Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-12-01
WHAT DOES ME MEAN.

IiHkDam says HI
KNOWS that warden Mack has the in
'erests OF the Republican party toc
much at heart to be barrier to il,
success in the present and the future
Is ne has in the past" This Iauouao.
IS not very clear. Does be mean tha,
Mack has been barrier to the sue.
cess OF the Republican party ia the
past. That Is what the sentence ex.
presses, bat is probably not the ide,
the Secretary intended to convey
One would naturally conclude that
the construction Of the sentence il
faulty, and that be meant to say tha,
Mack had not in the past allowed
himself to be barrier to the success
OF the Republican party. Take eth
or construction: If it is meant that
ne has the interests of the Republi-
can party too much at heart to con-
tlnue to be barrier to its success in
the present and in the future. a. ne
has been in the past, what is it expect
ed that he will do-resign? If he
mas been barrier, etc. why not fire
him and appoint someone else. Does
the Secretary intend to convey the
idea that he will not be barrier, etc.,
IN the present and in the future, for
the reason that he has inaugurated a
reform in the management of the PEN
itentiary? If there is such a thing as
Warden Mack having conducted the
management OF the penitentiary in
such manner as to be barrier
to Republican success in the present
and in the future, the history of that
management will surely not be wiped
out; the past will stand against him
and the Republican party. But to
say nothing about the Secretary's
meaning in the sentence quoted, we
can not see how the warden's man.
agement OF the affairs of the pen can
be barrier to the success of the par
ty. His management could be
barrier hereafter to his own individual
success, il he should hereafter be nom
mated for any office. If the actions
of an inferior, appointed officer should
act as barrier to the success Of the
party to which he belongs, especially
when his actions are not only not ap-
proved, but condemned by the party,
no party could go into campaign
without scores of barriers. Under
former management the same state
of affairs existed as under the present
management. Again, if Mack's man
agsment could in any way result as
a barrier to Republican success, it
would be because of the refusal of
the Prison Commissioners-the Gov
ernor, Attorney General and State
Secretary-to remove the Warden.
This again could hardly be very
great barrier to the party, unless they
were upheld, in their refusal to re-
move, by majority, or any consid-
erable number of the party. But the
party, with an almost unanimous voice,
has called for the removal. By fail
ure to remove, those who voted to re-
tain might have placed barrier to
their own individual success, in a po-
litical sense, hereafter; but Governor
Wiley favored removal, and the
State Secretary, Pinkham, seems not
to have been opposed to Mack's re-
moval, but did not approve of the ap-
pointment of John r. Springer,
named by the Governor, for reasons
which he gives. Again, we cannot
understand why the actions of any
official should be, IN an official report,
considered in the light of a barrier
to this or that party. The matter
should be considered on the question
of right or wrong management, which
concerns the people of the State as a
whole, and no party in particular.
Attorney General Roberts has not
vet been heard from.
STATE Secretary A. J. Pinkham re-
views the evidence at length in what
is known as the estate Prison Scan
dal," and his conclusions are given In
the Statesman, in substance the same
as Gov. Willeys. Only one of the
many charges was established
that boxing with S-ounce gloves
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