The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-04-09
KILLED THE REF0RMAT0RY
SENATOR LOUNSBURY,S ELOQUENT
SPEECH.

ne DEFENDS the Humane committee Ne-
port-Two Senators Oppose Its Accept
ance-No Money for Mrs. stowe's Me-
morial-Municipal Ownership of Gas in
Observation-Disclosures In the House.
AT noon yesterday the report of the
committee on humane institutions, ad-
verse to making an appropriation OF
100000 for the state reformatory, was
taken up.
Senator Lounsbury, chairman OF the
committee, opened the debate. He
said:
There are some within this circle
who will bear witness to the inexhaus-
tible patience with which your COM
mittee listened in the hearings which IL
gave in the matter of the state reform
atory.
Larger than this patience might be
the faith which one would require 10
believe that all the senators nave reau
the report of your committee. Ana YET
so many. in one way or another, nave
signified their approval that DO not
know that in this body there Is one dls-
senting voice to take away the curse OIL
universal condemnation.
Il shall take little time in explaining
a report which has received just enough
criticism to prove its merit, the force
of it's arguments and the righteousness
of Its conclusion. The brief remarks
which shall make to-day will be rath-
er in the line OF a support OF the repeal
ing act and of the resolution which au-
thorizes new commission.
But l have heard that outside OF
this circle there is at least one dissent
ing voice, and that comes from the dis
tinguished head of the reformatory
commission. And you will pardon me,
Mr.. President, if right here say few
words of a personal nature. When l
came back to this seat expected to go
on my old committee, but when in the
preference of others I decided to go
elsewhere and to take a place where
my honored ancestor had served a gen
GRAFTON ago, the only reluctance which
I felt in entering upon the work OF my
present committee came from the fear
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nave neither lne puipil hoi 'ie
press at my coiliiiiaiio' anu 81 tioiii q
seat which, in the gracious confidence
of my constituents, I hold, will say
word In merited praise Of an old class
mate.
You VIII iorgiVe inns uisress.oii' WI
president and VIII return TO the mat
Ter OF the re1ormatory'
Ii tlle llrsl nearing siveh Wy Soui
mas ~ 80 49, 80
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ioritv ~ the iaiI nrisonars Of tbe state
nf half the inmates Of vour wethers-
Y1aId nrison of all the tramns of this
commonwealth and of that large class
of habitual drunkards which from time
to time comes within the clutches of
the law. / do not say that all these
criminals were to be taken in at first,
but l do say that your commissioners
had planned an institution which could
not care Tor q single inmate UNTIL com
parlhg SIZE OF state Win SIZE ol state'
II was Twice as 1arse as Tue view Iolh M
ieioiiiia'ois a. i1iiiili " aiiu itioi .ile'l-
ioor .iiea 80 - - ~ 49, ~,
- 80 ,.o,, ~,
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eo,,,,dad ,,aor1,r n,,.r+ar of oon+,,xy
apo and tbat it's nresent size is the re-
s,,lt ne tho prowth and extension of all
these wears fApplause1
"It is the history Of all institutions
that thew are much more. easily built
+han thew arc s,,nnorted. IF Won build
foo largely If Won plan too extensively.
Won ,ncur in the support of your insti-
tpt,on an unvise expense which must
he repeated wear after wear all through
its existence New York is eight or
nine times as large as Connecticut Can
orr little state afford to carry into ex-
ecutton the nlan of her commissioners
TO teach in a Connecticut reformatorv
tho thirtv-four trades which tbe great
state of New York in the palmier days
Of her nrison Industries taught in her
institution ar Flnira.? IF Won arc IN
vice enough tn do this what suretv
have Won that vour board of mana gers
will mt also wear by wear and every
wear asl, from YOUR legislature appro