Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-22
BETTER HUSBANDS
Plan of Chicago Justice to I'M
prove Men Proves Highly
Successful.
PAROLE SYSTEM BEING TRIED
Judge CIeland, Assisted by a Commit
tee of Business Men, Watch
Those Out on Honor.

Municipal Court Judge Mckenzie
Cleland of Chicago has a plan 10 re
form husbands. With several thou
sand Chicago women, Judge Clelanl
believes the genus husband generally
is il bad state of repair, and regard
inc a number of husbands who have
their homes in the district ceutcrtng
around the Maxwell street police court,
Chicago. he knows this 20 he the case.
Hundreds OF representative business
and professional men or the west side
of the city hold the same view. ana
now that Judge Clcland has promul-
gated his reform ideas they have yo!
unteered their hearty cooperation in
the effort to make them effective, says
the Chicago Tribune.
While Judge Cle!and believes that
nearly all husbands are in need of re-
form. his scheme can be applied only
10 those who find their way into the
Maxwell street branch of the munich
pal court. OF these at least Il hundred
already have been benefited 10y the
scheme. ana the reform treatment Will
ne diibllt'u ~ ObiClS as IflSl SiS lIitN
are brought into court. In only 4 few
instances has the plan failed to work
ana then only because the husbands
On which it was tried were So far gone
| that no treatment could bring them
| back into the paths of domestic recti-
| tuGe.
The plan as outlined by Judge Gle
| land and which is subject to modilica-
| ton is to arrest. fine and. with the fine
suspended over their heads, parole
| those husbands who show themselves
| in need of reform. Husbands thus ar
rested ana paroled are watched closely
| by the Judge and the committee OF
| business men who have volunteered to
assist in the scheme. and everything
possible is done to encourage them in
their effort to live up to the require
mentS of their parole. The parolcd men
! are visited ut least once Il week at the
home 10y one of the committee Of bust
ness men. and notes are taken as t.
the progress they are making. Every
two weeks Judge Cleland holds a night
! session of his; court. at which all the
! parOled husbands are required to re
port and where evidence is heard re
garding their conduct while on parole
If these reports are satisfactory tho
I case against them is not removed from
the books. but is continued two weeks
longer, when they are required TO re
port again.
Till Permanently Reformed.
IEG' continuing of cases and calm
for biweckly reports are kept up Unit
the paroled husband shows signs q
permanent reform. when the suspend
ell Zine is removed and he is restored Il
his family q different and in mos
cases completely reformed man. DC
casionally Il husband has been fount
who took advantage of the parole sys
TEN started by Judge ClCland. whom
he regarded as an easy mark. an
once released without having been sen
( to the bridcwell the husband in thes
J instances driftCd back to the old path
( of the uHrefOrmei. One man who di;
J this was promptly rearrestcd and ol
K his failure to promise better behavio
y was sent to the brideweIl to work on
K Il maximum fine of $50 and the cost
y of prosecuting the case against him.
ri The west side business men who hlv
y taken an interest in Judge Cleland'
XII movement to reform husbands are cor
y WINGED that the plan is a good one fr0r
K purely business standpoint. Most @