The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-12
PIE COUNTER DEPLETED
Montana Will Get Very Little
More Pastry.
THE CARTER CENSUS BILL
When II Becomes q Law There VIII Be
an Opportunity for Another scram-
Die - Chance for Democrats
and Populists.
washington Bureau Of the Standard.
No, II45 q street -. w.

Washington, ID. c.. July Sine PIE
| counter Is now pretty well depleted
and Montana will come In for very lit
tie more pastry. The state was helped
out somewhat by volunteer army COM
missions. but the appointment OF Il. %
Hershey practically wipes out the feu-
| eral patronage Of the state mat IL Oh
a peculiarly political character. There
will be some more things to hand out
when the Carter census bill finally be-
comes law. B~ut-unless the civil serv-
Gee regulations are ruthiessly ridden
over-the census ONCE cannot pe
packed with favorites by Senator car
ter with as much ease as he might IKE.
The census bill, which is now pending
IN the house. was amended by the SEN
ate so that the democrats will have
some chance at the places under the
census The amendment was onereo
by Senator Turple and read as FOL
lows:
peryisors and enumerators provided for
in this act shall be members or the
same political party
senator Turpie said: "our census
literature is very expensive and very
] N0lumtnOuS. III OuBnt, lltiNloiNs
the most true, the most real, the most
genuine in character. The people OF
the United States ought not TO be
placed in a position where they viii
have any suspicion that the computa-
tions were made for partisan purposes
The readers of the census ought to have
the assurance that IL Is a true and au-
theutic account OF the matter present
ed: that II is true they ought to believe,
and they ought to have no reason TOT
believing otherwise. II will De a grea'
reinforcement in the way of authen-
ticitv and veracity to have mixed APP
pointments of the officers, as provided
IN the amendment. 7 therefore hope
the amendment will be agreed to-
Senator Carter promptly sccep,eu
r the amendment and therefore stands
, pledged to see that at least a third OF
! the Montana census offices go to demo-
Gratis and populists.
, The report of Hon. S. r. Barrows,
: commissioner from the United States
TO the International prison commission,
Is tust out. 1t is on the subject OF the
imina insane. Embraced in the re-
port are a series of questions adressed
to Governor Robert n. Smith OF Mon
q tana. and his These questions
Z were sent out by La Societe Generate
des Prisons OF Paris. The inquiries and
replies were as follows;
II a person accused OF misdemeanoi
or crime is adjudged irresponsible or
a account OF his mental condition, rs NJ
g Immediately set at liberty by the judge
5 as acquitted and free from further pro
~cee6ings. or is he submitted to some
speciaI treatment and care? III the lat
ter. what is that special treatment! .
2 Answer-If a question is raised as u
! the mental condition OF a person &C
II cused of a crime. ne is first tried as q
a his sanity. II found to be insane, he u
committed to the insane asylum: !
? sane. the criminal trial will proceed II
Il the usual way. Should the person -
., charged be committed to the insan'
70 asylum. and subsequently recover hi
reason, he would be amenable TO IN
2. criminal laws. unless insane at the tim
= the crime was committed.
o In what way is that Irresponsible
decided? BY the examining magistrat
D. or by a criminal court? Is there an,
u appeal from that decision?
e, Answer-whenever a person l
charged with being insane, through a.
afRdavit fled with any magistrate O
0 competent Jurisdiction. a warrant |
3 ,ssued for the arrest of the person $
ee charged. and he Is taken before the dis
c. tr,ct Judge OF the county. who will sun,
mon a Jury. before whom the cause
70 tried. the law requiring that such tur
Nd comprise at least two wh
I'd are graduates. of a medical college an
ch are practicine physicians. There IL n
anpeai from the findings Of the distrit
court I'm determining the insanity {
4 the person, but the case can ne RI
, opened upon petition from the guard
or ian friends or relatives of the part.
n or from the person himself, such RI
hearing being conducted after the mar
a ner OF civil cases In the distri'
oy court. ~
Is there a special question laid befo'
r.. the Jury as to the mental condition I
3 the accused; and IL so. what is n
form?
- question of insanity implies that u
prisoner will be first tried on Tn,
tn charge. This rule applies when II
" nereon arrested for the commission
nm q crime Is alleged to he insane at Il
ry time OF the trial as well as at the tin
1T of the commission OF the orense
Does the judicial or executive a
E. thority order the commitment or r
lease Of an insane convict. either In
asylum or in prison?
IN; Answer-In case a convict bscotn
ma insane he Is consigned to the asylu
by the state board of prison commi
sionerS. comprising the governor q
attorney general and the secretary
=. state. IL he regains his reason befo
co. N date of expiration of his senten'
eIs the prison commissioners direct his 7
"s turn TO the p~enitentiary.
To what extent are medical exper
es called upon for opinions at the time
Ss commitment or reieaseT
90. Answer-Two medical experts mt
". sit on the jury that consigns a pers
al 10 the insane asylum. The party
w released from the asylum when In I
.sls opinion Of the asylum physicians
has reeained his reason.
Pleas send or designate any iesisl
tive or other documents bearing up
the question Of the criminal insane, a
OBJ state whether the law has been cri
tall cised; and IL so. upon points?
me Answer-The laws relative To insa
convicts have excited very little cri
rye eism and seem to give general sat
oN- faction.
.ers Have YOU any statistics giving {
proxtmately the number OF conVi
found TO be insane after sentence
Apswer-Only In a very few instan'