Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1889-12-16
THE GRAND JURY REPORT.

IRENE length and stElining after d.
tails are evidences Of It's polite,
purpose. The PAPER fairly bristl,
with coudemnatory ia igments prC
uouncei on the bases Of CT part
HYPOTHESIS. 10 Is also n signif
cant fact tina; this elongated politi
cal report IS understood to have beel
in the hands Of the chief Liberal
organ several days before if wa
presented in court. While one
sided denunciation is hurled un
stiutedly at political opponents, the
grand jury gives evidence ofhaving
been exceedingly kind to its
friends.
The management Of the peniten-
tiary is made 4 conspicuous feature
Of the report, the L. :. Marshal be-
ing belaborei over the backs Of the
uoor convicts. That official is
charged with extravagance border
ing on profligacy because it costs 81
cents per head daily to sustain the
prisoners. In consequence Of this
fearful sqUandering Of government
money! cents a day upon a
Pris0neT-the grand jury exclaims
IN awful economical ecstacy: eve
are Of the opinion that many Of the
supplies furnished were crcesare IN
quantity and crtrQragasst III price. -
Supplemental to this plea for pinch
ius, the report further says: We
are Of the opinion that the fresh
meat, ham and bacon furnished |
during this time was, as to quantity.
about . per cent in excess Of what |
was necessary, and rs 10 price was /
- per cent too high" 1t is also
asserted that the price paid for -four /
tS2.6G Perhundred pouudsJ was ex-
cessivc. \ fair calculation of the
views Of the grand jury would bring
reduction on the cost OF keeping a
prisoner Of nearly fifty per celt. or
say, Is cents day, or six cents 4
meal
II ever the members Of the de-
funct grand jury should be so I'M
fortunate We hope they never will |
AS to be landed in the penitentiary
for term, there viii be n trcmend- {
Gus revolution Of opinion IL their
cases with regard to this financial ,
question. They would no longer be | {
advocates Of the theory Of skeleton ,
lzing convic.s. The tendency Of the {
times among all civilized peoples is I
10 treat prisoners rs II they We're $
human. This plea for starving con- t
victs shows therefore that the late a
grand jury are, in that particular, {
behind the age, which does not a
favor the manufacture Of stirred i
shadows. !
The species ofgenerosity exhibited n
in the document reminds one OF n b
story told by Col. Ingerson on the I
occasion Of his lecture, ia this city. b
some years ago, illustrative OF the Ii
Of some men toward their a
sp0uses. \ wife asked her wcII-to-do C,
husband for a little sgcndingmonev a
when the response came in tones of m
manly thunder, ''yhat did you do le
with that thirty-five cents gave al
you three weeks ago?''
Some Of the computations oftbe G
ury are extraordinary, to say the Il
east, as witness this statement: 81
From his twelve cows the MARSHAL =,
.upplies milk FOR the table Of the Il
iePuty warden and guards. at the ex- C
'ense OF the government, and sells "
rom so n $50 worth Of milk Der y
month to the prisoners or such Of -,
hem as have money 20 buy It, at the =.
inform price Of twenty-five cents per .,
.allon. This industry furnishes \ -
eVenue to The marshal Of TO: less
ban Si00 per month, and at the same
me has solved a disputed question !"
oncerning prison di cipline, viz.:as oe
D whether 1t Is best TO furnish healthy
c0nvicts with articles Of B
pod other than the regular prison fare. 81
ven though 1t brings profit TO the s.
Ulcers IN charge. 1t is but justice 10 on
&c marshal TO state in this connec- r.
on tina: when questioned in regard TN
D this milk supply. he answered that m
lany Of the convicis were old men -
nth poor teeth and obliged to cat "
lush.'
1t remains for 4 political grand II
Try 70 solve such diaicultnumerical 10,
roblems As the one here presented. ~,
may, for aught we know, he true al
lat the Marshal sells from $40 TO ,a
50 worth Of milk per month to II,
rlsoners able to purchase it, but we 90
eg to be excused from placing the
tnost confidence in the assertion
lat he makes out Of this from so en-
$50, a monthly revenue Of SI0l. Wa
The suggestion in reference 10 4 s''
.rtain class Of prisoners having had ma
-eater liberties than others is not 10
lly ungeucrous but vindirtiye GU
be grand jury are aware Of the ma
ason for such liberty having been sh'
,tended if It has been accorded. th'
lme OF the prisoners referred 10 DE
I'VE been utilized 10 perform labor wa
the prison grounds because they wa
uld be better trusted than the gen iel
atty OF inmates, not one Of them 10
'er having attempted to escape. We
trough their influence and exam an'
c the management Of the peniten- ''ii'
Try has been rendered compara- q,
'ely easy and simple, rs the effect g.,
'on the other inmates has been =.
lutary IN every respect. Thus they "a
we relieved the government to no , ms'
lalI degree. 'ii'
The balance Of the compliments ga -"
ID IN the report TO the Marshal .Oi
We heretofore been before the pub y p
anu relate 10 the general manage -,
7nt OF the business pertaining to 10, 49,
: Office. uor
int
The affairs Of Salt Lake County ~
given considerable attention ''i
lie proceedings relative thereto ore q ~
led an investigation, but the way u,
rial extracts have been made -
tn a view to conveying an i'm. VI
'ssion contrary TO the plain show g 5
Of the full record, and the LII
aimed and unjustiiiable conslruc- i'i-'C
rs that are put upon other farts. iei,
such as to render the report ut
" unreliable. own
he hrst complaint is made con- 80 80
ming road work, which consti. 80,