The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-08-14
RIPS" IN EARNEST
Former Reformatory Manage
ment Is SIi: Up the
Back.
NEW sUeERINTeNDENT'S REPORT
Official Records Show Loose
Methods OF Administra-
tiol.
NEW sveeRINreNDENT's REPORT
PURPOSES OF NEW MANAGEMENT


J-nersonsiile shown by Preiimi-
nary Investigation How the State
Has Been Worssed In Dealing With
Companies Working Prison Labor
--Defects In sanitary and Moral
Conditions A. the Institution spe-
cinc~IIy Pointed Out Donation of
state supplies by Prison Omciais---
A Mass or Interesting Evidence
Superintendent Whitaker Outlines
. Progrom or Rerenchm~nt and
lieform.
indianapolis. Ind. Aug. I. 1908.
To the Hon d. J. Terhune. l. p. New
by ID. J. Criuenberger and DR. IL
c. Hobbs. Members OF he Board of
Managers O. the Indiana Reform
atory At Jacksonville:
Gentlemen In assuming the posi-
ton 81 superints ndent of the Indiana
Reformatory | do so with the full un-
ders;snding of the responsibilities 1t
tached to It's important duties
These duties shall receive my
prompt and undivided time and best
judgment
Before entering upon my duties you
should have the condition Of the insti
tuition as found during the month just
past
Acting upon your order OF July :. al
the time possible has been spent ri
the institution since tnat date. making
Investigations Is 10 conditions as they
have existed since the institution haa
been Q reformafory. These facts are
given you % far - IL 10 possible e
develop them up to this time: not
based upon rumor or :hs word OF in
mates. but based upon the record ~
left by the board OF managers and
oficers OF the institution since April
1897
The onicial record OF all boards
where the expenditure Of public funds
10 passed upon should at each meet
ing OF the board show In dollars and
cents the amount ordered paid TO each
individual. and the total expenditures
for the month. This should be i'm
perative. % that vouchers or schedules
could not be altered or changed after
the board departs. and ai the end o!
each fiscal year The Auditor q State
should be able TO take the signed
record Of the board In any State in
stisutiou Of this State and By sum.
ming up each mooth for the year show
exactly what the Expenditures and -
ceipts Of the Institution have bssn.
This 10 done II ali vsllregulated pub
lie institutions.
Record ~ 0ssrt 81 MsaaesrA
The omcial or signed record e ~
board since April. 1897. doss mot show
the financial condition a the institu-
ton: that 10. II DOES not show vhsthes
the disbursemsuts for . month have
been one dollar or ten thousand dol
lars. nor that the receipts are Afty
dollars Q month or i've thousand dol
lars . month
These things are attempted 20 b
shown on the vouchers and state.
ments 70 which NO reference is made
In their omcial record except In . gen
sral way.
A. rule. since 1897 the only entry
n the oficial record - 20 the bills a.
lowed for any particular month u ~
follows:
The current bills vsss spon notice takes
~ sId such - proper approved asa ordered
aid
Again. the oaicial record in the al
lowing of bills for the month Of April
1888. which claims were allowed Nay
Is. 1885. show:
on motion the board prscseded 70 ths
srsminafion of the bills of the preceding
month. ana same wers allowed. and super
tntendent was Instructed 70 drav warranei
Ter the same on usual eorditicesL
Prom the onicial record Of the board
Page 3SS. there are three unsettled
claims against the contractors for 10
Dor performed BY inmates % long agc
% 1897. when Mr.. A. +. Hert vas su
per,ntendsut- The claims are - fol
lovs:
ecushsrs coopsrsss Company. 81 >
Taylor Manufacturing Company 81 =
lsdiasa Manufacturing Company. y. lis6S
The last oGncial record made viii
refsrsacs 70 the above claims vas q {
regular msetipg Of the board at ths
time the legislature vas In ssssioo