The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-08

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work. With nine out Of ten the hard
/ ship Is experienced in days of idle
ness.
When statesmen shall have fully
considered the reaction of inaction
and its inevitable results in moral en-
feeblement and physical flabbiness,
they will appreciate the fact that the
supreme danger of the prison situa-
ton Is id.eness, and that a prison
which fulfills its mission must by a
system OF compulsory education teach
men first of all the absolutely funda-
mental doctrine that eff man will
not work neither shall he eat
1T was a favorite saying OF the
late J. G. Holland that a man must
be man before he can be a Chris
tian. In the absence OF moral tension,
fChristian character is an impossi-
bility and healthy tension of moral
character is impossible in the absence
of industry
Character and laziness can not
coexist.
| For his, industry the prisoner should
fbe allowed compensation which should
be controlled and disbursed by the
state for the purposes hereinafter in
dicated. | regard the enactment of
the parole law as the most important
advance step ever taken in this state
lin criminal legislation Immediately
upon a conviction being had the clerk
of the court should notify the board
lof parole. An officer of the board
should at once investigate the family
relations 4 of the convict II he have
a family dependent upon him the
board should make an allowance for
their support from the convict's earn
ings.
| quote from a recent publication
Some states allow their convicts, Il
good, penny day Some states al
low their convicts, If good, plug or
tobacco: Some states allow their
lconvicts, If good, pay for oyerwork.
All states allow the convict's innocent
family to suffer-
Imprisonment Of the breadwinner
generally leaves those dependent upon
him destitute and compels them eth
er to endure bitter want or to become
ot,
minor children under the age, say of
sixteen years, and they are In bad en-
Iyironments and subject tos evil in
fluences, these children should be
made wards of the state and given a
training that will enable them to be-
come good citizens.
1t often happens that the victim or
family of the victim of the criminal
act is by reason thereof placed in
circumstances where help Is needed
The duty Of the perpetrator OF the
wrong to make reparation is unques-
toned. 1t should be the duty OF the
hoard of parole as soon as advised of
! a conviction to cause an investigation
of the circumstances of the victim or
his family, and allow, In part repara
ton OF the wrong, such proportion of
the convict's earnings as may be
deemed proper.
The strong current of present day
opinion is that the treatment of the
lconvict should be with view to eff.
lfecting his reformation This does
not mean that he should be treated
with weak leniency, which would be
more harmful than salutary to So
ciety. A person convicted OF crime
1 is put In prison because the safety of
society demands that he should not be
at large, and It is the duty Of the
state to keep him in custody until his
discharge will not interfere with pub
/ lie safety.
The discipline Of hard work should
he complemented with a system of
educational and moral training. This
state certainly occupies an advanced
plane in its treatment OF prisoners
1t gives them good care, food and
quarters, provides for their use fine
libraries and current literature. gives
them all necessary medical attention.
provides regular church and Sunday
school services with chaplain to
help them spiritually and morally. az
lords educational facilities and. in adj
EDITION TO all these things, provides
for them many amusements. The