Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-03-03
TIN sUPENINTENDESCY OF THE PEN
ITENrIASH.


C.A.>...as, March 2.-rhe DArLY and
S.ypAT EsG,>r.E have recently contained
ia y',s rCcoLmcndiug certain gentlemep
wEo should .ulceed slr West as Superiu-
tauGtrJ Of The reuirenuarr. 1t "a we'll IN
d,sssuoi that III. West fled his a~ppIica-
ton .cr reapEo,HJmeay with Governor VIII
% r,v in lovemoe- last, soon after the
-..u,r %. tie October election mad been de
cared, and then lie leaves the new Gov
-.go- lree from the annoyance Of seltsohc-
lied rgcCwu ~ulaIous, 10 decide Tor himself
whether 5, Is wise 70 make he change 50
~.r-cr.v Ge>i.ed av interested parties. We
doubt whether there is 8 Democrat N tn"
STATE. outside OF ,hOse who axe aCtuated by
personal mOri?es, that desire to see any
-r rg- IN this dice.
Prison management : q science that ~.
o ..rr, Years OF s.s. ana pra GCa. training.
That Ng. West mas attained a high derr,s
Of success 10 this department Of the
public service IS a.,eS,eI by the record.
one hundred and siSt, i've dollacs Is an
tina, the P~eniteHtiary COS, tie taxpayers Of
the STATE LAST year for nrtig2y expense.
and this embraces salaries of SUpc-iUtend-
rl;, cleIk, commjssary physician. anu In
short everything that was expended, except
ter permanent improvements.
The remarkable change IN the health o.
the prison is shown by comparing the pres.
eut with Tue former management. See
published report Of the PeniteutiGry for the
two years ending November 80, lsSo, Spage'
20 ami -. During the two years twenty
one prisoners lied, ~thirty-seven were par
.ole1. and TWO hundred and twenty-njne re.
NAMED in prison. The published report OF
DR.. Bruce, page -, Peuiientilry Report.
$50. shows that dut,na, he next tive months
OF The preceding nagcment seven more
prisoners died, making t~weutv-e.Eht deaths
il twenty-uipc months. Mr.. West as
sumel his duties Ou the 2Cday OF May, 1851,
and such Wa, tie coalition Of the prisoners
that seven more of them died during the
months Of Nav, June and July. On the
10Th dG7 Of July ISL, the death a1gg,
ceased his sad havoc. among these u~GfortI-
nate men. and no other deaths occurred for
ten months and that was the only one that
did occur during the fiscal year, ending
Ser.eulsv 80, 1892.
tr Brace. the medical oEcer OF the In
st;tution, thus accounts tor the unlmprOyei
condition. shown 20 have taken place dur,
i-g the first three months Of Mr.. West,
management
can say. with truth, that the health o.
the prisoners was never better than at the
present time. Everything about the ins,i-
IgtiO0 cOnduc-- TO chas result. The n-..s
and cell building are in admirable SAM 2
condition. the beds and coverings are KEEP,
clean. and. | believe row, the whole build.
ing is free from vermin. which has not been
the case in nv recollection.
Due attention IS paid to having all the
crurIc-s wash all over al least once IN two
weeks aud osscrer in simmer
The TODD and cooking seems to have been
esq call ad.D:cI 10 the wants and re
uui1emen,s of the prisoners.
Pruiteuti-ry reports for the two years
end . September 80, ISL, shows page
Il. that ds.iug the two eacs, nine prisoners
died thirty were ~parioEcd: only II O..
-Ltse OF account of bad health, ard
TWO hundred and hi,g-siX remained in Il e
prison. Il is thus shown By the Ole U
statement Of sworn officers, that dur.nr me
las. ,genty-uine months Of the pccc- liz"
MANAGEMENT ~twenty-eight prisoners died.
That during the last thirtysiy months o.
the present management only len prisoners
died. the former mortality being 800 per
cent. OF the latter.
Ifpertect honesty and e'1cisncT, II Hnan'
cial success never before reached in the his
tory of the prison, if preserving the health
and the lives Of the prisoners 6y careful
F~apitarr conditions, are elements Of success
IN management, then Mr.. Wes: IS eminent,
r. qualified fl reaPpointment.
The banner under which the Democracy
won the contest. bore the declaration OF our
vic o-iouz leader: Public Office sa public
.rr Let not those words De changed
no personal emolument, lest in the next
ON IS th.t banner goes down IN defeat
covered bv broken faith. DEMOCRAT