Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-11-05
Joliet Pcuitcutiury,

Through the operation OF Governor Ait.
gelds system Of employing convict labor
pcnitentiary Mt Joliet cost the state treas.
ury s495 .08 during the four Democratic
years. For the preceding twenty.One years,
under Republican rule. the penitentiary Had
preparation Of s1OO.OOO had always been re.
turned to the TREASURY. During the four
Democratic years there was drawn from
the state m treasury, ON account OF the penl:.
that drawn Sor the same purpose IN tho
preceding twenty.One years under nepub.
llcan rule. The gross cost Of the prison
maintenance. during these four years, was
resents the net loss Of the state TREASURY.
nnd C5.277.O1 represents the earnings. Of
convict labor. The Democrats Inherited the
prison In 1913 with x3s.Ol7 u cash balance
and $500 bills receivable. They left to the
Republican lem management 9 cash balance. Of
x1o. .aI0O?; accounts receivable $i3,4i?.:23s
snd debt Of H7S.OO5.77.
chester Psnitentiarv.
The Democrats Inherited the Chester pen,
ttentiary IN February. 1879. with $4,000 In
cash and undrawn appropriations. Four
expense fund. with appropriations drawn
ont aud expended five months In advance
and with accounts payable Of sou. 900. At
the time Of the change Of management. FeU.
ruary I. 1897. this indebtedness was esti.
mated to be $4,000. TO meet expenses for
the next fve months. or until the next ap.
preparation should become available. $4,000
was found necessary. and on this showing
the Fortieth General Assembly made. a dc.
g1?.jO additional Indebtedness developed,
bringing the deficiency up to flO0.50O. On
the day Of Democratic settlement the books
showed that there should have been on
sum x11. $50 was a. memory Of the Setter
Bank failure ut Lebanon; x2.O18 Of II was
stcalings from x?.500 Of borrowed money
that had a. been re- placed in the petit cash draw.
persons aud employees. ana the balance Of
the shortage was found In errors In, addi.
tiOns. The leading accounts In the prison
bsoks had not been posted since May. lSO5,
and In the work Of settling these accounts
about $4,000 Of stealings were discovered!
During the four Democratic years the pris-
OH management drew from the state treas.
usy $Sl1, 1,SS7.20, and they left a debt Of t00,.
xM A conservative statement Of their 70.
srlpts and disbursements shows that the
cost Of their administration was $443. .O5O Oh
above the earnings OF convict labsry TO the
credit OF the earnings. however, there must
of those who had access to the cash! Thu
shortage dcyeloped In the posting Of the
books was $S,7OS
Untvcrsity Of Illinois.
The history Of the state university funds,
under Democratic management. ieglnk. Will
= violation Of the law by Governor Altgeld
and clOses with the violation Of the law by
Treasurer Spauldlng. The governor set the
example Tor the university treasurer. and
the man. following In the footsteps Of Ills
Muster. readily Travelled the rpad to prison,
Spnuldlng's first draft ON the state treasury
was Sl1S.5OO. ana he received the money,
hy the grace OF Governor AltHeld. three
weeks before he was entitled to II unden thu
law.
Spauiding was elected treasurer Of the
3. university July q, 1sD3. The financial panic
Of that year made money scarce and valu
Chicago looked with greedy eyes on tii
university funds In the state trras,iry From
the day Of the Spaulding election Altgeld
urged the speedy approval Of his bond, hui
Lean. II Republican, the only wise aid