Evening star., 1899-04-06
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
National Organization Having Charities and
Corrections in Charge.
Effort to Be Made to Have a Meeting
in WashingtOn-Objcc
in View.

A strong effort is to be made to bring the
national conference of charities and correc-
tions to Washington in 1c"H T,;b!ic inter-
est in the matter has been s. y stimu-
lated and, 1t is understood, many questions
are being asked of the managers as to the
character of the conference, it's member
ship, what it proposes to undertake. and
what benefit may be expected from the
holding of its annual meeting in this city
The conference was organized in 1874 as
development of the American Social
Science Association, and has met annually
since that time Its membership includes
about 1.50O of the most advanced thinkers
and workers connected with the institu-
tlons of charity and correction in the Unit
ed States, Canada and Mexico. 1t has no
test of membership; is the organ of no sect
or division of workers; formulates no plat
form and adopts no resolutions except
those of thanks. 1t furnishes a broad, free
forum for the discussion Of ali subjects
embraced within it's special field each writ
er and speaker being responsible for his
own views.
The conference has usually occupied itself
largely in the discussion of such special
subjects as the organization and co-opera-
ton OF city charities, the care of dependent
children, juvenile reformation, insanity
prison administration, prisoners aid socie-
ties hospitals and dispensaries social set
Elements and municipal and county chari-
ties. Some of the most successful institu-
tlons IN the country, particularly in the
care of dependent children and the i'm
proved care of the insane, it is claimed are
directly due to the enlightened interest and
educated public sentiment created by the
national conference.
The annual volumes at ifs proceedinpc
constitute a valuable library of social
economics, and the special and his
torical volumes published in 1893 in connec-
tion with the worlds fair auxiliary have
CGGn IN such demand that ha
tlons We're long since exhausted.
During the past year sixteen state con-
1erences have been held, and the most sue
cessiul WORKERS and most accomplished
speakers from these will be sent to the ma
tlonai conference.
Next Session in Cincinnati.
The twenty-sixth conference of chari-
Ties and corrections will he held in Cincinnati
IN May, 1S99 Cincinnati is famous for its
charitable and philanthropic work, and her
representatives in the conference are on the
alert Tor every opportunity for the improve
ment of their work. The members of the
cincinnati delegation corresponded in adj
vance with the members of the conference
IN order to insure their support, and when
on Tue tI committee on time and place met they
carried everything before them
80 me president CT the conference is Prof
GharIes K. Henderson, DID, of Chicago
University, who has for several years been
- u 40 must dcllFe ana efficient
oers. DR.. Henderson already has the nra1,-
aratlons for the twenty-sixth conference
wen IN hand, and it is anticiDated thar II
~4Il not lalI behind its predecessors in in
tSreSt or IN efhcient work. 1t is expected
u at at this conference the discussions of
the work for children, both depeudent ana
uehfp4uent, will be of the highest interest
Inc state of Ohio has both of these denart
fnents highly organized.
me question of interstate migration
Wl WhIGh aroused SO much interest in New
ork' wiii be again vigorously discussed AT
Cincinnati, and 1t is expected that the com
L-tttee VIII bring in some definite proposi-
uon 1or national legislation to check the
evils OF interstate migration.
1t Is expected that the subiect of obor
naole ana correctional work among the COL
VI ted people Will be discussed and thar sne
cl%i papers will be read on that subject
W III anticipation of the conference. the
NoInens Club of Cincinnati have n,sda "
special study of chld-savine worl, d1IrinS
The past winter. 1S
Inc discussions of the committee on NIL
Llcii'aI ana county charities have adyancad
ttS ereaeiS M, III interest IN the last two confer
eiiceS- Inese discussions have been varv
Successful in the Ohio state conference fnr
several! years past, and the effort viii he
maze at Cincinnati to make the discussions
SspecaAy valuable to officers of aims
| J tiUJseS' county asylums and city hospitals
ana TO those who have in hand the adminis
ialioh OF public outdoor relief
Many interesting institutions exist in and
@anout @ cincinnati. and opportunity Will he
given 10 VISIT the most important of them -
IL Is proposed to send n strong deIao.tin,
TO the meeting at Cincinnati ana t9 ia
upon the conference the advantapas 81
washington as Its place of meeting m 1ono
ihc executive committee of the commit
ate @ ol one hundred having the matter in
oiaihe VIII meet at the board of trsde
rooms TINS afternoon for the TRANSACTION of
Important business. Vi