St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-07-18
which she can't door decreases the wicked
ness of the men, which 1 hope she can.
think governor could not sleep with ease If
he has the least doubt Of the prisoners guilt,

which she can't door decreases the wicked
ness OF the men, which I hope she can. I
think governor could not sleep with ease If
ne mas the least doubt Of the prisoners guilt,
and
ALLOWS HIM TO HANG.
Twice committed sentence of death to i'm
prlsonment and am conscious OF not having
abused my power. There is a difference be-
tween capital and other offenses. A
governor should not refuse to par
proven beyond a doubt. The pardoning
power composes tour branches - pardon,
power to commute, to parole lin Ohio) and to
transfer from one institution to another. In
Ohio boys under IL go to the industrial school,
and over IL can be sent to the penitentiary. l
once transferred boy II years Of age from
the penitentiary to the reform school, he hav-
ing been sentenced to seven years. Cases of
unjust sentences are very common. Dys-
peptic judges inflict dyspeptic sentences.
JUDGES with bad stomachs old bachelors,
judges with cross wives and sick children
infilct severe sentences. We are trying the
plan OF parole in Ohio, the governor being
recommended not to pardon except in case
OF innocence when subject to parole. He is
never paroled until the minimum sentence has
Deen served The conditions OF parole are
these: A prisoner on entering is put in 4
certain class with q certain dress he has the
opportunity of being promoted to higher
class with another dress, or can be degraded
and the striped clothes put upon him il he is
vicious The conditions OF parole require the
prisoner to have been in the first class at
least four months, must be given EN-
ployment by his friends, must not go
out of the state, must abstain from
Intoxicating drinks and report his earnings
etc., every mouth to the prison board. The
parole system reduced the duty of the gov
ernor in pardon cases from one-half to two
thirds, but the governor should be a member
of the board, The paroled prisoner knows
that IN time he
WILL BE DISCHARGED,
but II he breaks his parole he forfeits all the
advantages gained by it and loses the friend
ship of the board. who only has power to
parole. The governor OF Ohio has long had
power to grant conditional pardons with liza
DIllty to return to prison on proof before d
probate Judge of otense the condition being
that the prisoner must abstain from strong
drink. The parole system tells a much better
tale with statistics than the conditional par
don. The parole is a step in the right direc-
uon, such at least has been its operation in
OHIO. In 1884, 1865 prisoners were in the
OHIO penitentiary, OF these $50 were under FL,
aud in year the boys had increased ia $50.
THUS after had adopted the rigid rule to
transfer every boy to the reform school for
whom any reputable citizen would say there
was chance to be good man. OF eighty
bo,s transferred four went back
on US and seventy were successful. Talk
duouL rSlofm scuOOlS pcing preparedness TOT
the penltentIarY. 1t Is not SO in Ohio. All
power OF pardon must depend upon the state
doing its duty by the criminal. The parable
o. the unjust judge so often repeated in the
office OF governor, and worthiness can usually
be placed in inverse ratio to the amount Of
importantly. Though sometimes a case OF
Importantly is worthy. The speaker de-
scribed several cases of opportunities for
pardon within his experience. Many times
| opportunities taxed my patience beyond de-
scr1ption. When all precautions of the law
have been taken to be sure that only the guilty
shall suffer, the state clothes the governor
usually an ambitious politician, with power
OF pardon. He may not be legally learned,
but before him legal sentences crumble.
Talk of
UNPROTECTED WOMEN,
it ought to be unprotected governors. I find
jurors usual. willing TO sign petitions for
pardon. The prosecuting attorneys in Ohio
rarely signing petitions for and advising
against pardon. have known this to occur.
l came to rely upon the opinions Of the
judges. As 1t is now done the pardon bust
ness is carried on by earwegging, in his
house, in the street. at the theater. every
where. The family physician is enlisted.
Public examination, testimony under oath,
should take the place of solicitation. OF proof
OF reforml have no faith if all the proof is
within prison walls. DR.. ByerS told me of
two fellows who insisted on being baptized by
immersion while he was chaplain of the peni-
Tertiary. AZ ought 10 have drowned them,
he said indignantly, land it would have been
to the advantage of society" Tae only proof
of reform is in liberty, the parole furnishes
the opportunity.