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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-20
OTTO A. wrprNGHoFT.

The funeral Of Otto A Wtd1nghoff, was held at 2:3O o'clock this after noon from the home. 121 Deacon street, with Rev. pr. George W. Nich- olson, pastor emeritus Of the First Baptist church, of11ciating. The bur 1aa was in Park cemetery.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-20
OBITUARY
zsAanIJEL THoRPE.

The funeral Of Samuel Thorpe Of 145 Wayne street was held at 2:30 O'CLOCK this afternoon from the Bishop mor- tuary chapel with Rev. John B Sadt- Ter, rector Of Christ Episcopal church, ofaciattng. Burial was in Mountain Grove cemetery.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-20
Hen Metzqer,s Bad Break.

Lark B1sbee, who has been in Chi cago for ten years. came back the other day for the first time since he went away. Hen Metzger chanced to meet him in front of the postof8ce. The two men shook hands. sI haven't seen you for a month,'' saids Hen; .shave you been away ?"-Topeka Capi- tai
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-20

According to reports Maine sardine packers arc practically closed for the season owing to big storm that early in the week destroyed the weirs.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-20

The Interstate Commerce. Connnis- sion has declared that there are un- reasonable excess baggage charges on 4ne Atchtscn and 6s other railroads.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-20
Get Ruav.

If you are going to save up for a rainy day don't wait until the clouds begin to gather.-Detroit Journal.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-20

Cables from Greece reported the market stronger on fine Ama1ia cur rants s1ncleaned in barrels at 1ss per cwt c Patras for prompt shipment.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-20

Farmer want Ads. one cenf . word
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-20

John OeBrfen Of Brooklyn died of IockJaw contracted from horse.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-20

MEN OF 6RIDGEPORTAIh Ihaveth n Bridgeport ordinary of materials to ec from but mate satisfaction with
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-20
| adiieS'
 FlJRS

 Ladies Fur Sets and Muffs in the most ultrafash- ionabIe styles the richest of
 winter apparel. Black Coney Sets. large shawl col
 lar with barrel pr pillow mun.
 regular $12.0o value. Now $S. .9S
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1914-04-16
u@oob mas, tner's ITO bat?"

u@oaB mas, mer's ITO bat?"
frogte M11dl.
.Wer's to- bot2" REF Ser @reis.
$50 mas TON foo Menfb tboa! =
@ont's aba oa11 geb'n, 10 iageten n
s. @ergfrdul'n umanan6 mia a g'beb-
te's 8ieh Biz er elen6i bin NOR!
Mffi miro er g'bett ouf'n &oBfopf nno
m1nter m1aB er # i%tiir8en ins
@'mon6, ouf 6aB iei' 2eib a @as miro
fir s. @eier nnb s. S6lungen!"
u@oltl," i6rie iett Ser 81rf6e,
r6u baft mel nrtel g'ipro6'n! Sd
bon's to- = aus &a@' gen. 8erg-
berrn = meb! Sic gang @elt ner>
fI1dt mi - outfit a11f'n @obfopfl"
11n6 fludtigen Subes iprang er bon
6annen. @a1tI ftarrte tbm ipra6los
nod un6 murmelte Elm @ebetletn fir
feline ornre @eele.
ssn ser Ebat fa1t6 man anbern 90
qes Mmdls 2ei6e 8eri6mettert nnter
Ser iteilen @a1o 6es @obfopfes. =
Oben beim @tpigenng We iummel<
ten it6 immter mebr 2elte. I1es bolt
mn6 fudte ben Sammer Der Mngebo'
rigen ser 8erfdiitteten at mtloern.
2isl tpmr6e 1ridt miiii6e, ben Mrbei-
tern @petfe nn6 @etrdnfte 5u5ltra>
gen. Ser @oitbolter bon Sn5en lteB:
feine1t ganaen @etnporrutb aaf be1
8erg troge1, 6nnit 6ie Mrbetter gebo'
rig gefittdirfHt miiroen.
Mutter @h1rm mnr audi at Berg
qeftieger un6 iie bermebrte ni@t etno
6os Sssammtern ser unglidliiden @ei-
ber, fon6ern iie f1dte fie gu troitert
uno ibter M1tb u16 &offra1ng 5lt5lt-
fpredett. .
@egenb Menb fanf nun ffreiri@ fait
bel MIlen 6ie &offn1ng. 0fit Ser ber-
einbreder6en Madt, 3um1al bo an@
Elm fleiner @@neefon ei1hrot, be-
mdidttigte fid aler 10 dingitli6 $ar>
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1914-04-16

ren6en cine ne1te @11tbloiigfeit. Gin
ber55erreiBen6es Sammern un6 @et=
men bante 6nr9 6ie Ddmmerung; Elm
iol6es @ebflagen mar6 anf oem &a11-
19enberg tpobl niemols bernommen.
Dn5n trmg au6 bel, 6aB Serr bon
[Eein, bon ser nngetpobnten Mnitren=
gl1ng eri90pft, balb obnmd6ttg in Sic
&noppeni6enfe getragen mer6en
muBte. Mber Ser 8~ergtommiifdr lei
tete an ieiner Stoat sic @ettungSar=
beiten fort.
Die Mngeborigen ser @eri6itteten
mnroen Mber @a9t in etnem 3eden=
bauie 1ntergebrabt, BORT beteten un6
meinte1 ite. Sc tpar cine grdBlt9e
gea@t.
Sour sic &nappenIisI berlor ibren
M11tb 1idt. sic elite ielbft in ben
neltet Stolen binein nn6 maB Die
26nge Ser bereits 6l1r9bauere11
1@trede nod.
ga tpor es ibr, als bore iie bon
Ser on6ern Geite entgegenarbeiten.
Grer6ig HbeiIte iie Dies ben 2euten
nit. Mor bor@te - eS mar tpirflid
10. Greu6ige &offmtngen bard5udte
MUe, 6enn 6oS @ettungstperf fol1te ge=
1tngem.
2dngit nar Mitterna9t noriiber,
als 9isI 6ieie frel6ige &11n6e ben IN
Gorge nnb Aualen tpode16en Sra1se1
un6 @inberr brnbte.
Du bIibte sic Gre16e al1f allen &c
fidtern m1f. 60 tpor es ia ii@er, 6ab
life nod lebten; aber OBJ iie nod ole
|lebten; biefe Brage ber6iifterte pie6er
sic benomfIo6ern6e Greu6e.
&err bon Sein bate iid erboH nn6
er IieB es fid nidt nebmer, mteoer
Die Mrbeitetr 3n Ieiten.
Ser Morge1t 6es 6. Deaer1ber tpar
ongebroden. SIZE gorge ,pette, bonn
@auf9enberg aus iidtbure 2atbi@oft
ur6 6os @ebirge tpnren tpeiibf';; Elm
peiner bla1,er &tntnpel &p0lbte it& Dor.
iiber.
gor bem Gingange BEG Settings.
|ftonens itn1toert at &un6erter Die Mn.
Qeb0rige,1 Der @erfditteten ,1no tpar'
|teter auf 11e1te Madri@ten. Sn Sn5ea
unb in Ser &nnppentapele tp11rben
8ittamter gebalten CUR &ettung Der
|@nnppenidaft nn6 bes Bergberr11,
unb ben t0nte bos fd6ne @elaite
bero11f bur9 Die friide De8ember'
1uft.
@egen Mittag tparett itd Die &C.
genieitigen Mrbeiter f@ott 10 nobe &C.
fommett, bab man 31t eit1a1roer fpre.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1914-04-16
5en riohon Goiro,6 5pIh54 hinnpstpmt

oen 1ieben &eilan6 ielbit bingeitel1t.
Die 5orten &liimletn ienften Dor er-
%5itternoer Grea16e Die iib 6uftigen
&opf@en. sic 6a1rften ibr 2eben aus
bor9en Dor Dem @rl0fer Ser 8elt!
Sic ourften feline Mltferitebung in
11dditer Mabe ieben, alio miterleben.
@ie botten in aler @eIt berfun6igt,
oaB ser SriibIing maize iei uno nit
linn 6os @iegesfeit @brifti; fie bat-
ten 6ie @at11r ertpeden belfen un6
nun belobnte fte Ser giitige &err fir
ibre Grea1e un6 Miibe, in6em er Tie
6i4t on ii@ bero1 5og. . mel@ Elm
berrlider bober 9obn! 9eiie, leife er.
tonten sic feiner @Ioden in reiner
inniger Danfbarteit. Sic menfden,
sic in ser Stride fnieten nn6 beteten,
borten es freilih 1idt, aber Ser liebe
@oH fab Sen Danf ser fleinen @lo-
6enbltrne.
Wte1tte l1ebett, flettpe1 Se1er, neDnte1
@n9 Elm @eiiptel an Ser eben er-
mo@ten Mot11r. sic idmiiM ft@ &c.
robe gu Ser 3eit, 6o Ser &eila16 tpie.
ser fon1mt, ga1r3 10 alS Oh fte fid
r11r fir ibn f@miid5en tuiir6e. ~ $obt
SIR G11@ a1l@ eepa1st? Mber i@ mel.
ne 1ti@t NIT ,eea.e1 @ei6ern, @piketr
ur6 86r6erm for6ern nit @ebor.
fam gegen @ltern ur6 2ebrer. Seio
gepiiienbaft unb tpe11, tpie es bos
@dneegl6d@en @l@ lebrt, uato @uer
2ob1t mir6 nidt o1iSbleiben IN @tpig.
feit. 60, mn6 nun, tpiinf4e i@ @u4
nod: uSr6blt@e 9ftern, ltebe &n-
berdenl"
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1914-04-16
meiuist &amt-bdeitist &a1tTe3en.

@orum eebt SIR berIeeem ,lro I'M.
geftaltet bon Gin1ner1, &m1tm1sf@Ia'
gen, Miteffer, rotbe rn1lbe $nit ODER
n,odt 6ie AataIe1 bon gcoerrto blr4.
Sudden, 6Iedden, $a11tn,sf@Iag.
Bragt eben @urer Mpotbeter nod ST..
$obfon's @eaena @oIbe. Solgt ser
einfa9en @iirfen 1lrtb Cure &a11t'
1~11tan1rebmlt@teten iinb borbei. Mil6.
onfpet@enb, ,pirffam. M1isgeaeidne1
fir 8abies nn6 oelifnte tpeide $d1it.
Mo9t bas MufreiBet m1fb6ren.
l&iIft INNER. 2in6er1ttpg o6er Sell
5uriid. 500. Bel gurem Apotbebu.
~ Mn3eige.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1914-04-16
Sribjabrs 2arir ,tnb wlntrtiniser.

&reibt berous Die a~rgebduften
M11blofigteiten ur6 Cite Der Bin
termonote; rei,igt g11re11 Mogen. Sc
Der 11r6 Merer1 bon allen unreirIi1r
teiten. Mebut 81. 8irgs ge,se Sc.
ben8pilCen; ntdts better fit @eir3i.
g,1rg oes 8l1ltes. MiI6e3, beit ttei.
fen6es 9aratib. &etH @erftopftrg;
modt gl19 gut fibIen. @ebntt hit
aroeres. 25f bei g11rem MpotbeBer.
Mrrioo @nIbe fir ollie Sc
Zen. - a15etee.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1914-04-16
@arn1t es $artifmlaren 2euten 3tt'
fddf.

GoleD's $o1ep ar6 $ar COMPOUND
1T prompt 111t6 tpirfiam fir Sa1ftet1
@rfaItungen, @tidbuiten, &etferteit,
2uftr6bren-& ufte1 un6 &olsIeioe1t.
$bomas @errort, $arrod, Mi@.,
fdreibt: ~Golep's &onep on6 Sm
BELT roi1 Sen @ibel I'M &a1fe, n11b
ftiut Sen &niten obne irgenb eit
ihIedbes Modspeb." Sc entbdlt feline
Dpioterr ,ar6 1T rein. Das 1T, tpd.
RIM es Benz portifuldren @olf gu,
foQt, Sci al[e1t &dn6lern in ct.
GIoa16. 80 Mnaeige.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1914-04-16

@run6fab. - Ser.
(6os 3immer berlaifeno):
SD ertporte dber, 6aB @ie sic Mie>
tbe p0dentIi9 be5ablen."
Ser Mtetber: n@elbitberitdr6lih.
Mein @run6iab ift INNER: @nttpe6er
piinftlt9 o6er gar ntdt."
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1914-04-16

Gins bon bei6en. = @aft:
r&0rem sic, $err @irth 6oS 1T 1i@t
ntebr gum Ausbalten. @nttpe6er
idmetBen sic iebt Sen Me11fitanto.
mate1 'ral1s = ODER ben @erI, Ser
"a imr1er sic 8ebnpfennigftiide bir-
einftedt!"
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1914-04-16

Ger iiberite 8emeis. -
8ettp: uS96 tper6e ni9t beiratben>
penn es nidt Elm Selo fem farn."
Slice: ~Dum glib ibm MIR cine
Muhteul1ng 9einer idbrliden M,Seo.
ben, uno tpenn1 ser 8etperber 6ant1
ni9t 3uridtriH Damn lift CT ei1ter."
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years and under three years; from
which it would appear that short-term
men. convicted of minor offenses. were
given preference for parole over long
term men Yet it would seem TO the
ordinary intelligence that il should be
the long term men who most needed
parole and, if their conduct had been
good best deserved 1T. 1t often hap
peued that men would be parolcd
when they had but a few weeks or even
days yet to serve of their full sentence.
In such cases, the prison got whatever
credit may belong to granting parole,
but the men got rather less than moth
ing. for they stood the risk of rcarrest
and further confinement.
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Twice for Same Offensc.

There was u FREUD Of mine, NJ, a
highly intelligent, good naturcd fellow,
active and efficient in his prison duties.
always courteous and obliGing; he was
serving sentence of five wears, think,
for some theft or confidence game. lie
had done time some six or seven
years previously, but during the inter.
vnl had lived straight AT the time of
his arrest he had been kept In the
local Jail, somewhere in New England,
after conviction. for four months be.
fore being transferred to Atlanta, Time
spent in local Jail before conviction is
not counted in the prisoner S favor; for
example, was arrested several months
before my conviction, aud the trial IL
self lasted four months, and after the
trial j spent ten days in the Tombs.
With tho exception of the last ten
days, however. | was lucky enough TO
be out on bail: but none OF this time
was applied to the lessening OF my so
journ in Atlanta. although the Judge
specified in his sentence that my i'm
prisonmcmt there was to count from the
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-02-15
Three Weeks of Torture.

When an applicant goes before the
board for examination, he is sometimes
turned down summarily: but more often
he goes out ignorant whether or not he
VIII succeed, and, as | have already
shown, he iS not seldom kept in this
torturng uncertainty until the day
when he is either turned loose or told
that he has been rejected This seems
unnecessary, and often appears to be
due TO sheer careleseness; the papers
arc not promptly submitted To the at
torney general, or they arc plgeonholCd
and forgotten. IL may be true that the
law does not categorically demand that
prisoner shall be released Immediately
upon favorable report; but there is
no obvious reason why he should not
be, and it is cruel to keep him in sus-
pense.
There WAS young fellow while | was
there, well educated and agreeable
man, whose conduct had always been un-
eNceptIonable: he applied when cligi.
bic for parole. and was Informed that
he would be released. Every morning
thereafter for three weeks he arose
with the hope that the release would
come that day; every night he went to
bed with a heart heavy with dsap-
polntmeut. He could not eat OF sleep.
he could not talk coDuectedly, he trcm-
hled and turned pale, and was on the
way 10 becoming nervous wreck; but
no explanation was vouchsafcd him. At
last he was suddenly told that he might
20. The sole reason that + ever heard
for tho delay was that the papers had
been overlooked There arc great
many government employers at Wash
ingtop: il might be worth while to ap.
point one more, CHARGED with the duty
OF seeing that the overlooking OF parole
uanprs he hcncpfortb aNpitipI This
was q very mild instance: | have re.
lated how poor Dennis fingered for six
months and finally died from the same
ttcntinn OF Indifference
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time when the trial began; an inlunc-
tion which, had il been observed. would
have caused my release on parole q few
days after my arrival at the peniien-
tiary. But it appears that such rulings
by a trial judge have no weight with
the department of justice; and | am
willing to admit that the Judge S ruling
in my case seemed rather like whipping
the devil round the stump-an evasion
of the manifest intent of the law,
which, if / were guilty. | had no right
TO expect. At NIL events, the attorney
general made a decision, based upon
my case, that hereafter no such eva
sions were to be allowed; and pre-
sumo his authority must be superior TO
that of any federal Judge,
But NV friend S ease did not come
under this category. His four months
in Jail came after. not before, his con 4
viction. and yet when he arrived s
Atlanta, he was told that the
months would not be deducted froJ
pententiary time. Turn this whicl
YOU will. YOU cannot escape the
sion that this man is gcttii
months more than the sentenc
nudge required We'll. NJ. app
parole on the plea of pcrfec'
during his Imprisonment; NO
that was offered; but bc VI;
that his conviction seven Y
for which he had been dulN
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Prisoner Who Had No Pals.

But take the case of n prisoner VINO
had no confcderatcs-ho does the
board deal with hlm7 According to my
information, which includes my per
soual experience, question is put to the
anplicant whether or not he admits
himself guilty Of the crime for which
bo is undergoing scntencc9 Ny OWN
reply was. HNot guilty -; and though
the president WAS very courteous 10 me
m;gbt expect favorable action on my
nn,,I;cafion. as "a matter Of fact and of
resnrd Tie recommendation made TO tho
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-02-15
Dread of ParOled Man.

Moreover, men released on parole
live in constant dread of the secret
service, for they know that unjust aud
trivial preteXts arc often made the oc-
casion Of their rcarTcst; and parolcd
man rcarrcsted must serve ont his
whole time without rebate. aad not IN
Guiding the period during which he WAS
at liberty. Some supervisors by the
government is of course proper; hut
the men feel it TO hc hostile, not
friendly or helpful: that any error they
fall into or mishap they meet with will
be construed against them, not ia their
favor I'm short, under the outward
forms of liberty, they are still in PMS
on. and are often discouraged from do
ing their best by this slcepicss fear Of
the prowliUg spy.
Atlanta prison records snow that out
of 1000 prisoners who applied for pa
role mp to June 80, 1918, 210 were sue
cessful, These applicants were scrv-
ing terms OF from one year ana oay
were -paroicd had served an aggregate
of cighty-thrco years beyond the period
when they were eligible for parole
(that is. after onc-third OF their oriEi.
ual sentence. or an average of about
III days each, and with an average of
from. % to 10 per cent of the time
contemplated for them 10 rc-establsh
and rehablitate themselves,
The onc-ycar -onc-day men lost about
80 per cent of their time during which
they might have labored to reform
themselves; and there wero about 100
of tho 210 whose sentences ran for n
year aud y day. Some sixiy-five of
the go had sentences of more than a
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-02-15

attorney general was that my applica
ton be denied, and denied it accord
lngly was. But in other cases nearly
contemporary with mine. which came
to my knowledge, the reply of Not
guilty called forth the reioiDder that
in that case the matter was not one
for the board to pass on, but should
be referred TO executive action-tbat
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that time, prevented the board from
giving favorable attention 10 his appli.
cation.
This looks TO me like trying a man
twice for the same offcnsc, and twice
eondemning him: and ] can hnd moth
ing 10 warrant IL in the wording Of
the parole Law. II every actual or al
legged misstep of man 5 whole life eau
be quoted against him as ground for
refusing parole it would seem tants-
mount 10 stultifying the law for pa
role. This is not done in every ease I;
but the poiut is that it may he done
in any case, and thus the fate Of the
applicant is at the arbitrary and abso.
lutte disposal Of the hoard. whether or
not he has complied with the stated
provisions OF the law
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be Humane and Innocent Looking Parole
. Conceived in Love and Charity, and Which
,E;.ed Great Hopes in Prisoners, Has Been
r,Isely Administered, to the Mental and
Moral Deterioration of Those Sup
posed to Be Stimulated to Reform
by Rewarding Them for 1t With
Early Release From Prison.

prisoners could be brought under the
new law, 1T wns decided that litcrs who
had served fifteen years were eligible.
II OF good rocord-not nm extravagant
act of mercy-and in obtaining this
concession IT was made known that the
warden or Atlanta penitentiary was in
strumental. OF course the reputation
OF Atlanta as g. model and humane
prison was greatly enhanced thereby.
Little Word Overlooked.
But the prisoners and perhaps the
trainers Of the law also, had overlooked
one llttle word IN the language of the
law. which grow 20 have large sig
nificanec afterward The language IS,
that If the prisoner s conduct has been
correct, etc, he may be granted parole
IL, for that harmless looking "may,p
had been substituted "shall,D - or
must, the secret annals Of federal
prisons since then would have been
spared much rascality, corruption,
cruelty, torture and death; and prison,
erS would not have hated and dis
trusted their keepers as they do now.
and subordination on one side and hu.
manlty on the other would have re.
cclvcd an impetus
That may rendered IT optional
with the board to grant or to refuse pa
role IN any given case; they might not
only determine whether or not the con
duct of the applicant had been, while
serving his sentence, good enough to
]ustlty clemency; but also whether,
even then, 1t were expedient 10 cxer.
else it. No matter how nnexc option
able the behavior of prisoner were
shown TO be, it was open to the board
to say to him, "We hold that your lib.
Grafton would be inimcal to the well
fare of society, and we cannot there
fore recommend it to the dcpa rtmeut. -
The prisoner, going before the board
unsupported by the advice of counsel.
had no further recoursei he must 90
back to his cell feeling that all his eff
forts to be obedient (persistcd in
through what discouragemenis only
prisoners know had been futile: that
he was not a whit better off than was
a man who had defied every regulation,
and was worse off in so far as he had
taken all his pains and INDUCED all his
hopes for nothing. He must serve out
his time; for if he renewed his appl-
cation al the next meeting of the
board, he was told that nothing could
be done in his case except upon the
presentation of "new evidence
New evidence of what7 The obstacle
he had to meet was the arbitrary opin-
ion, or fiat, of the board that il would
not be a good thing to set him free;
with what argument, except his good
conduct, which had already proved I'M
avaihng, could ho hope to reverse It7
The decision left him helpless and
hopeless, and with n sense of despotic
which was anything but conducive to
good discipline in him or in his com
radcs who were conversant with his
fate,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-02-15
BEEIlNg PRv&WN WALL@===BY JULIAN E4IAAVyTH0RME

and TO infIict additional and unwar-
Ianted punishment upon him for some
thlng which he may or may not have
done III the past, or for which. il he
had done it and been convicted, he may
aready have served sentence. He
mas no one to argue thus for him; he
feels that he is alone and among enc.
mics; and ho can make no effective
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-02-15

IL, IuLL IUG DTCSluCuI VI lut ulbtp
States should be petitoncd for a par
don. Some men are so persistent
or so infatuated as TO take the sug-
gestion serlously but their petition
does not bear fruit; probably its path
to the president is by way of the de-
partment of Justice. where ii is either
pigeoDholed or reaches him with an in
dorsement TO the effect that it is not a
case for clcmency But in such cases
as came to my knowledge the president
never saw the petition ut all.
And what happens if our man pleads
guilty? Why, in that event he is told
that such n person as he should not
have made application for parole-that
he has not been sufficiently punished
that the best he should hope for is to
serve out his sentence, less the regular
allowance for good time. II is Il case,
in short, of heads the board wins, tails
wondering, perhaps, what the board
is for. But let him beware Of becom-
ing restive under his disappointment,
or he may forfeit his good time too
That the parole law is interpreted,
under all conditions, as being favor
or privilege and not right earned by
good conduct, is perhaps no more than
one might expect; but no prisoner who
lacks powerful friends, or whose parole
does not in some way inurc TO the ad'
vantage of the prison quite as much as
to his own, can make his application
with assured hope of success, Upon
the whole prisoners feel that parole
viii not bc granted if any means can
be found or devised to prevent it; the
good report of an entire county where
a man formerly lived viii not prevail
against the adverse report of some III.
spector-one enemy OF prisoner out
weighs, III the board S estimation. the
favorable words OF many friends,