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    HAliCit 16.1893.
TAB ALLIANCE -INDEPENDENT.
NEBRASKA'S
Mm
Penitentirry BotUinae Aired at
A Thrilling Episode in the
Last-
510U88-
IElELt $20,000 B00DLED AWAY.
Sun Officer Tk a Junketing Trip aad
Pay Their Expenses From the
'' CU-house Fund.
They are Denounced for Neglecting and
Jeopardising the State's Interests.
Dorgan's Methods.
Thar" Boyd Censured.
"There la something . rotten in the
state of Denmark." Sh&kspere.
The reports of committees are us
ually dry and tedious. But the report
of he committee which has been In
vestigating the penitentiary affairs
made to the house on last Friday after
noon was a notable exception. In fact
the reading of that report and om
f menla thereon c instituted the most
f dramatic episode of the session. The
committee had been at work quietly
.neany two moams iuimu
collecting evidence.
tun i uj wurk.
, shown. by its, reW Repr48eIltatlve
wna wi.M innA WM RTnn V
. t
I fj i,v. i . . .
v nbllcan
member or tne contra luee, was OuvVMfl
to deliver the report. nHe is natirally
an eloquent and powerful, speaker. He
ad - careful prepared, himself far
the effort. As he read, he frequently
- stopped to make explanations whch
threw additional light on -the subject
a "Under the sound of his ringing voice
the house was foresee absolutely quiet,
except whn his most' telling points
brought forth rounds of applause
- Never before did republican state effl
bers receive such a oastigation in the
flouse of representatives. The ring
(waters present sat and squirmed anct
looked anxious to drop through the
floer. It is impossible to describe the
, thrilllag effect of Davies eloquence.
It captured the house, and made the
AAPAntanaA fit jtha rATinrt. A. ftArta.1nt.v
'r'-""w" , . j
The following is the report:
xo tne Honorable House of ' Represen
tativee of tb State of Nebraska : . Toil
committee appointed to investigate the
state penjten.uary submits the following
f (SIKH i ;
The last legislature made an apnromtia
tion of f 40, 000 for building a ne w cell
, , house by days work. The evidence tak-
en has been almost entirely in reference
to the expenditure of this mortar Thin
oell house abuts on the main building
and is about 8 13 feet long by 44 feet
wide; its west wall is the east wall of
tiie mam building; its north and east
walls the north and east walls that sur
round the penitentiary grounds, and its
south wall a new one entirely Thli
work, under the laws of the state, was
unuer tne airection ana super
vision of the board of pub
lic lands and buildings, consist
ing oi wie iana ccmmissuwier, secretary
oi state, treasurer ana at corner renerai.
On or about the 1st day of May, 1891,
the board appointed W. H. Dorganita
superintendent with full power to em
ploy all labor and purchase all material
ana to oversee generally the erection or
tins ceu nouse at a salary oi fou per
month. At this time and up to Feb
ruary 1, 1883, one C. W. Mosher was the
prison contractor, and Dorgan was his
. manager, and had full charge of all his
" interest at the penitentiary, including
sub-lettine of convicts to third parties.
On the 7th day of May, 1891, Dorgan en-
a. A 1 1 3 i ii m an nsf
for the faithful performance of his
duties as the representative of the board.
Regarding Convict Labor.
The method adopted in expending and
tnft.ru wouia aiiow an estimate in xavor
tak
uorgan prior to any outlay on nis
uorgan wouia maae reports to we ooara
c.yiis expenJitures. In conformity to
E plan Dorgan drew $32,100 of this
ey and made five reports, which are
nw on me in tne omce or. the secretary
S.iv state. The amounts charred for labor
and stone constitute by far the largest
items, and convict labor had the prefer
ence over rree labor, or ll,0tfV.l7
charged to labor by Dorgan, $,064.IO
was for convicts and only
2,C34.7 for free labor. This convict
labor is charged at the rate of fl per
day while the average price paid by
others who sub-contracted for convicts is
oniy a i the rate of forty cents per day.
Til i r D Lvrfn r aa than. rnnraAni(i r-i bta v tha
board of public lands and buildings,
contracted with Dorgan, as the repre
sentative of Mosher, the prison con
ttector, with the above results. Again,
if re were days when the convicts could
, wjtk on account or tne weatber or
jr of material, yet a charge is made
iBaiiiB as u uiey naa. ine most
i'lg instance of tliis kind is from
mary 21 to January 81, 1892.
After tne Books.
Mruorean purcnasea all stone for the
construction of the building of S. U.
Atwood & Co. of Plattsinouth. The
stone was shipped from Cedar Creek,
where Atwood s quarries were located,
and from Nemaha county, this state, a
riart cominar from Johrwon. from thm
luarry of one John W. Zook and the
Van Court fc Rood. Dorgan paid the
freiRiit in all instances. On all stone
from bis own quarry Atwood's price was
by
iie hundred pounds, viz: Kuble, 0
7A
13 cents, dimeniion 10 cents and
; ltt cents, and was sold by
I weight This stone weighed
165 pounds to the cubio
The evidence shows that
same kind of stone was
about one-half ef the above fig-
it in to Uorgaa at IS cents per
i i tn j a - . .
Mao nwni, wnenM sno siooo weigoea
about 1W poH0 to the cubic foot. In
oUter words, for a car of stone weighing
40,000 potirtds, Atwood paid $1S and
charged Dorgan $24 For Us dimension
stone, pfctgged to sim, Atwood paid 10
eents foot and charged Dorgan S3
eents a foot: er for a oar containing 900
feet of this stone Atwood would pay $09
and charge Dorgan $70, thusclearutg
$30 per ear without in any way handling
it .
' Somewhat toady.
Wast has been said f the stone holds
true of the sand also. Atwood had the
eoatract for it at tbe rate of $1 per yard
at the pit while it was worth sot to ex
ceed 40 cents a yard.
It is in evidoooe that prior to Dorgan's
entering into any agrreiaeat with At
wood dt Co. to buy stone and sand front
them that other parties kad offered so
furnish the same to him t reasonable
prioes, viz: The Nenaaha county stone
at the figures at which Atwood 6 Co.
purchased the same, as above given, and
for the sand and Cedar Creek stom at
figures ranging from wao-third to 'one
half of the amounts aharged by Atwood
at Co. Dorgan denies that he ever con
salted any one except1. kL Atwood prior
to his agreement with that firm. lie
states that ho was "not a practical stone
man, did mot kaow what it was worth,
but relied an Atwood At Co. to make
him fair and Masonable prioes. ,
'On the Side.
Freat February 1, 1892, Dorgan was
the prison contractor, lloaher having as
signed the contract to him on that date,
but Dorgaa has never entered into any
bond as sueh contractor. From that
time to llarah 16, 1S82, ho, as a represen
tative of the board of public lands and
buildings, contracted with himself as
prison contractor for all convict labor
employed daring that period,' and as
prison contractor kept the tun of Ihe
convicts. Ob March 15, 1902, Daa Bop
kins was appointed suaertatcndent m
place of Dorsad, hueompoaoaMeci being
at the rate of $1 per day. Bo aooats e
have fallowed the awmeied policy of -Dorgan.
Ho ooattnaod to pmribssi tton
and sand of S. H. Atwood at Co. at the
vu exorbitaat prices. He did adopt ft
mb of keemiag the maae of tate msob-
keening
a charges for saea laaer
were
aware,
when they weso ifio. .
Vonebora.
In one of Dorgan's stotosaeats f there
are two itoaas, one for $M9, expense of
ooara aaci soo oxner, oe so JJaa now-
li M 1 ? 1 il r
km, imi wnwa tnere ae no voueasrs.
inc Brat was used on a trif taken by
wo secretary or satte, attorney femoral.
tae land ooainuasioncr and aVcthea
warden of the penitentiary Daa t Hop
kins, to humect ether prisons i-aa to
naetbeds of vomsUation, etc Therm k me
pre tames oi a statement as to the .actual
expenses paid out by those vaatiemcm,
amm u m nt ovMence umt they mad traas
poTtamom oxeept fer a very short dis
taste, xmo second was msed oa ..a aria
taken by the then warden (Mepkims) and
tae maem emapiain (uewe) to i
oongimas held m Pittsbmrg, bmt .there is
ne nomused aceoant of their
nor is it apparent to year eeatntlttme
mow tais run ecuid ke meed for reek
pmrposc.
t il. m a , . .
im mm unt msianoc tae mteney was
maid to the secretarr of state. J.
Allen, aad im the secomd to Dam Hemkins.
and in each ease prier to the trip being
oaieree. upon.
. And Walls
Within a few months after Henkina
heeams saperintendent a portion , of the
south wall that surrommds the prison
yard fell in and it became necessary to
repair it Although Mr. Hopkins has
not filed any reports with the board of
public lands and buildings he submitted
to your committee an itemized state
meat of his expenditures up te . January
1, 1893, on the south wall as wall as on
the cell house. There is one item of
$1,024.28 for stone, being twenty-one car
loads, all of which, with the exception
oi one pie i coping, was used ,ln the
cell house, that in charged to the south
wall. This, Mr. Hopkins states, was
done on the authority of the board to
balance a like amount of labor (esti
luautu; uiac was actuauy periormea m
building a stockade around the . open
space where the wall had fallen
in and which had been charged
to tne ceil nouse. Tne attention
of the house is called to this
to indicate the loose manner in which
this whole matter has seem conducted.
According to the books im the secretarr
of state's office, there is yet on hand
of the cell house fund $1,709, but some
thing like $1,100 of debts for work and
material are yet outstanding, and tfcen
when. the above item of $1.68428 is
charged where it belongs it will be seen
tnat we.fund is more than exhausted.
As above indicated. Mr. Hopkins has
net filed a single vemehor with the board
te enlighten that body or any other.
How ha has disbursed the money in
trusted to him Mr. Dorgam has filed a
numoer oi vememers, out me fails to re
turn any fer $5,111.77, whioh he
claims to have spent.
it m the opinion af (be committee that
this work ought mot to have oost over
$23,009.
Wht Smoald Pay.
A receipt attached to one ef Dorsran's
statements snows ,tw are Urictc, cost
ing aUB, and six barrels of fire clay,
costing $24. This material was used in
setting some boilers that belonged to the
state, lnese boilers, witm others, are
used to generate steam to hoat the peni
tentiary buildiags(including the new cell
nouso when complete) and to furnish
power to run the uaehinerr.
x our committee is of tae opinion that
under uie contract with Mosher, the
prison contractor should bear all such
expenses himself. In this case the state
not only fnrnished the boilers and ma
terial but the labor also and all is
charged te the cell house fund.
The Committee Lectures.
Yomr committee, after hearinar the
testimony of ex-Treasurer llilL Com
missionsr Humphrey. Secretarr Allen
and Attorney General Eastincs. is com
polled to believe and report to this house
that the interests of the stats were not
guarded by even ordinary earc. Instead
of throwing every safeguard which
honesty and basinets methods would
suggest around the appropriation and
its expenditure, the way was left open
for extravagance and corruption, which
expanded and grew more rapidly than
did the walls of the cell house. To be
gin with, Mr. W. H. Dorgam, who was
chosem superintendent of construction,
did mot sustain that high char
acter for honesty which is a perequisite
in such a potihoa; bat bad that not
been trme, he was disqualified because
of the fact that he was agent or foreman
for C. W. Mother, whose interests con
stantly came im conflict with those of
the state. Under snoh oirommstanoec,
wo are mammle to eonajnakemd kcr what
proccee ot reesoniat vie ooara coma ex
pect an honest disbursement of thf
money. The prices paid for material
indicate his total u an mass for the trust
reposed in him, or his utter lack of busi
ness integritv or honesty, aad la a
somewhat milder form, the same is true
of the present superimcandemt
Action ot the Amtctoritloo.
Members of the hoard had a very
imperfect knowledge of the matter,
some of them intimating, when ques
tioned by the oomasittoo, that they were
too busy with other duties to give at
tention to this. It appears from the ev
idenoe that the benrm, as such, aad the
individual members as well, mtterly
failed to exercise any supervising care
over the building, or restraint over the
superintendent cmUhhshing a condition
of affairs that made waste and collusion
inevitable; and while the members of
the board spent $400 or $600, drawn om
Dorgan's chock against the all house
fund, in a trip to other states, made os
tensibly for the purpose of enabling
them to improve oa oar prison manage
ment, the convicts have mot had the ad
vantage of the most ordinary rules in
regard to sanitary arrangements, as
evidenced by the filthy condition in
which your eommitteee foand the
eel la It is the e pinion of the com
mittee that justice would compel ex
Governor Boyd aad ox-Wardea hi alio a.
ex-Governor Thmymr and ox-Warden
Hopkins to share the blame with the
board for this condition of affairs at the
prison. Wo are thoroughly convinced
by the rircumttanoes whioh have boon
brought to our atesatton daring this in
vestigation that the paehe service k bo
rag demoralized aad the public imtmrcsts
jeopardized by official me gleet and care
lessness whioh merit the severest cen
sure, aad it is roooatmomdod that the
authorities take immediate actios to re
cover the amount corruptly diverted
from its proper channel.
THE FARM JAND HOME.
THE 'PROBLEM
IUTO HAY
F PROTHCT
STACKS. A Tarteey of ' ra
aad Faaae
- it ewe nve-Baaead
Mote
4leve Wumm
-and
PratccHas; Bar Stack.
Forty-five years arc, im Illinois, I
was severing stocks with slough
grass. .Thirty-five yonrs-ago I was
doing? the same la Pago county, Iowa,
write W. kV.Laughila in Coleman's
Rural World. Have drivcm many
stakes aad learned up many poles
in thm: almost vein, attempt to keep
the amies from taking thm. tops off the
stacks of hay and gmim, or from so
displacing them that th rains foand
eaeyimeeeta
Seme years tiaee Prelector Samberm
senteat cards askimg a ; greet man
lusaonii farmmrs as to their estimate
of wlhat per cost, of the ralue of the
hay that was stacked oat ef doors
was lost by the weather. These
estimates he averaged. ,1 have not
his fcaUeUa mt hamd, hut . fool suro
that the loss was ami i joss tkam
twenty-five per meat
For a long time I had boon wrest
ling anentally with the problem of
how ito protect stacks. Bad sent for
dooumtamts to twe parties advertising
stack . covers. Their covers were all
ncavy and quite costly. There is
not tho ! leaBt doubt but nhoy would
have protected the stacks, but whether
being foeavy they would have lasted
at all ia proportion te tho price, is
with me still doubtful. Whether
water proofing them with some prep
aration or other weald tend to pre
serve them is yet an experiment
Last summer I concluded to try
covering one stack of clover kay with
muslin costing five ocnts per yard,
small rick containing four and a half
tons. I built my stack carefully and
made it quite sharp on top, tho cover
was put n tho hour the stack was
finished. That might it rained three
fourths of mm Inch; the cover did so
well that a little later I placed the
same kind of eerers on two other
stacks of the same size.
Mr. A. A. Berry, farmer and stock
raiser, agricultural editor of tb
"CUrinda Herald, " and observer for
tho signal service, has furnished mo
with am itemise statement of tho
rain fall hero, which shows that since
my hay was stacked, mad before tho
great snowstorm of December 7, wo
had a little more than twelve inches
of rain. Ia omo night there fell two
and a half inches.
Except in two places where tho
covers worm misplaced by tho wind.
ray hay is im perfect condition, just
as good as if it had been in a, barn.
Two ef my stacks arc standing un
touched. I invito anybody who
wishes to examine thorn. The covers
have paid me up to date at least as
much as their cost, and seem but lit
tle tho worse. This time I fastened
on my covers by tying to them as
weights stones aad feneo posts. For
the next hay crop I shall sew on each
cover torn pockets of good material,
each large emeugk to held say fifteen
pounds mf stomo, gathering the cover
where each pocket is sewed on. ex-
sept at tke corners, so it will fit the
stack olooely, then the wind cannot
get hold under tho covers and they
will stay right there in any gale: the
wind can get no hold on tho hay, and
the stack will stand in shape till tho
gale shall be strong enough to push
t over bodily.
Mr. Editor, this is only a report ot
progress, I expect to continue the ex
periment How many more will try
A carefully and report t
Feaaaa aad Taaea Saws.
I often pass a thirty-two acre field,
ays L. a. Pierce, in if. X. Tribune,
which haa had mo roadside fence for
years, and although it lias along a
very public highway, the loss from
encroachment of massing cattle has
mot I think, amounted to a single
dollar. On tho other hand, there has
boom positive gaim of a good manv
dollars by removing tho worm feneo
mmd their accompanying nursery of
TQa, This field la framed i fcur
trips or sestYfrms ot eight acres
tack. Tho roadside foaeo aad tho
division fences dispensed with would
more than equal half a mile of fenc
ing, worth at tho lowest price oi tho
cheapest foaeo mere them $100. Tho
land released from doataatiom of
woods aad foaeo corners exceeds half
aa acre, aad tho labor saved ia act
having to cut aa annual crop ef
woods and briers, added to tho ex
pense) of annual repairs oa tho fences
I have mo doubt equals tho taxes
on tho whole thirty-two acres. Ia
cultivation there is ao mkinj ot
whiffle trees agalast fenoo corners; ao
projecting or scattered rails to wreck
tho hinder; no fringe of briers to gar
nish tho outer row of sheaves. A Has
of Buolid separatee adjoining crept,
and tho first furrow of one seotion lies
agaiast tho last furrow of tho adjoin
ing one instead of resting barroa and
weed-covered against the cornerstones
of an anolont fence. Tho mice, chip
monks, weasels, woodchucks, rabbits,
snakes, catbirds aad robins that once
fonnd congenial homes in tho old.
fenoerows have gone elsewhere, for m
condition and aot a theory confronts
them; a condition of aoatacss. thrift
and economy, so at arlanca with
the very existence of tha whole
"varmint" tribe. Prottj as this
picture is, however, it Is hot possible
to reproduce it on over farm. Pad
looks aad pas turem laeocures for one
purpose or aaother atast oxitt, aad
like am imourablo disease, mitigation
most take tho mleee of removal Tho
first stop b to woastraet a leaco of
the mmrrewnet possible width. This
is tometd ia thm various wire ssma
augerous to the team than others.
A wire fence sufficiently high from
the ground to permit mewing beneath
the bottom wire affordt least protec
tion to vermin aad woods, aad takes
the 'oust land. But whatever tho
chmi -dor of the fence, it sheu.d be
kept free from stents, legs and other
obktruotioat, aad the removal of suck
things im tha first stop toward a tidy
fencerow.
Mart m
I will toll
you what I like about
tV, five banded hoes, says a writer im
the American Agrieulturitt:
They arc a urge, strong, healthy
bee. They are very industrious, aad
can carry a good working gait when
the wind blows so hard that all tho
other species of boos that I have earn
not venture ut They enter tho sec
tions just as scorn as they are ready,
and will climb right up and fill all
that they can get the honey to do it
with. They ohow but little disposi
tion to swarm, as only oao oat of tho
six colonies that I had, offered to
swarm the past seasea, and what
they may de id to be learned later.
They cam their homey tho whitest of
any boo that I own. They arc at gen
tic as butter lion Thoy aro perfect
beauties.
I kavo ao interest im any particular
kind of kooc. The boo that pays ma
best lor my in nor is the bee or me.
My business in prodacing honey, and
not the sale of boos or queens. Ilia
fire b' nded bcec did this for me tho
past wet soasoa: Tho first gave mo
182 pounds of honey; tho next best,
ninety-nine pounds; ths next, sixty
six pounds, and tne least gave mo
fifty pounds and east a swarm. This
was nearly all from clover, as bass
wood was a failure, and all was se
cured from June 20 to August L
afar Oiaver Sowa.
The best sign wo know of that m
farmer is waking up to the need of
better farming is to see him prepare
to sow more clover teed. It costs
little and pays more for the money
than any other farm implement he can
make. Therefore it' should be alwavs
the first step. It will half furnish
the money and the fertility of soil
nsoestary to take longer and more
expensive future steps. We hold
that clover should be sown with every
grain crop, even though the stubble
is to be plowed under the next falL
Often the clover catch will be so
food that ths farmer will think it a
pity, as it surely is. to destroy it
Thea the gain will bo all the rreater.
but the growth that clover will make
between Marsta and September is
worth far more fer manure then tho
cost of seeding. It is as much richer
manure than most weeds which it
will displase, and has tho further
advantage of getting mott of its
fertilizing properties, except tho
- 1 M At .
mine-mi, irom tne air, ana not as
weeds, always draw them from tha
soil For this reason clover among
grain so far as wo know never injures
the grain crop, and we have thought
it often helped it. American Cultiva
tor. Faram Note.
Vl f til a a
it is a mutate to spread manure
over too much surface.
Use good oil with machinery whoa
and where it is needed.
Excessive fat is more or less detri
mental to breeding animals of all
kinds.
Thick seeding is the easiest way to
overcome tho principal objections to
orchard grass.
An item in profitable stock feedinir
is to have stock adapted to the wants
they are to supply.
Farming, fully as much as any
other line of businsss, is 'constantly
attended with oost.
Home made manure is the beit that
can be used aad every farmer cam
make more or less of it
On the majority of farms tho acre
age to grass and clover can bo ma
terially increased with benefit
One of tho principal causes of fail
ure in scouring a good stand of grass
is in failing to use plenty of seed.
Large yields nearly always cost
the most to produce but they gener
ally return a better proportionate
profit -
Subscribe for Thb aluancs-Indepsk-
i. W. CA8T0. T.
J. P. KOiraS. Vke-rres.
LI. MOTT,
THE FARMERS MUTUAL IMSORAHCE CO.
Or NEBRA8KA.
INSURES ONLkY FARM PROPERTY
PARMERS, we invito your attention to the Farmers' Mutual Iamnsaaox
Company of Nebraska, If you are in want ef Insurance you caa mot
afford to Insure in any other company, and if you do mot want insurance
now, write and get a copy of our By-laws and Constitution aad learn what we
are doing anyway, , .
IUmembr we are for farmers only.
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The way te do tbit tt te this your Butter, Poultry, rggs, Veal. Hay, Grain,
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andarebably have the larrett trade In this wsy of aay bouse ia this market Wallet yet
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Laif e Stock of Boat Old and New sorts of Sua wherry Pleats.
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RaraaaRoas: First national Bank of Omaha; Pu kcrs Narlenal Beak, Oatahst Oemimareisli
National Bank, Omaha; national Havings and kxchange Bank, Omaha; Central City Bank, Central
1ty. Nebraska.
smrnhliiert ran draw sight draft on as fer SO per cent of cast, bill ef ladlag attached.
WESTFALL COM. CO,
State Alliance and well known in Nebraska. Our specialty . Car Loads Ot
Potatoes, Onions, Apples, Cabbage. Hay and Oats. We also
have a heavy fame trade in Nebraska and Wyoming. Wo have aa established
trade for all tho above mentioned artioet and by shipping dlreot to us you will
get all tho value there is In the goods. Write for prioes aad shipping instruo
tions. Reference: Metropolitan National Bank, Kansas City, Ma
WEST FALL COMMISSION GO.
19 Wslnul tt . Ksnts fllv Mo,
$1
-Will buy a
TWELVE YARD PATTERN
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Faille
Francase
In the New Spring Shades of
Cafe au Lait,
Military Black,
Emerald. Tabac,
- and Violet.
ORDER : SAMPLES.
38 inch Subline Silk Warp, all colors,.. .. QQ
38 inch All Wool Whip Cord in Change
able Colors
40 inch All Wool Suitings. Spring Styles . .
46 inch All Wool Satin Finish German Hen
rietta in all coloi s
40 inch English Serge, Changeable colors . .
Samples cheerfully sent to out
HAYDEN BROS..
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INDEPENDENT HEADQUARTERS.
CORNER THIRTEENTH AND M STREETS, LINCOLN, NEB.
Three blocks from Capitol building. Lincoln's newest, neatest and best
urn-town hot-L Eighty new rooms Just completed, 'cl sT lnr TOmmUtec
rooms, oaun x tw m hi . m
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LINCOLN. NEB.
Write for aPfCMl prices cm latflc orders.
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