Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 24, Number 29, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 March 1875 — Page 1

fie

fir raj

VOL, XXIV-NQ 29.

SHULEirS SHAÜE, TOr- DIRECTORS SHARE IT. T-c-m TT-fT!? RTEP DOWN. ETC. JJiJX A m m mm m m - 1 X.'iE PRISON SOUTH. Gi'oss Mismanagement MALFEASANCE IN OFFICE. ! inn MAJOBTIT Or THE SUB-COMMITTEK )3f P,, RJUTH p.eport-ssaechino ksvov or the: testimony takex recommVD AT TIIEKE BG A CHAOE OF MAS AO EM EST. Ti e joint sob-committee appointed to take te-'icaoriy in tte matter ol grave charges-, aflectio the manacement or iuo ai;.xs vi the State Pris on South, h3 prepared the fo'livrics report: 3.5:.1Riw:t: The majority of the Joint eudCOT.imlttee appointed to investigate the affairs the condition TOdUately proceeuea to rAinm.. o uVa prl, which was found tobe ordinarily tv l but there is room fjr Improvement in tho SSS Ä and sanitary arrangements, muca .discipline ana saniiarj l TrIOtt? lilt Ii OCllif IUll 1IU 111 ctuu - l and yards than could be from n" xnav.in part at oa J'"" moriHlity w me J nnnn e The next fin U BUCUCnJlUr i 7 , I devoted to Tarn nauon oi lue i ucu o i the n.vestlgation ine comium w -""'"vconaeeTcompöi öf Messrs. ,eUer, Bellow. - -v iTKiianoTM. V nuuer' uniiJ.'

Äbmltlhe totowl report: curcomml

. . i . lur iinvi 111

i and Lemper, of the House of Kepresentatt ves, and J mm" Friedley, Johnson and llowa d, of the Kannte! was appointed to continue the investiga

tsenate, was appol tion, and returned to JeUersonville on the V.: j hör tlma nntllthe ?d inst.. 2-ith Inst., was UU., aim iron. - ---- - . w of inepnson and about fifty witnesses wen ' fxam-int-d and.wlule tue ume l,""u " v.t rr.t. Ktitticient to enable the Smmitt to complete tne luvest ion rr m ä vm it . thorocah as could be desired, yet much evidence and Information in reri:" V th condition of tho af;!f. " k- vin -or obtained. Iu some instances through the evident disposition ,...,,nau.i icvesl this whole truth, nit delav was occasioned, and move witnesses wore reo aired to be summoned than wou'd herwise have been necessarj. This wm part iculjirly to viihsomeof the officers and employes of the nAtoWv of whom were A.L. Mnnson, 'n., a f i.nk. ilenDtv warden, ami patvt- MMon.v. Piiard. It is amatter 01 ertat recrel . cXuld not beobtained.he belüg too 111 tocome f.-. committee, but with all the disadjer, bef( var'fewith which itnad to contend, the labors,? the coruraUUe were successful in discoveriim frauds and peculations. useless was'esof munev. and criminal misanpropria;lons of the pWrtV of he state. Ihls Ins continued czL...u administration of the prefent wardeu ; but it has been much greater in the last thrVe Te-M than previously. They have not beeti coulued to the warden, nut nave oceo .V.i" in h rtirpcrr.rs. warden, deputy warJ. .? in,im-inr and others, as wi.l be " ,.iw.ni .rir iown hereartt?r. Your com .o,ria howwtih. the oral testimony lake.., which, tot-ether with the vouchers and books of theprUonaretne Dasisoi iu iv.. h Wnnl: bat tne vouchers and books are the principal sources of the Informa tion obtained, ami cenainiy musk uc ...t ottim.,tii.a !Tiinst thoKe who made and and had the custody of them. tol. lAwrence wi. Kwma virdra Jsnuary 1. laxt, anu hi first official act was rviirrnnRHUn EXPESDITDBE OF THE . m state's money. On the Slit of December, ore day before he ki, warden, he drew on the state treasurer in favor of llall, Sample & Co. for 32,235 08, to pay for certain extensions to their shops in the prison. These had been made by Hall, Sample & Co.,under a verbal agreement with Col. Merrl .ih;r i Vit. shnler's nrtdecesor.that at the ex nirationof their contract, which would be in laTl or l!7A the state would pay for them at a lndit.s furnaces and fixtures. Col. JSbul r had uorighfc to pay for them two or three ver befoie tbe lima agreeu on, wium ii .tatr,l Janunrv 1. 1k). but It Inconclusively .hfittn ihotit irasmsilaDeceniber 31, ltiS. i., v . i.i-n an r l.v'.i. ('!. Mhuier aarini drew oa the flare treasury for 3J5t0. -o appropria tion inrth n of the Drlsou for lboSJ was made ;h tho ipFlitnre until April 21), 18 Ä. at the i'ioi KtKinn. These diatts. aazresatinz $4.73 OS, were paid from the appropriation for nH nhli-h h ,d uot been needed or used by ivi ' Morriwpihpr durluz that year, but which should have been covered Into the treasury is not being required for tne purpose oi iu i piu r.r,oM,vi. O iAoril 29. IS k. the- legislature ap prcpriated VOO for tha nso of the pi ison for the j-ear l;tf and doubtless it was intended that it FllOllill U"3 all Uitu v. rf ,m onir snlni kDDrüDriaUoa for that year ;JBat Cni. Shuler charges nimself with reee-ivlng fmm Iii tat treasury for that year $7,öoö, and does not in anv way aooount for the fA'-sij OS whh wan drawn In favor of Hall, tiample & iv. and ivrvusihiv the fact that It was drawn wittinut u.mhoritv accounts for the other facts that he does not account lor it. Thpredeces vsorso- Col. Shuler were allowed about Hi per annum to pay for the trouble oi euterxainifg visitors: they were permitted to have the offa; Änfi K on from the prison kitchen, and the use .f th warden's house and premises free of rent, These, except the house ainl premises, were, to say the ieast, of doubtful legality or propriety when It Is remembered that the law governing the piison provides that no officer snail receive .anv aiinwance or eomrisation for the services .except his salary fixed by law; but as it has been a.preredent of ing coutinuance, your committte will conceed hi right to receive them without any fraudulent intent. But the recerttou of any more than those, must be taken to have Deen fraodaleiit and illegal because .doJi.-without.any sancuon of law or piec-eaenr, .v.l Khuler has received for enter taining visitors 2"0 per annum, for four yeirs, and per annum for tho othex two years which lie has been warden; alo Suitor losses sustained, dui now or witen .caB cot be ascertained. Ha ha obtained supplies and proviiOLts for the use of his famüy and a large nuraker of hoarders irom the stores be.oi-sing to the st.te: he Las iod the forage xf tle tiaie to Teed hi hör., innles, cattle, hoi;s Ami Ji-r; be liiu: uten the brick, tono, lum ber sud oilier DiSrlaJs beloDging t3the state to bni;d house on hi ground and private account. liftrnor wh.1 i-li tause were bunt irom a.icn ma:rijis: h has Bund the labor of a large num , toer ci convlcta in tlw erection otf houss, riliing iop 's, radirif streets, aUeys and wa;k.s,dI:giDg itrns. luakin Jejice , taking care of tils MacUandas famby servants: be has had lias 1 horses shod at the state blackwalth ehon; fee Via hni a home and hur?. saddle borse4?nd car riage and a pair of horses ftv the use of himself ana laxnuy; De aa appropi -iaiu i3 tail.-r nftwovMAnd fcheo vlaushtered for the ns of the nriLon: he haa furi-hei hi hon ia XOT . XAOSIFICÄST STTLB throcghout with very costly furniture, rpets, lambrequlni, eartalM an d eJilrxa ware; he has erected a green house and filled ft with the rar- ; est plant, flowers and exotics; he has erected a ; water fountain and deer park; knpplied hlm.self with costly flower vases and poU; t"rn down a goI and conintodious stable, bk'm and carriage house, to mak room lot his green house and improve the beauty or his yard and flower garden; he iiaa erected atab f barn and outhouses seven times as Uiva as the state required, in order to accommoja 'e hti own horses, mules, hog. sleep and beef aid blooJed cattU?; he has receiv. lr-00 i per E.ntum for tnree years, under a contract with th1 Houthwestern Car Company, to clear j away the debris and rubblhh from the company - fchop8, nsui? mereior a team ownea oy nie -driven by a' man hired by the state: he ha recelved 4J-0 .r annum for three years und?." a contract witk' the same company for haulin inaterials frot.1 the company s lumber yard t the shops, usinfcT therefor a mule belonging to the state, driven by a convict, and trucks owned, by the car company ; he has purchased cattle for ths ue of the priso n on his private account, sold them to himself as vrarden, taking a voucher to himself for his pay wnnont ascertaialcg the

J . .s -..,1 w .mininlnff fill rifclr I

anv vaiuauoa, uu m-""; '"""e , , V I nr 1 . .w kIM n uril Irhtl nff 1 PI

or fire, wear ana Tearoi iuc uuuuiu ouu .oiu6 . c ii ni,t omnnnt rf monv without deduc- I .

tlon for lnieret-i. 1111 mu mt-.i .

. i . A . k. , li rfiii.ha fait'1

welzht, only guessing what they were worth, when. It the amount guessed w itoo large, it wonla be to his advantage. This would ae3m to Ik; a severe arraignment oi Col. Bhuler, but it contains the frets, which are fully sustained ty the evidcnc. i',ithti.!!h fnreeoinsr there has been other

frauds and mbta expropriations oi me mour j property of the state which did not inureto the L .. r,.thJ,,or.iSn a t Mnnton. director.

UJIV 111 I U-J " a - - reMivPii from tne warnen iio. eAuw'" ,1 rr ia or.i fnr stiondine a nrison con ....tir'ini.-n v um. nother director. Is .nrriih 'o'iarra nf flour to the prison purchased at an exceedingly high price, at a time f the year when flour Is always the highem, and the amountof this lot was entirely too i j roc hoin mr.ro thn nufrleient to lt until n-vinni Ttnuiii mm Into the marke'. John Kirk, the otner uirecu, "-; -y coHneced with the purchase oi a when theetalehad moie noises inu n '"""v. and wfcen a horse costins V2t 1" answered all the purposes for which that one v,o hnon ni John W.öulllvan, the moral Instructor.receivedSaxiror gress at London, trRiauu, uu .C"Y'Zr,tZ another at sr. Lcuis. A. JI. Luke, the deputy warden, has bad Ills cows iea i iue from state forage. In IS!2 E. II. Ureen and Michael Whalen, two of the guards became candidates for offices, the one for state sens tor .ana th other for hhertrr of Clark county, and both were absent from their duties more iuu u nnih. .-ut iv.i luorfbn noirl hoth their sala?4nu fnr fia tima ihev were absent, at the rateoi sixty dollars each per month, lour committee could not ascertain the value of all these ILLEGAL AND FRAUDULENT USES, acd misappropriations of the money and prop erty of the state, or what the state has actually lost thereby, but is enabled to approximate very nonrlv to what is the valne and loss, me mnnnt, ora the following figures inv. v v will Fhow. the correctness of most of which is susceptible of demonstration. They only con. i,.. ,hih hv not been received -uvw ' oraflflOrlV nv oiner waiueu nun mvn uu tv w-..,, Allowances for entertaining visltors, 'certain) 1,450 00 Allowance for lrses tcertiun) - 200 00 Horse and bugy (cerUlu) CarrlnKe (certain) Two horses for carrisge (certain )........ Saddle horse (certain)...... ,v 6f 0 W . &05 (i0 175 CO Lrick, stone and material from o.u ceu h(im. nnnroximatrdl ................... 1' X 00 ririck; from wall 25x30i2J feet (approxl150 00 Urlclt and material from old ttore house (approximated) 125 K CO I umber and material from warehouse Ccei tain ) - Brick and stone from old store nouse (certain) im to 750 00 500 00 2,100 00 3,000 00 10 0) 1,000 00 130 CO W0 CO 2.40J CO 3,0)0 CO 1.SO0 00 Convict labor building 1j houses (approximated) . - Convict labor tilling ponds, grading, etc. (approximated) Convicts takinjr care of stock 8ii years isnrrml mal, f 1 1 Supplies, provision etc , for family and boaratra acpro.timaituj - Horn shoeing at state black snath gaup lanrroxlmated) Gn enhouM plants, flowers, vases, pots, etc. (certain) ........ RoraovinR table to make room lor green-house (ipprosimateai - Esten-Ions to stables and barns, etc. (approximated). ........... Cot of feeding his horses and mu'.es (approximated) Cost of feeding cattle, hogs and Bheep (approximat: d) . Gardeners to cultivate flowers (approxlmntrd) tlliliuinlinn Irnni lwf c.-ittle and sheeD (aDoroximattdi - iJßu w Tallow and grease irom came aaa sueep fcortalD)- - 3,300 00 Coutracts with car company three years (cerialn) Amount paid to Munson (ceilain)...... 5.K0 00 103 tO 21J 00 125 CO Amount paid t:-.u;nvan (ceriain) Amount excess paid for horsa to Kirk (certst a) Amount paid to Ureen t Whalen (cer300 CO ?,6li9 00 1,341 62 171 00 Amount paid for furnilnre (certain) Amount paid for carpets, etc. (certain) Amount paid ror china ware (certain) Matin In the affSTresate on those items .J35.112 62 which should have been saved to the state. It will be borno in mind that all those expendi tures (Illegal and unnecessary as they were) were made at times when the prison was in aeoi. and the gua'ds and employes in great need of and begging for their Sülarles, the prison being almost always in arrears wit n mem; dui meir appeals wer unheeded by the warden aud directors. The amount of 521,557 is reported by col fenuier to be the expenditures of the repairs of the ison for 171. It will not be forgotten that e reports Si7,0C0 as being tho amount useü in lesame nay in is3. lour comniuiee nas buv succeeded In ascertaining how this very large sum was expended in ltwl.and.for want or time, did not attempt to ascertain that for J873. The officers of the prl&ou, when examined on the subject, tpoke generally of IMPROVEMENTS IN THE WARDEN'S HQUSE, blacksmith shops, foundry, and the erection of steam and washing apparatus, and repairs or streets near the prison. No new shops or build ings have been erected in the prison. No ex tensive repalrä of any kind have been put on any of the buildings, or any considerable expenditure made on any one place about the prison, and the way the books have been kept It is impossible to ltemire all the expenditures. but the committee viewea tne places wnere tue improvements are said to have been made, and think they should not bave cost more than SVAO, and more than half of those were for the converts, conveniences and pleasure of the warden and his family. The streets which were repaired are part of the town of Clarksville, and it was not Incumbent on the officers of the prison to repair tbem. That In the front of the prison is used by the contractor and all others having businecsat tne prison 'and has been so ever since the prison wasrected, but this Is the first time the warden has ever claimed credit for any such repair. That at the rear of the prison was never used by them having business at the prison, and was urrauestlonably repaired be cause Col. bhuler wanted the earth taken from it to fill a pond of his which was near by. But those repairs should not have cost the state more than IMJO iu money, tha labor having al most all Ben done by convicts and teams De longlügto the state. Col. whuler's report for lsti'J ao ws that the prison was within a few hundred dollars of being self-wistalning 'hat year, when Vie average receipts for convict labor was forty lour cents per day for each convict employei on the contract la lf.3 and lsi 1 tne receipts lor con vict labor was sixty cents per dsy for eacli con vlct employed on contracts. The difference in the amounts received for convict labor Jn and 1S73 and lfTl on the averaga number of cen victs employed on contracts Is about $14,j0 per RUHtini u lavor of the last year. Vet in 173 the deficit in paring the expenses of the prison was verv large, and in 171 sauch larger, amounting to it5,l'Jl. Now take the deficit lor 1874, tl!$,l!H, kJ-i -to that the greater amount,, received in 174, for convict laijor. ( U.ooO.-and again add to that the amount appropriated by the leglsla ture for tb"5 -use of the prison .fr that Year. S7.00 . a-'id we bave the turn of C;r7,t:il as bekiir the acnonnt, according to Col. bkuler's report, which the prison lacked of being peif-sibitaintngln 1S74. Or in other words, it has cost the stale more thsn -S WtM to OKtain tne prUon in lb7t thanlt Ikl in 1-StKJ. But the evldenoo shows that inOead of tba deficit In is: belDz S.0.1UL it was really $19,42, and in fitead of the cost f sustaining the prison iu 1S74 over that or loov tving aoout ,ju. u- was actually more than i;n'.7uu. These figures show euor uous mlMJsesof the state s money and property, and a most criminal abuse by Uue offieers of the prisÄJi of the confidence reposod in them bribe state. Anoter tact presented by an ex aroinatloa of Col. tihuler annual report Is that they elearly show that the labor of the convicts, taken by him for his private purpo ses! is a direct and VERY GBEAT XOSS TO THE STATE. Ia the number of convicts working lor the contraeton, excluding tne niteeu women not employed cn contracts, was 8S per cent, of the whole number of the con victs; in 1S73, It was 79 rr cent, of the whole number; and in 1874 It was 81 per cent, of the whole number, being VAver cent, more em ployed in lbü3 than in 1&73, and .5 per cent more than in 1871. That h)t, per cent. xf the convicts would be an average of at least sivteen per day. Making a total in dollars which the warden ias kept from the state by having v he convicts employed for hlmstli, instead of by the.- contractors, in 1S71, of At least $.j,00k and a much larger amount t.t 1S72. As a natter of course it is assumed in th cal

ItflANAPOLIS, TUESDAY

culations that the same number of convicts is employed each year In the kitchen, cell-house. wah-nouse, nospitai, etc, oi tue pnsuu, i.u necessarily not employed on the contracts. The warden's reports hIiow most remark ble diflVrencesln the various years In the accounts for "fuel and lights." In lft9 the expenditure on thl acount wa f 1.991 fS; in 1S70, 1:1.21 ai: in 1871. S3 29 : in 1S7J, J32JK1 38; In 1S73, tfttt 8.1. and in l.74. 8ilt7 21. Tnere Is no reason why ucu differences as these Fhou'.d exist, h'ire ard llihtswcre in all those years required in the same liases, and there is no' apparent reason ! why!nlS70the cost of fuel and flRhts should have been 11,257 more than in in 1S71.116o7 99 more than in lSiH; in 1872, 11,-' umore than in lstiS: In 187:1 12.607 Hi more than in 1SC9: and In 1874. 1155 91 only more than in lsuo. Kince 1Ö72 the rate he hs paid for gas has been 18 per cent, less than 1SÜ9, and the fluctuations in the price of coal have not been 6umcient to occasion any very great variation in the amounts which would be paid each year for that article. Besides the warden has put tne state to very great expense In erecting steam cooking, heating and washing apparatus, for the reason, as he claimed, that they would be the means of saving laree quantities of fuel ; and yet after all Ihe-e expenditures and improvements have been made. tne tuet anu ugnt account una on j vnr teen rreater than in 169, in 1873 being more than 100 per cent, greater, and for the five vears since I80. aggregating tne sum of fö,U 07. "These differences could not possibly have been the result of fluctuations in prices, and can not be accounted lor on any principles of economical expendltui e and use of the state's money. Another astonUhlng and unnecessary expenditure of the state's money is in the item of ATTORNEYS FEES AND COURT COSTS and expenses from 1S59 to 18G9. The amount paid bv the warden for such Items was 5910, and from January 1st, 186), to December 15th, 1874, the amount has been 83.CS1 65, without consider ing the amounts to.be paid to Ilouk A Tuley and .Tamps TC. Marsh, as hereinafter detailed. A very Jarge proportion of the payments were mnria without t he least shadow of leeulity, and mast be considered a wanton waste of the funds ofthepri30n. The vouchers to llouk-ä luiey, mnnntlni! tr 1 K" ( . was mincioallv mails In an action of Howard Head vs. the Auditor of fctate. in which the state was the real party, and )ia nfUnc-ra nf tha nrlon mflv have been Person al Interested, and for Ihe defense of that In terest ihouia nave usea tneir privi- iuuo hnt nfflriiliv thev were not concerned, or par ties, and bad no right to pr fees with the mon.irnf thrwnili. The sum of ?iU WR exnnnriiHl lo pav the expenses in an action of Piatt vs. Kirk, in which the question or which u-na ntitid u he a director of the orison was determined. The action concerned only those two involved more private than public rights and interests and it was beyond the legitimate nwpn or dr.iles of the airec.ors and warden to pay the .expenses oi tneir HrlmUr.ii 1 -i Mav. 1874. some pimvicts attemDted to escape and killed one of the guards. It was but right that they should De piTKccuted ana pnnisnea, ana nwuuiu wm) t,it,nh:p that, the prosecuting attorney of the criminal court shonld be assisted by some one of ability, t'ou Whiler and uirector Mansou bay the governor and attorney-general were consulted and advised the employment of O. W hinriiov ti Ii! In the proseculion. wnicn was rmmr: but in addition lo his services those of Hovk t Tuley and Jas. K. Marsh have teen em ployed in the prosecution. FRI2DLEY DAS BEEN PAID M00 00 for his services, and it is reasonaoie to .vsume that the firm of Houk & Tuley, and Mr. Marsh will each expect equal amounts for their services, which will make the sum of U.S00 ex pended by the prison in the prosecution, which Is a much larger sum than was advisable or necessary, acd J7J of it has certainly been, cr will b?, a needless waste. The other fees paid to Ilouk & Tuley were, to say the least, exorbitant charges lor the services performed. The dobts ot the prison have lnereased astonishingly since the I&tli of December, 1874, the date of Col. Shuler's last report. According to his report they then amounted to S:o,l!)l 00 which must be considered extraordinarily large, and is without precedent in the history of the prison, when no more than the usual repairs and expenses have been Incurred. But the evidence of tho prison clerk shows tnat the debts at that time really were as much as f 19,K)2l0aDd possibly pre iter than that. A statement of the debts at the 1st of February, 1875, was required to be furnished by the c:erk, end that shows that the debts of the prison at that date amounted to the enormous sum of foti,!W3 Ci. Geo. B. Cooper, an architect, wan employed to superintend improve ments and repairs in the prison, at an expense of Sl.lSS 0t, which was entirely unnecessary. The work w hich he planned could have been laid oirand executed Dy any ORDINARY MECHANIC, it being anything but complicated, and within the comprehension of any one of medium capacity, and requiring no extra mechanic?J skill in ita execution. The payments made to Munsoa, tha director, and SulHvan, tho moral instructor, were entirely illegal, anu must nave neea known to them to be so. Munson pays the payre ent of f 115 was not made for official services; gives no lurther explanation oi the matter, and did not regard the practice as being very rare or verv wrong. Sullivan says he took $210 Lecause it was given to him. He knew the money was not rightfully the directors' and warden's to give; knew that it came from funds belonging to the state; knew that to take it from the purpose for which the state designed it was Illegal, and knew that it was nesded for the purpose for which the lav designed it, but with all this knowledge, he took that to which he had no right from persons to whom it did not belong, excluding thsrightsof others who were entitled toi', and usei it lorpurposes of personil gratification. AN EXCESSIVE SHOW OF VIRTUE is always a circumstance creating a suspicion of dishonesty In the minds of even ordinarily shrewd men. It will be observed that your committee has given Col. Bhuler more prominence than the directors when alluding to the frauds, peculations, wastes and misappropria tions in the administrations of the affairs of tne prison; but this has only resulted from the fact that he was the executive officer and in that way directly connected with all of them. In a few Instances he acted under the orders of the board of directors, and In all, if they performed their duties, as required by law, Id the examinations of his accounts, and generally lookiDe after the business of the prison, th-y must, have been present and couseutf d to his acts. Hut in ail cases where the ac:s were illegal, it can not be said that the consent or order of the directors relieved the warden of responsibility, as he would then be a participant with them, and they with him, In such illegal transactions. When the act was illegal, he should have refused to execute their orders, and they should have refused to approve his doings, lleace, the conclusion is lnevitab e, that in all theo frauds, peculations, and misuses of the state's money and property from January 1, 18tiO, until the present time, the directors ana warden have been equally guilty of violations of the public trust, and regardless of thetr ollicial duties ana re sponsibilities. But, in many lcstances, the directors and other officers have participated with him in the results of these Illegal acts, and sometimes reaped all the beneöts arisirg therefrom, aud in all such their criminality equals or exceeds his! Whenever public trusts are vio lated, and public servants shown to have been unfaithful and no worthy of the confidence of the people, they should be exposed and visited with the righteous, condemning Judgments of those saving tne supervision or their acts and representing the people, who are always affected ana interested, ana tueir juagmentsuouia be "A8 certain as death, and as relentless as the grave," for otherwise there weald be no security tar the people, and the faithless conduct of their servants would re suit In taxing them beyond their ability to pay, and render them miserable only to benefit those who are preying and fattenlas on their hard earned acquisitions. Huch, It Ishown, has been the faithlessness of the officers of the Indiana 8mte Prison South, and your cr mmittee does not hesitate to laviie the aid of the s'rongaitn of ttofs legislature In ousting all of them from their positiorw of honot , trust and much profit, which they have fo shamefully abused, and replace them w Ith otLers, who, it is hoped, will bj umre faithful. Yoar committee most respectfully and earnestly present th following recommendation: First, that A. Lw Munson, director, L. a. fShuler, warden, A. M. Luke, deputy warden, and John VV. Kuliivan. mora? instructor, be removed from their respective ofUces. Second, that an appropriation sufllc'ent to relieve the prison of ihs present indebtedness be made. Third, that the salaries of the warden sod deputy warden be in -creased and they deprived of all allowances or peruuisitea of every kind. Fourth, that such

MAltCft 9 1375.

legal process b3 retorted to as ths.ll be necessary" to recover from any and all of those officers all Of their fraudulent and Illegal appropriations and peculations from the money and property of used. (Signed) Maiilox Heller. Ctarn Joint gub-Cctn. F. t Johnsox, Tllf s. s. Bklluws, D. It. Leefek. XPLANATORY. In subscribing my name to this report,! would state that I do not fully Indorse all that is said therein ; but I am entirely convinced, from the evidence taken before the committee, that there has been gross mismanagement In the affilrs of the prison, and misappropriations of the funds of the state, and that the public Interests de mand an entire change in the responsible omcersof the institution. I therefore heartily concur in the recommendation that such change be made. u. lt. Uüeper. SIGNED LAWS. the legislature's work. Up to Saturday night Gov. Hondricka had signed the following bills: SENATE. Senate bill Ko. 33. An act appropriating $123,000 to defray expenses of the 49th sestkm oi the general assembly. Approved January 13. f Senate bill 2io. 1. Memorializing congress to grant pensions to veterans of the Mexi can war. Approved January zo. Senate bill No. 3. T o make temporary provision for, public printing. Approved January 2-5. . No. i FixiDg the time of holding circuit courts and length of terra in the counties ol the thirtieth judicial circuit, declaring an emergency. Approved January 30. No. 6S. Amendatory ari l supplemental to "An act providing for voluntary assignments of real and personal property iu trust for the benefit ol creditors, and regulating the mode of administering the same. Approved February 1. No. 25 Fixing time of holding courts in the 31th judicial circuit. . ApproTed February 2. No. 115. Providing for sale of property held in trust. Approved February 4. No. 191. Amending section 51 ol an act dividing the state into judicial circuits, fixing time cf holding courts therein, abolishing the court ol common pleas and transferring it3 business to circuit courts, and providing for the election of judges and prosecuting attorneys. Approved February 19. So. 32. Lunitingappolntmonttoofnca in prisons and benevolent institutions of the state. Approved February 25. 2o. 130. AmotiGing section 54 ol "An act to revise, simplify, and abridjio the rulss. practica, pleadings, and forms In civil casus ia the courts of the state, etc, approved Jun? is, 1&0-5. Approved h ebruary 'si. No. 10(5. Authorizing incorporated towns to nf gotiate bonds to r-rocure means to ccmDlete unfinished buildings for public purposes, and authorizing a special tax levy Jor tne payment oi the same. Approved Febril ary 25. No. 121. Amending an act providing for the election and prescribing tho duties of county surveyors. Approved February 25. No. 137. Concerning the practice in cases appealed to tho Circuit Court. Approved February 2u. No. 157. Amending section 153 of "an act to provide for a general system of common school?." March 6, 1805. Approved Febru ary 25. No. 155. Supplemental to an act concern ing the organization and perpetuity of vol untary associations, approved FeDTtrary 12, 1855, repealing each act repealed by said act, etc. Providing for the support of orphan children, and that no distinction be made on account cl nationality, sex, color or reli gious belief of such orphan or parents. Approved February 2G. No. 230. Amending section 12 of an act providing for voluntary assienments. etc.. approved March 5, 1S59. Approved February 28. No. 21. Prohibiting the sale, sift or barturing or deadlj' weapons or amunitian to minors. No. 304. Amending section 5 of an act regulating the adoption of heirs. Approved February 27. no use. No. 4G. Authorizing the United States to secure titles to land by condemnation. Approved January 29. , No. 232. Amending section 60 of the act ol 1873, dividing the state into circuits lor judicial purpose.-?, aLfclishing the court of common pleas aud transferring Its business to the circuit courts, and providing lor the election ol judges and prosecuting attor neys. Approved January 29. No 182. Amending sections 272 and 273 of the act of 1872, to provide for the uniform assessment of property, and far the collection and return or taxes th9reon. Approved February (5. No. 3. Joint resolution of rezret for the death of the Hon. M. B. Hopkins. Ad proved February 10. No. 3. Amending sections 102, 107, 108 and 125, aud repealing section 176 of the act oi isTi in regard to assessment of property i I, . - . , . anu collection oi taxes. -Approved Jt eo ruary 11. No. 305. Authorizing boards of commis sioners of various counties to negotiate bonds for the completion of public buildings and providing tor a special tax to pay the same. Approved February 12. No. 213. Legalizing the tax for 1874 of An burn, Da Kalb county, and the proceedings ui mo piupcr uiuwrs in relation toereto ana empowering them to collect said taxes. Ap proved February 10. No. 190. Amending the act of 1859 in regard to collection ot tolls on gravel and other roads, and providing for tho forleiture of their charters in certain ca&es. Approved r euruary z-j. No. 128. Repealing section 55 of the een eral banking act of 1835, and providing for turning into the general fund cartain funds therein named. Approved February 27, No. 2o0. To ascertain the boundary line iifiwwu inuiana ana iventucEv, near Kvaosville. and making the same evidence, Approved February 27. No. 207. Providing for tha inclosing o land subject to overtlow. AoDrovei-March 1 No. 220. Providing for the incorporation of companies for the purpose of constructing Driagoa over streams iorming part of the boundary lino of the state. Approved ai arcn pio. mh. ueganzmg in record and acknowledgment of deeds and mortgages uereioiure rworaeu, wnere tne ocicui char acter of the officers were not properly certiaeu to, ano authorizing such records to be read in evidence, etc. Approved March 4 No. 129. Amending the act incorporating tue luunaa r ire ana Jiarme insurance Uo, Approved March 5. No. 275. Amending the act of 1S73, divid mg tho state Into j'idrcial districts, fixing num or noiaing couris, aDonsninz the court ot common pleas and providing for the election of judges and prosecuting attorneys, creating the 39th judicial cireuit, and providing lor the appointment of .a Judge therein. Approved March 5. No. 200. Legalizing the extension of nlanfc and other roads beyond the terminal points named la their articles of association, authorizing the collection of tolls, and providing for tht inspection of such roads. AdJVo.224. Fixing the time of holding courts

In the counties comprising the 35th judicial circuit. Approved March 5. No. 153. Legalizing the acts of the ircor-

pora-.ioa ox Portland, Jay county, and each and every official act of the boards of trustees and the efflcors of eaij boards under the act of 1853, for the incorporation of Iovtls. Approved March 6. WATCHED AND CANED. THE SPEAKER AND D001MIEEPER. FRES EST AT ION TO MESSRS. TURP1E AND LEWMAN AN ABLE REVIEW OF THE LEGISLATIVE SITUATION 1N CONNECTION T1IEREWITH. Preliminary to tho caucus proceedings in the House yesterday atternoon, the Hon. John S. Davis called Speaker Turpie from the lobby, where he was quieting his neives with a mild cigar, and surprised him with a short speech something like the following: Jndge Turpie, sixty days ago we met in this hall strangers to each other, and many of us unused to legislation. We organized by calling you to the discharge of the onerous duties of speaker. I can truly Ray, that in all my legislative experience, I have never seen a body manifest more honest and intense desire to advance the substantial interests of this state than has been evinced during the session of the House, now about to be brought to a close. True, there have not been those results that many of us desire, but we feel that tho fault la cot at cur door. In the discharge ot your duty, sir, as speaker, at all timaa arduous, it became doably so when you had to preside over a bodv composed mainly of gentlemen who tad never been in a legislative body bofore unused to the rules and regulations that govern legislative bodies it required, perhaps, a little mor9 strictness and rigid enforcement of the rules of the Houso on your Eart that would have been required had it een otherwise. But I can eay t9 you, and I think speak truthfully, and perhaps, I have served as long as any man in the legislature, that BETTER 0KDES AVAS NEVER PRESERVED than has prevailed in the House during our deliberations. To you more than any other nfan is the credit due. Applause. Judge Turpie, we feel that you have performed your duty well, and as we are about to cl3se this regular session of tbe legislature we feel that wo could not take a last leave of you without not only saying to 3'ou that, you bave faithfully performed your duty, but by presenting yon some slight testimonial of our esteem, "which tbe gentleman from Allen will now present you. Great applause. Air. Horn then came forward aud said: Mr. Speaker, in respect; to the cart vou have taken in conducting the affairs of tho IIou?e we tender you our sincere thanks, hoping to meet you again at some time in the future. Apolanse.l As he concluded his remarks Mr. Horn handed the speaker an elegant gold watch and chain, of McLene Sc Northun's best, a fctamwinder with chronometer balance, open face and full jeweled. It was inscribed THE SPEAKER SAID: insde the case: "Hon. David Turpie, from democratic members of the House of Representatives, session of 1875." In acknowl edging receipt of the testimonial.the speaker said: uent lernen, l am deeply touched with this marK or your respect and confidence - Lava cu pied a position which has subjected me to much criticism both by friends and enemies. I bad no idea that mv IAUU3 WOUld D3 SO A - 111 " FREELY FORGOTTEN AND FORGIVEN. I shall cherish this very precious token of your friendship, your kindness and your partiality. I regret, with the gentleman irom ioya iaix. uavisi, mai the re -- m B-v . v . a sults of the regular session of the assembly should not have been all we expected of them. But wherever the responsibility mav be, I think the impartial public will come lo no other conclusion than that it can not rest npen the democratic majority of the House. Applause. I therefore advise our friends to stand Dy that minority. Every measure of importance, especially every measure necessary to carry on tbe operation of the government of this state. were presented to the members of the House at the usuai time, and weresent to the other body. But the majority ot that body, not our menus, saw nt to dally post pone and finally defeat those measures. The revenue bill, the appropria tion bills, the fee and salary bills, and me temperance diu died in thefcenate. They died thrd by the action of the political majority or that body, I hey killed each measure, we have a maioritv here in the tiouse -a living, active, genuine maioritv: it is a majority fresh from the people; it is a major.ty which tai its outgrowth in the most odious apportionment bill ever ioisted upon a state. It is a majority representative of that maxim that truth democratic truth "crushed to the earth will ri3e again." Even after the state had been districted 15,000 or 20,000 against us we bave a large working maj?rity of the real representatives of the people on tne noor. ureai applause. it is trne that the other party, has a majority In the other branch, but that majority does not come fresh from the people. A great many of them are senators holding over without constituents behind them, POLITICAL GHOSTS floating about grave-yards the people made last October for their benefit. Laughter and applause. Lst us have one more election, one more wave ot the popular will, and these wandering spirits will depart and sink into their last rest and repose. (Applause.) Gentlemen, I shall cherish thij little memento you have given me a? one of tbe m:st precious ol my life. It' shall be my daily companion, a daily reminder or your friendship and partiality. (Loud applause.) When the speaker had concluded his remarks and resumed his seat, Mr. Carlton, first assistant doorkeeper, called Mr. Lewman out and "surprised" him with a speech and something more substantial. Ho 'said: Mr. Lewman, in behalf of your employes, I present yon this as a slight token of our regard. While your position is not equal to that of the president of the United State, you have discharged your duties as well as he. Mr. Davis: I hope hehaj done it better. Laughter. Mr. Carlton, continuing: In conclusion, sir, I would exclaim, in the language of the poet: Honor and shame from no condition rise. Act well your part, there all the honor lies. Applauded. Mr. Carlton then handed the cane to the recipient. The stick is AN ELEGANT EBONY with massive gold head. It was purchased of Craft at a cost ol ?50, and is well worth the money. This ia the inscription, cut deep into the solid metal: "Presented to M. T. Lewman, Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives of Indiana, session of 1875, by his employe?. T. J. Ackelmhe,

WHOLE STOIBER 1,790

C. Carlton. S. I Kw t jQ'tnson. J. G. Nf Ü. S. U-:Kiy. n, Mr. Lcwtnan fcrnitb, C. S. i)iri. V.J H in response to Mr. rvori.,. num cb was not very much of a so ech TV .i . TT - 1 hU force on tbeir merir r.V ul.-.TTi succeeded to the satisfaction of 7hAs uiin UT3 irjlj tot reprimand a single to the ttstiuiocial it lo As ure he one cl :Ltm. was a treas- ,, . . . ;- -''"crYo as long as lived tenrir n ,-..! mail im w i . t ri --.- .-vw . .. hrariea tv. .. " 4lwul remem plauded. 11 ApTIIE NEW SENATE. LIST OF THE OUTGOING AND INCOMING MEM "IE NEW ROLL. OLD SENATFl John s. HaWr. n B5A. Me Md MRM...W. B. Washhnrn P r, V W, D" iiicu.i;u i nanuier. K i t fh . " Minn.. lex. Ramsev. K S J R mI'm -?,cy 5' Mirs Henry K. Pease R 2:!S:3,,.cSlUai..R. -p. J.U-.McMiilau,R. -I;rkMCockieil,D.. A. S. HaildnrV n Mo Carl Schurz, L, R ."" NivW. M.S-V'- Tfldoci, lt.' KT T TT ..... . ' N. V It. E. FentonT irVr"-V'-f.:.1"0!?. ...j. r. BiocKton. n Ohio-A. O. Thurman 1) i ,"V? mn, L P..T.T, ik uT,, t? n u S: .Thurman. 1. 'JWU, AW. ... R. 1 Wm. ypra?u. R Will. A. IVa'b,.. n Tenn.V.U. Brownlovv Tut 1 IT I.'. 1 A. K. B'jmsiilf. ii Andrew Johnson, AVA m ntf THE ROLL. STATES. Fj-;J!' NAM KS. Alabama .. Arkansas...... California Connecticut. 1NT!.. ..Ueortje h.. önencer. reD. lwl.-Wm W. ialoh.deia. " Delaware -'lonias F. liavan kL, ", h 1 Sa!;'soury, dein. ÄS.,U Jons' ic "Vr.'J- -noer, rep. -pos. M. Norwood, tlem. l-Juhn U. Gordon, d-m. ' i" iöh,u A n, rep. IX ...Richard J. O-Whv-. im Florida Georgia Illinois ....... Indiana . -r-'P" L .McDonald, dem. Kauisiis Kentucky! Louisiana Maine l'oJ.Jngak.rep. is-."',., n ttviiou, deal. ii""v- Kodmn Wcsi, iep. is7y... tcancv. .pxi. tfassaeuhj-ette . Maryland Michigan it-V") m K- h.vte.dei.i. li. ." ll' nals. dem. P- CJirlMlUucy, re... i....rno;. v. Ferry, rep. "V-WJ.I,:lora. rep. Mianeso Mississippi .... 2Itssouri ÄtorasiLa 1S1...as. Paddock, rr.: Nevada .pCZ'ZT' l.John P. Jone Xe w HamrhlrelS77... Aa, on ii. CYain ep t ly.Ii. Wadieigu, ten." Ise w Jerse' "l- iäado.Eh. dem. , i 't-' ireilEhu-sen, ren. Wk Francis Kernan,' dem. 'lat. W. Ransom, du i. IcSTSi;., Aus. S. Merrlmon. dem. ii.A.Cr. Thurman, dem. ,ioha Sherman, rep. -,SHats..K; .Ke!y. dem. Oregon ., l79...Jon ir fi,rK;fi'r" Pennsylvania -KM... William A. Wallkcet dem. t. , , , , 'f..lmon Cameron, reo. Rhode Jslaud.. hl...A. K. Rurnside, rep? e Anthony, rep. SouUi Cai-oUna..LS79...T. J. Roberteon. rn. l!C9...John P. I'attersou. ep. f-Audrew Johnson, dem. lHJ7...Ilenry Cooper, dem. ..ÜS1...S. R. Maxey. dem. '.'. "?,u V HBmilton. rep. ISM. ..George F. Kdmnnds, rep. l-9....Iustln S. Morrill, iep. ...11 ...R. E. Withers, dem. IX77..Inhn tT lnV..dnn Tennessee. Texas.. Vermont... Virginia.... West V 1 r jr I n 1 a ... 1 .ul ... A . T. Caprton.dem. .... ', . '"-..HenryCi. Davin, dem. W iaconsin .:...lwi...Ansus Cameron, rep. lS7J...'flmnthv (i TI Republicans .. " "l'1' T - ........ ... ........... .H ............ Democrats, 45 28 Total Senate . : 73 Republican majoiity In this list aro included among the republicans all those elected as independent lepablicans, such p.s Kooth, of Califorbia; raddock, of Nebraska; Camerpn, cf Wist?onsin; Cbristianry, of Michigan, and Hamilton, cf Texas. The latter generally votes with ths democrats. How little he knows. "A little knowledge is a dargerou thing." " Is pride increased." "They most assume who know the least. Their own self balance gives them weight, Hut every otner finds them light," ANDY JOHNSON'S VIEWS. HE SPEAKS CUT SQUARELY, BUT BINDS HIMSELF TO NO PARTY HE HAS NO OLD SCORES TO PAY OFF AND REPRESENTS NOT HIMSELF BUT TENNESSEE. New Yoke, March 7. The Tribune's Washington correspondent sends a lengthy interview with Senator Johnson, who saidr "I can give no pledge of my future course. I can't say that I will act with one party or with the other. We have too much of party and . I propose to bind tnjself iu advance to no theory of party policy. I have never cfone so in the past and I do not intend to do so in the future. I shall support such measures as appear in my judgment best for the coustryk caring not whether it is a democratic measure or whether it U supported by republicans. I will never pl3ca invself in a position wh&re I uiuit do a "thing because it is a party measure, cr to oppose a tbicg at a party's dictation. I placethe country above partv." Johnson could not say whether he would participate in the debate on the Pmchback resolution. On being asked if he would not, in his position, have an opportunity to pay ofl some old scores, and if he did not have a mass ol facts against the leiidsrs of the parties of to-day, he said: "Whatever I may have I don't ay, but I shall us9 nothinz. My service in tbe Senate will not be a personal ' one. I do not represent myself, but Tennefe. Tbe country has now nothing to do with my personal matters, and with what has passed. I have no enemies to punish, or friends to reward. I have buried resentment", and have forgotten the ill treatment of individuals. If Icau perform the dutiesthat are now beforo'ir.e, as conscientiously and clearly as I see them ai this moment, I shall accomplish as thucn as human vanity may seek to attain." D. Hühner made some experiments or December 1, In the Theater Marie, at St. Petersburg, to ascertain the changes that occur in the air of crowded places. He found a constant and considerable increase of heat, an increase of moisture to the extent ot eighty-five per cent., and a saturation ot carbonic acid sufficient to produce a markedly poisonous effect on persona habituated to pure air.

ConnV.A.Ilackinghara R Wm vh'l1 PelThos. F. Uavard D TW p't10"; DFla .Abijah ili bVrt?K.. X v lWd '.D in.i io..ioi i :l vnas. - Jones. i.

al A M. I ill I t-t I na WL 7 V

Vt....U. F. Fxlmunds" kT(; V ,tfXey' Va John F. Lewis, It w'0k Tv.?' RV, W.Va..A. I. Uoreman I; at' D

k-ö v.. i r i .-o 'on, rei. Ioiey. rep -.-vrton Rooth.rep.

. a r, ill r

..-... i.iur morion, reo. il'-r V,t)rs:e - WriRht. rep

I r f 1 I mm 1

1KT7 r V vr --""-"on, lep i J. 2,1. ilarvev. r-n

H. ...Lc t M. Hon Ii. rep. lsi...Henrv L. l-we rl

...F.M.CVkrell.dem.