The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-11-18
OFFICIALS
ARE STIRRED
Warden Darby Of Ohio Penitentiary Has
Been Accused Of incompetence
and Maladministation.
latest NOTES FROM The CAPITAL.
(Staff Correspondent.)

columbus, w., NOV. IL. - Inc re-
port of the board Of managers of the
Ohio penitentiary shows that there is
room for improvement in the manage
lnent Of the institution. The earnings
for the year ending November Is, 1902
show decrease of s15,249 as COM
pared with the preceding year. While
there is decrease in the earnings
there is an increase in the per capita
cost. The per capita cost for the year
was S176.63. an increase of $500 over
that of last year.
A communication accusing Warden
Darby OF incompetence and maladmin-
istration published in a local paper
has greatly stirred up the penitentiary
officials. 1t was stated that the war;
den failed to have punished the two
life men who had planned to escape
through doping a guard and that he
does not take the proper precaution
for the protection of the guards lives
against the wiles of desperate con-
v!cts who would not hesitate to kill
in order to effect an escape. A meet
ing was called by the warden Sat
urday to endeavor to find out if amy
prison attache was telling tales ont
Of school,
Another act of the general assembly
has been condemned. Last winter a
law was passed abolishing the ST
live stock commission and placing its
duties in the hands of the state board
of agriculture, an appropriation being
made for this purpose. For num-
ber of years the legislature failed to
make any appropriation for the COM
mission, apparently regarding it use
less adjunct.
Attorney General Sheets has given
IN opinion holding that the law of
last winter is no good as it seeks to
confer special corporate powers, which
is in contravention with the consti-
tuition and therefore null and void. At
the present rate it will be but shor,
time until most of the work of last
winters session of the legislature will
have been undone.
The examiners who have been ap-
pointed by State Auditor Guilbert un-
der the law providing for a uniform
system of public accounting, which
becomes effective January 1, will meet
at the auditors Office this week and
receive instruction. Deputy Inspectors
A. Is. Peckinpaugh, Joseph T. Tracy
and L. NJ. Fullington have perfected a
new system of bookkeeping and ac-
counting which may be adopted for
the officials throughout the state. The
state examiners will inspect the hooks
of officials once year. The auditor
may appoint as many examiners as
he sees fit TIe has already made ten
appointments as follows:
G. G. Blackburn, of Jefferson conn-
ty; J c.. Woods, Of Delaware county;
IT, d. Waldell, of Highland county;
w. s. Baker, Seneca county; f. II
hrCher. of Franklin county; W. c.
Tisdale, Lake county; e. N. Halbadel,
Wyandot county; S. N. Sipc, Licking
county; Frank e. Brown, Montgomery
county; William Goodsell, of Portage
county.
The receipts under the Willis and
Colo laws have augmented the states
revenues materially as the report of
the state treasurer on the condition of
the funds Of the state at the close
the fiscal year on Saturday shows. The
cash balance for the year was 50 572,-
.2f4S2, the largest in the history of
The state. SsRbe cash balance for the
year before was 81 $3.50, ,723.54, and the
increase Of tbfs year over that of 19G,
Is $1,sSS, ,521.2s. q The balance in the
general rcyenueSfun was 81. s6a, ,122.2i
m increaser'bf S1.642.457.78. over the
preceding year. M t
Secretary OF State Laylin Informed
the correspondent of this~ paper that
ne hoped to be able to announce the
total vote cast at the recent election
either today or tomorrow. All the
counties nre In except pike. which has
sent word 1t will report today. The
total vote will probably be close to