, 1879-03-11
Work of the Judiciary Committee
upon the Appellate Court
Bill.
Discussion upon the Bill to Make
Body-Snatching a
Felony.
Report Of the RcnitentIary Committee
upon tho Three Penal In
stituti0ns.
Tho Kansas Maniaos Eclipse All Former
Flights Of Billiugsgate.

THE LEGIsLATURE.
sExATE.
S1ttfot Dispatch to 1As Tribune.
srn1Nur1sLp, H., March IA resolution
will 10 introduced in the senate III tho morning
that will be somewhat OF surprise to the soy"
ernl gentlemen now composing tho Boar1 Of
Pcnitcnttary Commissioners In this State, MS
well as their predecessors III Office. Since July
j.. 1871, it has been the practice Of these COM
mlssIoncrs to charge up their railroad fares,
hotel bills, and incidcntn!s to their respective
institutions under tho head OF necessary ex-
penscs connected With the duttcs OF Their uilico.
An examination of the duplicate youcll-
srs from the Joliet prison, on
file in the Auditors otllce here,
shows how uniformly these claims have been
collected for the last eight years. Tllcy appear
In nearly every monthly statement, duly re-
ccipted for by each Commissioner. TlIe follow
ing will servo % illustrations oI somc OF the
charges:
March Is TO April 1s, 1873, s; 4. Jones, for
g. t. ST. paasy efs IKE
account $3l 10. 4. N. Jones tfamtlarty known
- o sit Jenss SSI oI g e..
petlacs. S7S; 25; H. L. Delaney, s1o7-75; A. n.
THE 8o1rrnENN PENlTENTIAIY COMMISSIONERS
were paid on account of hotel bills nl,tl travel
tug expenses, for the fifteen months cutlEnE OFT.
], 1873, g., 1900. A law passed March 10, 1869,
allowed tic Commissioners $22,00U pur nnnnm
md their necessary expenses while octually en-
gagged in the duties OF t1,csr Office, This Inv
continued until July l, 1871. when the present
law providing for the management Of the Joliet
Prison went Into effect. This last act fixed their
urt,I
ing about expenses, and repealed all
Inconsistent nets. Then, In the repeal
Ing act in tho general revision Of 1874, this Inv
of March 30, 1869, Is expressly repealed. 10 It
would nppenr that there Is not nor hos there bccn
my authority In law for the payment OF these
so-called cxptnscs for nearly eight years, md
the amount during thts timo takon By the Com
n,!ssioncrs on account of expenses will probably
reach $4,000. 1t will thus be seen how careful
" tic public Treasury is guarded by tho servants
Of tic people, II $4,000 Of thu peoples money
may ba taken without tle warrant OF law, why
may not s1,500,0003 During all these eight
ycurs that this has been going on
UNDER THE EYES or GOV. CuILoM
and bis predecessor In Office, not one Of the
State officers Inns been found honcst enough to
raise his voice against it, or to warn the people.
Not ono protest has bcen mado or one objection
put on record. After tlls specific notification
from TIE TRIBUNE II remains to bo seen II
tllcsn gentlemen will hare tho hardlhood to
persist III this course Of spoltation and knarcry.
Some OF these men ore again seeking rc-clcc-
t!on to oiIlcc, notably Shelby III. Culluln, who
wants to bo Governor agatp, It Is sald.
It is hardly probable, however, TINT they
will dcsfst, for they say they "don't caro- a
damn" for tho newspapers, md arc particularly
indifferent as to the exposures Of TIE TRIBUNE.
THE nHsoLur1oN
will bo introduced by scnster Riddle, and Is us
follows:
WHEREAS, II appears, that tho several Peni-
haa at naSo, t5on IT, site 70 tlmg'
tpE ind other NECESSARY uxuensss ~ smrh com.
missioners, considerable sums Of money 10 aldi-
a3 y ~ e1,a3uo hat aIa snco ,a7,
there ILL been no warrant In law III any such
allowance Or n payment: therefore,
bcry nrcct. ~ tmrn,., "a sost .s -
1tenlzed statement Of tho respective amounts
Snasgcd nY ana Eat to sach o. snca com!nissioneta
travelling uxnenscs or ntherwisc 3lnce to III ~
Of July, 1S71. together with tho date of paynlent
and the name Of tho Conm!ss!onor to whom paid.
-, ~. Ih't1h"i1""t eAAA"tEs'
- ~ m.' W plGashteu TOMORROW IN the
n1ov"a ~ IN" p"nttnrasrio. @ ~ H., atntn ~. IL H.
zach Of the Commissioners. aunualIy. Si. .sNl:
Warden, $l,600; ono Doputy- -WnrtUn 4l.HNj:
Chaplain, $l,OQ0; Tlysclun. ii :Iei,ie;.cier,
$1,20Q: ono assistant aust operator, 5000; stow.
ara. 6l.4U; assstant steward, 5000; Matron,
s6Vo; cllel-enE1ncor, u ,20o; assistant cngncer,
Svo: quo receiving MI! diseiaEgl'E officer. 5000;
one nsaer UNI instructor. *5oo; WasonlNasteri
eso; supet1ntc1l1Gnt u gas-works, $5oo; ons
foreman 81 tho blacks,ntthshop, $4o0; mail
carrier and messenger, S300; Arst.claBs guards
taehs $5Uo; sseondEnss guards, $iW.
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