Bisbee daily review., 1912-01-16
THE PAROLES DUAL ADVANTAoE.

The views of Mir. Frank E. McCarry, secretary of the territorial prison on the subject cf-i,eroles deserves the earnest attention of the first state legislature Mir MCrary is something more. or something beside, the secre- tary of the prison. He is known as the parole clerk" though there is TO such official title But it has been upon his recommendation that all pa roles from the prison at Florence in recent months have been granted.
 He has been for years a student of convicts and has observed the ef- feet of paroles upon convicts so dis charged from many state prisons. in his article he divests the subject of all sentiment. He views it from two angles-the states financial interest and the moral interest of the convict.
 tSnNtl lltt llNtltcL OL liit SAdACs there can be no doubt that the earlier it gets a convict off it's hands the better, so that the question is simpli- fled by a reduction of the considera- tlon to inquiry whether the parole tends to the reformation of the pris- oner and more surely safeguards so- ciety against his depredations after he has been discharged at the end of more or less brief service,
 MT. M'Crary believes it does and his belief is buttressed by figures which show that out of HOO men paroled m California only seven per cent conf mitted new crimes. It is the expecta. ton of all, on the other hand, that every mar who is turned out of the penitentiary at the end of his time will return, either to that institution or will be sent to another. While many of them do not a very large per oentlge of them do.
 There is a reason for this. The convict Of whom the pound of flesh is exacted. leaves the institution an enemy of society, confirmed crim- inal. The paroled convict leaves. feel ing an obligation to the state and en- tertsinlng still 8 relation more or less friendly to society. He carries away an impression that the state has faith . in him yet.
 Of course, it is not the opinion of . Mr. MoCrary that all convicts should . he parOle1. Some are Talla con firmed criminals but here the author. ties must exercise judgment, based . upon circ'pnstsnees. the record of the convict both before and after convic- ton. Tf
 This matter as we have said is not discussed from the viewpoint Of sentiment; 1t is not 6 question of len iency but purely one of business and . the motive should not be confounded with that whTcr'is now agitating Cal . ifornia for the abolition of capital punishment In that there is no bus mess at all; nothing but mawkish sen timent The slogan of it's proponents is, "The state has no right to kill"
 Society desires. not the punishment but the reformation Of the man who commits a lesser felony, but the ref . ormstion of the man who commits murder with de.iberation and without provocation. is not contemplated. His . return to the world in any circunl- stances is abhorrent It is only de- sired that he be put away forever Society, perhaps. would be satisfied . with life Imprisonment if it were cer- tain, but it is uncertain and fails more often than not. The gallows and the electric chair have proved trustworthy i instruments for the permanent seclu- ! sion of the murderer.
 Sonora mines are once more coming into attention now that it appears that there are no incipient revolutions |