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10 THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, MAY 8, 1900-16 PAGES, ITS SECOND SESSION American Social Science Aszociation Meets Today. A THE TOPICS ONDER DISCOSSION R. A. Pearson’s Plan Better Milk Supply. MckKnew’s. Strictly Reliable Qualities. ‘Store Opens at 8 a.m. and Closes at 6 p.m. The Season for Wash Waists Has Begun With a Rush. ‘The dainty new Percale eelved their fnll share of. . they cert: ‘ve it. The evls ies are ich and the _ qnalitles 50c. & 75c. tiful showing of White India Mr. for There's a} Binen Waists at $1 te » $4 Si up ck 2The Wot as pepaale a stylish Black Lawn Wak Fique PROCEEDINGS LAST EVENING st The second session of the American Social Science Association and the first of the day meetings was held this morning in the assembly hall of the Columbian University. According to the program which was car- ried out the session was given up to sub- jects coming under the department of health, and this evening the same general subject will engage the attention of the associatien. Dr. Wm. H. Dale of Pittsburg presided at the session this morning, and papers were read as follo Alternate ventilation ap- plicable to Russian ftaps and New York tenements, E. T. Potter, Newport, R. 1; A proposed plan for a better milk supply for Raymond A. Pearson, Washington, Difficulties and deficiences of existing ems, Thomas Powell, M.D., Los : Therapeutic methods based gesture, Adcle Maria Rickey, 2 ; Are bacilli the cause of dise or a natural aid to its cure? Charles KE. Page, M.D., Boston, Mass.: Medical re- search at the laboratory, Elmer Gates, Chevy Chase, = Considerable discussion followed the paper in regard to me tems, which, in the wy tor S10. fads in WwW & Sprin tine Skirts, Mc ; AAAs parecene “CREA BLEND” always gives highest satisfaction, “CREAM BLEND” Is honest. reliable, economical flour. “CREAM 5LEND” makes light, ne Ing Bread and Rolls. absence of the read by the sec- “CRE R Tp”? retary, Dr. ew York. The CREAM BLEND author attributed the defects in medical makes frreproachable Cake and Pastry. practice to the failure to determine the Ti factor to whict due, which, ey 29 his opinion, tary de; “CREAM BLEND : i clogging up the blood vessels. Proper Preparation of Food. Emphasis was laid by Dr. Lee in some remarks upon the paper on the importance of properly preparing ihe food in the = | mouth so that it passes into the stomach where the processes of assimilation can be carried on. The gospel of chewing, as it ection against Impure flour. “CREAM BLEND” fs your pt Ise ty over. iz. B.Earashaw & Bro. $ Wholesalers, 3198-1107 1108 11th st_ se PERO MOM DEM A mbeadaiased | | by grocers 1 SP DMODIGD EAE GHO DL DD OD OD DDO OOOO M st. 2.e. it might be termed set forth with a @: > . tte gvod deal of em and this stage in 2S = oe | the nouri: ly ¥ even * placed higher in importa than either th the kind of food or its method of prepara- tion. SavetheLabels} jes ee eee the dairy div: partment, read m of the Agricultural De- n interesting paper, which detailed what should be done to bring about improved conditions In the produc- tion and handling of milk used in citle: Improvemént in MUlk Supply. and write for list of premiums we offer free for them. “Milk,” said Mr. Peai “differs from other fo in some impor} respects. Its purity cannot be judged by its appear- ance s almost invariably raw. thus_making It easy to c vey dis if it happens to.have been infected. It ts large- ly used by and is often the chief depend- ence of those who are in greatest need of pure food. It is an exceptionally nutritious and economical food, and it is y adul- terated and c These of the reasons which have led to the actment of special laws or regulations re- lating to the production le of milk It is usual to prescribe that all milk of- fered for sale all contain specified per- tal solids and fats, and the often named are 12 and %, ‘The sale of skim mlik may ed, but it fs customary to allow condition—that the cans in 9999399399899 SICK HEADACHE b succumbs readily to the easy remedy to take, B ® 3 be pi it under one which it is carried shall be plainly marked with large lette ‘Skimmed milk.’ The sale of unwholesome or diseased milk ometimes prohibited in general terms. Oc- onally find ordin referring to ac! tat- ome ms which be fo ry farms. They F ain feeds for milch tidings to be care andled in a car r the enforcement ys tnclud is sometim in hould ing DOOOOOD mary purpose of milk laws fs public health, their ued to the city cases a special pector fs ers are quite so far as the concerned. Sanitary Co ry condit! r which milk OOOOPOADBODLNDSSDOODWOOOX ‘y )is produced and handled, om the other ¢ receives comparatively little atten- ¢ This is more important than the ) WATER CO. Loulaville, Ky. ( SS ES ral composition, but it is neglected — for several reasons, first, as already sug- 3. E. KEENAN. W.T. KELLEY. gested, the laws or ordinances may not Mah cover this ground. Second, experience > Vy DE VIDS shows that ft is much more difficult to ls Yo WAV IYO (Successors) 8 NORTH LIBERTY STREET, BALTIMORE, MD. WE ARE MANUFACTURERS And are prepared to furnish BLECTRIC, GAS & COMBINATION FIXTURES At factory prices, bung free of extra cost In Wash- enforce laws relating to the management of the herd and care of the milk than a law requiring a definite amount of fat or total solids in milk. Third, the inspection of dairy farms requires considerable time and expense, which are {mportant consider- ations when the appropriation is very Hm- ited, as is usually the ca In reference to the improvement of this Mr. Pearson said: sterilization, eurlzation, filtra- ington and vicin’ tion and oth of purifying milk EF Large stock of made and first-class de- | have often been and tried, but signs on hand for immediate delivery. Prices | without entire The rational gearanteed. Estimates cheerfully furnished for | Method is to adopt some plan that will Plumbing. Electrical and Gas Work. Old gas or | Cause the delivery in cities of pure natural electrical fixtures refinished in any color. Corre. | MUIK tina CeCe Rat neew 9 oe subiected = ‘ to special treatment vercome the re- eee eee aes sult of unnecessary contamination o1 lect In its production or care. The s would necessarily include the obser of all the conditions and methods of hand- ling milk which modern sclence and prac- tice have shown to be both necessary and Pp cable. Would Be Adopied by Many. “It would be next to, if not quite, impos- stble to enforce the universal adoption of such a scheme, but .f :t were made sufi TAKOMA PARK * DELIVERY. & j Starting today we will run a regular wagon EB ! between Washington and Takoma Park, leay- vam ing our office 3:30 cepted) pam dally (Sundsy ex- “| ently attractive, some conscientious dairy- ARCELS, BAGGAGE, ETC. man and dealers (and there are many of Special rates to stores. them) could be Induced to adopt It for- = ° mally, as they have already done prac- erchants’ Parcel tically, receiving as a reward an official i ing that the Tm t of ii = certificate stating that the management t Delivery Company, fen citi Ws uprrovel and thokr milk is 929 D St. “Ph 5 handled in the proper manner. e certiti- 5 eat ONE O50: | cae cuald be o vetuanle help ia securing Cisocons ee sities new trade. In addition to this the names = = : of ‘approved dairies’ might be occasionally Wanted — a case of baa | Published. 2 bealth that | RLP- “The plan might be practically worked ipans wit pot benent. “One out as follows: Let a responsible body of the martes, (uattes, what’e | citizens who are interested in an improved 4. A cure inay regul? @| milk supply and have the confidence of l abules Sisections tre 2 tiie eat | the community organize aa @ milk eoramis- They banish pain sion. They should select and arrange to eed. prolong: lif secure the services of, when needed, four all deng stores ten for five cents, the genuine. Don't be fosled ne sut experts, a Veterinarian, a physician, a bac- sausples sod 2 tho.sand testimeutals will bemaney | ceFiologist and a chemist, all more or less fo any address fir five cents, forwarded fo the | familiar with .the conditions and possibili- am Co., 10 Spruce 3t., New York, A circular should be ties on dairy farms. sent to each dairyman supplying milk to the city, plainly stating the conditions that WATER _coLors should be found on every dairy farm, and i FOR ONE WEEK. announcing that any dairyman who will one PRICES GREATLY REDUCED conform to all the conditions named to the or hehe BLS, d Water Color. satisfaction of the commission (who will ed ig cosine present. be guided by the experts) will receive an Venable & Beale, oficial indorsement, which he can use in Y es 610 Oth st proper manner in securing new trade. Two Stores, 32,%*t; “Great care should be taken to have the wb10-s, tm, th, 391.10 z conditions plainly expressed. They should refer in unmistukabig terms to the essen- Our leader, 17x40 Adjustable 14c. tials in connection with the herd, buildings, equipment and methods of conducting the Window Screens, worth 20c., only 85c. HARDWARE, work and handling the milk. 110 Pa. AVE. E OF now. and Dw. The Personnel Important. “The personnel of the commision is, of course, very important. It might be com- posed of any competent persons not in the business, but interested in the subject. As the changes needed are mainly along sani- tary lines and are for the good of the pub- Ye health, the medical profession would naturally take a prominent part in the movement. A répresentative vol: or- Banization might be formed for this pur- pose, but a committee appointed by a board of health or a leading medical society would start work under more favorable auspices. “The expenses incident to the plan, un- legs otherwisc provided for, should be met by those deriving the pecuniary ‘benefits. Doubtless the members of the commiseion would serve without remuneration except Screen Doors, with spring binges, hook, eye and knob, worth $1, only John B. Espey, myl-3m,15 Folks Paint —the Huase or tbe Barn or the Floor or what not about this time of year. We want to fur- 10c. NOBLE J. WALKER, 800-806 Fis ave. ‘Phone 1502, myi-13d for actual expenses, but ft would be neces- sary to pay reasonable rates for the services of the experts and the secretary of the commission. The increased receipts from higher rates and énlarged trade should en- able the dairymen to pay fees for certifi- cates that wouki cover necessary expenses. “But there are good reasons why the scheme should be in charge of public of- ficials and the expenses paid from the com- mon treasury. As already stated, the adop- tion of this plan would have a decided ef- fect In improving the entire milk supply, which Is the same end toward which pres- ent methods are working: If the gereral average condition of the milk supply could be improved more rapidly and with less ex- pense by encouraging the best class of dairymen than by discouraging the worst there would seem to be sufficient reason for using some public money in this wa: Program This Afternoon. The program for the session this after- noon is as follows: “Are We Degenerating?” Irving C. Rosse, Washington, D. C. ; Must It Enfeeble?” Floyd B. Wil- son, New York. “A Plea for Rainbaths in the Public Schools,” Wm. Paul Gerhard, C. B., New York. “Suppression of Epidemi man, M. D.. Washington, D. “The Genesis of Disease. M. D., New York. The Opening Session. The general meeting of the association for 1900 opened last evening in the assembly hall of Columbian University. Many promi- nent professional and scientific personages, not only from this city, but from all sec- Uons of the United States, were in attend- ance. Essays on health, education, art, s0- cial economy, finance, jurisprudence and other topics are being read and discussed. All citizens of Washington interested in de- bates on questions relating to social prog- ress, and all members of literary, scientific and deliberative bodies, with their families, having been invited to attend the sessions of the convention it may readily be seen that the general meeting is of decided in- terest. At the opening session last evening an ad- dress of welcome was delivered by Dr. B. M. Gallaudet, president of the Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb. The annual address of the president of the as- sociation, Charles Dudley Warner, LL.D., of Hartford, Conn.,- was read, a nominating oo Wy- * "Elmer Lee, committee was appointed, to report next Friday morning; several announcements were made by the general secretary, and other bus! was tri A. On behalf of the people of Washington, Dr. Gallaudet extended to those present last evening a most cordial welcome, to which response was made by F. J. Kings- bury of Waterbury, Conn., vice president of the association. In the course of his re- marks Mr. Kingsbury announced that President Warner was unable to be present. He aso said the members of the associa- tion Were certainly glad to meet in the cap- ital city of the nation. In the future, he went on to say, it was the expectation that sessions even more interesting than those of the past would be held here. President Warner's Address. The vice president introduced Rev. Jos. Anderson, D.D., who, by request, read the ual address of President Warner on The Education of the Negro.” In ovening, Dr. Warner went back to the end of the civil war, when 5,000,4) negroes were added to the eltizenship of the United States. Then tracing events attending the transition stages In the south, he came to the point where it was recognized that the education of the negro was a natural se- quence to his enfranchisement. The estab- lishment of a public school system was hailed by the negroes with delight, but, whether from a desire for education or as a sign of freedom, was, Dr. Warner said, a question. Colleges and universities for the negroes succeeded the common schools, and ese Institutions were created and stimu- by northern people and societies. While ics and a similar curriculum to those found in northern colleges were es- tablished, an especial stress was laid on liberty culture, under the idea that educa- tion can realize the theory of universal ts," continued Dr. Warner, ure to lead us seriously to inquire whether our effort was founded upon an adequate knowledge of the negro. I am speaking of the majority, the mass to be considered in any general’ scheme, and of the exceptional Individuals ‘The opportunity and the disposi labor make the ba The negro was taug agriculturist, a mechanic, ducer of something useful. He this fundamental thing. Our hi tion, applied to him in his pre ment, operates in exactly the rection. “This tion to is of all our civilization. to be to work, a_mi an is a serlous. assertion. Its or falsehood cannot be established by truth an opinion gradually fe nee and the obsery t to judge, exper! men compete of who have studied the problem close at hand, tion Schools Must Be Matntnined. “Two things are evident: First, the negro population is certain to increase in the United States in a ratio at least equal to that of the whites. Second, the south needs its labor. Its deportation fs an tdle dream. The on'y visible solution is for the negro to become an integral and intelligent part of the industrial community. “The common school must be as fully sustained and as far reaching as it is in the north, reaching the lowest in the city slums and the most tgnorant in the agricul- districts, but to its strictly elemental teaching must be added mora! Instruction and training in Industries and in the habits of industry. Only by such rudimentary and industrial training can the mass of the ne- gro race In the United States be expected to improve in character and position. A top dressing of culture on a field with no depth of soil may for a moment stimulate the promise of vegetation, but no frult will be produced. It {s a gigantic task, and genera- tions may elapse before !t can in any de- gree be relaxed. ‘The opportunity of the common school must be universal, and attendance In It compulsory. Beyond this training in the decencles ‘of life, In conduct and in all the industries must be offered in such in- dustrial institutions as that of Tuskege For the exceptional cases a higher educa- tion can be easily provided for those who Show themselves worthy of {t, but not of- fered as an indiscriminate panacea. “To this end tt {s indispensable that one Sreat evil, which was inherent in the re- construction measures and is still, persisted in, shall be eliminated. The party allegi- ance of the negro-was bid for by the temp- tation of office and position for which he Was in no sense fit. No permanent, right- eous adjustment of re‘ations can come till this policy is wholly abandoned. Politicians Must cease to make the negro a pawn in the game of politics.” ———— GARCIA CAPTURE GEN. Aguinaldo’s Lieutenant Caught by Of- ficer of Gen. Funston’x Staff. A dispatch from Manila says Gen. Pente- lon Garcia, the highest insurgent officer ex- cept Aguinaldo, was captured Sunday by Lteut. E. V. Smith of Gen. Funston’s staff, in the town of Jaen, three miles northeast of San Isidro, province of New Ecija. Garcia personally directed the guerrilla operat and Gen. Fanston had spent weeks in trying to corner him, severa? com- panies beating the whole country at night. Often the Americans caught messengers bearing Garcia's orders. The people pro- tected him, and burned signal lights wher- ever the American soldiers appeared. Jaen is the largest ungarrisoned town in the province. Sples reported phat rela was sick, and had been compelled to hide there, and Lieut. Smith, with Lfsut. Day and forty cavalrymen, surrounded the town. The spies led them directly to the house where Garcia was disguised as a peasant, only a major and two servaats being with him. These also were captured. Garcia commanded all the insurgents in Central Luzon, several generals, including Pio del Pilar and Mascardo, being under m. Gen. Funston {s in Manila, where he came to bid farewell to Gen. Otls. He will re- turn and endeavor to persuade Garcia io secure the surrender of his forces, which number several thousand. Most of Garcia's men live in the mountains and few vanes would number more than a hundred. Bad Heart—Could Not Lie Down for Eighteen Months “I was unable to He down ase me abe t's Mand wh et, HAMS, Gen and sts. EDMONDS & WiLis YAMS, 24 and Pe. ave, a CARE OF THE BOYS The Superintendent of Uaritios Submits a Report. SSI SUGGESTIONS BY SENATOR MONEY —_->—, J Views of Judges Scott and Kim- ball of Police Court. PLANS RECOMMENDED Senator Money of Mississippi recently ad- dressed the District Commissioners relative to the establishment here of some institu- tion wherein boys might be placed, instead of sending them to jail or the workhouse, or even the reform school. The senator re- ferred to the frequent incarceration of boys under sixteen years of age in the jail and workhouse, the evil associations of those institutions, @nd the consequent moral degradation of the boys through such im- prisonment, expressing much interest in the matter and promising to assist in the enactment of remedial legislation. The senator's communication was referred by the Commissioners to Mr. Herbert W. Lewis, the superintendent of charities of the District, who today submittéd to them a report thereon. Senator Money, says Mr. Lewis, has been correctly Informed upon the subject, one which, Mr. Lewis adds, has heretofore been given considerable attention with the view to the development of some plan through the operation of which commitments of boys to these institutions could be pre- vented. March 17, 1899, states Mr. Lewis, the intendant of the Washington Asylum wrote to the Commissioners giving informa- tion concerning about seventy prisoners un- der twenty-one years of age then inmates of the workhouse for males, deploring their presence there, and asking whether some arrangement could not be made for their reception by other Institutions. Thereupon the matter was given consideration, and the Commissioners addressed a letter to the judges of the Police Court, stating that the attention of the Commissioners had been repeatedly called to the considerable num- ber of very young persons sentenced to serve terms of {mprisonment in the jail and workhouse in lieu of fines imposed upon them in the Police Court, the testimony’ of the officers of these institutions being to the effect that they are not so organized as to be able to administer reformatory treat- ment, and that the effect upon boys and girls of confinement in them must be invari- ably bad. Room Occupied at Reform School. “Recent inquiry,” wrote the Commission- ers to the judges, “has shown that not ali the room in the reform school available for boys from twelve to sixteen years of ag has been occupied, the crowding at that in- stitution having occurred only among those of eleven years of age and under. “During the consideration of the matter it has been suggested that whenever a@ child under sixteen years of age js convicted of any minor offense against the laws of the strict, the penalty for which is a fine, and, default, imprisonment in the jail or , it would be within the authority of the court to hold any such child for fur- ther hearing and direct that additional in- quiry be made concerning the presence or absence of salutary control and adequate support in his or her home in order that the court might come into possession of full knowledge of the surroundings of the case and so be enabled to apply a remedy less objectionable and more permanent than a fine or imprisonment; and that whenever it should be found that the child in question was homeless, or was deprived of adequate support, or was habitually fdle and disor- derly, the court could direct the filing of a new information, upon which, and the pres- entation of proper evidence, any such child could be committed to the reform school or to the board of children's guardians. “This sort of action has been objected to because it involves the possibility of cus- tody during minority, and is thought to be in contravention of the rights of parents. It is worthy of notice, how that the duration of custody in the reform school 1s wholly within the control of the board ot trustees, and that the age time fox which boys are retained in the institution js but little over two years, while the board of children’s guardians may restore to home and parents any child committed to its care whenever such action will probably be fa- vorable to the continued welldoing of the child. “Of course, any such restoration will be subject to the judgment of whichever board may have the matter {n hand, and not to the whim of the parent or in accordanc with a predetermined sentence, and will be determined as to time by the conduct and s of the child and the condition of me surroundings to which it may be d to return him. agencies appear to offer compara- y good prospects for success In effect- ing the reformation of children, and the Commissioners therefore, without any in- tention of interfering in a matter wholly within your discretion, venture to indulge the hope that you will'exhaust every other resource before committing children under sixteen years of age to the workhouse or jail.” in workhou: Judge Scott's Reply. Replying to the letter, Judge Scott stated that during a service of six months in the District branch ef the Police Court, he had observed that very many children were brought into the court, who, In his judg- ment, ought not to have been there had less zeal and better judgment been exercised by those making the arrests, or greater care in preliminary examination been exercised by those preparing the information. In. many cases, where the charge of petty of- fenses was’ sustained against children of tender years, and it being their first of- fense, he explained to them the disgrace at- tached to a conviction, enjoined on their parents the duty of parental punishment, and discharged the child. In other cases of flagrant violations, where proven, he com- mitted to the reform school or the board of children’s guardians, or tmposed fines according to conditions. In the United States branch of the court a less number of juvenile offenders are brought in, and he therefore had less to do with this cla: “It seems to me there ought to be con- stituted some tribunal,” said the judge, “empowered to institute the investigation you suggest, so equipped 1s to make cer- tain and definite the object had in view, for it is quite impossible for the judges to per- fectly do the work. So far as possible, I have always put {nto pra the course you name, but realize what little I can do where so much is demanded.” Judge Kimball's Views. Judge Kimball doubted the feasibility of the Commissioners’ suggestion, and doubted whether it would be the best plan to adopt to relieve the jail and workhouse of the custody of children. The Commissioners’ suggestion, he thought, would require the judge, where a child under sixteen is shown to be guilty of any minor offense against the Jaws of the District, to péstpone the further hearing without imposing a sen- tence, and commit the child to the very workhouse complained. of, to remain there until additional inquiry be made. concern: ing the presence er absence of salutary con- trol and adequate support in his or her home, or to give bond for his appearance. “There ara many reasons,” Wrote Judge Kimball, “whieh could be urged against this suggestion. It imposes upon the judges, already overburdened by the heavy work they are compelled ‘to perform, work- ing not only longer hours than other courts, but every holiday, duties not belonging to them. I{ is the duty of the prosecuting at- torney for the District to determine what charge shall be made against each defen- dant, and he bas the whole police force to assist him. It is the duty of the judge to try the defendant upon the tnformation filed by the district attorney. It would re- quire the judges to take the same action in cases which could not by any possibility bring the child under either of the grounds authorizing the commitment to the board of children’s guardians if there was the Suggestion that the life or surroundings of the child might bring him within said ew, even if the parent was ready and willing to pay his fines fore instance, a boy shown to be guilty of playing hal! in the ‘street, with e father ready to pay the two or three dollars’ fine, must be sent down or held un- der bonds until it could be found out whether his past life or surroundings would warrant his being charged under an- other law and committed to the board. “I believe the proper remedy is to enlarge both reform schools so that they can take sll defendants who ought to be sent te them, and provide a separate place to con- fine minors committed to the workhouse in default of the payment of fines, and that in all oases where minors under sixteen years of age are within the provisions of the board of children’s guardians’ act informa~ tion under this act be filed and tried as in other cases.” Had Served Many Terms. Mr. Lewis states that in April of last year there were boys in the workhouse who had served as many as six and nine previ- ous terms in that institution, and that the reason for thelr.frequent arrest was princi- pally “crap shooting,” and a general disor- derly course of conduct; and that this course was due to the total absence in al- most every case of any salutary home sur- rcundings or restraint. The parents were, he thinks, ten times more culpable than w boys. The condition of theee boys clearly brought them within the meaning of the statute providing for commitment to the beard of children’s guardians, for they were certainly ‘‘destitute of suitable home and adequate means of earning an honest liv- ing.” They were also clearly “growing up to lead idle and vicious lives,” and there- fore lable to commitment to the reform school; but being arrested and charged with “Oisorderly assembly,” they were simply tried and convicted on the charges pre- ferred by the police and the District attor- ney, and sentenced “under the law” to seTve repeated terms in the workhouse without any regard to the possible opera- tion of other laws made for the purpose of covering just such cases, and without con- sideration of the certain effect of the horri- ble associations into which they were thrust. Result of Investigation. “It has been said,” scys Mr. Lewis, “that the reform school is always crowded in the department to which these boys would necessarily be assigned, but at the time of the above Inquiry there was room in that institution for twelve colored boys from twelve to sixtcen years of age, and there were in the workhouse nine colored boys between those ages. The crowding in the department of the school assigned to the coiored boys is among those just above the minimum age. The colored boys found in the workhouse were near the maximum age at which boys may be committed to the reform school. “It was in view of this situation, which has continued practically unchanged down to the present, that the bill (S. 3664) was prepared providing for a separate court for the hearing of all cases involving the in- rests of children under sixteen years of age, and a house of detention wherein all such children when under arrest could be held under wholesome moral conditions, while competent information concerning their condition and the reasons for thei violations of law were being secured. This ‘ould have given time for consideration of the various resources at hand for dealing with each individual case as applied to the articular condition to be met, and would ave prevented in future the commitment of boys under sixteen years of age to the jail and workhouse when other disposition of them ought to be made.” Mr. Lewis says he fs not informed _as to the reasons for the abandonment of Senate bill 2664, and the substitution of Senate amendment No. 118 of the pending District appropriation bill, which ie intended to en- able the Commissioners to provide a sult- able place of detention for children under sixteen years of age while thcir cases are under investigation, but which does not pro- vide, he states, for the process by which their Interests before the court might be properly guarded and the most humane and effective measures for their correction might be determined upon, in view of com- petent information concerning them. Difficulty Presented. The difficulty appears to him to be not so much in the want of proper agencies for the dealing with these children as in the eenditions which produce in Washington an unusual number of juvenile delinquents, in the demand for the maintenance of a high Gegree of good order in the streets and pub- lec places of the city and District, and in the peremptory character of the process by which children are too often dealt with in the Police Court--a process which takes no properaccount of the conditions under which a child has lived, or of the measures which might be taken for his proper correction, but inflicts instantly the penalty for the of- fense of which he stands convicted. The result, he says, is the condition to which benevolent citizens of the District have fre- quently called the attention of members of the Senate and House. He says he has hesitated until recently to a bill to provide ar for the reason that other equaily meritorious measures long pending are not yet pushed to conclusion, and some of t en opposed by those who are always afraid of every proposition to change prac- tices long established, no matter how little they may be adapted to the accomplish- ment of present purposes, and because fuc- cess in such cfforts depends very largely upon the assistance to be derived trom the support of the general community, which does not yet seem to be largely available. An Approved Practice. Concerning young men and women be- tween sixteen and thirty years of age, Mr. Lewis says the practice which fs meeting with wide approval throughout the United States consists of their commitment, when convicted of serious offenses, to an inter- mediate prison, upon an indeterminate sen- tence, from which they may earn a condi- tional release or parole and final discharge by diligence and good conduct. These in- termediate prisons are between the reform school and the penitentiary, and are held to be the most effective agenctes in exist- ence for the reformation of young criminals who have passed beyond the control of the agencies organized for the correction of juvenile delinquents. The Elmira reforma- tory of New York is probably the best- known examplé%f such a prison, he thinks, “Changes in existing modes of criminal procedure,’ concludes Mr. Lewis, “and in laws relating to punishment for serious crime such as would be required to estab- lish or make use of such a prison are hardly within the province of the superintendent of charities to recommend. But since this seems to be an opportune time I have the honor to send you herewith a draft of a proposed bill which I hope may be used as preliminary to the enactment of a law which will prevent the commitment of chil- dren under sixteen years of age to the jail and, workhouse. No good has ever been done by any such commitments. On the contrary, they will continue to do untold harm until the enlightened sentiment of this community in general demands that they shall be no more.” A Provision of the Bill. The first section of the bill proposed by Mr. Lewis provides that whenever any child under the age of sixteen years shall be convicted before the Police Court or Criminal Court of the District of the vio- lation of any law in force in said District the penalty of which has heretofore Kos imprisonment in jail or the workhouse, in lieu of fine, the court before which such eonvicti6n shall have taken place shall, unless some parent or friend of such child be present in court and pay the fine impos- ed, suspend sentence in such case, and shall, at a time to be determined by the court, proceed to inquire into the previous conduct and character of such chila— whether he or she has been charged with other violations of law, has been truant, disorderly, .Fabitually disobedient or in- tractable—and shall thereupon determine whether said child belongs to any of the classes enumerated in section 4 of the act approved July 23, 1892 (27 Stat., ch. 250), entitled “‘An act to provide for the care of dependent children in the District of Co- lumbia and to create a board of children's guardians,” or to any of the classes enum- erated in section 8 of an act approved May 3, 1876 (19 Stat., ch. 90), entitled “An act revising and amending the various acts re- lating to the reform school of the District of Columbia.” Whenever, upon such inquiry, the court shall find that any child uhder the age of sixteen years belongs to any of the classéB enumerated in either of the acts of Con- gress aforesaid the couft shall commit such child to the board of children’s guar- dians - cetera school a oe District, as pro 1 acts of Congress, re- spectively, or shall place. such child on Probation for the perlod of six months. 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Refuse Sab- stitutes. = gence in keeping himself informed of the conduct of all such children, and the condi- tions and influences surrounding them in their homes,.and shail report to the court by which every such child shall have been placed on probation, upon or before the ex- piration of the term of such probation, and the court shall, thereupon, after hearing any further propen evidence offered, finally dispose of the cA&se as may be required for the best interest of the child, and as pro- vided by law. ‘With his report Mr. Lewis submitted the history of the case of a white boy of eleven years of age, recently convicted in the Police Court of the larceny of a bicycle. Despite the fact that the judge desired to send the boy to the reform school, his mother preferred that he be sent to jail. 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