Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1916-11-02
PAINTER ANSWERS
PAKiIS LH.iiJ
Tells of Prison Conditions ard SHOWS
That Hadiey Deficiency LIFT
the State Financially
Embarrassed.

At a meeting OF the Democratic
State Press Association hrld in jst.
f"rsan city recently. ion. W. r.
Painter. Li"utcnanr Governor and
editor Of the Ctr.allrun Democrat.
discussed az I'nr'h N" various
'a-.. -'.' H.,.. h..r ~. 80 u
..ti.us -.at. a...~-
Tie ,e,E "f Gn.- ,...ni.r MS fan
Of nour.-r.rr food Tor thouehriul rnu
sderar,'t. ,u r1r pa.t OF the people
Il the stu. ans r,iUrrl every charge
md proved ,naciusiv,Iy 20 his Gu-
C.tors tnat o., present campaign IL
opposition go tH" Democrats is wholly
mi~rrr ..., ta-inn.
Il am no, SONG 10 make a Speech"
said Gov, rmor Painter. but | only
want jus; little while to speak
about soue matters that every news
paper man in Missouri should know.
The opposition says Missouri is
busted. Now. want 70 be perfectly
fair. admit that the revenue fund
OF Missouri i in bad shape At the
present minute because OF a deticicn-
cy left over by Governor Hadley
amounting to s476.0O0. This amount
of money belonging to the present AL
miniStration Is unavailable. 1t was
used to pay the Indebtedness of tn"
state while the Republicans We're IN
power and if We had not been forced
10 appropriate this money out OF the
earnings of this administration the
state would not owe a cent, but would
be in a position TO pay every dollar
it owes. rebuild the WarrrnshUrg
Normal School and have quite a sub
stantial balance in the state treas
my.
They are writing and saving some
thinlS about the state penIi"ntiary- |
remember at Ihe beginning OF the pen
itcntiary uCi-" a reporter cane 10 N"
and said that he had been refused
! admission to the prison and wanted
NE to see that he 70; in. / Offered
10 accompany him and see that h
WIS admitted. bGj that vas not what
he WIS after. He said that his paper
had sent him to jefferson City 10 raisc
HI
Nov, ! have been in jefferson City
more or less for years and want To
say that it is my opinion that III"
prison is trying to b" reformed by
! people who need as mach rcformin.
| as The p"nitenriary. These people ac-
;Hally don't know anything about con
ditions in the penitentiary The fact
OF the matter is there are lot Of
newspapers in Missouri that dOR'1
| like McClung: there are lot ol
newspapers that don't like this adj
miniSiratiOn, and they don't like the
Democratic party or anything it does,
so they do a lot of talking bout it
"They claim that the convIcts are
not given enough to cat, that the
! food is poor ard the meat rotten, and
Of men is one thing that | do not
: think that Warden McClunr can ever
he accused Of. for | know il there is
any one thing McCIung is "nutty"
about it is the feeding OF those pris-
oners.
Il have eaten at Uncle Sans JEFF
ferson Barracks and at the peniten-
tisry. but | would rather take a meal
at the penitentiary than at the bar
racks.
THE kitchen at the penltentiary is
cleaner than niEe-tenths of the kitch-
ems in Jefferson City or any hotel in
the state. 1t is true. at the peniten-
tiary they do not have pOrterhouse
steaks. French fried potatoes. mashed
potatoes with butter on then. but
| they have potatoes cooked good and
, wholesome
at is true that McClung is a poll
ticisn. but he has done 4 great deal
for the penitentiary. He has enlarged
the prison grounds by the construc-
ton Of stone wall around some state