The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-03-13

AIRY Of chaplain one mou,s, $s5 %; half of
salary OF night serseant one month, k5000,
delivery OF oouvicts from jail latter two years.
one month, 81 ,O00o; monthly rental, $S53 3:
monthly repairs and incidentals, SiO0HO:
board OF 1871 guards and % Sergeants .2ll
menl az $50, 81 81 81; Gust of maintain.
ing 100 couVlc,s for one month, $40 OoO 0S,
compensation Tor services OF leSSees, CLERK
hire, Stationary, stamps, kilograms, travel
ing expenses, etc, per month, Sl,oO 90.
total amount, S.O $50 VS; expenses l . 100 coz
victS, twelve months, S3iO,9j1 96; expenses
one convict twelve months, $99 80; expens.
es one convict oAe month, sl7 rs; expenses
one convict fifteen years, SS,li2 %; expenses
1,l50 conyic,S fifteen years, $s6l4, 392 so.
Where, then is the immense profit that
they are 10 make even if everything con-
neoIed with their leases should move
smoothly along without jar? But as |
have said, they must be allowed IA large
margin for profit, because OF the large
amount of capital they are forced to in
vest, the stringent laws regulating the
management and the hazardous character
OF the enterprise Think, sirs, of what an
Immense sum they mu eXpend in order
To supply machinery and supplies
Of every description necessary to
operate their business. At Hunts
vile much of the machinery must be
thoroughly overhauled, and much more
added. At Rusk there is not a pound of
machinery. But say that the amount to
be expended for machinery isnot the most
| important item. The stock Of supplies the
leSStes viii have to carry from year to year
IS the big thing Remembers senators, that we
are dealing with question of vast magni-
tude. Remember that ii you reject these
contracts you t-rce the state to take hold
/ OF the management, and who of us here is
| prepared to meet the emergency? Where
Is the senator who has made the calculation
OF the appropriation necessary for resump-
/ tlcn, aud is prepared to present the figures
to this senate? How much are you going to
expend for machinery? How much are
| you going to appropriate to furnish sup
/ plies and keep the stock up for two years.
| VINO is going 10 step into the shoes of the
lessees and supply to the state the vast
number of agents that they have TO aid
them in carrying on the work. No, sirs; it
appalls me when | cOntemplat" resumption
IN this sudden manner. Sirs, | will never
cast my vote to hamper this administration
with resumption. ] will never consent to
| handicap this administration with such n
| weight at the very commencement OF its
term. Again, Mr.. President, | believe that
II the state intends to resume that II must
| be done gradually, and do not the provis-
ions OF these contracts show that the board
took II long step in that direction, when
they provided such large increase in the
numoer of these TO he confined within the
walls, us we all know that the state when
she does resume, desires all, or nearly all of
the prisoners placed within the walls.
Finally, Mr. President, | believe that II
the state should ut once resume, before
mary elections have come and gone you
Will see the machinery OF this vast peniten-
tiary management used as powerful politi-
cal engine, and if, for no other reason than
this, the people would curse the day that
the state took charge OF her public prisons
For Coughs, Asthma and Throat Disorders
use Browns Bronchial TrOches, having
proved their efficacy by a test of many
years. Sold only in boxes.