Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-15
TO ADVOCATE
PENALREFORM
PRISON OFFICIALS MEET FOR
DISCUSSION
ATTORNEY GENERAL SCHEDULED
FOR ADDRESS
National Association Begins Session
In chicago-Prominen Men
VIII Talk Of Needs of
Penitentiarles
Nv Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Sept. 14.-A ntirnber of i'm
portant prison reforms will be adverted
at the annual convention of the Nationa
Prison association which opened here to.
right.
Charles J. Bonaparte, attorney genera
OF the United States will turn for the
moment from calling milionaires and
"busting'' trusts to give an address or
punishment and pardon before the con-
Rress. 1t may we'll be that he will plead
for leriency in the treatment OF i'm
prisoned magnates after they have served
sentences of reasonable length.
Two state governors will be on hand
with addresses, Governor Charles s. De-
neen OF Illinois and Governor ]. Frank
Hanly of Indiana. Mayor Buese of Chi
cago gives an address of welcome. Other
well known speakers will be Mrs. Maud
Ballington Booth, Bishop Samuel Fall
lows and the Rev. DR.. John Balcom
Shaw.
The leaders in the study Of criminal
law and in prison administration VIII be
heard from Among those are Judge
Frank s. Roby of Indiana, Judge Julian
w. Mack of Illinois, Hon. Arthur N.
SAFER OF Illinois, 2. R. Brockway and
Joseph r. Scott of New York, Maj. r. w.
McClaughry, Ft. Leavenworth, Kas.; DR..
Frederick Howard Wines of South Caro-
lima, DR.. j. I. Gimour of Canada, Henry
Wolfer of Minnesota. Among those
prominent in preventive work on the pro-
gram are DR.. Charles r. Henderson and
Or. H. H. Hart Of Chicago, Homer Folks,
New York; J. A. Leonard of Ohio and
w. 1T Whitaker of Indiana. The Ma
tional Prison association is great semi
official organization whose membership
covers the North American continent
Every state, three branches of the United
States government, the Dominion of Can
ada and its provinces and a large num-
ber of cities has appointed official dele
gates to the congress.
Study PenoIogy
Three subordinate organizations, the
Prison Wardens association Prison
Physicians association and Prison Chap
iains' association, meet in connection with
this The conditions and needs of Amer
lea in the field of penology in the widest
sense will be considered. The discussions
will cover wide range of subjects. These
include criminal law and it's enforcement;
the apprehension and Identification of
prisoners; police; causes of crime; child
saving work; prisons and prison admin
istration; convict labor; probation, parole
and final discharge of prisoners; employ
ment for and supervision of released
prisoners. The opening session will be
held on Saturday evening. when Governor
Deneen will speak and Hon. E. ]. Muir
ply president of the association, will
deliver his address.
The National Prison association was
organized at Cincinnati in 1870 and was
granted cha arter hv fhei state of New
York in 1871. Among the dozen or more
incorporators were Horatio Seymour
Theodore w. Dwight, Amos Pillsbury,
Rutherford 3. Hayes, Conrad Baker,
Charles F. Coffin, James G. Blaine. Enoch
C. Wines, Theodore Roosevelt, Morris K
Jessup and Frank b. Sanborn. Ruth
erford B. Hayes served as president of
the association from the time he was
governor of Ohio until his death, follow
ing which Gen. R. Brinkerhoff of Ohio
was president for several years.
Amos W. Butler, general secretary of
the association, says: mo county or
state in the Union is satisfied with its
method of combining and caring for
prisoners.
with the wonderful advancement in
the past fifty years in almost every line
Of human effort there has been compare
lively little progress in prisons The jail
system of America is the reproach of
Christendom.
only by a campaign of education can
this be removed. The increasing interest
and the forward steps recently taken dn
some states they are notable), is largely
the result of the efforts of the National
Prison association. Its recent growth
and increasing support speaks well for
the future"