Supt. J. W. Brown, Red
Wing: j. j. Dow, Faribault; Hon. John
L. Norrish and John Hetherngton,
Hastings; George ii. Holt, Hinckley
c. L. Holt, Duluth; W. Hoef-
fling, Fergus Falls: Rev. Robert
McCune. WorIhington; j. A. Johnson
Nicollet; +. |. johnson, GcCdhpe; n. j.
Miller, Sandstone; John Murphy, Hast
lngs; Warden Wolfer, Saltwater; }. R.
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