The Socorro chieftain., 1906-09-08

counts were all ultu dOu pre-
sumo are still on file with the
board.
With reference To the peniten-
tiary permanent improvements,
wherein a statement is made that
not more than $4,000 has been
properly expended, space or data
not immediately available will
not permit me to 60 into details
at this time. Suffice to say that
the general public is familiar
with the brick plant constructed
during my administration and
know full we'll that $50, 900 could
not replace that plant. The
fact that the present adminiStra-
tion claims to be earning some
thing over $4,000 a year. which
is wholly produced from the en-
ergies of the Improvements and
machinery placed in commission
during and under my admins
tration, constitutes the strongest
possible evidence of the worth
and value of these improvements.
Can it be possible that a plant
which the present management OF
the penitentiary claims is pro-
ducing $40, 900 annually is not
worth more than $4,000?
That technical irregularities
may have occurred during my
administration | admit that
there was systematic graft or
any sort of graft | deny.
AS another evidence of unfair
ness in the summary of the re-
port, the experts in making COM
parison of the earnings under the
past and present administration,
selects the best three months of
the present administration to
make an average and undertakes
to average the revenues under
my administration from the time
of beginning, at which there was
very little revenue produced and
the present plant was not installed
and it took several years to build
up the present plant and business.
1t is fact, however. that the
treasurer'S books at Santa Fe
showing that during the last
twelve months of Bursum adj
ministration, ending April u,
1906, there was credited to con-
victs' earnings fund the sum OF
S39, ,744.79, an average OF SS,-
312.06 per month. The treas
urer's books also show that there
was deposited for the four months
ending August Il, 1906, under
the Trelford administration SILL
871 80, an average of 81, ,967. 95
per month. These figures further
evidence of the partiality and un-
fairness and unreliability of the
experts report, who undertakes
to show that earnings OF the
present administration for the
first three months average some
thing over 5000. 1t is true the
material might be made up II
one month, that would ultimately
produce three to five thousand dol
lars, but the general average o.
actual cash placed in the treasury
from all sources of convicts' earn
ings is the only fair and equitable
comparison.
The penitentiary has all th'
books of original entry. Th,
cash book journal is not re
written book, but all the items
contained therein were takel
from the journal. shall welcom
a full and complete investig atioI
of the affairs Of the penitentiar'
under my management conducte'
on an impartial basis and shal
expect to be permitted to nam
some person TO represent me dur
ing such investigation.
What would the people thin
about court who conduct cas-
and render a decision upon eS
parte testimony Yet this yer
thing is what has been done i
/, this so-called penitentiary investi
CATION. | have never been permit
ted or called upon to furnish
representative TO participate an
assist in the investigation an
the first knowledge | obtained c
the contents of the report,
: CLEANED from the newspaper
This report coming as it doe:
given to the press in large hea
lines, foreign dispatches file
with sensational news, thousand
. of copies of which am informe
have been Systematically di'
tributed among the people of th
territory at a large expense
! some one, in itself shows ii
! kind OF a square deal that is b.
ing handed out TO me at tn
u time. And all of this bein
: sprung as it were two days b
! fore the meeting of the territori
republican central committee
i -. I'll.