The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1912-10-04
POLITICAL DEBTS
Being PAID
Former Penitentiary Con-
missioner Makes Statement.
Eli Brown Says Law is Violated
In Removing Prison
Guards.

Frankfort, KY. Sept. 27-Eu H.
Brown, Jr., chairman of the normcr
Board of Penitentiary Commissfners
gave out the following seahement to-
night in answer to the interview given
out by Daniel E. O'Sullivan, present
chairman of the Board of Prison Com
massioners and published in the sapers on
Thursday
Mr.. Daniel L. O'Sulivan, chairman
of the Prison Commission. has ISSUED q
statement in defense of fimself and his
associates of the Prison Board and IN
doing SO has made some criticisms Of
the FORMER board, of which I was
member and chairman, which are both
unjust and untrue.
81 am engaged in the practice of my
profession and had hoped ITO give my
practice my undivided ataenlon, but the
staaement of MIR. O'Sulivan f. sp urTafr
to the former Board of Prison Com
missioners and SO at Variance with ths
facts as / know them 20 be fiat
feel it my duty to make AlAis siatenen..
"Mr. O'Sulli vans interview ~ eviden..y
issued in an effort to Silence the storm
of public Indignation and cait.risu arous.
ed by tie recent unwaIuant.edS act Of the
Board of Prison Commssslonens, Of
which Mr.. O'sullivan is cia.lrman, n
disoharging large number Of tralned
and efficient employees of the peni-
bentiaues wi5hou& cause Ito make rlacss
Tor an equal E OF uuskilred an,
'dnts4ssa ptsRosas ss 1hase@ Nssunau sueA.
places had been. ,AnoiPfssd durans this
recent session of the Iegislnhure ans
dunlng the recent races for the nomina-
tdon for Congress On Ahe several con-
gressional districts. "a
These removals were made In the
face OF the act OF the hs. I.e,' stature
which provided that no prisOn esflcial
or guard should be removed by the
Board of COMMISSIONERS excso: after
after public hearIng upon rha-gFs prefsrrs
ed against Them, in writing, 70" p,liti-
cal ACTIVITY, insubondinamipn. dereMc-
tion of duty, violation OF uise rules 81
manasement of said prisons or cruelty
to prieone~s." $3.50
Mr.. O'sullivan. among nhi,er things,
says:
when the present board ncOk charge
of the prisons they found theE q nssmbT
Of the best men in bness austatutaons had
been removed for politrral neascns and
their places siven TO men WHO p1ad bon
able TO bring poNtical fnruence TO lsesf
upon certain members of the Lasdsla-
ture. .t,s..H ,ta rttteNfrftsh
This statement d. nnUaie, Rnd IN adj
diltdon is in very bad taste from ono
whose appointment was made TOR ppliei-
cal service, and who has made every
removal and every apppintmenk, as q
member of the board. for paIinlcal rea-
sons 1t would tend thfs statement 100
greatly to enumerate all of them. but
few illustrations win sufd,re.
1.-TWO assistant deputy wardens Tor the
Ediyville penitentiary have bsep naniod
by Mr.. O'Sullvan and his assocsares--
Is r. w. Johns, brother-infnw of tho
Repnssentative from Simpson county in
the last General Assembly, and the prom
Use to appoint him was made when tao
bill to change the PRISON commrssion
was pending; the other assistant deputy
warden Is a brother of a State Senator
IN the last Senate Prcanise TO him was
also made while the hill for the change
Of the Prison Commission was pending.
The newly-appointed wnpden of the Ed
dyvtlle penitentGary John chGltony Is
practical POLITICIAN of ChSdss[an poun-
ty, without any IeNperienoe in peni-
tentiary management, who owes HIS ap-
pointment to his success in aoundins up
certain members of the vast LNssha'ure
and delivering them inuo ths isslsia-
tive corral. Chiffon sncoeeSs as wnrdsn
Col. Henry T. Hageruan, a man Of
hish character. kind heart and sal-
ncntly successful in making the Elddy-
vile penstentiiary a model institutton.
The two ASSISTANT deputy wariens h'ss
naced at the Frankfort penitentlary wcrs
T. a. Newman. brothsGtln -lpw of Mr..
Percy Haly. and George kazee, n El-
lott county. Kazss " the AppptrGes If
Ieoutinued on Eighth Pags)