The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-15

marks a new era, one OF the newest eraS.
! perhaps. In the successive stages of wom-
! ans emancipation and advancement. The
equa tty of the sexes Is no longer a sub
! ject for debate in Sorosis or in the wom-
! ans club. 1t Is here now-like expansion
/ and In the race for supremacy woman
! IS fairly in the lead-in Ohio. Her day of
! jubilee is come. and she Is no more a
| long shot In the betting ring. The Ohio
lady is a mistress of whom any Ohio dog
might well be proud.
PUNISHMENT IN REFORMATORTES.
| TIE recognized abuses shown to have
! long existed in the E!mira reformatory,
under the direction of Supt Brockway,
who had for years been upheld as the
| IDEAL penal gefurmer Of the country, have
resulted Of late In general discussion Of
! the wisdom ard humanity of applying
physical punishment In extreme cases to
/ prisoners AS long as sixteen years ago
attention was called 20 this man Brock
way through The ease of g boy who had
/ been sent to the Elmira reformat0ry By
an angry father for some trivial ofense
and detained there urier the uateternd-
nate sentence plan, who. thT0UGh the III
! treatment and exhausting lab r to which
/ he was, subjected. Became rsane~ cutter
! Ing from the halluc.na ton that BROCK
way was in pursuit OF him for the pur-
! pose of tearing his tongue from his
mouth. It has taken al the iaterval and
constant accessiops to tie lunetic y I'm
from among the Elmira inmates. not
withstanding numerous successive eX-
! posures, to finally arrive at true under
S anding Of Brockways worth IN hi, p o.
! fession.
Tie recent discussion o. This subject Of
: Jail an1 refolmato:y administration has
! brought out two widely diverse views IS
! to he true rclicy e adopt toward prs
| orers :, no are difficult 70 manage. On
! one side 1t is contended that physical
! punishment is indispensable. It is u cd
/ in favor IF this view that incorrisib Q
y
heroes to their fellow consfcts when ley
are plsc,d IL. solitary confinement ard
| put OH bread and water Oct. 1t T. u g. d
| that physical Pun shmt n especially that
i form known as the use OF the paddle.
which is rethi more than an ungentie
form Of spanking, puts an end entirely
to the idea CT martyldom or herols,n,
and has decidedly sub>iuing influence IN
! the subject.
The bread-and-w system Of puGish-
ment. as well as the Solitary cell plan.
! is : mere form of bafparism. The Que
merely results in the mental torture Of
the victitn; the ether often in serious
physical eXhau stion. II is possible al,
best to secure but very small fraction
OF casts i'll which prison or .refornatory
treatment results in q radical, change ter
! the tier In the offenders moral natu e..
Physlca! punishment CT any kind orly
INJURIES and degrades,. y rliie punishment
/, al ousing the n oral facu q Of him WHO
is sub. ac-ed 10 it. Better the continuance
i'll their normal co dit;cn Of any nu nber
Of hardened criminals than that enc, S.
posed to reform, should be driven from
Ills purpose by the intict on Of severe Or
degrading pi nishfneDt for a passing Of
Tense in prison.
The system of mfral discipi inc in ope-a-
ton in the Ma ssac2 useits STATE refo'ml-
tory is IN this eernecdon wurthy 81 men
ton There fla grant case IF breach OF
discipline Is punished In quite a unique
manner. The inmate; for instance, who
throws dowh his tools and refuses to
work further, thereby Intending to create
! a revolt among his fellow inmates, is
, taken 10 specially constructed room
about twelve fest SOU ire, without Win
COWS, but the ceiiipg Of which is CT glass
suggestion that Ee is about to have
rest, and is supplied with concentrated
foods, which he eats heartily. Sleep is
there impossible. except liz darkness.
With al mis- apparent luxury of living
ard notwitaste nding ali The apparent
Kindness of lis keepers, he soon discOv-
els that work is much preferable to con-
tinued existence under conditions where
he may be said to be under process of
being killed by kindness It never
takes an entire week before the inmate
actually begs to return to the ordi-
nary routine OF Prison life after the most
earnest promises that he will behave
properly in the. future Nor are the
promises ever broken
AS cruelty even toward the lower ami
mails Is productive of only added brutlsil-
ress. it Seams plain that some such form
of discipline as is in operation in the state
reforma tory of Massachusetts, is worthy
of general adoption.
NORWEGIAN LUTHERAN SEMINARY.
Last evening were begun the dedica-
tory services of the Norwegian Lutheran
Theological seminary. at Hamline. They
will be continued today with more elabo-
rate and impressive exercises Yesterday
was the anniversary OF the opening of
similar educational institution at De-
corah, To-, and this event is annually
celebrated by the Norwegian Lutherans
of the Northwest.
Today a large number of prominent
Norwegian divines and educators will Join
In presenting as valuable addition to
St. PauPs architectural attractions one