The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-01-12

rnent OF our honorable courts and honored
judges. I invite your careful attention 10
this matter. believing that you can and
viii. in your wisdom. make suitable pro-
vision for the proper care and discipline
Of such persons within the territory.
PARDONS.
A fun report OF pardons and yeprieves
granted during the past two years = at
tached hereto and appears IN the appendix.
Most Of the pardons granted by me- have
been in cases Of Young persons and those
Of previous good character and were grant
ed Just before the expiration Of the terms
OF sentence. 70 rthe purpose q restoring
citizenship and giving the prisoner a new
start in the race OF life. and IN every one
Of these cases the prisoner was favorably
recommended by the warden Of the prison
for good behavior.
In other cases great caution has been
exercised and no pardon granted for good
cause and some sound reason appealing 10
the best judgment 81 the executive.
PENTTENTIARY.
Oklahoma convicts have been kept In the
Kansas penBentlary at lansing. Kansas.
der a contract made by Governor Steele.
the territory paying twenty-five cents per
day for each convict.
in April. 1sss. however. the Kansas au-
thorities notified me that owing 20 lack
Of employment Dor even their own prs9n-
ers. they could no longer beep the Okla
bona convlc;s for lsss fhsn fffy cents a
day. After negotiating with several other
states I finally. on June -. 1sss. made a
new contract with the state - Kansas
20 retain our prisJhers Tor thlrty-hve cents
A day. the CONTRACT 70 run one year and
until terminated b. sixty days written no
tee By either party. Under this contract
each prisoner receives a - sBit OF clothes
and 3 81 cash when discharged.
The expense 90 the territory FOR care and
transportation for the Two years ending
June %. lses. was as follows
Care q prisoners. SZ7.I4s; transportation
% prisoners. 3 49,: total. - 72fsz
The state u Kansas has as yet rendered
10 biz under the new contract f1r che
past six months. which makes 9; irup9ssible
70 give the exact nos, % +he maintenance
q prisoners for this tina. but . ls csTtal1
that 4 VII Dc much Ga excess - BOO
There were n me pernsentisry 10 prs
oaers on January / 1ss-. and during that
year there we're received q more. making
9 tral = - During ere same tire e
were Z scha-Zs5 ~ eEpisstioa - sentence
and = b. pardon. : zere RENAMED ~ rev
erals. ore escaped ard one Eas Killed zhas
trying % escape leaving ID pr.s9-eTs ~
the opening q the year ia Daring ~
rup ~. Dece1hsr - - asidltlorsi conTi-.s
we're received bzt during ,ha same -,ns
a we're rs.eassd ~ expiration = seutenes
and y bv pardon. : Tere rennazds1 for asE
trials. : 6led and escaped. leaving ~
Oklahoma corvsts &, c1uAaer1sot o. De-
cenbsr =. 1sss
U1te- me p-ortsto1s e, ~ - o., re
legislature q ~ -hsss p-is9Hsrs are az
given Ire sane 5ss1c;ila fran faslr 49,
te-ess Ss- good bsaav.7- ard e5s1i~1cs -
ths -7sler a. are szoEet IRE EaasaE cor
v.c.s ~ .he avs q ira Efats--t.rse 1@Ts
re- rn1u-a TIE frs, yea. * - $1,000
a-E sfzn. eays per moagh de-srg eac1 sesT
tae-ezsse-. sorre = ira gr-eonsrs Eavs
,ast god Gras" - s15ssf2ezt z4s1FaaT-
,o-. bzt fl - case has az 0<lsso--4 s--s-
o.e- lost 81 ~ god tine
wa-Sen lads. - a recent as.ff 'egort
. ns. @yE.
TIE Okla hs-aa rF.so1e-s. - Woe.
rave ben trac-a1se a-4 aa-sssat- TcrT
are rr@a.ez .n every pzEs4rzlsT - or ora
zr.aszsrH. rscesT4-g --s A<-1e s-ss5d 80