Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-02-20
Warden Jones Retires.


Jones of the state penitentiary at FIT.
Madison, will be succeeded by Prof.
]. C. Sanders of West Union, Ia, on
the first day of April.
The unexpected change in the man
agement of the famous state prison
is explained by the board of control
to be change III policy as to the In
stitution. 1t is proposed that the
striped garb, the lock step, the dun
geon-like cells must go and that the
motto of the penitentiary will be-
Reform" and not Punish. 1t is
complete change, as the Fort Madison
Institution has been run largely upon
the old plan that prison was a place
where people were confined for pun
ishment and not for reformatory
measures.
1t is proposed that the Fort Madi.
son prison shall be changed so as TO
conform with the Hunter regime at
Anamosa and to make possible the
reformation of criminals and to make
good citizens out of them. Warden
Jones, so members of the board claim.
has been an efficient manager, but
that he has been a firm believer in
the old system of operating peniten-
tiaries. The ideas of the board diff
fered in many regards and the change
is made in order that their theories
concerning the handling of the crimi-
nal class may be given a fun test.
Warden Jones has been at the head
of the state penitentiary for fourteen
years and has been looked upon as a
man of sterling worth and able to
handles so large an institution. He
has frequently addressed the quar-
terly meeting of the state board of
control with regard to the problems
involved in the care and treatment OF
the state criminals.
The new man is principal of the
high school at West Union. He was
an applicant for the Eldora position
and came very highly recommended
The members of the board have a
great deal of confidence in his ability
as a manager for the state institution
to which he goes. He was born in
Iowa, his father being farmer near
Vinton His training hasrbee espect'
ally along the lines of industrial work
which will come in good play at Fit,
| Madison
Professor Sanders has developed a
peculiar field in school affairs In
Iowa. He has organized boys and
girls clubs, has created manual
| training department, is proficient in
gardening, in which the boys of the
public schools have become inter.
ested. He has created unusual inter
| est in school affairs and is a man, II
| &c soil ~ oil too
ability.
He has resigned his school to take
| effect on March l. The resignation
| prior to his taking hold Of the peni
| Tertiary work he will spend in the
different penal institutions through
out the country, looking into methods
| and getting acquainted with the de
| tails of the work. He is a firm be
| lever in the reform theory.
Street Railway Must Answer.
d. Only an injunction from federal
court will prevent the Des Moines
City Railway company from being
compelled to show in district court
under what franchises it Is operating
| In Des Moines. Judge Howe has
handed down a decision In the civic
! leagues quo warranto cases In which
| he orders the street car company tC
| file its answer within thirty days. In
| his opinion, Judge Howe asserts that
only a federal court Injunction will be
| able to stay the proceedings in the
state court.
| During the argument of the civic
| leagues motion to require the city
| railway company to file an answer ir
| the quo warranto cases. Attorney w
| L. Read, who appeared for the com
pany, announced that in case Judge
| Howe sustained the motion an injunc
! ton would be asked in federal court
| He said further that an effort would
be made to have the civic league at
torneys cited for contempt. He con
| tended that the questions at issue In
| the quo warranto cases were decided
| when Judge Mcpherson enjoined the
city from interfering with the street
| car company, and the state courts
| had no right to interfere. Attorney
| w. l.. Bailey for the civic league
| answered that only the Turner fran
| chise was passed on in the fedora
| court, while the quo warranto cases
raise a question as to the validity o.
nineteen franchises.
No Commissions Allowed.
The supreme court has decided
! that the county treasurers are not en-
| titled to commission on the collection
| of special assessments. The point was
raised in case from Woodbury. eaju
| ty in which tie Barber company OBJ
! jected to paying per cent to the
treasurer for collection of paving Ger
tificates. The supreme court held tina
! the statute only permits the collection
of a commission on taxes collected
for state and municipal purposes ant
| not to special assessments, which are
said not to be taxes with the meaning
| of the statute.
Teachers Come Here Again.
Des Moines won the next meeting
| of the state teachers association
This was decided upon by the execu
tive committee of the association
which met in Des Moines. Tt
gain the association for this city
| this year guarantee of 500 mem
bership was made for the Des Moines
teachers. Miss Bessie Albeit, presi
dent of the association, was presen
| at this committee meeting, which
was but a preliminary meeting. Al
later meeting the decision will BIZ
made upon hotel headquarters ant
time for. the association meeting
| For New lnterurban.
James A. Wallace, of Omaha, vic,