Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-02-27
NtRNORSCORFS
RISON WARDEN
n A STATEMENT
|lains Veto of Item in
enitentiary Appropria-
pn and Says Lax Meth
Is Are Employed.

pn and Says Lax Meth
Is Are Employed.
Zefense OF his veto Of the appro-
on, which the penitentiary cffi-
are now loudly declaring was for
mems ward, Governor Alexander,
interviewed, declared that he was
he had given his disapproval to it
describes the ward built to keep
n in as looking like a fort. At
me he vetoed the measure he did
now that the money was FOR
|n's ward for there was nothing to
Dit was to be so intended and after
served some tirne as member
& prison board and made an in
ation, he says he took the proper
He then proceeds to score the
In for neglect in making the ne
|y improvements to the ward with
lie labor he has at hand and points
|e has been careful in seeing that
I'D Il new automobile at the eX-
of the state to replace his old
Which was still good for service.
s2te's chief executive also points
n the wife of the warden drew
month as matron, all of which
expense could have gone towards
Improvement of the states penal
|ution, especially the women's
en- asked for a statement Gov
Alexander said;
What Governor Has To Say.
|u ask me about the Ross case.
oman to whom | issued a reprieVe
her day. and about the women's
/ of the Idaho state penitentiary,
bout the appropriation l vetoed
me. and what | have to say about
l have to say is that | did veto
|ppropriation. | did not know
Der it was for women's ward i'm
ment or anything else specifically,
Ence | have become a member OF
f'ison board am more than pleas
Rt l vetoed the same.
|NAay you have never visited the
fntiary and examined the Womens
Well, you ought to do 1t, and a
many people ought to, l, myself,
visited there before | was gov
BE woman's ward is located to-
the hills from the main prison. 1t
rounded by great big, high stone
A it looks like fort. For an en-
F it has great gigantic iron door,
Nhen you enter that door, YOU
kinside of tie ward, a little stone
with one room in it.
Warden's Wife Matron.
| the time | was elected governor,
entiary and the wife OF the warden
lected matron for he: al a salary
per month. to which | objected
count of its being excessive. There
oW three women inmates. two
/ and one colored, one having been
+ lr"cd this week.
ere * plenty of room for those
| women priso ers. but even If
$was not enough room in the wo-
Ward, there is no need of an APP
iation. All that would be neces-
would be to build another room or
my as they need. This building.
VERY Other building Of the insti-
is built of stone. The state owns
military; there ar, plenty of pri-
out there who cut stone. and
are pleEtN of tools to work W TIL.
stone has been cut by the prison
+ the state institution for feeble
bd children at Nampu, for bridges
Ito the penitentiary grounds and
s gone by for Morris Hill ceme-
md the main prison building BY
work the prisoners are r}ore
hfullY employed than by doing
be. so what is he sense of an APP
iation but to waste money? At
hate that is my point of view OF
mAter. All this talk of my veto
Nopriations is simply he c.Y of
Who like the fun Of spending eth
bple's money. \ half dozen build
for that matter could be erected
r renitentiary out OF the states
and with prison labor without
and at the same time help the
of the inmates.
Warden Gets New Auto.
cn lrse it takes more than stone
building. a roof. f'oo,s. doors and
bws. and hardware. Well. the state
hc has n little money without
appropriation for that. For in
in this connection, | can give
fair example.
G penitentiary owned an automo-
bout as good as the governor
ov ms, and the warden traded II
2 new s110Q machine, giving 800
BIT. | did not know that the trade
een made and new machine
ased until the bill e. me in to the
and we had to pa. it. Therefore.
enitentiary has u new $1100 ma