New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-14
MISS MARY S. LOCKWOOD,
Chairman of the press committee Of
the Women's National Defence
Conference Committee.

treaehery which is involved In such
an instance is like that OF the treach-
cry Of man out In the open sea with
fellow sailors. Such = man IS known
inside the prison walls IS rat, and
the meaning Of this term cannot be
understood outside the walls. To cal
a man In prison rat IS 20 offer him
deadly insult. That IS what the gen
tlemsnly scopndrel IS called az Sing
Sing"
The warden then declared that vice
had always existed in the prisons and
that he was succeeding IN eliminating
II. But isn't 70 disgrace 20 drag al
this before the county o-hcers, he
asked. when they know conditions are
better than ever before!
What are we Cosng 70 eliminate We
az Sing Sing, We are getting the N en-
out Of the cells AID letting them swim
and kee, ing thsn IS long IS possible
N the sunshine. Wee dourishes only
N the darkness, and We are keeping
the n ~ IN the lisrt'
SpeSSing OF "a. effects brought about
BY tbs Mutual Welfare League. the
warden said one WAS tha, the inmates
told the truth when arralgned before
the prisoners court.
"Bu. the testimony they gave he
shouted. they did not EXPECT would
be hauled down 20 a county District
Attorneys ONCE. There was a sort OF
implied promise that E thew told the
truth their testimony would be priv
legged from the eyes o. outsiders. Il
IS wonderful that they have learned %
tell the truth. But 90 take the records
OF this court and drag chem 20 the
county seat IS the Sr0sses- outrage ever
com mitted. IL Is an insult 20 common
decency. and ! hardly know terms %
fl it,
Judge Wa6hams. following The wari-
en-. declared . was high time Tor the
people OF New YORK % realize that n
Mr.. Osborne they had the most Ell
oient manager CT prisons they have
ever known. the best Insurance against
the recomnitnent o. prisoners for
crime.
Kirchwey Praises Warden.
George ". Kirchwey, II charge Of
the prison wnile Mr.. Osborne was
away, also spoke. expressing MS op.n-
ion that Warden Osborne would win II
the fight 20 wrest Sing Sing and prison
management in this country from the
politicians and graftels. Hastings Il.
Hart, director q the Child Helping
Department uacer the Russell Sage
Foundation, described the wretched
condition OF isils
Among those az the meeting we're
Commissioner Of Correction Kath-
arine B. Davis, Chamberlain Henry
Bruere. Frederick A. Goethe, dean OF
the Graduate Engineering School az
Columbia; Frank A. Vsnderlip, presi-
dent Of the National City Bank; Nr.
and Mrs. Henry Phipps, Judge and
Mrs. Wadhams, Miss Van Santvoord,
Dean and Mrs. Goethe. Major William
Cowell Hill, Misses Edith and Clara
White, Mrs. John II. Flagler. Mr.. and
Mrs. Watson Hill Brown, Mr. and
Mrs. Herbert Carpenter, Mr.. and Mrs.
Oswald Willard, Louis Wiley, Mr.. and
Mrs. Z. J. Caldwell, c. d. Il. Gilbert,
Mrs. Hastings II. Hart, D. s. Rosen-
stamm, Daniel ?. Hayes, Mr.. and Mrs.
Samuel Dexter Bradford, Mrs Charles
Frederick Hoffman, Miss Alice Pres
ton, Mr.. and Mrs. E. c. Bodman, DR..
and Mrs J. c. Kindred, DR.. and Mrs.
Knopf, Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Inter
myer, Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Vogel,
Mrs. George Crawford Clark. Mrs.
Clement c. Gaines, Miss Beatrice
Castle and Miss Marion Clark.