The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-09-28
lis element and at his best. He was
applauded TO the echo.

Mr.. Spooner reviewed he li's DRY OF
the Reform School and told Of the
+, legislative battle resulting il TIE
establishment of the Girls School.
! He showed that legally. boys and
girls cannot lie eligible TO enter these
! institutions until convicted OF crime
by the courts. pointing out that much
| Injustice was done. He related an
| instance where d judge sentenced a
six year old boy to the Red Wing
school who should not have gone
| there. He then exclaimed: We
hear OF the recalls Of judges: that judge
should be recalled with q bludgeol',"
and how the applause rang out.
Mr.. Spooner said the time had come
for plain speaking. He handled the
Red Wing situation and the different
investigations thereof, without gloves.
| He expressed the opinion that Whit
tier is fire fellow personally but
that he is utterly without qualifica-
| ton to select subordinates or to man
age an institution. He related how
Whittier opposed the bill for the es-
| Establishment of separate Girls school
and had introduced in the 1907 legis-
lature and labored for another bill
providing for boys and girls de-
partmeut at Red Wing with whit
tier for superintendent of both" He
charged that 1.-The administration of
the Red Wing school is entirely out
of date and absolutely behind the
times" There was. he said, a large
amount of damning testimony that
was not called out at the recent in
vestigation of that institution.
Mr.. Spooner said that Federation
women should be immune from the
attacks of a man like Wilson, and
then proceeded to pay high tribute
to them and TO their president Mrs.
! c.. G. Higbee. "All lovers of human
ity." exclaimed the speaker. should,
be thankful to them. for what they
have done for the state and for the
Cl llilS .ouiiS. WI. opoOliCi uONidlCu
that Wilson's attack on Mrs. Morse
was utterly without reason and equal
ly without cause" and you should
have heard the applause That greeted
the starement.
Mr.. Spooner closed with an appeal
to the women TO pursue the course
they have mapped out, and to take
up other reforms. one at a time.
Here the speaker elected more ap-
plause by telling the women to get
after tie administration Of state af-
fairs for, he said. If you look into
the matter You will be appalled, at tie
eXtrayagant manner in which the
state is run. He further asserted
that the people are ready to have a
new administration Of the states af-
fairs, and again the applause rang
out. Just before taking his seat Mr..
Spooner urged the establishment of a
school for the training Of erring boys
and girls who havn't been convicted
of crime in the courts. Were this
done. he ayerred. the Girls School.
the Training School, the Reformatory
and the State Prison would all have
fewer inmates. This brought about
prolonged applause in which Supt. +.
l.. Randall of the Reformatory, who
sat on the stage, Joined with vigor.
The program closed with a piano
selection by Mrs. Wilma Anderson
Gilman. Mrs. Gilman rendered diff
ticut number with her left hand
which pleased the audience 50 much
that she was given two recalls, to
both of which she graciouslg Re-
SnOnded.