The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1868-09-26

thereof be left to the exclusive control o
the Legislative Assembly, as contempIat
cd by the Constitution. II will nccessar
lily take considerable time to erect suita.
u BILE buildings; and as the contract for
@ tho keeping aud treatment of the in.
c mates of the asylum will expire on the
G first day of December next, il will in all
o probability be found necessary for the
Y Legislature to enter into new contract
Q with priyat parties for their keeping and
/ treatment, until such time 40 the asylum
shall be completed aud the State ready TO
c take charge of them.
r Should il be found necessary to so con
J. tract with private parties, would rc-
spectfully recommend that the price now
/ paid, per capita, be reduced. After a
e thorough investigation of the subject, |
+ am satisfied that the insane can be kept
r for less sum than that now paid.
| PENGTEsTiARY.
! Since my accession to Office, the Peni.
$ tcntiary has, trust, been managed in
t such manner az will give general satisfac.
e ton to you aud TO the people Of tho State
s Beginning without buildings, and with
. u
! rary building has been erected, the best
J of police regulations have been establish.
cd, inspired the safe keeping Of Convicta,
and labo. has been 50 directed, aside from
; extensive permanent improvements made
; for the State, as to pay fifty per cent Of
; the entire expenditures Of the Pebiten.
r tiary. | should fail to do my duty, if, in
!. this connection, | did not commend the
Superintendent, Wardens, and officers Of
the peuitcntiary for their vigilaut anl
constant attention TO the duties Of their
T respective Offices aud for the faithful
manner in which they have served the
J. State. There il nothing which the pco.
pic more earnestly desire than that srimi.
mails, sentenced to imprisonment for yio.
lation Of law, should be safely kept TO
tina. end | earnestly recommend that suit
able buildings be erected, as soon as cir
eumstances will permit, aud that an ap-
preparation be made, therefor. In order
more pcrfecilyto secure the CouYicts. the
Superintendent Of the Penitentiary, III
the autumn Of 1866, leased the use of
the " Gardner Sbackie until the session
Of the Legislature. | have 20 hesitation
in saying that the use Of that Shacklc
was Indispensable TO the safe.kccpiug Of
prisoners, and therefore respectfully rec.
ommeud that an appropriation sufficient
to meet the indeb;cdncss thus incurred
be made. The experience Of the last two
years teaches that Convict labor can be
cmploycd in the erection of Public
Buildings with great saving 10 the
State il judlciously managed. Under
the system now established, brick Of the
best quality can be manufactured in vast
quantities, by the Conyicts, at low fig
ure-anl inasmuch rs the early erection
aud completion of the State buildings isa
public necessity, and believing as | do.
that prison labor can be more proftably|
cmploycd in furtherance Of that WORK
than in any other, / earnestly recommend
that measures looking TO that cud be
adopted.
Sec II Of Article Of the Cons,itu-
ton Of the State confers upon the Cover
nor, the power TO grant reprieves, com
mutations and pardons, and 10 connection
Herewith, requires that he shall report TO
the Legislative Assembly, each case of
reprieve, commutation and pardon, to.
gethcr with the reasons for granting the
same.
In obedience 10 that requirement
submit, that since the adjournment Of the
last IM4islativc Assembly, have granted
in all fifteen pardons and one commuta-
ton, to which should be added one par.
don granted by Hon Samuel May, Secrc-
tary of State, and Acting Governor, dur
ing my absence from the State The
names Of the persons pardoned and CON-
muted, together with the dates, and the
reasons therefor, are us follows, to-wit:
:. a. w. Sweet. pardoned on petition, Oc-
tober 9th, 1866.
James Buchanan, pardoned because Of
partial insanity aud recommendation Of
DR.. II. Carpetner, Attending Physician,
December 10th, 1866.
Patrick Brown, commuted from the
penalty to Imprisonment for life, on peti-
ton, December oath, 1866.
Joseph McGraw, pardoncd from the
County Jail Of Wasco county, on petition,
September 25th, 1867.
Henderson Simpson, pardoned on petit
ton, November Goth, 1867
i Jack Long, pardoncd, on petition, De-
cembcr 9th, 1867.
William Riley, pardoned on petition
and statement of DIR. Ii. Carpenter, At
tending Physician, that he was affected
with disease Of the heart, which disease
was greatly aggravated by imprisonment,
accompanied with recommendation that
he be pardoned, December 9th, 1867.
Lorenzo o. Murphy, pardoned on peti-
ton, December 9th, 1867.
Frank Bolton, parponed on petition,
December 10th, 1867.
j John 9. Harmon, pardoned on petit
ton, by the Secretary of State, and at the
time acting Governor of the State, April
I'd, 1862,
j William Connor, Fardoned on petition,
May 25th 1868.
/ John G. McCarty, pardoncd on petition,
June 9th, 1868.
John McCurran, pardoned on petition,
and being but child, July 9Th, 1868.
William BENEFIT, pardoned on petition,
j August 4th, 1868.
!. James Gregg, pordoned on petition,
August 4th, 1868.
! The pardoning power is one of great
responsibility, aud ought to be exercised
in those cases alone where justice demands
! it. And in many cases, SO complicated
are the attending circumstances, on the
one hand, and so strong tho appeals of
humanity on the other, that it is hard to
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