Arizona republican., 1890-06-18
PARDON BROKERAGE.

Under the above heading the Gazette makes an attack on the Republican party and especially on w. c. Davis and "The present would-be Superinten- dent" of the Territorial Prison.
 When it is understood that the fees referred to by Secretary and acting Governor Van Arman related to his fee of $2.50 for attaching the official seal and that out of kindness of heart he asked for it only "Whenever it does not distress the convict" and that the money Sam Purdy "did not pungle, |" related to fees for certified copies of papers from the office of the Secretary, it will be seen to what depths the Dem- ocracy in Arizona are driven in their attempts to try to cover up the gross frauds of Fred Smith and the defaulting Democratic Prison Commissioners.
 The urgency of Crooks pardon as shown by the official records was be- cause it was reported by the prison physician that he would die if not at once removed. It is further shown by the record that only thirty days of his sentence remained unserved.
 As to Auditor Clark's letter it shows that Governor Zulick held the Republi- can prison management to strict ac- count for their expenditures, just as the present Governor is doing and it goes without other evidence that proper showing must have been made of the vouchers named, or there would have been music in the air long ago from the Democratic organs. Certainly, Mir. Charles M. Straus, TIE REPUBLICAN has known for some time that you had certified copies of the records, and, unless mutilated, anyone paying for the copying can also obtain prison. They are, or at least they were, part of the official records of the prison and should still be there. There is nothing in them that w. c. Davis or "the would-be superintendent" or even Sam Purdy, have any occasion to con ceal, unless Purdy has still failed "to pungle" to Van Arman the just fees due him, the official record being silent on that point.
 In connection with the above attack on w. c. Davis and tine would-be super intendent and through them on the Republican party, TIE REPUBLICAN will at this time puncture Democratic lie that has been paraded for duty very often and as yet unnoticed by Repub- lican papers, probably for want of in formation on the subject, and that is the per capita cash per diem for the convicts in the Territorial prison under Repub- lican and Democratic rule. The official records show that warrants drawn from October l, 1883, to October 1, 1884, for compensation for officers, guards, sup plies, etc., amounted to s4S,334.
 Average number of prisoners per day for the year l26; average cost of main tenance, $1.05.
 Machinery and construction, $9S39.
 Warrants drawn from January l, 1888, to December 31, 1888, for officers, guards, etc., $4s, ,733.97.
 Average number of prisoners per day for the year, 123; average cost of main. tenance, $1.0Sh.
 Machinery, repairs, etc., $555l.
 This shows difference in favor of Mir. Davis and Superintendent Ingalls, of three and one-half cents day for each convict. It must also be remem- bered in this connection that in Mir. Davis time all clothing, shoes, etc., had to be purchased outside while since then they have been manufactured in the prison by convict labor. Mir. Davis and Ingalls, built the prison and yet during that time, when the various expenses of extra guards, wear and tear of clothing, extra food that men doing heavy work necessarily have to have, the cost per capita was three and one-half cents less per day than under the present Democratic officials, and this does not take into account the extra ten or twelve thousand dollars for which the latter are defaulters.
 With Democratic defaulters from one end of the country to the other, not omit ting even Arizona, it is strange beyond how sensible and honest men zl Al