Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-01-27
RELIEF AND REFORM.
The Annual State Conference OF
Charities and Correction
Next Month.
Milwaukee, Wis. Jan. p.

Milwaukee, Wis. Jan. 70.
The official programme for the ninth
state conference of charities and correc-
ton, to be held at the Presbyterian
church in Madison, Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday, February 2, ; and 4, was
today issued by the secretary, Lynn ).
Pease One of the features of this con-
ference vii! be a civil-service meeting,
Al the Assembly chamber on Thursday
evening of the conference, at which an
organization of the proposed Civil Serv-
ice Reform league of the state will be
perfected. and Rev. e. G. Updyke ef
Madison, will deliver an address upon the
subject of Civil Service K form" Adj
dresses will also be made at this meet
ing by Joshua Stark and Eugene ).
Elliott of Milwaukee; Supt. F,rederick
Wilkins of the Eiroqua insane hospitals;
Burr W. Jones. Madison; Senator j. Il.
Stout, Menomonie; Prof. Charles n.
Gregory of Madison and others.
The Programme.
The regular programme for the confer
coce, to open Tuesday evening, February
, viii include the following: An address
ct welcome by Gov. Scofeld, on behalf
vi the state: an address of welcome by
Mayor A. A. Dye, on behalf of Madison,
and an address of welcome by James h.
Hlg. president of the state board of con-
A. Scott. department of economics OF the
State university, and the response by ".
II Graebner, president Of the conference;
music, and the opening conference adj
dress, 1.-THE Responsibility Of Society for
paunerism and Crime" by the Rev. judi
son Ellsworth of Milwaukee. The even
ing session will close with music.
The session of Wednesday will open at
o'clock. when an address will be de-
irered by President Graebner, after
which reports will be made by the COM
Hlittee on associated charities and chart
operation of Charity Organizations, by
Mrs. Mary W. Crosby, chairman. This
will be followed by discussion, the lead
ers being Thomas ". Buell., Milwaukee,;
Charles Il. Lee, Racine; Mrs. Frank W.
6oyt, Madison, and Mrs. G. ID. Cleve-
land. Oshkosh. General discussion by
members of the conference will follow.
The report Of the committee on custody
and training of the feeble minded, with =
paper on The Feeble Minded Of Wiscon-
sin" by J. e. Heg, will be given. after
which the election OF officers will take
place.
On Wednesday afternoon the report of
the committee on commitment, detention
and care of the insane will be made by
Fred Wilkins of Niroqua, followed by
paper. Modern Adjuncts to Hospital
Treatment of the Insane in the Light of
tic Past. Present and Future Possibili-
Ties by Dr. w A Gordon Of the North
erin hospital; a paper on the subject,
Are County Asylums for the Insane in
Wisconsin Properly Equipped for the
Due and Sufficient Care OF Patients
ny G.. s. Mckn0Wn of La Crosse county
asylum: a paper on THE Employment of
Patients in County Asylums fer Insane
III Summer and Winter, by a. j. Whit
fen, superintendent of the Sheb0ygan
county asylum; 4 paper on THE Treat
2nent Of Violent, Refractory. Destructive
and Filthy Patients in County Asylums,
By Supt. William Andrus of the Sank
eopnty asylum; paper on 'Hindrances
10 Proper and Effective Management and
Control of fO0rh0uses and Jails." by T..
-. Holden, superintendent of poor. Bara-
boo and paper on 1.-The Medico-Legal
Bearings Of the Commitment of the In
Our Law BY Or. ". Il. Becker, chair
man of the joint committee of State
Medical and Milwaukee Bar association.
Care Of Dependent Children.
At the evening session an address Will
be delivered by Prof. A. T.. Graabner of
Concorda college. st. Louis. who viii
speak OH State Care Of Dependent Chill
dren," which will be followed by general
discussion. Music viii close The pro-
granme Of the day.
On Thursday at 8 A. m the report of
b., made, with an address upon tie sub
5ecf ef "A Few of the Vital Questions IN
Child Saving, with Suggestions from the
Work IL Other States" By Mrs. ". T.
Alien, chairman, discussion to follow by
f. T. Dysart and Rev John Scherf, Nil
Naukee; Il. L. Sanborli, Portage. and
fFeof A. O. Wright, Madison, followed
by general discussion. A paper viii then
he read by Prof T. D. Jones of the de
partment Of economics Of the State uni
rersity, upon the subject Of sympathy
and Reason"
At D. N. Thursday, an address viii
30 delivered by II. II. Hart, secretary Of
fhe National Conference of Charities and
Corrections, st. Paul. upon the subject
of -sThe Juvenile Delinquent" to be fol-
lowed by reports of the committees on
reformatories and penitentiaries. and on
education of the deaf and blind. There
wiil be a paper on Some Relations Be
tween the State and the Schools for the
Deaf and Blind by Mrs. J. W. Stearns,
to be followed by general discussion.