The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-08-06
to a speedy correction of the water

u q SPECIFY CoTTeCtiOn Ol the water
supply.
The hospital, which was built at a
cost of $4,000, and is supposed to
be modern. is illy-planned Tor the
purposes intended and has not, ac-
cording to the physician, proper
facilities for treating tuberculosis,
which predominates in this institution
It is a well-established fact that the
best treatment for such patients is
plenty of air and sunlight and there
should be at once constructed a broad
veranda along the southern and west
ern exposure of the hospital for the
purpose of giving these patients the
necessary breathing space.
You will get better idea of the
physical condition of this institution
by a comparison of the physicians
report with the report from the In
diana State Prison, as follows:
Oune 30, 1902 to June 30. 19o3.)
Reform State
atory. Prison
Inmates treated In cell. l........1,276 442
Inmates treated in hospital.... 729 III
Deaths MISREPRESENTATION. % 26
Fifteen Of the deaths in the State
Prison were prisoners whose ages
ranged from forty-four to eighty-two
years, while all the deaths in the re-
formatory were inmates from sixteen
to thirty years of age.
1t is true that the reformatory has
on an average, as a rule. about $50
more inmates than the State Prison,
but even with this difference the per-
centage of sickness and deaths in the
reformatory is too large, as compared
with that of the State Prison
In an article in an Indianapolis news
paper from Jeffersonville, under the
date Of July %. information appears,
some of which could op,y come from
the superintendent of the institution
from a confidential talk had with him.
Nothing should be thought of his max
out of the institution every day to
party In Louisville, when he said to me
that he could see how this might hap
pen for certain favors; that the bread
was so much better than the party
could get outside" The people of
the State of Indiana do not care for
the price of this loaf of bread, but
they do care for the principle that
is behind its wrongful taking; and,
further. do not want the prisoner in
OF fod 70 nd v.1o &c
bread in a wagon when the prisoner
knows that he is serving time for
a similar offense.
Much has been written and said,
and criticism offered to the effect that
the only reason for the change in the
management you gentlemen have
made was politics. want to say
now and for all time that l have not
made. and will not make, any change
in the official force except for business
reasons Every Republican and every
Democrat. who are now about equally
divided, and who are now ON the pay
roll, will remain in the institution as
long as the present management re-
mains if they are loyal, honest, and
at all times so act and conduct them
selves as to be an example in correct
habits before the inmates over whom
they have charge.
In conclusion, / ask that you receive
this report and spread same upon your
official record for further considera-
tion, to the end that we may have the
undivided support of all our people,
until such time as we prove ourselves
to be unworthy of the trust this day
turned over to US by the Governor on
behalf Of the people Of the State.
Respectfully submitted,
WILL n. WHITAKER.