The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-10-28

any stock in the talk about sound
money Republicans unless, indeed,
such Democrats were suffering from
paresis.
BBUTALiTIES IN THE STATE
PRISON.
THE specific and serious charges of bru
tality brought by the G o b e against the
well founded, judging by the corrobatlve
evidence that has been presented 1t Is ap-
parent that Warden Wolfer is not person
ally cognizant Of much that goes on in the
institution over which he presdes, other
wise such inhuman treatment of prisoners
would hardly be- possible. The Times does
capable of positive brutality toward his pris-
oners but that the brutalities have been
committed charged is, on the evidence
furnished, more than probable. The man re-
sponsible for the unprovoked and dastardly
cruelties practiced in the prison is Warden
Lemon, who appears to have long enjoyed
the reputation Of being man of the most
violent temper and a thoroughly unfeeling
wretch. A. B. Ewing, a respectable bust
ness man tof Mankato, who was formerly a
guard at the prison, declares that many
guard has thrown up his position in that
prison on account of the horrible scenes he
is compelled to witness.
The Glob has rendered genuine pub
lie service in exposing the barbarities which
seem TO characterize the treatment of prison
ioSSNAA@S
ers at saltwater and The Times earnestly
seconds its motion for vigorous ana search-
ing inquiry into the charges that nave been
made Minnesota cannot afford to rest un-
der the stigma of tolerating such brutantles
in its penitentiary day longer than may De
necessary to ascertain the facts, and place
the men guilty of the outrages in the prison
stripes, which would as we'll become them
as the blacklist criminal in their charge
Minneapolis Times.
The Minneapolis Times, as shown by
the above extract, and the Minneapolis
Journal, in an article last night, In
which it retracted and apologized
for it's previous Indifference treat
with open manliness the subject
Of the outrages at the state prison that
are now the topic of indignant vot-
ers in every corner of the state. To
their shame be 1t said, the Repub-
lican organs of st. Paul and Mime
apoIis, because the disclosures that
have been made reflect upon Repub-
lican administration of a state institu-
ton and the Republican state author
tiles that created and maintain it, have
put behind them respect for humanity
and love of decency, and have either
openly or tacitly taken sides with those
who have committed outrages and
those who have tolerated them.
AS the Times points out, the charges
that have been made through the
GIob are specific and horrible. They
are no empty rumors. The G b e
could have filled pages every day since
it first made it's exposure Of the con-
dition of things at Saltwater, had it
chosen to bruit abroad every unauthen-
ticated report, every tale that ex-con-
victs and eX-guards were willing to
relate. You have but to approach any
where man who has ever been with
in the state prison in any capacity to
find that he is full of information, real
or alleged, that points to a wicked
maladministration of power. The
G / O b e, having no interest except to
serve the people and to protect the
rights of all within the law, has cho-
sen not to make an indiscriminate cam
paign, but only to set before the public
such charges as are corroborated by
ample and unimpeacha BILE evidence.
This is what it has done. The facts
that it has brought to light have stirred
our people deeply and appealed to ev-
cry man and woman on the broad
grounds of justice and humanity. How
shameful it is, how shocking, in it's
stolid Indifference to all that is right
,,;o
which public information is to secure
expression condoning these offenses
and holding it better to permit or per
petuate a series Of wrongs upon the
helpless and defenseless, rather than
that any iniquities which may have
been permitted by intention or by neg
lect, under the administration of their
political party, should be brought to
light.
The G o e is not through with this
matter yet. Its information is ample,
and with each days reports public
interest and public indignation deepen.
1t does not always agree with the
Times in it's views on public
questions, but it gives to it due
recognition in this case as the only
daily newspaper in the two cities that
has had courage enough to deal with
the relations concerning the conduct of
the state prison at Saltwater with the
spirit and language of good citizenship
and humanity, rather than that of the
.bigoted partisan, VINO believes that the
worst crimes of which his party may
be capable are more precious in the
tue ever exhibited by political oppo-
nent
THE BEST OF A BAD BARGAIN.