The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-01-26
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AstoiStafe Prison
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Management
CHARLESTON. "! va. Jan: 90
In response q! the Governors mes.
sage and a%resolution adopted BY the
house. a: subcommittee Of the special
committee which has ban iuyestpt.
Ing the state institutions. will so to
| Moundsville to probe the charges Of
Delegate Moore against the penlten.
tlary management. Moore was given
leave OF absence by the House in or
der to be present. The resolution hav-
ilng passed the, House, It was present.
cd to the Senate and passed under
suspension Of the rules, The members
Of the Investigating committee have
had several conferences with Govern
Or Dawson on the subject and he was
instructed the prison officials to assist
the committee as far tas possible.
Members Of the committee WHO will
| 80 to Moundsvllle are Senator Nc
Kown and &: NJ. Wetzel. and possibly
Senator, Cray Silver. It is also prob.
able that John Nugent, delegate from
Kanawha county and some other mem.
btrs Of the present legislature will be
empowered 10 assist in the investiga-
ton, = i3
| The resolution passed following the
reading of tho Governors message,
reads IN pant, as follows:
Resolution Adopted.
"Resolyed, by the legislature Of
West Virginia, That the special COM
msttee appointed pursusnt to Senate
Joint resolution NO., 81. Of the session
OF 1907, printed on pages 43oI Of the
acts OF 1907, or a subcommittee there.
OF selected tor tie purpose By the full
committee. do proceed at once to the
/ West Virginia penltentiary,;and make
| a thorough. & investigation Of said
charges; and assertions OF such other
matters concerning said q prison as
may appear TO said committee peril
nent. And that full report Of the re-.
suit Of which investigation be made to
this session as soon as practicable.
The Governors Message.
The text Of the Governors message
follows:
To the Legislature:
Serious Charges aud assertions con.
cerning wrongdoIng by directors Of the
West Virginia penitentlary and 9th.
ers connected with that prison. hav-
ling been made to me, a day or two
before the 18th Of this month I went
/ to the ,pnitentiary and met the board
Of directors in their regular monthly
meeting. and after these charges and
assertions we're made to me, ascer.
ttaincd from members OF the special
Joint committee, appointed at the ses.
sion OF 1907 to Investigate conditions
oil the several State institutions. t.lat
| this committee had not investigated
the matters involved IN the said charg.
es that the committee did not finish
their investigation Of the penltentEary,
owing to the illness Of the late War
den IIaddoy and sickness in the fam
lily. e
On the day That I went to the rcni-
tentiary, most Of the charges that
were made TO me there repeated in the
House Of Delegates by a member
thereof in n speech, 50, for that reason
land for other reasons, I do not think
+, 1t necessary nor proper that repeat
or summarize the chnrgfcs and asser.
tions made to meat that time afore-
said and since and especially also he
cause : take II that the legislature
will ngree with ME, That these things
should be- thoroughly investigated and