The Irish standard., 1909-08-21
LIKE IND|kNk5... Plan
HooslER METHOD oF-.TREATlNo
CRIMINALS FAVORED BY
PRISON CONGRESS.
CAUSES SPIRITED. DEBATE
Motion to s,;pprsss Paper, by. Dr..
X SHARP, Talked Down-Women.T Take
Part In Arsument-Amerlcan Jails
Are Condemned. .,..


Seattle, Wash, Aug. ,17.-Delegates
to tA: convention Of, the American
Prison association only laughed today
when Mrs. L. r. Eastwood Of South
Dakota advocated chloroforming
idiots.
A paper by DR.. Sharp of Indiana was
read by Amos W. Butler of Indian.
apolis, and was listened to. in silence.
After discussion of the outdoor plan
Of treating convicts, in which every
speaker told Of the good results Of
banishing armed guards and putting
the prisoners on honor, the debate on
the Indiana plan was begun by q dele
gate moving that DR.. Sharp's paper
be suppressed on the ground that tho
Indiana plan was contrary to the
Bible. .....u.
The debate on the Indiana .plan,"
which prevents the. propagation of
criminals and idiots, developed almost
unanimous sentiment for It, The"dis-
cussion, according to President Gil.
more OF Toronto, Can, vas the most
profitable the association has held in
years. .....
Would Bar the Women.
One delegate objected to the debat-
Ing being continued before women,
who composed at least one-third of
the audience. Thereupon the women
delegates at once took the lead in the
controversy. led by Mrs. Deborah c.
Weeks, president Of the Philadelphia
Social Purity league. .4 ..
During the debate 1t WIS announced
that Connecticut and California had
followed Indiana. The motion to sup
press was not put to vote. President
Gillnour said it would not have" re-
ceived three votes. 49,,
County Jail 10 Raped.
Declaring that modern jails, espe.
cially the county Jail, are deficient,
w. A. Gates OF San Francisco created
q stir.
He told the necessities. of the bastile
Of to-day and pointed out the ways by
which the proper conveniences might
be attained. The session was an inter-
esting one and MIR. Cafes points were
we'll taken. 'r. -.
THE county jail has, been charged,
indicted, tried and convicted time and
time again for running the bodies and
souls of Its victims. but each time the
execution has been stayed and it ia
still unwhipped Of Justice" said w. A.
Gates. secretary of the California
board of charities, in an address. at
the convention of the American Prison
association. ',r".7
ITO reform the county Jail and make
1t an instrument of good instead Of
evil the following steps are neces-
sary:
District warehouses; for all prison
ers sentenced to terms in jail, and q
proper labor system installed therein.
"A separate cell for each prisoner,
we'll lighted and ventilated, and sup
piled with sanitary plumbing.
Sufficient rooms or departments so
that prisoners may be classified &C.
cording to sex, age and apparent
criminality, and each class be COM
pletely separated from the other.
Improve Social Order.
"Trained jailers with humane In.
stincts and high character, who appre.
ciatc the opportunity OF making better
the prrfnns placed in thor chargeA5
THE Improvement Of our county
Jail system. however, depends upon q
general improvement of social order.
No material advance will be made i'm.
til man puts higher value upon his
fellow man. Society must feel that
men are worth saving before 1t will
throw out the life line. This will not
come until wd forsake the worship. of
the golden calf and give obedience
to the golden rule"
Mr.. Gates criticised the handling
and treatment Of female prisoners in
several counties Of California and
recommended the enactment Of u law
compelling the appointment Of a ma
tain