The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-01-13
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so. His father then took him before that
monarch there (pointing 20 the city Had
who committed him to the institution.
His mother has sirce become raving
maniac and is now an inmate In one o.
the institutions in your city.
THEY WILL LIE.
Boys will certainly lie and I would not
give nvc cents for one who did not lie
to get out Of a scrape While at that In
Htitution / was asked whether i had ever
seen such mean faces as some of the IN
| mates OF the ReformatOry had. In reply
| ] invited the QuestiOner into the Legs
lature to-day. where / could show aim
| equally mean faces. (LaughterJ
| ''ODe little boy told me that they had
put shackles on him and number OF
| other small boys but that they had been
taken of that day. because the commit
| tee was to come out and they were only
| lett on the large boys. l would not Whlp
| a boy for throwing at a cat on fence
| and boy who does not take a water
| melon Is no boy at all. (LaughterD II
! this Reformatory had been in existence
| at the lime when George Washington Was
a boy, there would have been no George
| Washington living then outside or that
\ Institution. tLaughterD Just think OF a
| boy going into the chapel with shackes
| on. do you mean 20 tell me that a man
| can call on God with chains around LIS
| ankles I think the RcfOrmatory is moth
ing but little substitute for the peni-
| Tertiary.
Then again about the education OF
| these boys Their teacher Is d Mr.. Samp-
son. he has powerful name. Laughtecl
| ! am told he is a Northern man and j
| think 1t Is sin and shame that we
| have 10 get Northern man from Massd-
| chusettes 10 teach little rebel boy
| 10 60 SLOW.
| Judge Asa -. Watkins. Of Prince Ed
| ward, stated that this entire matter
about the reformatory school was a new
| one to him lie was in favor OF send
| ing the bill back TO the committee IN or
| der to have it amended If the cir
| cumstances as described were true. then
! the existing condition Of affairs was
| shame on the state. But the testimony
| in chief submitted to the House had
| come from the Conylcts ia opposition TO
| the members of the Board Of Directors
! Of that institution. The administration
If the rcfOrmatOTy WAS based on the
same system that was in existence IN
England where they had the best rcior-
matOTy schools iu the world. lie be-
lieved the Prison Association was the
right thing and IL this was the only way
TO prevent boys from committing muir
der. then they should be Kept ~ the re-
formalory until they become twenty-one
years OF act. II would certainly be "A
good investment for the State 10 spend
$4,000 annually on such an institution II
lv such am Investment FIVE human souls
could be saved from hell and pcrditon.
DEFENDING THE INSTITUTION.
commit the bill. He stated that KS po-
siGon before the House was somewhat
unusual. II had been reported iaFordbly
lv thu committee before the authorities
Of the institution were heard IL was
then passed 10y until they could be heard
Having heard the arguments or lhe
Board of Managers. the committee &c
cided TO Visit Tho institution. rms my
nd ON Tuesday anu Il mcmhef OF lle
committee had told him that ms under
standing was that nothing shoulu De
done until the bin was again discuS'cu
by the committee. ,........
land. stated that hc had been opposed
m the Roformltory school bat having
visited the Institution a. member OF
the committee and having become Ii-
milar with iis administration ne la" rH-
ffrelr changed Ibis mind and hal become
tborouehlv convinced that the institution
WAS inferior 90 none u the state ll'
had understood that the coinmiltee at It7
last meeting had agreed 10 hoiu "n".l.l
conference over the blu after ihe N.' 10
the Refofmatofy hac been mao, az" ~, D
fore the bill was taken zap in me House
Mr. George q. Bland, OF l\lnE anu
Queen. another member of me commit
tec stated that hc had "a similar uno'I-
standing about the proposed a'iloh OBJ 'nt
conn1iffcc Hp also expressed himself ds
highly pleased with what hc hau seen a'
the ReformAtory.
THEIR STATEMENTS JNFELiA BILE.
Mr.. John NJ. Gwynn of smytn. VINO is
also ON that committee. dt-tihti no"
tina. body had been met 30 the station
bv the boys ana what they htd seen III
Tho institution. BE Thought inc slal'-
mon. made by tine boys there cou'd no'
he rolled upon cine IL Them. when ask
ed why be- fad been son; to that ih-ilU-
lion had told him chat le hlH gone u"
church one sunday morning ht.oIe tHc
bell rang. and thaf THIS was thf reason
Y.af. fIH ~
a.. .,or rcv cold h'n that De- had neen
sent there because hc bad read the l"on
.-I uay on SUNDAY. ,...,.,..
pr ~. - QusDnb'rtN. oi 'dioHh''
another member of the commute WIZ
went ON the visit - Che RclormatorN. sai0
a rlve BIN great pleasure fo state tha'
the PROGRESSION made ou IBIS mind n> what
bp sad seen was altogether tl-
fercnt from that of Dr. winston ana Ai.
Wilson. The R"formaior} S'h'oi Na7
NOT an experiment. Dr. was success. iie
saw the boys most of whom looked very
oh acrful. some OF them. of course. were
criminals and would always be
criminals of know the bows were wen
FED that evening when J was there. sall
Dr Ouiscnbcrrv land they looked as II
fbsv were well taken care Of think
10 is FAR better for that class OF boys
10 Dee there chan TO De roaming about the
CAUGHT N a YARN
Mr. T. q. jordan. OF fl'H'i u.s. WIZ
accompanlel the committee to Laurel as
am invited guest thouehl thc stat emen's
OF the boys there were very misleading.
AS an Illustration. he ref rred 10
n conversation which hc Dad WIN
enc of those boys. Inai l'ilo"
told him ne was very anXi'rs
to leave there ON account or the
cruel treatment received and that hc
had the marks ou his back ~ twenty
stripes that inc had received without sur
Gci.u' cause
"Pun Of YOUR coat and show mo those
marks ] said to the bow. continued Mr.
Jordan. "ard VIII certainlv sec that Won
are released from here. But The hoy had
nothing more 90 say and hung his mead
I'm shame"
Mr. Jordan Thought that many boys
were we'll satisfied with their 'ot. ana 10
they bch4vcd prouoriv I'm many Instances
they could Dc released after having been
there twenty months
M Pooker of SOUTHAMPTON. THOUGHT
the state had no rght 20 appropriate
money for "a private corporation.
THE AIM OF THE INSTITUTION
Mr. Reddy then wentn on 10 state that
the association had been attacked on the
floor OF the House. The gentleman from
Pitisylvania had said that instead OF be-
ing called rcform1tOry il should be
called by the vilcst name on earth. The
gentleman ought 10 Justify that state