The Nevada County picayune., 1912-12-20
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Out LII WHishCy tdCu. I UT Ilila offense. one of them was convicted and sent to the penitentiary for 36 years, and the other for IS years. When the record of the circuit court convicting them was obtained by me, I at once issued pardons for both of them. They had no one to appear in their behalf, and at the time l issued the pardons I was notified by the pen itentiary officials that after serving nearly two years of the time, the ne gro convicted for 36 years had died.
 Instance No 2: During the year 1912 it was reported by the citizens of Malvern that while working near that town for a contractor on the rail. road, a young white boy convict was compelled to work in the hot sun while he had a burning fever on him, that he was refused the necessary atten- tion, and that the next day he died. Concerning this matter, it was pub lished in the Times-Journal, a paper at Malvern, that information had been obtained from the convicts that they were fed mostly on sour pork and beans and were herded in cars at night, 24 or 25 men to the car, where they slept amid filth and vermin, and that the slightest complaint upon the part of any convict brought him a flashing on his back with leather strap six feet long and four inches wide, and that men sent out from the walls, unaccustomed to labor, or to work on railroads were made to dc the hardest work in the hot sun from the start; and that, if they Jagged or showed inability to do the work, they were thrown to the ground and lashed with strap to the extent of ten licks and sometimes as many as 15, accord ing to the humor of the warden.
 Instance No. 3: It was reported from Ward Station that, while working on the railroad for a contractor, a white boy convict, convicted of q minor offense. was shot down and after being delivered to the station to be transported to the hospital, while lying on the platform of the depot in the burning hot sun. his blood trick ling down the blanks of the platform that many people passed by and offered to give him relief, the warden refused to permit any one to go near him. He was transported to the hospital, and next day died"
 The present penitentiary system of the state is attacked and recommends ton made for a change in manage ment. In concluding q long statement Mr. Donaghey says in part:
 "In concluding what l have to say upon this subject, permit me to say; That I favor law enforcement That have been conservative in granting pardons. That I have not been unduly exercised from sentimental causes. That I have not issued pardons for political favors. That much of the opposition have had has been from parties disappointed in gaining par dons That l believe it is right and just to legally punish criminals in se yerity and terms of confinement ac. cording to their crimes. But enforc ing law by putting criminals i~nthe penitentiary. and then selling ba&, flesh and blood to contractors fto. E they nave been oo1['p ehd maled in chains and drj5< fe,T I with shackles ane cbA < conditions that .;; |, abed to make 'l m cruelty the lived Ire snuffed out, is a n ito gether
 Such abuse of eflaction on our intelliger iation of the principles of <. a crime against humanif I continued, will cause a fq that respect which a state s lintain among the sisterhood q of this nation In a commitmS accompanies convict to entiary that, though he is dei his liberty as a citizen, he still snted the right to live and to be cared for in man ner commensurate with sound reason. good judgment and human mercy.
 The state does not intend, nor sEould it longer permit, conditions to arise by which convicts may be sub jected to such treatment that their Imprisonment carries the combined penalties of loss of liberty. hard labor and severity of punishment until death A'tself may end their lives If for the