The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-10-29
WEEKLY SPARKLKS AND
So POINTERS
BIZ General Stonescdu

of lU,309 police officers, besides
County Sheriffs and their deputies
nearly 100, and United States Mar
shals anil their deputies $50. making
a total Ii ,657 arrestlng officers in
that city. and last year they arrested
in whiskey soaked New York IN all
average If five persons a piece, d
total of-58.2S5, and out of tins
number $4,000 were convicted. 81.
600 of them varying in sentences
frora three months to death in the
chair, aud 5000 receiving sentences
for less than three months.
There are 373 candidates for the
two houses to be voted for on next
Tuesday, aud from these will he
chosen the men who are to serve in
the 1917 legislative poslti"ns to he I'LL
ed. 1873 of the 373 represents the
drys" and the 1875 The wels." Of
this same 373, 1872 are nominees for
the senate amt 251 fer the house.
Out of the 122 senate nominees, IS
are dry" ami 81 wet" while i23
are dry" aud l2S wet of the 2 l
nominees for the house. So friend
Frank. get ready for the state " idle
steanl-ruller.
Many thanks for the compliments
we have recently received from
without aud within. We are glad
to know that ST. many of the outside
world concur in our views on most
subjects discussed; aud to say we are
pleased to hear 40 many of our old
friends the long timers our own
fellow-comrades IN bonds. say, Gen
eral. your art Giles are just splendid.
Then to have number of the Of
ticers to step up to you in one after
noon and say: General Stonewall
it was the hest ever" makes one feel
that life ia not all ,hurns. Thanks
to all.
The inmates of the Joliet. illinois.
prison through Rev. Patrick their
chaplain recently prepared formal
petition 1" he presented to the next
|. gisla,ure of Illinois praying them
TO favorably consider the lntroduc-
ton of any measure having for it's
object the curtallment of The sale of
Intoxicating liquors and use The
great power with which you are
clothed to prohi, il the sale of in
toxirating liquors within The bounds
of Illinois" There were .2OJ Gu,
of 1900 confined in joliet r"ncurred
IN the said petition and their rea
sons tor the enactment If such a
law was that it would reduce crime
ct least 10 per cent.
During November these three col
umns will he devoted to four live.
interesting subjects to all who ma,
read them. especially those behind
the walls:
First Subject: What the prison
ers have accomplished for humanity
in the last fifty years.
Second Subject:-Is the Indeter-
inmate Law in Minnesota beneficial
and does it meet out justice 10 all
alike who come under Its ban as in
tended 10y the orlginators of the sys
TEN?
Third Subject: How many ex.
prisoners are there in the United
States, aud what Influence do they
have on church aud slate-on the
body polite, and how long will it take
al the rate We are going to become "A
nation of ex-pris"uers?
Fourth Subject:-W What does (tn
day. Thanksgiving Day mean to the.
oue's behind the bars. and how to
observe IT? Especially here in the
StillWaier prison.
Cannot Be Zone
Can the word convict" be ex
plunged from The Eng ish language?
M! We affirm that 1t cannot, and
our reasons for This aft nation We
will SCI forth in this article brief
summary of facts. While the word
convict" I" those in prison at times
has harsh and deg radlng sound
AMI some times our irInust thoughts
rebel against the seeming slur in
the tone and way the word Is used
when applied to those of lis behind
the "aIls. Right here We want to
say that many men IN prison VIII,
are accused of cline. and are dong
time are innocent of the uffense
charged.
Pardon, if we seem To he using
or t'arad'ng ourselves 100 much IN
the limpl,ghi; bnt you must rem-n.
her thai we are a part of this prison
prop 'sltI"n; therefore, before we
entered here We Al all times puIpav