| Show THE international At PEN PENIS CONGRESS weare requested to the I 1 I 1 foll foil following dwing 0 o the thought has become 13 la n ls the wip congress of Stock stockholm holni vp d et history jt la soon boon to judge jud gei gel JU posterity must do that but ate aie a beasts maata rough appreciation may be ventured wibb Tho number of members in at was ef whom 60 0 were 45 delegated by BU su preme government sand band 15 by governments ern menas ments without pow s era the rest were chiefly pere perl persons sons connected with the administration of the penal penni reformatory and preventive institutions of the their lr respective countries but there was aiso aleo present a considerable number of p inal d because of their eminence 9 in penitent penitentiary ia ry amme three tunie fourths of the pra anso ein nia aia eln in the tho hands or noer thie the control othe members lof of the congress of a great fact fac tand and f full fuli bullof of hope for the future or prison reform so becu doub cil cli was bever jever dr dian drawn frona regions more I 1 broad or ap pp hilts more than penitentiary chuh leli ieli iio lio ilo 17 iceland and geoia emits on the north dape cape arif hd the cape of good hope m ii J thal japan and new zealand on on tbt thy I 1 east and the elands anthe on twe the wesl west vest the eori boxi co grese was as pre pro emine nUy a working body in a life of three score year years is and teng ten I 1 haye deverr never before been seen so touch good work doi dol done ie in n BO ao suba t im a th time ilme 0 o I 1 the signal ability men members ibers tipp appeared eared in all the debates but par tar in the remark remarkable able ablo readiness and agid skill wili shown by the ibe kent Jent gentlemen lemen appointed V to report to the he general ae assembly of the congress on the questions dlE discussed cussed by the sect loiR the clearness and force foice with which epitomized the discussion elucidated its formulated formula tek teh the conclusions with something marv elou the good fellowship of the congress was one of its marked features no doubt differences of opinion were developed and each orator maintained hla hia own views with earne earnestness aWes often loften with warmth but no ripple of ill III feeling no no personal irritation disturbed for a moment the tranquil current of the proceed proceedings 1 hike v About fifty reports sent to the congress by governments govern ments menta in reply to questions iud iLd dressed addressed to them by the present commission the information BO so communicated is large in extent and of a most moat inter esting eating character i papers were addressed to the congress on ch aalthe all sil tiie tile Ij hases phases of the peni tent iary lary question which were excellent in in spirit and aud valuable for the breadth of their views and the force of their arguments tho works contributed deserve special mention both for their number and their ability the titles alone would fill many sheets and the books themselves would form a respectable library of Illera ture but the conclusions adopted by the congress form the gravamen of its work by them it must stand or fall it ia is precisely here that the con congress grebs is wrong the ring of the true metal is heard in them the more important points touched by them were international penitentiary tent iary lary statistics the professional education of prison of officers fleere the organization and management of re matory for and preventive tion sas related to juve juveniles nilea international police the tho sp palal Igen agencies cies cles to bo be emp employed loyett with a view to prevent relapse re lapse lapee ghe ibe disciplinary punishments Ishm ish ments exits fit to be bd em employ aloyed ved Ted in prisons the patronage liberated of prisoners soil soll bre etc ete etc Sw edens interest In hild fifo congress was tras iras warm ad ear tar barnea neal the prime minister 6 of alio country was wag ais als ua ita president the governor of stockholm ws was assiduous in his attentions the governor of the province of U blinds uplands planned and executed an excursion forthe congress to the old and renowned capital of upsala kupsala His hia majesty the king came from his bis other capit al in norway hundreds of miles expressly to do honor to it he attended one of its sessions his bis sympathy for its objects he entertained it with a magnificent banquet an in abort be showed himself not simply the and the statesman but also the tho gentleman the savant and the phil anthro piat plat all the foreign ambassadors and ministers accredited court of sweden honored h onore dand and gave dignity to 6 the congress i by their presence some of th them eni not once only but several times the hospitality of stockholm knew no limits except the duration odthe of the congress it bas baa already been mentioned that the king gave a right t royal banquet to W it the muni munt municipality c of stockholm gave another and the swedish delegates two mr air A linquist director geni eral oral of the penitentiary administration gava a dinner and a soree soiree indeed banqueting was made by our generous and princely hosts b the orde the night as work wasi wasl wab was by y the dillof of thi the con oon greB of the heddy day if the tho congress of ia weighed by the dillie diligence ile 6 zal zai arid and energy with which it worked 1 it must be ie pronounced the peer of 0 any that assembled if by ibe ine dignity digity P ity of proceedings and d the eminent ability of its debates and nd pa para perm pere it may triai claim ini ia a have havo stood abreast 0 of ans any j bonate p nate in the ue world E C WINES honorary prisident president of the tho congress Con gresi gresa hoch Soch holm hoim august 30 1878 |
