The Crowder City Guardian (Crowder, Oklahoma), Vol. 8, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, April 18, 1913 Page: 1 of 8
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The Crowder City Guardian
VOL. VIII
CROWDER, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, APRIL 18 1913
NO. 30
STANDS
Crowder f
Safety, |
Courtesy, ;
prise |
i the State and the black
Calcutta a* compared
! ordinary reformatory
penitent iary.
hull' ill' technicality of the law. The re ;
to an forms should he in the judical
or a ! and legal machinery so a man
[could get a spi |y trial, and give
"The conditions arc without liiui some show to hotter his con-
parallel in the history of aciviliz ti it ion, in place of condemning
ed State and are the result of the Govt
incoinpi'tcncy and neglect of officials.
man. Hi
perform.
failed
nte
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J. C. LOVELACE, Cashier
CONDEMNS BOARD
Oklahoma City, OK'., \prillti.-
Conditions at the State reforma-
tory at Granite are said to be
such that there is talk of im-
peachment proceedings against
members of the Hoard of Prison
Central composed of Gov. Cruce,
Attorney Genera' Westand G. T.
Bryan, pro:.lent State 1) ard
of Av ricuP uv". The matt r
was laid before the House ef lie-
pres \tr'ives this ft erne a in a
■ reporl'maile by the general 111
vestlgating committee v. hi:h
charges that liie reform .cry's
condition made it reseinhie the
"black hole i f I alcutta. rlhe
Mouse members applauded lust
ily every reference by speakers
When these facts were stated to
the House in the debate so in-
tense gfew the feeling that
some members favored the
hurrying the rei>ort to the im-
peachment committee with the
implied instructions to re.am
■charges. Mr. Wright in offer
, ing the motion to refer, read
from the Constitution that all
elective State officers were liable
duty and unaccountable indiirer
once on tile part of the Hoard
of Prison Control, the Warden
and the Deputy Warden of the
| institutionand the Commissioner
jiif Charities and Corrections,
i In carrying out the trust im-f
j posed upon thein by law, they j
1 have failed.
j "We find that complaints of
| the conditions existing were
made to the Governor and the
Attorney General and they have
made no attempt to rectify them.
In the judgement of the commit
tee, the Fourth Legislature
could do no better than to rally to
the assistance of the hopless
men and boys.
"The Board of Control has
shown its utter incapacity to
handle the situation and the
Warden and the Deputy Warden
unfit to discharge their duties.
The Department of Charities
and Corrections has failed to
call attention to the grave con-
ditions existing at the reforma-
tory, and has thereby provided
an unanswerable a, -> c
against the necessity of such a
department in the State."
The committee recommends
the immediate removal of the
warden and assistant warden,
the immediate transfer of the
•prisoners at Granite to the State
penitentiary, there to remain
until suitable provisions have
been made to care for them. It
mi plaints Countyi for t!l(
further charged that neither
to impeachment for "willful nog- J the board of coni rol. t !i" wa rden
lect of duty." j nor the deputy warden have
The idea of r lerence w>s Wot "ttenipted to :rivo the innr.:—. of
followed for the reason members i the instit.ut; >u eii.iier si-ciJh or
of the inve-1 igating commit'." religions instruction "worth." of
said it might hamper them in j the name and ihat under the
obtaining facts bearie.:-: on otlu >• i''onclit.ie.;ithai ex..-' •<I tin >-
rnor and the prist n
The Governor isa busy
h as too many duties to
11. Past legislatures have
in their duty. They left
conditions there by not provid
I ing adetprate (piartei's, so what
could the warden do! Any oth-
er man would have been in the
same posit ion."
Mr. Smith of Pottawatomie
report, said he
would not treat it from the angle
| of personal feeling, but he would
not spare the reputation of Gov.
Cruce, Attorney General West,
Bryan of Kate Barnard, Chari-
ties Commissioners when they
put their reputations at issue by
refusing to do the duty imposed
upon them by law.
"The people have lost faith in
the Governor by his failure,"
said the speaker. "The testi-
mony of every witness bears
out this report, even the testi-
mony of Warden Heed himself.
The Governor was the worst
witness against himself that ever
went on a witness stand, and it
would condemn him in any
Christian country.
"Dr. Mahr, tlie State Health
Commissioner, reported the con
ditions in a public document.
The chaplain of the ins itution,
whose self respect asserted it-
self jiu<j[ forced him to res'gn,
went to the Governor and then
to the Attorney General with
the story of what was going on.
The Attorney General insulted
that Venerable old man, by say
ing that the matter • h • r; p -o
-tented w< I'e sol 1 is I usi. OS :.
mil lie did not pro > e to make
them so."
Mr. Lewis defended the Gov
elar
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and appreciated.
J. L. BURBA,
MANAGER
Eureka
lain, Rev. B. N. Hulsnniu of Ard
more, tendered his resignation.
Mr. Morris declared he wan!
ed to oppose the part of the re
port reilecting upon Warden
Reed, or « the G jvernor. The
latter official, he said, know noth-
ing of the condition until reveal-
matters for investigation. The
report was adopted in the House
by a vote of s7 to - and recom-
mends, among other things, the
immediate removal of Clyde
Reed, Warden of the prison, and
the Deputy Warden.
to the necessity of impeachments | The Board of Control is con-
and no official, near or remotely, demneJ. But one member of ed a few days ago, and as for
connected with management of the board, that being Mr. Bryan, j Warden Reed, he said, he had
the institution, including the Ihas visited the institution dur-J statement signed by-
State Commissioner of Charities J ing the past two years. About
and Corrections, was shielded j the sum total of the board's su-
from the severest oriiicsm that j pervision, the report says, is
has been listened to sinte the; the passing of claims and allow-
I.legislature began. ances of sa'aries, while the
Details of what the investigat management and everything else
found ' of of the institution is left to the
tive if the inquiry reveals that
he wasat fault in any way. Gov.
< 'nice said ho did noi know whot
her the board had authority to
make su -h invest - ion but
would apt upon the reqv later. |
The 11 s.ise dire -tod tli a copy
of the commit!en's report to
g't her with a trail crip: of the j
ev donee -.out loth •<Jovornor. j
_ M r. ■+ ■ ok oi Atoka < 'o.mt
o fered a joint resolution in tlie
H e so, nm limiting lo a vote o! tin
"
l''n e t.idii H ulill Ifi'lll* Wliiiriinii. 1'iljfw
In net-lets, uiiil jewelry of i-vim-.y ile-
-<-i-iIili■ >n, lin e curtulns, i ii^h, home
funiUlii":.' - rllli's, moviriy plotuiv
in neill 11< -s\ii"v. |n intlll^- |ii-chki i,
foiintniii |'en-i. in fnetHvii'vll' ,ig ,vnii
can tlii.ik •>! 1 on can -••t nli-olut' l)
fi* f I.ii.it o> i I in oil hnn-y
til ie i :i :ul - iitltl
i'!ilrf-i ill XV i aril,
li c.llil;.'i-l|(ienIly In
dun i n.I us ion
lis t'i se'iil Von li I'
lo Hi ll, Unit 1|<11
ie. t'.i" muni > arc!
wlwtwl. Selling
entltli y< e t-o yi
P fople the abolishmeni of the
I) 'partnient of ('haritics and
C irrections.
ing committee rejwii-ted it
regarding the institution are
not printable. The report is
sjiecific and will appear as a part
of the official House journal. It
charges that both the Governor
and the Attorney General, two < f
the board controlling the prison,
kn£W of evils through reports
made to them. An official re-
port of Dr. Mahr State Health
< 'ommissioner, made inonths'ago
told some of the details also.
some of
the best men in Oklahoma,"
that he was a competent official.
"I lwvo made a personal in-
spection of the institution," he
declared, and 1 want the blaine
to rest whore it should. There
has not boon made the proper
Warden. The committee,s re provision there by the State and
port says in part: I if any-one h* to blame it is the
Wo find the institution is in State. 1 offered a bill during
nowise a reformatory; that con ^the regular session to permit
tinement there is more likely to the leasing of ground for farm
to demoralize and make harden work that would relieve the con
ed criminals out of a reasonably I ditions, but it was killed. 1 am
good boy than to transform a i for the criminal when ho is en-
youth from a criminal to an! titled to protection. 1 would
exemplary citizen. The peni- protect a man convicted of crin.e
tentiary would be more desirable. I before I would a judge who lets ,,ncPS to the Governor or to tlu
Misses Hess Deltenbaugh,
! Georgia Doolin, Cecil I jo wallen,
Marguerite Bender and Ethel
Payne, the Canadian school
teachers were visiting here
. a ..lit
MllilN#.
■ ■I,; v.i if
tie r. lii.-fs
ill 110
tlt'lluv,
Wi'lti"
til on nil i 1:1U<* IllU'iv till) (,'1 Hills
J Oil ('III) < I I s II I ill-Ill.
I Mil .A, ( i>, (fllCAOO, llil>.
adv.
Sa.iK) reward will bo given for
the arrest and conviction of any
ornor anil the Warden,
ing tha' the rosp.o.isibiiity n- '-
ed up-ill the Iji'gislat :• rex ;<ir not
in-'.kin 4' proper pro\ isionx.
This brought a sharp r. pi.y
from Mr. Durant who said, tli
Tliir 1 Legislature a;ipropiatod
silLTi.lHiO to equip the institution
and that the board of o< ntrol
had not used it. The l^egi-la-|
turealso directed the Commis-
sioner of Charities to make in-
vestigations of the institutions
and report upon
but she had not don<
When he asked if the res|s>nsi
bilit.v rested with the L'gisla
ture there were cries of "no*
from all parts of the hall." —i^———
The discussion developed that
the (Granite appropiation was
from the heavily loaded public
building fund and the bonds
authorized more than two years
could not find sale on the mar-
ket.
"1 have a right to bo heard,"
declared Mr. Morris, as Durant
sat down, "1 want stricken from
the report all derogatory refer-
the conditions, Kuests of Misses |M',.„king instruments or
lone so. | Mary and Boluah l'isher. otherwise destroying or tamper-
J. C. Co] eland of Canadian ing with the property of the
was a business visitor here Sat | Guardian Lighting & Industrial
tuday. Co.
The reformatory is a disgrace to | a guilty man escape through a
P'hone 43 or 44
For FirSt Class Turnouts Withoi Without Drivers.
Prices Reasonable. Give Us A Trial
GUARDIAN LIVERY
Chickens....
Warden."
The motion was defeat d un-
animously, save the vote cast by
Mr. Morris and voted "no."
Gov. Cruce said tonight that
; lie never heard of the conditions
j existing at the Granite until
i apprised of them by the commit-
tee when lie was on the witness
stand.
Warden Reed has asked the
Governor as Chairman of the
Hoard of Prison Control to have
an inve stigation of the institution !
indei>endcntlyof that pursued by j
the House if Representatives;
I and with the letter asking this j
to be done the Warden inclosed |
his resignation to become effec-
At this time of year when you are
taking off your young chickens, you
should be careful what you feed
them to have the best of results
Kafir and wheat are the best chick-
en feed. We have 75 sacks of each, i
Try them.
White Front Grocery
We buy in large quantities and discount all bills,
which enables us to seii just a little cheaper
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Barrow, A. E. The Crowder City Guardian (Crowder, Oklahoma), Vol. 8, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, April 18, 1913, newspaper, April 18, 1913; Crowder, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc273869/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.