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Show Tin- ronvl.M of tin. "lit., of Nn.v fork i ohlnn .1 In I! - f . ir ..'.i'" r'.x ot.B. oil" r f..r iy :irnl t .'. n anlnai j for II mi."iI li . ii"'. i. ii ' i i. r ii.l j to', I , ,1 :i 7. ') 1 1 . n :i'. I , .1.. ii... I j in llp ir I i. i.i. y m i .'. '!'.. I : " ' : j per "ill. II ih I".' -i .' ' l -it Ho ' h.H" .1 II. A .'I' l l II I I 1.1'! II M Hlir of I 'nf. I. 'l I ! I.' v -!.!y In King - .r!. I ..: t.iin four .uk. -I ami li aim ii. i .ir.'.i. i.iini. ! mid pul.llMl.i'il by tie cnnvl. I i lli.-ni wdvea. It li.ia Jiini pus It. i null lilrlh.liiy. ai.l it in iy I." ail.l to li.it" left Ilm e.erliiienliil al:ii;ii nnil en ; ten d aa a p. riiniiiiMit f.ietor llHu Hi" ', eiliii jllne. In inn li..ri mi'l a.lwini-ivj mi nt of II h i i.nvli t ( ll.'i.l. I... At prraent lt i.limr la a prlmntr who waa a broker of Wall atreet, a man of rhnlu.tilc tiu.iiliiK ami a wl.ln exporli-ii.-o In the wnrM, frnm which hn haa, however, liiun wltlnltawn for ten yeara a writer of vljjor an. I foreu and with a Hteriiry rnuli.iiii nt Hint flia hi in for r.lllorlHl ilutiea of a mm h blither elnaa thnn Itioan to lin p'T-formi p'T-formi il In the clmir of the Slur of llopo. Nnverlhi leaa. Iila ul. 11,11. a are hy no ineniia nilM'Iuri'il. r''r aomp yeura I aharcd bla reipinallillltl"B and rnrea and becniuu fiiinlllur with nil Iho nf. fnlra of Hi" i nper, and, altlioiiKh my experience lui luilea aonin tiuHirtiiiit einployuierita, 119 ilutiea thut I ever dlarhnrK' d In thoae relntliuia ever gave a,-r ----t me more aaattrnnre that 1 waa dolnii auch uaeful work aa 1 did In an editorial edi-torial chnlr of thla prlmm Journal. I my thla ut the outlet, for. Incongruous Incon-gruous aa a free preaa tuuy appear an part of a penal ayatem. thn fact re-tialua re-tialua that In Ha operation and Inllu-iicetlieHlnrnfllopehaa Inllu-iicetlieHlnrnfllopehaa become more Important aa a reformatory Inllueneo thnn the achoola and chapel exerclsea, and thn niuniiiienient of the Blato prl-oni prl-oni In New York rottiird Iho paper aa a llxture In tlielr ayaioiu of illai'tpllito nnd reform wboae vnluo cuniuil bo overeatllliated. Allhough tbo paper la printed by men In pennl aervllude. It la never-Iheleaa never-Iheleaa illatlnctlvely a member of the biHiated fruo preaa. It la aliaolutely under no realrulnt except tho aeuao of right and decency which Ita odltora may entertain, and aa theae men are ehoaen for their rapacity, good conduct con-duct and Intellectual auperlorlty. they have fulfilled the expectation of the superintendent of prlaona and brought forth a paper of renxonnble cotmervn timu which teaehee goial morula, clean apeerh, truthfulneaa. the common Hcuau view of prlmm dlaclpllne and Iho value of making atrong effort to reform If pomlhle and at any rate the Importance of keeping out of irl-011 irl-011 after dlm-bargo. Naturally a good ileal of hypocrisy creeps Into thu contributed columns without any editorial demur because the paper alms to bo representative of con v let thoiiKlit and aspirations, and to bar tho l'harlaee la to suppress one of the most us-irrtlve tendencies In prison life. Hut no hypocrisy nor protease pro-tease finds expression on Ita editorial page, and as thn prison authorities never find criticism of their official acts, which of course would not be permitted, they look as vainly for any kind of commendation or prulso. Not that subjects of the moat aerl-oua aerl-oua Importance touching prison administration admin-istration are not dealt with by the writers In all departments. For exam- i 'e, n f .v c ir i m-i n MM na tr,- . .! I If.. '." ..' ' I" : !Tnr.. ! - i " " 1 ' '" ' k-sti ' "f I ... i' I r.'i.n ", Wlr .- 1. . 'i ' .' - I '. "'''. e'.i v.l..i,-.a-r ..! 1 I-, ' pr ,ii I 1-1 ut II, n e,jir. I. :. ..I .. .. 1 I I . f I' I r I' 1 in .1 1,1 :'. I v. ' 1 in I !'.i K'tr at ' ' 'i. ' - -. un i'. 1 ' ' ' 1 '" T'-' t:i V. Ut V.l'l : ir.l l,n. ...e-t II ,y IIS " I I" .!...; 1" liolll luaiin lin.l I 11 I Ion" mi tho rivers. M mi.:.' 1 ii- 1.0 nii'M'.i bi.i unit ii nr li.'i'iire to 1.1 il.e It 1. pi l.illvo. hut la pln ne .1 M.l iiIvmiiii uniler the 1,17 i.r the c.nvli t 1' pup. r. mhleh urRi 4 is 1 n.hniii'if. 1 hi aimnrly nnd an nxhtiia Iveiy 11 ut its lllei viero aulimiftcl p ti n a i-enilily by the Hitpport.TS of tjf hill 11 a cnnliiliiinit the n,oi.t convlnciu ari'.lll.ei.la In fnmr of tho act. , I Ah a mutter of fact the Ktar of Hurt Kiilm.l He credit of scoring nl nini'llorntUo lei:lHlnilon, nllhouitli, d cm in., siicli an inll'lenee as It exltut ed uu alnituliir ninl lurm Iy sulijecim nnd grew out nf Hie flirt that hy I hi ilheiiss'on of II" hill tho prlsosen were able to show (hat llitelleclusll; nt least they i 'in competent to up precinto Its nilinnlue.es. It la ii..i. leas to any they pleaded their moral Illness with vliior. In editing the Stnr of Hope w sotiKht to rule our selection of tnnttor wltn a view to making the paper rni-rem rni-rem ntatlve of tho averuge mentallt) of the prison. Hut prldn In Ua bolter quiilltles worked out Iho aoluctlon of tho llttest nt the 1 ml, nnd we put oar best fisit furwurd every time at tbo expense of our creed. Aa a result thu Ktur of Hope is linllcatlvo of tho belt mentality of II. prison population, t'onti llnitora were aliutnlniiu Thy wrote on every sulijei t under the sun. As Iho convicts nre, In fuel, a ml crocoHiii of the V.I.0I0 III" of a h 1 i-.li Ij elvllle.l roiiiiuuiilly niinilierlng rear Iy H.uno.nnu Minis, and luclu.lo uien mid women of every profession ami Iriulo from nearly every country am! 'lime, thla was to lie expected. 80 we rcceUed tiiiuslntlons of Homer, will. Iilnssury Holes, fioiu university men. tho odes of llonico dono Into h"ni;ll In faultless lanilm-B, nnd printed spec Hint Inns upon the realm ope. cl hy the discovery of radium written by nmn w l.o had lectured to the college classes on chemistry. No subject came auilai. nml the educutlonal vulue of tho paper been me apparent utmost from the lint In tho steady Improvement In all classes of conl rltuit Ions. At first a lurue body of contributors seemed to think thut literary production produc-tion mount poetry, and It la no exag gerutlon to suy wo received for every Issue of the paper ns ninny as l.uu" lines of verse. tlnnliiully wo were able to check thla alllueuco and also lo apreud mi Intelllm ut rotiri ptlon of the issirest kind of poetry we wuuld print, and In time wo were able to offer to our rendcra In every Issue one or moru very creditable eompohltloas of vers... These differences aro the common lot of the editorial guild, turnover, ami I shall try to tell anntcihiug mora characteristic of the convict putilica. Ilou. Its cumpoaing room contains some furty or lltty cuses for Iho type-setters, type-setters, and a section of It Is occupied occu-pied by a (lordon ikiw.t press with a ciipucliy of 4.O1111 Bheeta an hour. Considerable Con-siderable Job work Is done lu the aauio onice. and all Its business Is comluctsd by tho convicts themselves. The foreman fore-man Is a young liter. Kddle Hurni, who never touched a typo nor snw a press except throimh a. window till he camo to prison. He Is uow un accom pllshed printer and tins charge of all the work from Iho time tho copy leaves tho editorial desk until tan printed papers are folded and addressed ad-dressed ready for distribution. A uniformed uni-formed keeper la In the room ami has disciplinary charge of the men. Tho foreniati'a authority Is au uncertain factor and dupeuda largely upon hit own tuct. The editors, two In number, occupy a room by themselves, with desks and swinging chairs, tiles of pupers Mid a reference library, a carpeted floor and all tbo conveniences and comforts that any edltor'ul corps could expect In a I we'l nt-pi Inie.l ..flee. They arc, not ' Inle, f. icI wlili in nny ny l.y II, 0 ' I '-. ""' ! 1: nl 'I ' v 11 t i nn I r. 1 -ii in 11 e .. 1 ,1 mill,.," (,f 11,. ; l i 11 -id I ! . 1 I in n e. II nl 11, ..1,1 In I'., r ... i'..p : w, 1,, 11. r ,l :,t ..I! ' iv, n I 'P e 1 I.-., pro- fa of II,' i P 1: "" . .' v !. , I In li,,- r'.:, I 'i'' r '"' " ! I' rv..'. ,1 to . ..-Iv- my i..,. t : i 1,, I" mai'er II,- i'o 1 1,01. 1 1 i. r. 1 1. iime to 11 mi 1 n.-:i t wl 'l si, ,11 I." pr.nted. nnr in he con. nil. ., 1 in nny other wny. II In ireicli .1 s, r ,,1,11 luul is par! li uiur I) maul ai d I'lleies Ini:. tl,e Htnr id l,,," 01 en. I01 ally will report II. hut no other niieiiilon la puid. in a nil", to cl ai"l iiMinrs. nor do relli-iniia ex-i ex-i rcl ,"ii. hii' ti ns Itllile class meeting.!, lece.ve nny notice whatever. Tl,e 1 Hurts of thn Htur of Hope milk' a to point out that, whatever setback set-back they muy linve hnd In lire, mime of Itn prizes nrn still open to them meets with Iho moat cordial nccept-sure. nccept-sure. The aoclnl c. mill Inns In thla country nro auch Hint ex cnnvlela who hnvo made successes In business aro not I nf ni ii. nt Hundreds and hundreds hun-dreds of men who hnvo "served tlmo" have redeemed themselves In a very lnri:n n, ensure. One of the first lino ("holoirlsts In Hie world la an cx convict con-vict from ttliiR HIiik anil a man who la a ruler In Ilm diunnin of high finance I aervod a seutenco for felony. Such Vol- VI' SING SING PRISON. OSSINING. N. Y.. APRIL '0, 104. No. 2 The Synthesis of Crime L I cbo j Laano.na.mn,ni aiamaat ml AiZ-aAina auirea ua -Tt'"'"- examples aa tbeso are continually urged upon tho attention of the con vlct readers of tho Blur of Hope, aud the encouragement thus given beara good fruit. Now York Press. |