The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-06-13

the day which he sets apart for our
welfare, but when none of us wish
to renew his acquaintance. This
is when he holds court and hears
charges made by officers against
those of us of any infraction of the
rules. IT'S there in the court
room, termed central office, that
the delinquent slowly wends his
way in charge of the officer max
ing the complaint against him.
There is no star-chamber proceed
ing here no railroading to punish
ment. The officer states his
charge and the accused is given
an impartial hearing-in fact the
leaning is all in favor of the delin-
quent, for punishment only follows
very fragrant cases or repeated in
fractions of the rules, 1t is use
less for men to lie to the Warden,
for his intuition is keen and he
sees through such pervarication,
and then woe betide the offender.
An avowal of the offense on the
part Of the culprit may save him
from anything worse than ton
gue-lashing" but don't think for
moment that you can pull the
the wool over the eyes of your
Uncle John. Though he may let
you off once, twice or maybe a
third time, beware of the fate of
pitcher that went to the we'll too
often. Punishment, if any al all
is inflicted, generally consists of
loss of privileges or a partial loss
Of good time, although this, can be
and is frequently regaincd by sub
sequent good conduct. However
most of us consider "tonguelash-
ing by the Warden a severe pun
ishment enough for he fays us un-
mercifully in this manner if he
considers we deserve it. Now,
no longer reticent or icy in man.
ner, he rises in his wrath to the
full height of his six feet and then
some, and flinging his arms about
Ca characteristic action, the words
of censure follow one another
swift, prompt, sharp, short and
cutting, like the shot from Cat
ling gun. Once such a session be-
fore Judge Weyler generally
lasts the average man for the bal
ance of his term although many
men go through their sentences,
long or short without ever being
brought up on charges. a little
thinking on ones part, a full rea-
lization OF ones position, will OBJ
literate all necessity of it.
For the vounger men under his
charge the warden seems to have
a peculiar interest Maybe it is
because there is more ground to
to work on for reformation. l
think this is so; he recognizes that
the weakest among us has a gift,
and does not care what a man has
been, but what he has become.
AT all events no man is over tax
ed; proper, judicious considera-
ton is given to each individual
case, both by Warden and doctor
for either mental deficiencies or
otherwise, so as to make a proper
assignment suitable to the mans
condition and capabilities. Very
few mistakes are made in this d.
rection for all assignments are fol-
lowed up personally by the War
den who keeps in close touch with
the man to see that he is started
Alright. AS all assignments are
made with a view to the adapta-
bility Of the prisoner to the partic-
ular branch of the work to which
he is sent 50 also are all tasks, as
fixed by the Warden, based in an
absolutely fair manner, with due
consideration to the rights of the
contractor, and at the same time
he never loses sight of the inter-
ests of the prisoners, assuring to
them as an encouragement to in
dustry an opportunity to earn
money for themselves by their
labor
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