Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-25

body TO grant a pardon or suspension OF
sentence. He told an incident OF a man
who was recommended for a pardon by a
warden and who was released I'm the morn
ing and who shot woman before night
and was now kicking at the doors OF the
Kansas penitentiary. BY observing the
prison rules he said a prisoner could gain
the good will OF afwarden or penltentiary
oficial. But the Board OF Pardons he said
would be compelled to look into the mans
past life and into the life of his antece-
dents and to study the convict carefully.
Henry Wolfer OF Illinois, DR.. Starr, Amos
Butler Of Indiana and others vigorously de-
Tended the report and its recommendations.
Major Archibald Of Canada, parole
| official. In his defense OF the pardon board.
! gave some interesting statistics of the work
done under the system in the Dominion.
He said the board thoroughly looked up
every detail Of the convict's life, and then
paroled him only when they could secure
for him good employment. AS a result, of
! 1858 men out on parole, only twenty-four
were returned for crimes. In Canada there
are at present, he said. 300 men out under
parole and one agent of the government
was sufficient to look after them.
A. X. Saunders of South Carolina, chair
man of the Board Of Charities. told OF the
experiences of some women in his state
who tried to get the legislature to establish
reformatory for the whites. and when
| they Investigated found there were only
| two white and hfty-eight colored in the
! reformatory, which is now for both races.
| He was in favor OF the indeterminate SEN
! tence law, and said he would go back to
South Carolina and help the women get
whatever they wanted in that line.
Prevention and Cure.
In his report on preventive and reforma-
tory work Fred II. Paddleford of the In
dustrial school at Golden, Colo, advocated
the establishment of civil service employees
of state institutions and he wanted a stone
wall a mile high constructed between the
young girls in the home and the fallen
women. Better homes, he said, would
make better boys and girls, and he advo-
| Gated educating parents to make their
| homes attractive and teach their chill
dren to love to obey the home laws and
| they would naturally obey the laws of the
| state. He deplored the ease with which
boys could board a railroad train and hustle
over the country. This was the desire of
most every boy in his early life, and too
frequently after the first ride, they became
tramps. The child should be carefully
studied and If he developed any particular
talent it should be encouraged. II child
| 10 a pOOh .WOEIn ne SuOulu HOl De Hldue TO
sit behind a machine and the reverse The
speaker was in favor of abolishing child
labor absolutely.
superintendents who have charge Of in
stitutions in which children are kept, he
said, should be tactful and have patience.
A school teacher should be chosen for her
tact as well as her education. Teachers
or superintendent should never accept
presents from the boys nor should they
ever have any commercial dealings with
the institution in which they are en-
ployed
The report and recommendation seemed
to strike a responsive chord and none of
the delegates objected to it though mum.
Der endorsed 1t.
Evening Session.
The Prison association met at the St
Paul church tonight, it having been de-
cided at a late hour not to go to the
Auditorium. Addresses were delivered by
Fred H. Mills, sales agent of the New
York state prison, on the Essentials of a
Prison System" and by d. H. Tuboin
chaplain in the United States navy at Bos.
ton.
DR.. George Miller of Omaha came dowr
to induce the convention to go on record
as opposed to county attorneys rairoadine
prisoners to the penitentiary in their ambi.
ton to make record. DR.. Miller had in
mind the conviction of Charles Russell
who after serving four years for murder
was discovered to be innocent and was
recently pardoned. DR.. Miller also wanted
some one to read the address of Governor
Seymour, which he read here two years
ago. The program, however, was full and
DIR. Miller could not induce the convention
to take action.
c. V. Collins of New York. superintendent
of states prison, will be the next president
of the National Prison association and
Amos N. Butler of Indiana, secretary OF
the State Board of Charities, will be the
next secretary. The next meeting will he
held in Albany, N. Y. The two committees
appointed on organization and place OF
} meeting decided the above at a meetins
held tonight and 1t is not probable thai
the association will overrule the recon.
mendation of the committees. Chicago
| Columbus, o.. and other places asked fol
the next meeting. but Albany landed the
} plum insofar as the committee was con.
cerned. President Garvin and Secretary
} Mulligan both announced they would not
serve again. The committee will report e
the association tomrrow.