, 1874-08-25
: THE PEM,TENTlARY.
What the People Of Joliet
Think on tho Subject.
Constant Quarrols Between Commits
sioners and Warden.
How V7ham Turned the Tables on
0anisius and Bnne,
Management Of Affairs by the Present
Warden.

tNHfuEts
Letter from Commissioner Bnnc.
THE PRESENT SITUATION.
Special Correspondence Of 7he Chieaao 1'ribnar.
JOLIET, Aug -, 1874.
Tho pcnitcntinry Comn,iBsiouors--tloso Of
tho "now tlon"-tormiuntcd their session lioro
Saturday aftcruoou, tho htaInoss OF Alr. Wood
bury NJ. TAYLOR eal!lng him to Chicago. Tho ro-
centnctjpn Of tito Governor In regard TO tllis
body has boom tho aubjort Of much comment !"
this soetiol,. THO wIolo affair approaches tho
proportions Of
GnANp .1uppLE.
Tho Board Of pynisoutlary Commissioners at,-
pears to be looked upon by tho pooplo Of VIII
Cornty much in the eatno why that tile people OF
Chicago look rpou tho board Of Police
Commissioners moro OF l1lntltance tlan hcip;
1 firth wheel, 80 to aposk. From first to last,
now Board ana old Doatd, all Tao aanle, tho
Warden Inns bpd var with the Commissioners,
nud tho lattor Will, tho Warden. Tho Oom1ula-
sinncrs como around about onco month anu
.audit bills. They also look after tho govern
.n,out Of tho prison. How they can, by holding,
INV, dozon meetings in Tho yoar, If their heads
MO hos Saaoef wv eh' a'0s' ~ .uot. .t'ea ga
to whnt III At action Us fogaras fentohs'ary ''a''
terra, ID mystery to everybody evan
to themselves. They get $1,000 a ycar
a,,,, a,J aro onn,irtci hv fila f1oyo,uor. Thu
uso4s ""e "1o H., ,wsuSa., .,,.a 49,.
Commissioners elect tue "afaon' VINO eo1s
that alI Of thom '',nako" something ont OF colt
tr,nt., md matters OF thas hpd Desiaen - 600,
''A~''' ruz w,unrY
80 ""
l8 toaEea ana uohruea ~ tuo Pt]dou. LIZ u"n VI
prupor accommodation, and can nalse hnnalf
anita comfortable If ho chooses. Ho IL, III point
If fnct tho boa, mi, front Of tho whole .1ssi.u-
t;.,., a,..ar,.,i,n, truoa mn, b,m. n In IL. n
man Of bstslness' tho pi1son pays. VI no IL not
1nnu Of buBunBs. tho State lcscn. III ho ,ie
uiscipllnarian, tlero Is 'orrlcr in Warsaw,"
Nv, tl,o corvicta oro like rorl,lor aotcrs in tho
4Nu wv 49,. s.,3 t,,o ot,oas -,
eonllol5 u luou uc.liouo.' "N.' VIZ o.''Ss"os" -
their movements. III tho HAEaen II lax III u'scl-
pliuo the Deputies follow bis example, the kaop.
!ers stake aftcr" tho Dopusios, aud tho eunrds
c,tcl, thu iufoct;on. The prisoners lccomo lazy
eet.u wv .A'o. ~. atan,, oia,,r ar,1 ,,,i,
aud unrulf; "oFk oless blo~'y 4lon6' a'1't n'a
ters generally 60 to tha dogs. Honco the ward
Gu. if le be Of tho right mnteriat, can mako tho
e1,to,e PRISON hona ,,,o rcforu,atorr, a credit
.I1u Tn.s '1v ond ] oana nT ,onlcnishir ibo sfnto
Treasury Unfortunately for Illinois, tito :peni-
teutlasy did not always pay. 1t was loA'l's
game for n losg time.
,.p.....1e.i ~ w. 1,,;"a.,,, ro,;,o ,o1,-
lato napes!n'ons9el' " 'no .eu4e.sv o''eo' coa
menced the 'rciornatlon' GOV. fannef apnolht,
'ed'hi1n Conlsnlssioner. aud subsequently Induced
,litn to take tho olice Of Walden, saying thnt 70
would stand bysh' Washnura went 20 WORK
like man: brushed tho cobwebs on tho prison.
rails, aud brought order out Of Chaos. llo llad
sSsto,n of his own, a1id enforced It rigidly Caro-
less or 'lazy employees wore instantly discharged,
mil tho PRISONERS Wefo ''Dfousht 10 l!ele W1tn
@ coltrity never known to them bDfofo. -Nasl-
.bui'u ind to fight the Commissioners just as ho
had to lght the Chicago Board Of pollce, but
Palmer did not'fnltlll h.s Promise, no "ashbur,
ceased to be Warlan. Then CAME
MIR. EDwARns,
WHO Ind D short reign. anu Was shccceaea by
Capt. Smith, who wns alleel IL tho sag Bridge
disaster 0 ycar,ngo. Lie was followed vs. j.
NAL J. v, WlfAa,
who was first appointed commissioner !; and.
like Washburn, WAS subsequently elected
Warden. 1llb administration appeared to be-
very successful, altlouShlt Was VOL Known that
hn ANS con6tntjtty at war with tho Commission