The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-01-15

their report they say:
We conferred with the governor, and with his
advice and consent the money received from In
surance companies was used In rebuilding. and
have been allowed to stand a. an offset to an
equal amount each month against the BILLS of
the contractors This action was taken to ena.
be US to IN. meeS r rae * S
and the absolute necessity Of their prompt re-
construction. We trust the legislature will ap.
prove the action thus taken, and that such leg
islation may be had Is may 90 deemed necessary
to confirm what has been done In this regard
In addition to the restored buildings there
has lust been completed new cell building
containing 100 cells, adjoining the old one,
at cost 6f E49 1888, which has been paid
from the standing appropriations fer perma-
nent improvements. The prison now has a
capacity for 426 convicts, and at the date of
the warden's report, the close of the fiscal
wear, it contained 356-an increase of 70 In
two years. The warden estimates the cur
rent expenses OF the prison to be $40, 600
for 1855, and $50, 900 for 1886, and that
The earnings will be $45, 900 and $5O, 900
for the same yeats The expenses for the
past two years were $39, 5956f for 1888,
and $50 ,9S9.98 for 1884; earnings,
500, 913.O9 and $33, 1890 for the
same period. The counties named
to which convicts were taken for care
during the time the prison affairs were in
rnent for the expense they thereby incurred
and an appropriation will be asked for that
purpose. The constitution clothes the exec
utive with authority to grant "reprieves and
pardons after conviction, for Offenses against
the state except in cases of impeachment !"
Chapter 119 of the General Statutes provides
that the governor may grant pardon upon
such conditions and with such restrictions
and under such limitations as he may think
proper" Cases are sometimes presented
wherein an exercise of executive clemency
would seem to be recommended by the best
interests of the convict, and without preju-
dice to public Justice, If wholesome condi
tions could be imposed But to make the
provisions of the chapter quoted practically
effective, an ADEQUATE remedy should be pro
vided in case the conditions Upon which q
pardon is granted are violated. To that end
recommend an enactment to the effect that
in case a convict conditionally pardoneC
shall fail to observe the conditions imposed,
he shall be deemed to have escaped from the
prison and become subject to arrest and re.
turn to confinement under the operation OF
his original sentence. The decisions of courts
upon this subject assert the authority of the
executive to enforce this penalty in the alb
sence of statute, but doubtless an effort tG
do so would be Contested. Doubts may
therefore be settled in advance by legisla-
tive enactment upon the subject The exist
ence of such statute would have restrain
information thus conveyed that he could not
ignore the conditions upon which he received
and accepted his pardon
REFORM SCHOOL.
This model institution maintains it's record
for efficiency id the important work fol
which it was established Unlike some OF
the reformatories for youths existing else
where, it's name is significant and expressive
of it's work. Without walls or guards to re-
TO- 1ax y, iV, no oh a
ment succeeds, by the moral influence it
commands, in exercising the needed control
over them and with rare exceptions effects
their reform. Since its establishment in
1868 it has graduated" over five hundred
bows and girls, most of whom have become
or give promise Of becoming useful men,
beers of the community, instead OF recruits
fsr the criminal classes which would prob.
ably have been their fate under the influences
of their early life. Tie TesHlts accomplished
by this institution commend it's infringement
to public confidence, and should command
for it's work such recognition and support as
it's continued efficiency requires. The re-
port of the managers shows 129 inmates
at the end of the last fiscal year. The ex-
pense for maintenance for the twenty months
ending July 81, 1884, was &47 700 50, OF
which sum $23, 728. 73 has been reimburged
by the counties contributing to it's popula-
ton. Appropriations are asked for current
expenses for 1885 and 1886 of $35, 900 per
year, and for insurance and repairs $6.O OO.
The report also recommends an approprla-
ton of S25, 900 for a new building Tor
female department.. I doubt it the probable
revenues of the state will authorize this ex-
penditure within the next two years; but
aside from that consideration, the question
of the eXUedeney of O permanent female
department. in connection With the present
institution deserves deliberate examination
The few females that are likely TO become
~ no f,1f1 m q
be properly cafed for under existing arrange
ments, but before steps are taken for per
manent reformatory for girls, belteve We
NAV avail ourselves probably of the expo
rience and Judgment of communities thai
have dealt with the question more fully
STATE PUBLIC SCHOOL.
The treatment and control Of the paupe1
and criminal classes give rise to questions
among the most important with which the
public has to deal; and the excessive rate OF
the increase of these evils, as compared witt
the growth of population throughout the
eOtintrV has become subject OF grave con-
Germ. Statistics show that the increase OF
pauperism and crime in the United State'
has been 100 per cent greater than III
increase in population within the last quarter
of a century Measures that may prove
effective to check this growing evil have
long been the subject of earnest inqu1sltlor
among philanthropists and legislators. Con
sideratio1s of economy and public security
as well as those Of humanity and morahty
suggest the adoption OF whatever meani
may promise to lessen these great evils tha
prey upon society. AS it is law OF NATURE
that every species shall produce it's kind, 81
in every community 1t is observed
that the ranks of the pauper and criminal
classes are largely recruited from theL
neglected and abused progeny. The enVl
ronment of idleness. ignorance and vice II
which the children of such parents are reared
must, in the natural order OF things, glv'
direction and character to their future eours'
of life As a matter OF economy, mere
question of public expense, is it not the wise
policy to rescue. If possible, these youIn
from their apparently inevitable fate, ratne
than to provide expensive almshouses ant
reformatOriee to be maintained at great cos
for their care while young, and prisons 10
their restraint when they Come to man
estate? An intelligent and effective metno'
to deal with this question would be the esSa !,
Ishment of state public school, In wnlcl
the young children of dependent parents, o
criminals, and the orphaned waits OF soclet.
NAV be gathered and reared under nnuence
and surroundings that will develop tn
better elements Of their natures, and max
Of them good citizens to to- contribute ths bug
dens of society This is by n
means an experiment. Such institution
have existed for years past in some OF Tn
states. and their work shows most gratlfy
ing results Detailed information can
furnished by our state board OF charities an
corrections, regarding the organization, Tn,
| work and the results accomplished in schooi
| of this character as established elsewhere
| commend the subject to your thoughtiu
consideration If there should be heslta
ton to act upon it by reason of the expens
of establishing another public institution,
repeat. that, in my Judgment, it Is recon
| mended by considerations OF public econo
NV. though the proposition also appeals I
YOU upon the vastly broader basis OF NJ
manity and the general public good IN
cost of maintaining and educating tines
children in such an institution until the
arrive at an age when they could be al
prenticed or indentured to their advantage
would be less than the present average cos
! of their maintenance in the poor houses, 9
| through the usual methods of distribute
of poor aid, in many of the counties OF I'll
state. A requirement such as now apple
to a class of the inmates of the retorl
school. which provides for the maintenant
bv each county of the children they respect
iyely send to the institution, could proper
be made feature of it's organization
BOARD OF CORRECTIONS AND CHARITIES
Chapter 127 Of the General Laws, 1So'
49, tHwv In prN-