Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-11-12

maximum limit to 5 .riod Of possi-
bic imprisonment. upon the con-
ditions Of reasona' ad properly to
be determined i'm - tment OF the
prisoner himself. dishes. in pro-
portion to the bre s e the maximum.
the motive the r = slninate sentence
Is supposed to ~ y towards self
effort and self-ir q ement- 1t is the
motive the indt mate system ap-
plies to the prisoner for his effort a,
his own recovery. more than any other
single feature Of it. that constitutes
the value of this system OF sentences
over other systems for reformation
of the prisoner. The tendency OF mod
ern criminal law is for an indefinite
sentence. and the judge in pronouncing
sentence upon a man convicted OF
crime should say. 'Until you can show
that you can be restored to freedom
with safety to the community your
Imprisonment must continue, and 1t
you never give such evidence, then you
can never be discharged.'
The indeterminate sentence can be
based only upon the character of the
actor whom 1t is desired to correct,
but the time required 10 alter 1t can
not be estimated in advance. as his
physical. me ental and moral status must
be carefully studied and analysed TO
determine how long 1t is necessary for
him to remain in prison. To what mo.
tive shall we appeal? What can we
offer him? One wish is stronger in his
breast than another: 1t is the longing
for freedom. The indeterminate sem
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spires him with this hope. 1t says to
him, Amend your ways and you shat.
go free: refuse to amend them and
you shall stay in prison for five, ten,
twenty years; aye, for life. The pitt
losophy of the indeterninate sentence
is that when you have done all for the
prisoner that can be done in prison;
then test him on the outside by means
Of parole. and II he stands the test
there Is no reason why he should not
be re-clothed in his manhood and re-
stored to citizenship: or II he refuses
to amend his ways, then he should re-
main in prison. 1t makes man SEN
tence himself He becomes his own
nudge and his own executioner."
The first twenty-f0ur counties that
sent in their OFFICIAL returns to the sec
retary Of state. showing the count of
vote. at the recent election. were near
ly all representative counties having no
very large cities. The semi-ofncial re-
turn blanks filled out on the outside are
being .abulated. These twenty-ro
counties show a total vote OF 50.496 FOR
Governor Cummins to 33.169 for Sulli-
van. The count on minor candidates
in these same counties shows that
Hanson. the prohibition candidate for
governor got 2s4s; that WORK the
socialist candidate. got 1,043; and that
Weller got 119. The same twenty -four
counties two years ago gave the pro-
hibitionists 3.e11. the socialists 410 ani
the populists 1874. Judging by this the
vote Of the three minor parties will be
about as two years ago, but the pro-
hibitionists have lost and the socialists
gained. The largest socialist vote in
the counties in this list Is that Of
Boone, 234 The prohib:tionists mus
tered 327 in Mahaska. the home OF their
candidate for governor. 434 in Mar
SHALL 238 in Jefferson, 22s in Page ana
204 in Boone. The vote for John Her
riott, for lieutenant governor, in the
twenty four counties first reporting,
was 50.402 The count of the vote by
the state canvassing board will be on
Nov. % next.
Freeman Thorpe. an eminent por-
trait artist. has just completed hand
some oil portrait Of Governor William
LarrAbee. which he exhibited to state
officials and to Curator Aldrich, Of the
historical department, yesterday. II is
q very expressive portrait and pro-
nounced to be splendid likeness OF the
distinguished ex-governor. 1t will be
offered to the state for the collection
being made. Mr. Thorpe has painted
portraits of nearly all the state oficers
In Montana and much OF his work Will
he seen in Washington. He has just
completed a handsome portrait OF
Colonel D. B. Henderson. ex-speaker
and formerly of Iowa, which Is to be
hung in the speakers room In the capi-
tol at Washington. It Is beautiful
portrait. He also has a commission
from Colonel Henderson for another
portrait. which is to come to the Iowa
historical department At the sugges-
ton of Senator Allison the portrait for
Iowa Is to show the left side of his
face. while the one fo- the national
capitol shows his right side.
Another state printing scandal Is on
the tapis. This is going to be a dread
full one and 1t will probably tarnish the
fair name OF Hon. B. Murphy. He has
been caught committing the crime OF
having the type for the state of Iowa
set on linotype machines and COM
mittee Of the Typographical Union rs
after him good and hard The statute
reads plainly hand composition" at
least on some things. ana hand compo-
sition has always been the rule. OF
course the old type that has done duty
ir state printing offices for many years
was a little ragged at the edges. but 1t
fulfilled the obligations Of the law and
1t cost more to make it look respecta-
BILE on printed page than machine
made lines Of type. But the row is on
and somebody will have to suffer for
having the work for the state printed
from linotype slugs instead OF from
real type Nobody seems quite sure
that 1t is machine-made stuff that Is
being used, but the state printing Is
being turned out abnormally fast ana
the job is not going to last as long as
usual nor require as many printers,
and this is sufficient. The law may
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