The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1915-03-25
WARDEN
lyman
REPLIES ).
TO SEN 90
LINES.

Canon City Record:
must take exceptions to one OF
the statements Of Senator Matt n.
Lines. contained in your paper OF
March 20th. The statement he makes
Il that he regrets, That state off,
ciai Of the ability OF Warden lyman
should. upon hts own Initiative. con-
tract this great indebtedness for some
one else 10 take care of us best they
may" This is mis-statement and
Mr.. Lines evidently knew It was a
mis-statement, for the Warden did not
contract this Indebtedness; it was con.
traeted- as Mr. Lines well knows. BY
the State Board Of PenitentIary Com
nissioners upon the advice aud con-
sent OF the Governor OF the state.
Mr.. Lines should be cogufxaot Of
the fact. and is. that the appropria-
tion OF two years ago was insufficient
for the needs of the institution. While
the appropriation was $500. 100000 for
maintenance. sii7 100000 of this had TO
be paid out for wages alone and about
sie.ooo.oo for clothes. transportation
end money for outgoing prisoners.
making total necessary fixed and
statutory expense OF sI27 .ooo. 90. which
left only sT3.000O0 10 take care OF an
average OF 775 men for two years
and had 4, not been for our earnings
en- the ranches and sardens in pro-
ducing so much OF our own maInte-
nances. as well as our cash earnings,
cur deficit would necessarily have
been much greater. The legislative
committee. the governor. and the state
officials kncr when the appropria-
tion was made. two years ago. that
the Institution would have deneit
! believe Mr.. Lines knew this also.
because OF the fact that the legisla-
tpre cut the appropriation OF this in.
stitution until 1t was impossible to
get through on IL.
Mr.. Lines forsets 10 state in his let.
Ter that even with the deficit at this
institution. IL was run cheaper on n
rer capita basis than any other instE
tuition for adults In the state and.
while We took care Of one hundred and
forty-one additional men during the
two years. It was run as cheaply. In
eluding the deficit, as during the two
years previous. The senator also
Eeglects to state that every effort
vas made to get through tho period
with as small defcit as possible.
Senator Lines knows perfectly
well that II was not possible to close
up the penitentiary or TO turn the
prisoners loose. Furthermore, he
knows that the penitentiary commits
sioners and the governor did the only
thing possible TO do under the circum-
stances.
In Mr. Lines letter, he has a great
deal TO say about law passed two
years ago, which did not permit OF
any Indebtedness being contracted
by heads Of institutions. but ! note
that he says nothing about law that
vas passed by the present iegisla.
ture to pay this Indebtedness. have
on my desk copy Of this act. which
reads as follows:
AN ACT
HOUSE BILL NO. 10
ny Mr.. COLGATE.
TO PROVIDE FOR THE PAYMENT
OF PART OF THD EXPENSES OF
THE MAINTENANCE. SUPPORT
AND INCIDENTAL EXPENSES OF
THE PENirENTiARY FOR THE
YEARS 1915 AND 1915, TO PRO
VIDE FOR A PORTION OF THE
SALARY AND EXPENSE OF THE
STATE PAROLE OFFICER FOR
THE SAME PERIOD. TO PROVIDE
FOR THE DEFICIT CREATED IN
THE PERIOD OF 1919 AND 1914.
CAUSED by INSUFFICIENT AP-
PROPRIATIoN.
Pc it Enacted By the General Assem-
bly, Of the state oe Colorado;
APPROPRIATION
SECTION 1. Thsk tAsss 4 hereby
appropriated out Of any moneyS IN
the Etats Treasury. not otherwise ap-
rropriated. ka pert payment q he
expsase pf the Dtas> nonltpntlAry los
ths m6intenanto. prpnoet "A IA.
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