Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-01-10
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The Jail Commissioner of the state LA his ON
srss iail AZ Pari- nm l. hardly worthy OF the
name of a Jail Five pri-oner- have eseape'i
within the past year, an'l Only tho-s remain who
are No lazy b. .pen'i an hour or two Va dls oe'
The Jaisr l. vel gualihe.l Tor his position AMI
deserves new JAN, with some mc'iern con.
We are OF the opinion that he toll the truth
Advertiser.
You ought to be proud y ot your
opinion. This will be remembered a.
the same newly appointed Inspector who
ordered the old chimneys In the jail torn
out and ordered built the granite chin.
news through which the prisoners e.
capped. What report. What a COM
meut upon his own work! What model
Of literary merit. What an honor to the
state. What an honor to the Governor
who appointed him! Think Of IL In the
light Of common sense! "roo lazy Ia
spend an hour or two to dig OUT
through solid granite walls more than
twenty inches thick and ledge founda-
tion.
just to show you the superior knowl-
edge of this man, the ignorance Of hls
predecessors and the remarkable effect Of
the salubrious atmosphere Of Paris Hill
upon granite walls, We quote from the
official reports Of his predecessors In the
same Office for the past few years:
isss.-"rhe Oxfori Courty jail at Paris :. a
sl..l. An Il
stroesly built AMI. although by no means spevi
men % m",ern ar,hitestur., ssemsto meet Tie re
quirements ef The county"
is-s-"Ihe oxford County jail st Paris, al.
though oil, isa most substantial strmture anil
very well ventilated. The general management
4. satisfactory"
iss.-.Oxiori County Jail at Paris. AZ our
viii IN Jun. We feuni only one prisoner. The !s
namler OF pii-oaers varying considerably al
our dinsrent yi-it-. In September ten were In
confinement there.
In view Of this geutleman's distin-
guished qualifications we are not sur
prised to read In the Augusta news Of
the p'st week the following:
.Goyernor Cieaves called the stten-
ton of the council To paragraph In the
report Of the state prison inspectors re-
gsr,ling the exercise OF the pardoning
power. The Inspectors remarks on this
subject seem be- reflection on past exc
cutiv.s, and the governor questioned the
propriety Of the states circulating re
port containing such q ststement. The
council voted tn recall the report, whlch
IL now In the printers hands, AMI which
will he again considered Later on"
Aud by reading the following COM
ment from the Portland Press you can
hardly fall to discover In the subject.mat-
ter unmistakable traces Of the same dis
ilnguished ability which penned the 10
port on our county jail:
.The paragraph Of the report Of the
state prison Inspectors which Governor
Cleaves called the Councils sitention TO
yesterday, IL probably the following;
Thers |. me- . eesvist In prison today vhe
cannot stsals g.r'er = he y the rc..s.ser 81
tonauet sslvecste. and has frlensis who have
some pelisleai isnuescs and . gosst defrss OF
persi.tescy. when some fellow convit, far
friends Il obnsed ;. serve eut ma vheis term.
II his ss.s OF however severe he sentence.
THIS certslnly II gross exsg9erxtiou.
Maine has never had q goverror or q
council, We believe, who would vote for
the pardon OF convict unless they FULLY
believed that there were circumstances
In the case that Justified 70. They may
have been deceived sometimes and their
sympathy NAV have SOMETIMES clouded
their Judgment. bat that they have ever
Yielded To political innuence. ~ persiAt-
spcy, or the appeals % "gIlb-t0ngued
Iawyers- ne do not believe. Such .
charge 20 thls u, - Governor Cissves
polnis out, . libel upon ths last exrcu-
tive and ell Other executives the state
has had, and should never have been
mste. especially IN On o6,clal rsport."