The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-02
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 The isssi treassnsst s Of ths dsun,sare i.
 perplextng problem in edUlnl1lr611c1
 ;n sSe sveIy poRulous csnt!s, Ins feo1 taaf
 are ayaiIasis no fewsP s thsn el si9 Ss5 ss. rests for intoxication were reeor6SS 1r ffe
 dgt g Iargest cities of the United 6tsts1 inr
 eseo tude of tns fs. ecoaomic ,s and soclM mssnI-
 lesislatures and police derertsssnfs to-
 W1ro inenriety ts study in divernify.
 sn s1s isdIS'sny,, dRISIiSy Of ne po'lss sswsrd dun
 Serent citiss that no common retio sxiSes
 eotween the number of arrests fcr infcri-
 tie gn nrosIn;,,sn snd the ysluns of dr.nkinG n Il years ayrests Tor dr,snksnnsSs sssr:s~ses sa
 @ or to every LOO populafion. in
 Toledo. Ohio, where there ware eT
 Jonss ,ss ssioons snd where. un1sr Mayor toward druhkards ohtains. tketss vs2e
 fa Sniy vsr sT asrs:ss ans fer drunkenness. or Although Cleveland has iess than fI.rso
 times the population of Toledo. the celS
 gus of It's arrested drunkards vas nssriy. | sMnsy-9ns times as great as that in
 tord. Conn. with 1l saloons and with {
 .:sts q yictims of insbristy numSered S M l in Bridgeport in the same State. with si2 | saloons. the arrests footed up only III | or II to every i.ooo residents.
 Spsn were Me s ssss o ssd the ss,ssss for | in uecorous Philadelphia, e to each i6oD: | tn tntellectual Boston, q to each i,0e0 eud
 a.as in nsss ss a5insins niiwsukes, - with LIT | ngures eelective in character and capa-
 nle of abundant expansten. .display down rght discrspancy. and their explanation
 of police authorities in dsa.ins wi2S the
 xn.siesa isv. prescribing penalties for
 tremes. The statement that nnes 'So sor i in- toxicatton run from 90 cents in one State
 to N0 Tn several ether States. and that
 imprisonment for the offence vsries frpm | ing baldness the different ansles of yision
 from which law making assemblies view
 sne s,s sun1sct In the genersl statutes of
 southwest. no specific iegislaticn 6esrins
 ishmsnt is provided for ' in iecsi cal Srdi- Ssh-
 h the prohibition states of Maine and New Hampshire. the nisdemeanor is pun- ishcd exclusively by Imprisonment. In
 nsa n c3mSn fSs Son.s srUps.rcs 0S nay bs con charged hy the overssers of the poor. or 6y two justices of the peace. In New asamRsnire the maximum period fer which rrMnksrds r,e,,sb. may os incarcerated is sir h Ohio. South Dakota and Virginia the statute books prescribe fines for lntsxi- enment. The penalty h ifssisstic snd in ohio 1t is fixed at . in South paSota at ao and in Vrginia, except where . Sssirsrs Uesi :rS,nsno. Dun,shsHt s s ssssshsd by In sixteen commonweaiths the aiterna- tive penalties of hne or fmprisonDent are n,,n,sh shvenofissd: sh,rn The iiehtest monetary Delaware. where . uniform fine cf 60 cents Is exacted. On the other hand. the fines in Illinois range from sac to sioo.
 financial asasGs retSuon aSs fes tns 5 times thn a,a. ss iarss h the Sucker state as in Of sS.sis Ss sts H :0iA S n ss on s the s s than he did in Baltimore. 'h beesuse New fors ss was much bisger place. mum me of S1oo for person who man Tests drunken condition by boisterous or indecent conduct. or loud and profane " Similar variations exist in impriscn- ments penalties for intoxication. For in- stance the maximum term for which a sin Is five days. while in Rhode Island . habituai drunkard may be committed for three years and in New York . habit house of refuge at Hudson for i've days
 In several conmonwealths the penalties are graded and cumulative. For example fSr sy ss ss ss senSsss sns n hard labor for maximum term of sixty days; for the second offence to maxi
 a tern so of e Snys 9nd % for the third Tn Minnesota, which is also typical of the States in which the scheme of sra- dsd sentences prevails. for the first of to $40. or imprisoned from ten to forty days: for the second offence, he may fined sbfsS from 70 ;S % or be IS imprisoned iris ned third offence he may be imprisoned from sixty to ninety days.
 In Arkansas. West Virginia and In- havior of Q convicted drunkard may be exacted in. lieu of q fine or imprfscn-
 nent. In Arkansas the presiding magis- son surety for good behavior and for keeping, the. peace not exceeding one year" but in case the bond cannot be term of thirty days is authorised. In West Virginia the fife of the security Is limited to six months.
 tionai treatmeAt of inebriates. North Dakota authorizes the compliment. et fo % ns3tuaon haeituaL faE fs treatment of drunkenness designated by Q committee appointed by the Governor. The victim must express q desire to vn-
 dous. and he cannot be committed sec end time q! the public expense In the Tefrltofy or OktahOma, where tne law IS substantially similar, not more than forty persons can be sent to the institution rom one G county in 2 year. In North be less than three months nor more than year. and a drunkard may commit him self upon application endorsed by re- spectable friend.
 Legislation providing for the suspension of the execution of sentence and the con- ditional release of convicted drunkard upon parole under the supervision of a probation officer has been enacted in Massachusetts. New Jersey and Rhode Island. The probation system was intro duced into Massachusetts more than a dozen years ago, and 1t has become an important feature of the penal policy Of that Commonwealth. Proposed laws es- tabllshing probation machinery based upon the Massachusetts practice have been under advisement in the legisia- lures of various States this year.
 The conventional treatment of convict- ed drunkards in the United States is re- trlbutive rather than. reformative, and it is not justified by the logic of results. perienee. they declare has. proved with of fine or jail sentence does not op- crate on the inebFiate as Pegenerative agency and does not tend to divert him from his anti-soctal tendencies. The most hopeful experiments, they thlk. lie along the line of the application of the probation system to first offenders and tho commitment nf habitual drunkards to special institution under an indeteErni- nate sentence, where they may be con- fined at hard labor and under scientific treatment until their appetite for alcohol su nA fnR