Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-11-24
Where Stanley Stands.

part:
"Of course as l have learned 10 the
campaign, many reforms have come
to my mind / believe the state
board OF pardons is an evil II should
be abolished, II has come to be q
court Of review, instead OF court OF
mercy. 1t sets aside the painstakinR
work of courts and juries, and turns
loose convicts without regard to the
question of mercy. Pardon means
forgiveness, but this board INTERPRETERS
it to mean justice. l think the COVER
nor aided by clerk could take the
place OF the board of pardons. Then
there is the executive clerk. He is a
useless ornament. The state could
get along without him These are
some of the places would get rid Of
and there are many others.
There is also chance for reform
in the penitentiAry. The removal Of
the stripes from the better class Of
convlcts is step in the right dlrec
ton, but would 70 further. / would
establish q graduated merit system
the final reward to be parole. The
way to reform men is to give them
christian, human treatment, and o
proper beginning is to place moderate
confidence in them. 1t inspires a
man, no matter how low he may have
fallen, to feel that he is not wholly
unworthy Of confidence"
The new governor will recommend
to the Legislature that the output OF
the penltentiaTy coal mine DO limited
to the use Of the state institutions;
that no coal be mined for commercial
purposea This would take the mine
out Of competition with free labor
and would remove q growing cause
Of complaint and often of scandal.
Il don't believe the prison coal
should come in competition with free
labor" the goverROr.elsot said; 1.-The
state might better afford TO pay a
deficiency for the support of the in.
situations; the conviCts might be EN-.
ployed on the public highways, the
better Covicts mean, prisoners who
could be trusted with guards They
might do work on parks and roads
that are now neglected so their labc-
would not deprive any honest y.asu of
bis bread. A method cor. ID be devils.
ea oy which 'Ae "'ounties and cities
n'G"' 'SKe rnsoners off the hands OF
'eO S% e and house and feed them for
leir labor. In this way the ConvictS
would be employed to useful purpose
and the interest Of no class Of society
injured thereby"
How will you treat the new laws
the populist have put on the statue
books the stock yards law, the school
book, the scrip and screen law, and
other messuresW
"They are good laws. / said that
IN my speeches | shall do all in my
power to enforce them. Possibly
they may need improvement, but it
shall be done fairly, done really to
improve them, to strengthen weak
places, not to cripple them. All the
goodness is not in the republican
party. I am willing to learn from
our fusion friends. II they have done
good things 1t is not for us to destroy
their work."
"How about the Metropolitan police
system?"
THAT is done I will not re-estab-
llsh it. I mean by that 1 will not Of
my own motion re.eStablish it. But
it is a remote possibility that the
people of a town may in self defense
demand its re-establishment, and in
that event / would reluctantly restore
it. Please do not understand that l
would seek a chance, under cover OF
local demand, to establish it. l
would restore it only when / should
become satisfied that the great body
of the people wanted it. However l
look for nothing Of that kind. Let it
rest with the declaration that I will
not re-establIsh the metropolitan
pelice"
Would you sign an art repeating
the metropolitan police lawp
"Yes. will exercise the veto pre-
negative only in extreme cases. The
legislature is nearer to the people
than the governor, for the reason il