White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1911-01-22


credits, without unnecessary REQ
tape. Many thousand dollars annu-
ally can be saved the state by such
a measure.
Under the existing law one state
institution is required to buy In the
public markets products and supplies
which another institution may have
in excess and has no means for dis
posal except through advertisement
for a stated period and sale to the
highest bidder.
Nevada State Police.
At the present time the state po-
lice force is composed of ten men,
viz:
A superintendent, inspector, four
sergeants and four p~rivates.
Additional men have been employ
ed for longer or shorter periods at
different times during the past two
years. The act establishing the state
police carried a special appropriation
OF $4,000, which was supplement
ed by an appropriation Of $4,000 by
the last legislature.
From this total has been expended
during the three years that the act
has been in force the sum of $685.
045.13, leaving a balance unexpend-
ed of $106,945.87. The total ex-
pense for maintaining the force in
1910 was $23,662.19. The principal
work of the state police the last two
years has been the installation of
the Bertillion system. All the con-
victs In the state prison have been
measured and identified by It. and a
number of counties have Installed
the system. There are three i'm
portant advantages derived from
such installation, as follows:
First, the accurate Identification or
any person charged with crime to de-
termine whether or not he has a pre-
vious prison record; second, it af-
fords valuable data to govern the ac-
ton of the state Board of Pardons
in determining whether an applicant
for pardon or parole is properly en-
titled to receive clemency, and, third,
the public knowledge of the fact tina,
such a system is in use in this state
which deters dangerous criminals
from coming here, owing to the ease
and certainty of their Identification
should they be arrested and charged
with the commission of any crime.
/ am persuaded that it Is advisable
to continue the state police system
for the present. The force should
ordinarily be kept at a minimum ano
the members thereof subject to de-
tail by the governor to AM line Oh
duty of advantage to the state. ever
though outside the special duties
prescribed by the act.
Should the state construct a new
prison with convict labor the state
police force might be properly used
in guarding the prisoners. and should
the state undertake the construction
of public highways, as ! have In an
other part of this message recon-
mended, the state police might be
used In this service.
l recommend that the legislature
provide that the governor may as
sign any member of the state police
to such or any other, public service,
at times when they are not actually
needed in the line of duty for which
the organization was created.
The Parole System.
Recent years have witnessed a
change in enlightened public opinion
with respect to the causes of crimes,
its prevention, and the treatment oil
criminals and malefactors. One OF
the most humane and benevolent
laws on our statute books is that in
reference to paroling convicted per-
sons who may be more properly
classed as law breakers" than
actual criminals. and in the opinion
of the Board of Pardons have been
sufficiently punished for the crimes
for which they were s%everally COM
mitted; whose records in the prison
have been good and whose characters
appear to the board to be such that,
IL liberated, they will try to rehabil-
itate themselves, and become useful
members of society. The results of
the operation of the parole system
in this state have been to a high de-
gree promising.
During the two years Ii has been
In force thirty-seven convicts have
been paroled previous to the last
session of the board.
OF this number only four have
been returned to the prison for
breaking the conditions Of parole;
the remainder seem to be generally
making good. While 1t is to be ex-
pected that occasionally a paroled
person may abuse the clemency that
Is awarded him, yet so long as the
general results are SO excellent ana
seem to be founded on such human.
principles. no intelligent person, az
all familiar with the workings oil
the parole system, a doubt It's
justice and beneicence.
Prisoners r rarely paroled I'M
less employment is already provided
for them. The crucial time is the
first few weeks after release. ano
the public and police departments OF
the various counties and municipal
tiles should aid, rather than make
more difficult, any honest efforts OF
these unfortunates to make a new
start in life