The Penn's Grove record., 1923-06-01

ed the fight to amend a report pre-
rented with a 6 to l vote by a commit
ee named by the president of the fed
sration to consider changes in h by
avs. Mrs. Huse was the dissenting
member of the committee.
Battle on Taxes
Material for a message to the next
Legislature is being gathered direct
by Governor Sffzer upon the opera.
lion and management of the penal,
charitable and correctional institu-
tons of the state. By personal and
lnannounced visits the Governor has
oeen able to obtain facts he would in
40 other manner be able to collect
and he is said to have been amazed
and deeply moved by some of the
things he has discovered The uproar
In the state prison here, due in large
measure to overlapping authority ana
40 little conflict of power, not to men
ton probable jealousies, has led to a
general conclusion that some vigorous
mousse cleaning Is necessary.
1t will be possible for the Governor,
therefore, to treat the subject with in
telligence and offer remedial sugges-
tons for removing the causes of the
constantly recurring scandals.
The state prison has a board of
compensation and under executive ap-
pointment, to whose responsibility the
affairs of the institution are commit
ted. The head keeper is under the di-
rect charge of that board, although
he, too, is appointed by the Govern
or. The State Board of Control of
Institutions and Agencies, which is
supposed to have direct administra-
ton of all the institutions, is also
composed of citizens named by the
Governor and likewise serving with
out compensation. The State Com
missioner of Institutions and Agen-
Giles, another executive appointee,
functions as head of the latter body
and in this completely there has been
constant friction with such wide
spread dissatisfaction that some of
the officials have been drawn into per-
sonal encounters, with ugly charges
flying about.
That some method OF dealing with
this unhappy n confusing sfG9atoh
should be devised at any early day
has been the demand of many mem
bers Of the Legislature for years, but
the ms and outs of politics have usu-
oI1v oneroted IN nrevent definite
action. Governor Silzer holds a we'll
developed hope that the next Legis.
lature may be a little more responsive
to his suggestions than was the last
session, 10 Whfeh NE directed SO many
proposals lot measures lhleHueu u
needed REFORMS anu econo
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Conditions at State Prison
In the investigation of affairs at the
state prison, continued by the joint
committee of the State Board of Con
troll and tba nrison managers two
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timony as to the treatment OF prison
ers was conflicting and irreconcilable.
Beginning with the criticisms of the
methods of the investigators made art
the opening session bv William A
porl,aIov acting nrasidant of the
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