Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-30
HANLY GETS OUT BIG CROWD
Many GO 60 Bellevue 60 Hear Ad-
dress on Undetermined sem
tence Law.

Governor Frank HRnly. 1ndiana's chief
executive, was the magnet that attracted
one Of the largest crowds TO date to
the Bellevue chautauqua Tuesday night
to hear this talented speaker tell OF the
advantages OF the intermediate SEN
tence Law where the same sentence is
given for the same crime. over the law
now in force in Nebraska. The crowd
was present at an early hour and before
the program began the space not covered
by the large tent was fringed with sew
eral hundred interested listeners. As a
prelude an interesting musical program
was given by the Parland-N ewhall Bell
Ringers.
In absence Of Governor Sheldon. who
was advertised to preside, but who was
unable to attend, II. II. Baldrige Of Omaha
presided and introduced State Labor Com
missioner John J. Ryder. who delivered
a brief though forceful address on the
Child Labor Question" and by many
interesting Illustrations told OF the ne
cessity OF the enforcement of the child
labor laws.
Labor Commissioner Ryder said in part:
A fair and reasonable care for children
is but the nursing OF an asset most po-
tent for future development. II wisdom
prevails, enlinghtened by the lessons Of
W. ~ NNbtAANINNt We Will Keep chit
drn In school during the growing years
OF their lives, and keep them out OF Jail
always We will preserve their health and
as against lives OF loss and OF misery.
We will. provide for a parenthood edu-
Gated, strong and able to caro- for and
train its immediate posterity.
hid labor laws. administered in a COM
mon sense way, Will do and are doing
great good in this day, this hour; they
will also lock the door against grave dan
ger in the future. In the children to-
DAY abused, tied to unwaTranted toll, OPP
pressed and repressed, behold t~onorrow's
gerous liabilities of the community and the
nation. In the children that are schooled.
controlled, properly directed and encour-
aged, behold the child triumphant-the flu
ture strong support Of a nations need.
We cannot condemn children to bad
conditions; but neither must we permit
them TO drift into evil environments. We
may not exactly control heredity; but So
clety, the state. can see to It that robust
~onnding or by overwork in tender years.
still. some work or occupation is neces-
sary tor many vigorous boys, II we would
save them from abasement that grows out
OF ignorance. Under our Law as It sands
az present, we can make no sort of con-
oesslon, even in vacation time, to children
down as IS; and l feel very earnest in main
radning that this condition means giving
many or them up to an idleness that will
encourage vagabondage.
Danger lies no less in a too strict and
un~fesponsive law than in a too lax law,
in a position to lead effectually a move
ment Tor the establishment of the happy
mean between these two extremes.
AS 70 virtue of manual training, its need,
us holding power, and its influence, there
VIII be no difference Of opinion, among
start that is hall the fhpGbS Battle: Il + t bToI SSSs
the fit man, who always makes the best
race put II must be complete enough to
take 1t out OF the realm of haphazard
things; The summer vacation, now so often
wasted and dangerous to boyish morals in
greater or less degree, but always in some
aegree, might very wisely be sacrificed
IN part at least either to manual training
school work, or to other work that offers
GG inr,e men would not be hired in any event.
through the trainings acquired in idleness,
introduced as one OF the nations leading
orators. Governor Frank Hanly of Indiana
was no disappointment to the large as
semblsge and with a brilliant flow of
English delivered in a clear pronunciation
and with a forceful style, Governor Haniy
paved the way for the future inmates Of
Nebraska penal institutions earning their
own freedom through the workings Of the
indeterminate sentence law. He said:
Nine years ago when the ndeterminate
sentence law was passed in the Indiana
legislature, l, as a lawyer, was opposed
to It's passage, but after. witnessing its
or It's most enthusiastic exponents. The
lndeterminate sentence law fixes a maxi
mum penalty for each OF the many crimes
ana takes the power of sentence away from
q Jury who now return only a finding Of
the, guilt or Innocence OF a defendant. II
guilty should the crime be burglary, the
defendant is sentenced to from three 10
IWenty-one years Imprisonment. The State
Board Of Parole is composed of members
or the boards OF trustees of the penal In
situations who are clothed with the power
10 parole a prisoner, only after he has
served the minimum sentence. Under the
old law when a prisoner had served his
sentence or had been paroled or pardoned,
ne was given one suit OF clothes, So IN
money, taken to the prison gates and
pathizers and with the mark of imprison-
ment upon him. barred from employment.
In a short time he was returned TO the
prison convicted of another crime against
society. Today the prisoner ls not sent
out until a place Of employment is found
for him, from which he reports monthly.
At regular intervals he is visited BY an
agent Of the state. who hears his COM
plants and in every manner endeavors
his own keeping.
Since the establishment Of the new law
5000 men have been paroled, of which
number, 65 per cent nave made good. Good
has been made out Of bad, a s~elf-supporter
out of a dependent and a law abiding
citizen OF a law-breaking citizen. Under
the old law but rs per cent of those
paroled made good. This question OF
criminology brings an, Issue in the form OF
and women, an issue that Is nation wide
and involves the fate OF our most sacred
institutions. and the republics manhood
and womanhood.