Show CHURCH WORK AMONG CONVICTS Views of Delegates to National Prison Association Convention WARDEN G 0 N DOW bow RETURNS e 5 Talks Talk time the Work Rt at In Kan Isu Kana lilt arts a Letter Warden Dow Dose of f the State Slate prison re To returned returned turned Saturday from attendance on the tire annual animal convention c of ot time the National Prison association at nt Kansas City Ho lie was WM laid up part of the time with n it revere tooth ache so 50 that ho was trail un unable able to attend all nh of ot the tho meetings Ho lie raid l there here was watt u a general disposition to regard legard convicts as subjects for refer rather rathor than to be treated like vicious brutes tumid and the tire Idea of ot lade Inde Indeterminate In e terminate sentences now In vogue In seven states was discussed l favorably and with a u view to general adoption lIy By this a u convict may bo II pardoned tray ony time after the minimum limit built t of ut Imprisonment for tor his irIs crime has been served by an nil authorized board oal War Var Varden dun den Dow pow pays says some men are 1110 enough after u a short confinement while need the full tull limit Something of ot a Il sensation was caused by a I letter written by b time tha Chicago chlof of ot pollee police and endorsed and und read by b time the Kansas Kaunas l aMas chief chiet of at police deprecating religious work In prisons and regarding a con colt convict conIct vict as nB good food only when dead like i a good Indian arden Dow Do gold bald chiefs or of police see only at their worst and not when they are aro In iii that frame of ot mind or surroundings when good Influences can cnn lie be brought to bear with good goon results This letter was WItS not lIot favorably received r by b tire the wardens pros pres Ont ent Warden Dow Do stated that tho the con convention c n decided to ask aRk Congress for tor leg legislation 1 enabling United States prison prisoners ors ers to bo be paroled on good behavior beha tire tho saute same as ns with state convicts lIe He told the convention about tho the in institution In the Utah State prison of ct I Ithe the tha Christian Endeavor society and Its Influence upon the prisoners and found the tho convention favorably Inclined to evangelical work among prisoners |