Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1889-12-19
way defraudod, nor Is it pre.ende,I

a teams in some parts of the countr
to transport supplies and n horz
and carriage fOT cabinet Oflicer'
| believe il has never been ia
: policy Of the United States 10 ful
/ nish it own necessary transports
ton, and It may be that the repOi
Of this gland jury will have tn
I effect TO change this general polio.
! and to induce IL 10 buy and Oper
E ate railroads, stage lines, wagons
e buggies and teams. But woul,
, suggest that TO effect that purpos
it had been better TO have adOpte,
) 4 memorial to Congress than q
make a report to the Third Distric
Court Of Utah.
| may add, however, rs 10 the esti
mate in this report, like estimates
which are common in all hasty anC
ill-considered reforms, that a''wagor
and team costing $500 would sufiicC
for this service" is totally at fault
No single team could perform til,
service. / oftentimes had two ne
lively engaged, and on many oeca.
sions In addition my private car.
riage and some hired.
In relation 10 the entire question
Of the management Of the peniten.
tiary, | can say always praeticed
the same economy / should have
done had | been doing the work for
my individual account; and that |
have used ut least fair skill is evil
dent when comparison is made with
the management elsewhere.
/ find that the daily cost OF the
Ohio state prison per prisoner, as by
report Of It's keeper, is % 40 cents,
within cents Of the highest cost OF
the Utah prison while in my charge.
also find that the Joliet peniten-
tiary, Illinois, the model prison Of
the United States, where subsistence
is probably cheaper than any other
in the entire country, is stated in the
official report at u cents per day
only cents lower than the Utah
prison, and there was an average Of
over fourteen hundred prisoners in
each Of these prisons. They pay
their guards much less than We do
in Utah. But if the grand jury or
Others who are having this splsm Of
reform desire TO cut the wages OF
these men, who earn well their
money, / hope they may have TO as
sumo the responsibility. therefore
submit that in insisting that the
management Of the Utah prison,
while in my charge, was extrsva-
CANT, the grand jury have been hasty
and inc nsidcrate rs well rs unjust.
V-FAvoRING "CoHAIS.''
The statement in the report is true
in certain eases; aud the explanation
is, that "cohabs" were generally SEN
fenced for short terms and under cir
cumstances which offered no tempta- /
ton 10 escape. Work in the fields 1
could Ice done by them without re- |
quiring any guards, while if | sent |
convicts sentenced for larceny or /
other offenses to haul sagebrush, or /
dig potatoes, or 10 any other prison .
work, guards were always required. |
SO, as matter Of economy in the
OF guards, and 10 save
tie sending Of prisoners out who
wOult embrace every opportunity
10 escape, | employed this class OF
prisoners often, in preference TO the
jther kind. In other respects pris-
,ners were treated alike, and this
discrimination was pracIiced rs n
natter Of economy, ami fully ius-
ify it. Such is the practice in all
PRISONS, and l used my best iudg-
nent, and in no case was my con
idence ever abused.
L. CONDENSATION OF MARSHAL I
As SUCH.
The report deals somewhat nj
ength with one branch OF the mar
hal's compensation, and complains I
hat the government has paid more |
han 1t should for certain service.
he conclusion lsarriyed at In some
the instances cited on an incor-
ect statement Of facts, notably the
"FOr instance, Deputy !
larshal Armstrong was working
n 90 per cent Of his earnings; he
rived subpoena in the case Of the I
eople ". Taylor i'm the Second dis 2
let, in the month Of November. I
80 At an expense Of ST., so OF
.hich was charged rs actual ex. l
ense of team. The deputy owned '
Is own team. Mr.. Dyer had 40
er cent Of this SO, that is TO saw, u
lie deputy received S24, whi-h rep a
scented the actual expenses, while I
.r. Dyer had the balance Of SI6.,, Il
he above quotation shows how I
irelessly the investigation Of the :
and jury was conducted. for 5
lie truth Is that Mr.. Armstrong a
Il not pay TO the marshal any mart o
the subsistence or team hired rs n
ated, and he received neither Sid e
u any portion Of this charge. any U
ore than the grand jury I'D. Mr.. o
was not before the grand c
ry rs n witness, while my ac- y
unts were accessible to them. and y
ey show that instead Of receiving II
e Sl6 as alleged, | did not receive n
cent OF it. IL is difficult to under II
md how the jury could have been p
lposed upon in this case and been u
to illustrate what they call an al
eSal practice, when the instance O'
ven Is n fiction. Because | had OF
puties OF whose earnings | did u
tain 80 Ter cent, it was concluded IN
nj Mr.. Armstrong was in the 81
tegory, and without proof it is b'
tied that | did take 20 per cent in W
IS instance. The grand jury, n
wever, assert that the marshal has M
right TO receive such MONEYS. W
d on this proposition take issue ul
IN them. ! affirm that il i IN
lther illegal nor unjust to do SO. m
4 that the criticism OF the grand M
y upon the right of the marshal IN
retain a portion OF the earnings Sc
his deputies is both unjust and
nj
deputy is the employe Of the an
rshal. Their relations are the lgl
Ject Of arrangement between pa
mselves, and il is scarcely likely WI
t any man woulf be willing To va
e all the responsibility OF the TN
rshal's Office, let his IDENTITIES by
form the labor i'm the field, taking grl
entire compensation. leaving ms
] under heavy bonds liable for pu
Ir acts, and receive nothing. COZ
5 being The case, il is the custom Ell
every nlarslial III the United w
les, and has always been, to en- do
his deputies on such terms as 9th
sreeable To themselves. This the pei
sury department and the depart- bet
1t Of justice have always sane tur
Ell and it is the universal Gus kn'
. tho
Is well known that the fees pro- I
d 10y law for the service Of pro- ted
are but n triile-they would not tina
ior the washing that one change yea
othes week would demand in con
land OF dirt; but the statute pro- one
s that in lieu Of mileage, while VIII
el Is required in serving process, con
officer may have actual ex. and
'es. If the officer hires the me,
ms OF travelling it is the cost me
for horseor team(ifthere be onel imp
subsistence, and, If he has his up
teams or horse, the reasonable oflit
for the use. The prices Of and
things of course vary with The acci