Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-01-28
The State Prison Report.

per:s appointed to examine INTO II"
,Aa;rs ~ To Prison We arrived there
after Mr.. uAufori had hegnn Ie@i,hs
his Report. Tai Wis .."'ut Asti past
o'clock. The reading II this d"uu-
mens occupied almost the entire tine
until + clock This statement lndlr"ie'
its great length. THIS Report seeI-9 TO
GO into every department and NOOK anu
corner Of the Prison management. II is
very thorough. Also it IS constantly Al"
ine1orabtv critical. /: has the sound q
the law-shop in some Of lis parts AlF'
De Long !. the Governor $ special conn
sci. Il i. very like All Indictment os
complaint. Certainly there ara No com
pliments or words O. commentator IN
il. UncAallengel, it would snow no
ati..ty Oh Tie part # The Warden, aud
no recognition OF his better services.
Nj Hanforl's conclusions are une4u!F"-
cslv unfavorable. There IS no wort o.
rba,ity .or even admissible errors. The
,
not hear the entire Report read, relate
10 the manner OF administering 'As
C,rluissarv Department! Of the Prison.
The item o. sugar furnishes I'll HE
occasion for much lnvestlgailon ana
harsh criticism. Nr. Hanford's conc!u-
s:oUs are not Al ali sacchaune III their
nuture. Also tobacco Is cause OF ner-
yous irritation Al these problrGs de-
serve L.uch closer insight thar We can
possibly siye them. As stated ~ BIT:
HanfuTd who seems 20 have entered
unon his work Nth determination -
yet T.; tie bottom Of things, the Wand
en-, book. have not only been very
( loosely k-pt hut wheresoever lie has
| found any discrepancy rs seems 10 have
! invariably regarded it III Rn untavorabie
light. Mte.ligrtion may show that hls
conclusions aud deduetlons are we'll
/ founded. Bat We have orr doubts that
such will lie the case. There seems 10
he DISPOSITION Oh the part OF the prose
cution a. We regard ne Governor side
OF the case 20 be, to discover many
mole hills and to magnify them INTO an
equal number Of mountains. We say
/ that this seems to he the case. Perhaps
/ they will. ere this Investigation Is con-
/ cIgtleI. bring the Warden face to lace
with some real, actual, frauds and pecu-
latlons. The case IS no. vet concluded.
. Mr.. EIdridge read his dissenting opinion.
3 1t was very clear, very direct and very
, fair in tone. He states that he has not
. had an opportunity to examine Mr.. Han
! ford's Report critically. Their figures
agree. He SAWS unhesitat!ngly that be
!, . H.
, on the Warden 5 part. There are several
blunders and some hungling book-kesp-
ing; but he finds no sign Of purpOseiul
malteasanco or peculation. On the con-
trary he finds the stock used IN the shoe
shop tallying - It ought to tally, with
the purchases. The freight-bllis are all
ripht. also the sales Of cordwainery AMI
uuarried stone. AL the money paid in
has been accounted for; all the stock
! manufactured has been honestly in
( voiced: account. and averages bear the
/ ties. O. scrutiny and th- trial balance.
He believes that th- administration Of
| Warden LYMAN has been as honest a. it
! has been efficient. The sugar and to-
/ bacco inQuisition vas conducted without
/ his knowledge or participation. He did
. not feel it his province as nn expert TO
take the dispositions OF discharged guards
! and e1-convicts concerning the sugar
1 ration or the tobacco sales. Here then.
| in brief. are the opinions Of the two ex-
psrts. The matter now is in the hands
| Of the Board They will examine this
Repor. of NJ. Hantord's very critically.
twill take several days to do that. Also
they will cross-question tbs Opponents
who have made sfidavits on the sugar
and tobacco items. Mr.. Hyman will be
permitted to introduce testimony in his
own behalf. The Report would make,
at rough guess. more than eighty pages
! Of solid long primsr-pages of the size
! Of the printed Journals Of the Legisla-
ture. The Board will meet again to-day
and will probably continue its sessions
| unt.l this whole matter is determined.
I =. S.-Since the above was written,
/ NJ. Haldord has called our attention to
| some comments on las statements made
! before tho Board by the Tribun. Of last
evening. He says that paper is mlstak-
| en- in saving that he said that Eidredgs
! had not consulted him about going 10
! San Francisco. He says that such an
, impression was conveyed hy one of his
answers, but that he made more ex-
plicit statement. subsequently, correcting
that impression. Further, he says, that
be aud Eldredgs consulted together over
the matter and agreed that it was best
f.. him, Eldrsdge, to 80 there Mr..
| Hvnan confirms Hsnford's statement.
W!s.ros's old Exchange has again
changed hands. This time our good
raturel friend, A. A. Smith, becomes
tn. propris.or,-Bright 4 Simpson re-
! thing. He is built right, before and
behind and all round for a landlord,
Smith il. Meantime Bright & Simpson
psv all the bills owed by the concern up
to date,-Janunry %. II the reader will
turn to Mr., Smiths new advertisement
ws think he will be Immediately seized
-;,b a da.;rs 70 M and take drink with