Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-26
POLITICS AND
CHARITY MEET
Fal, Campaign, Centerinc
About State institutions, Adds
Interest to Session.
TO BE HELD HERE OCT. 10
Meeting of State Conference of CHAR
ties This Year Attracts In
usual Attention.

In view of the political campaign in
Illinois, centering as it does largely
around the state charitable and penal
institutions, unusual interest centers
This year in the state conference of
charities to be held in this city Oct
1913. This is the 18th year OF the
conferences aggressive fight for bet
ter conditions surrounding the depend
ent. delinquent and criminal portions
of the states population. The con
ference is a non-political and non-sec-
tartan organization made up of chart
tably inclined persons.
The announcement for the confer
ence this fall. just from the press,
contains a statement ITO the people
of Illinois" 1t is signed by DR.. w
Fl. c. Smith of Godfrey, president. and
DR.. Frank p NOrbury of Jacksonville,
chairman of the executive committee
Says the statement:
First of all it should be empha-
sized, for those who are not familiar
with the conference, that this organi-
an. 1t is composed of public spirited
men and women who are interested
in the welfare of the dependent. de
linQuent and criminal portions of tho
population of Illinois. Any person so
interested can become a member by
registering at one of the sessions.
There is no fee of any sort All per-
sons not members and coming within
the above description are invited to
become members. The expenses of
the conference are paid from a fund
of $500 per annum appropriated by
the general assembly regardless of it's
political or religious divisions
Inc chief medical attraction is DR..
Adolf Meyer. director of the New York
State Pathological Institute who re-
Gently has been selected to be pro
fessor of phychiatry in Johns Hopkins
university and director of the clinic
in psychiatry in johns Hopkins uni
ve-sity
Conditions of blind.
A new commission has been ap-
pointed by the state board of charities
to inquire into the condition of the
blind in Illinois and to recommend
such additional facilities as the state
should provide for the employment OF
the blind and the education of those
not now enjoying such facilities In
view of the work of this commission
special interest attaches to the adj
dress by Professor George w. Jones,
superintendent of the Illinois state
school for the blind at Jacksonville.
His subject. Sunday. Oct. SO. D. m.
is: Duty of the State Toward the
Bind"
In the Rock Island public library,
during the conference, there will be
an exhibition representing the work
done by inmates in the state chart
table institutions; also a tuberculosis
exhibit.
William Busse, president of the
Cook county board will be the CHER
speaker in the section on The Pub
lie Care of the Poor" He will read
paper on Oct. Is on THE New ST.
O0O,O 900 Cook County Infirmary" This
institution" the announcement says,
probably has had more expert
thought put upon it than has any like
institution in the world. President
Busse will exhibit large plans of the
new institution
President Samuel r Metcalf OF the
new society organized to improve
almshouse conditions will touch live
SPOT when he delivers his address on
politics in the Appointment of Poor
Farm Superintendent"
Interesting Meeting sunday.
Another novel feature will be the
program for Sunday, Oct. II. In the
afternoon in the Rock Island opera
house DR.. T. H. McMichael. president
of Monmouth college. will deliver an
address on an education topic Father
James j. Shannon of Peoria will speak
on Catholic Charities At this meet
ing Sherman c. Kingsley of Chicago,
chairman of the committee OIL legis-
lation. will review important charity
legislation now on the Illinois statute
books and will outline new laws that
are urgently needed.
In the morning and evening dele
gctes. assigned by the local Commit
tee. will address the congregations in
Rock Island. Moline and Davenport
churches on charity topics.
Dependent, delinquent and neglect
ed children have absorbed a large
part of the conference proceedings.
"Special interest centeTs around this