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Show IS AN EARNEST MAN JUDGE CLELAND, FATHER OF CHICAGO PAROLE SYSTEM. Municipal Court Jurist Hat Horror ot Prisons Del' vet Our Penal Plan It Mere Machine for Making Mak-ing Criminals. Chicago. Municipal Judgo McKerv lc Clcland, father ot Chicago's parole Bysterr., Is an earnest man. He was an earnest boy, and ho has taken llfo seriously slnco the days when ho pitched hay on n Minnesota farm. Nobody Is altogether good and nobody no-body is altogether had, but most people peo-ple stand in need of reformation. That Is tho creed ot Judge Clcland, and he has mado up his mind that part of that reforming must be dono by himself. Thero Is a strong Btrnln ot rugged Puritanism In tho man, which, howovcr, Is softened by n certain cer-tain kindliness nnd tolerance which wns conspicuous by Its absence from tho characters of those stern old warriors war-riors who rode the chivalry of England Eng-land Into tho dust nnd made the new world possible Judgo Cleland wns born with n horror hor-ror of many things a horror of Irro-llglon, Irro-llglon, n horror of Intemperance, n horror of vice, and, above nil. a hor ror of prisons. Ho Is Inclined to condemn con-demn tho wholo penal Bystcm as a mero machine for tho manufacture of criminals. To the general public Judgo Clcland Is best known as the man who Introduced Intro-duced tho parole system, When ho left his private pructlco to bII. on tho bench nt Maxwell street ho had before' be-fore' hint an uncquuled opportunity to put Into practice some of tho theories Judge McKenzle Cleland. which ho long had held In regard to criminals nnd offenders ngnlnBt tho laws. Ho was called upon dnlly to do-cldo do-cldo the temporary fato of 'dozens of the Inhabitants of one ot tho most polyglot nnd poorest sections of many tongucd Chicago. Tho great majority of those who camo beforo him "wero guilty of minor offenses, such as drunkenness nnd potty thieving, and consequently formed good subjects for tbo reform Judge. , Drink, drugs, and physical defectst In theso causes Judgo Cleland bcllovcs ho has discovered the root of nearly all wrong doing. Ills process of reasoning rea-soning Is simple. Tho causes first-must first-must bo removed, and then tho stnto must seo to It that tho offender has a cbanco to mend his ways. That punishment pun-ishment rarely corrects Is tho belief of Judgu Cleland, and so ho sot nbout to glvo thoso who fell Into tho clutches of tho law n chanco ot redemption without stripes. To ono of tho simple nnd direct methods ot thinking which characterized character-ized Judgo Clcland precedents wero of no Importance. Judgo Clcland has expressed on many occasions his detestation ot prisons nnd his belief that thoy aro productive of moro harm than good. As well as being a deeply religious man, ho Is nn active church worker and offlciates as superintendent ot tho Sunday school of his church. Ho is also on tho boards ot numerous ro-llglous ro-llglous und scmt-rollglous organizations, organiza-tions, nnd nny causo which has for Its purport tho bettorment of humanity Is stiro to find a Btrong friend In tho Judgo. Judgo Clcland was born In Delhi, N. Y., In 1800, but his faintly moved to Minnesota when ho was thrco years old and ho spent his boyhood on n farm. Ho graduated from Monmouth (111.) college In H82 and wont to St. Louis, whero ho graduated from Washington Wash-ington University Law school In 1E84. He worked his way through tho law Bcbool by doing newspaper work. Tho next year ho camo to Chicago and started to practlco law, first as partner part-ner with D. H. Tlnnoy, ox-Justico of tho supreme court of Arizona, and later with Dolos P. I'hclps, formerly nsslatant United States treasurer. When tho municipal court system wns Inaugurated ho offered hlmscll for election and received tho hearty backing of tho churches and law and order leagues of Englowood, where he has' lived for SO years and where ho Is universally respected. Ho Is mnrrlcd and has four children. Tho Judgo Is not a man who hns much time for nmusomonts. All his life ho has been a. hard worker and moro than ever at present whon In ud-dltlon ud-dltlon to his Judicial dutios bo tnkee an active part In tho work of bo many religious nnd other organizations |