Putnam patriot., 1910-03-18
Charities and coreet.oa orgaHzsi,on.

lions In attendance. bal Governor r -B. Weeks. Mayor Hooker. and other state officers and large representation of the prominent men engaged in philsufhfo- pse eefk, sere present, together with phiianthpplsis 9f National character ffom other -Gates.
 The work Of The organization is ur. surpassed in importance by that of any other Society in tie State. The p-o- ! eeedings sefe ni intense interest to the close, and the speaking ~as of tbe most attractive character being on practical work of the highest kind for the veil Icing Of sal and soiiefing humanity. President Luibef presided during | the three days sessions. which were ] held mornings and afternoons. Mayor Hooker made the address of welcome, and in if said that the sad | aesi part of his duties was in hearing l the stories Of those wao were afflicted and in trouble, and confessed he was unable to solve them, but his sympa- thles went out 10 them for it was i'm I possible 10 do for them all they requiT- ed But he felt certain that the Con- ference just opening would be one of great heIpfulness.
 Governor Week made the opening address, and said no gathering this year Is Of greater importance to the people Of OUT State tban this Confer epee. He gase the figures in detail to sho. what t costs ouf stale for the criminals and the HBfortunates. The tolai amounts b s2, ls9 9s5. this Is talk ing DO account of appropriations for new baildings. which reached up to nearly another million dollars.
 Ne should likete give the entire pro. eeeaings. which would make a big book, bat they viii be accessible in that fofm 10 those who desire b pos- sess them.
 One sf tie most important subjects discussed at the Conference was that Of the erimiaai class On that qaes. ton Judge E. M Warner, who has devoted much attention to IL, present. ted one phase Of t when his turn came to speak. which k, IA Farm Colony for R0undefs.p The substance of his address k as follows:
 Judge Warner who spoke for a farm colony for roundcrs, said that a fine of 70 and costs or sl and ten days in jail neither punishes nor cures any drunk ard but encourages drinking. The jail affords a good lodging house and shel- | ter between sprees and Is palace hotel 1 for rouudefs in every county. Drunk enness K properly treated as a misde- meanor or crime and cannot for an in. stant be considered as n disease. When a man wiIfully brings himself Into n condition that makes him nuisance | he ought to be subject to criminal law | but he should be so treated as to bring about a change of mind, q stirring up | of the latent spark of manhood within | him, reinforcement of his weak will. 1 It is estimated that it costs this state S5o0,Doo annually to prosecute and sup port dfunkards and their number is | vafiousiy estimated at from 0og to | 5.UiD. One man, when ei years old was sent to the county jail for drunk enness in May, 1878, and ever since then he has spent almost his entire time in jail for no other ofiense but drunkenness or being il common drunk. ard He has learned no trade and Is no better fitted to earn living than he was in ISIS. lie has cost the state at least siu,0uo. II he had been sent tu farm colony in lssa he might have | been saved, or at feast boarded for less than he has cost In jail He k only a type and there are hundreds like him
 The reformatofy now under way will pfuNid ide for the instruction in trades of it's inmates, but it will not take drunk aris and II seems as If there was no provision fer them on the face of the earth. A farm colony should be estnb- lished to which they could be sent for long terms, say five years, with parole possible at the end of one year. It should be arranged on the cottage sys tem, with not more than twenty in. mates in one building. All the build ings should be under the control of q central organization, bringing about as nearly as possible the atmosphere Of \ decent home and family. IL q roundeI shows signs of ability to learn a trade he should be encouraged. The farm colony should be under the control ot the state and there should be land enough for each Inmate to get plcnt, of outdoor labor under kind supervi-
 sion.
 : The reformation Of these drnnkard, k possible, for the lives of John E Cough, Jerry et'auley and Nalentin,
 Burke, and hosts of others, prove the possibility of reform. The prison work , oI such women as Elizabeth frye ant Maud Ballington Booth proves tn, possibility of the physical and mora
 regeneration of even the most degrade, individual.
 The officers elected were as follows , rresident-~lienfy N. Farnanl, New , Haven.
 , Nice President for Windham county
 -- II. Overlook, Nj. D., Pomfret. fieasureF-James r.. Wheeler, New } Haven.
 seeietary--Charles r. Kellogg. Wa
 terhury
 l.. NJ. Warner. of rntnam, was ap
 pointed member of the Executive Committee.
 : The next Conference Is 10 he held al New Haven.
 
 City Cears-faiier Judge
 The case of Ernest Jones of Warwick
 k. l., who pleaded guilty 10 eeins drunk, sdondsy morning, was eoatinu. ed 10 April islh.