The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1915-04-01
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COMES BACK
WITH REPLY
TO WARDEN
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Senate Chamber, State of Colorado
Denver, March 26th, 1915.
Mr. Guy U. Hardy,
Editor. The Daily Record,

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Editor, The Daily Record,
Canon City Colorado.
My Dear Mr. Hardy:
/ notice in your issue of the Gath
instant, that Warden lyman has taxi
er exception to some things l said in
a recent letter to you, relative to
Pc enitentiary Deficiency Vouchers, etc.
] have no desire, and shall not, un-
der any circumstances, enter into sny
cheap newspaper controversy with
Warden lyman or any one else.
During the past two or three weeks
l have received many letters of in
ouiry from Canon City friends, aek-
irg why these vouchers were not
Icing cared for by the Auditors Of
fee. My letter to you of a few days
ago was an answer in general to
them all. Mr.. lyman in his recent
letter accuses me of mis-statement
OF facts and also that l knew that |
was mis-stating facts, for he says;
The warden did not contract this
il debtedness; it was contracted, IS
Mr.. Lines well knows. by the State
Board of Penitentiary Commission
ers upon the advice and consent of
the governor of the state"
still insist that my statements
are true and l desire at this time to
most heartily and emphatically re-
iierate them. was in the auditors
office a few days ago and l asked 10
see some Of these Penitentiary De-
ficiency Vouchers and the first. one
! picked up was the one OF the
Marksheffel Motor Company of Colo
rsdo Springs for $63.25; dating back
to July 5th, 1914, for oil, washing car,
storage, Miller Plain case. Then III
August. is an item Of storage again,
and for repairs on car, and SO on.
did not suppose that the Peniten-
tiary Board Of Commissioners had
authorized bills of this chaxacter, but
rather that they were contracted oy
the warden or at his direction.
Secondly, the Warden states Tint
this Indebtedness was contracted lp-
on the advice and consent Of the gov.
ernor of the state Governor Ammons
ss we all know, was governor at that
time. and within the past week Cover
ror Ammons assured Attorney Gene
raj Farrar and Auditor Of State Null
nix that he never authorized the
contracting Of this indebtedness.
Some one is mistaken and that some
one is either Governor Ammons or
Warden lyman.
Again. Mr.. lyman says that ns
would further state that THE attor-
Iey general had give no opinion to
the effect that these vouchers could
Eot be paid, at least he SO stated tc
me on Saturday Again some one
must be mistaken. because Attorney
General Farrar told Lieutenant Gov
ernor Lewis and myself on Thursday
last that up to that time he had no
solution to offer as to how these
vouchers could be cared for, but that
he was exhausting every resource
and would continue SO to do until
some way was found for caring for
upis Indebtedness.
In looking over these vouchers.
still further. find that SO many Of
item were for supplies bought during
the summer and early fall Of 1914.
They certainly were bought with the
full knowledge on the part Of Mr..
lyman that there we're no funds avail
able with which to pay for them.
Why did Mr.. lyman segregate this
amount of indebtedness and carry It
over into the new biennial period7
Why didn't he clean up everything
as far as his appropriation would last,
regardless Of who was Holding the
sack" and then In straightforward.
manly, above-board, way say: Here
if our condition. We have exhausted
our appropriation" and II the emer-
gency had arisen. as 1t evidently had.
Why did he not call upon the Cover
nor for his approval in the matter oil
contracting this indebtedness?
Mr.. lyman has failed to take the
readers OF your paper into his conf
dence. but simply tells US of the low
cost per man for maintenance in his
Institution.
Judging from newspaper reports. at
least, 70 be conservative. one-haif 0f
the inmates Of the State Penitentiary
are out on the road at work. and while
- engaged the entire expenses Of