The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-10-21
SCORES THE JA|LS
IN HOOSIER STATE
Governor Speaks at Confer
enCe of State Charities
And Corrections.
A REPROACH AND SHAME.
STATE is TRANseREsSoR OF
MORALS WHEN 1T PUTS A BOY
INTO JAIL TO BE TUToRED BY
A CRIMINAL.

Evansville, Ind, Oct. Ex-Governor
J. Frank Hanly was the principal
speaker at the preliminary meeting of
the state conference of charities and
correction. He occupied the pulpit at
the Trinity Methodist church and
handled without gloves the condition
OF the county jaiis and infirmaries Of
Indiana.
They are a reproach and a shame
to a civilized country said the GOV
ernor as he launched into his sub
lect.
Wonderful as are the achieve
ments of the charities and correction
| workers and our citizenship in g@ner-
! al, there is a situation to which we
have not arisen and have not vt
grasped. | speak Of the county 'ail
and poor infirma1y system of tie
state
We are making tremen tuus
mistake in our county Jail manage
nent People who are commit cd
there to await trial ard felons who
are there 10 serve sentences are min
gled together am. tn, former are de-
filed.
I'm many jails The men and women
are not separated. The boys are al
| lowed to run with the mel.
State is Transgressor.
This state is a tranSgresSor OF
morals when it puts boy into jail
for an offense and lets him be tutored
by a criminal who has Travelled ali
the roads of vice We have no right
to do a thing like that and it is up to
the good people like you here in this
conference to start a movement that
will result in legislative action.
Il believe now more than ever that
there should be no ;oafers in jail.
The state should build four or six big
warehouses; at various points 10
which every man, boy or woman who
! is convicted and sentenced to Jail for
I less than a penal Offense should be
! sent and have work put in their
hands. We are coming to that plan
sooner or later. The county infiTm
aries in at least seventeen counties
are as much of reDroach to our
state as are many of the jails.'
Other Notabes Speak.
Among the other speakers Of the
afternoon were ex-Attorney General
Taylor, who spoke on the states
health. He said that Indiana is sal
+ ind other states in respect to san
Iitary regulations.
State Senator Ezra Mattingly OF
Washington was heard in a notable
address, in which he advocated a plaI
to do away with the county poor in
firmaries.
The real work Of the conference
started This morning.
. The committee on the state char
= tiles reported at this meeting. Su
), perintendent Carroll Of Fl. Wayne
School for Feeble-miT ded Youth, 81
: perintendent Smith of the Richmont
asylum, DR.. Rogers Of the Loganapor
asylum. Superintendent Kendall .
the Indianapolis public schools. H. B
/ Brown of the School for the Deal, Su
perintendent Van Mugs of the Epilep
tic Village, Mrs. John Elan of TIL
) new Girls School, MIS-. Bent Wilson
of the State Workhouse for Wome'
and Warden Reid of the state prisol
made talks.
This evening the committee on tu
berculosis will report. Congressman
J. E. Watson will preside. DR.. Moore
president of the State commission
will speak. Congressman Watson Wi
be entertained at the Y. NJ. C. A. ha
on Tuesday.