Show department OF JUSTICE paison cant rol sa salaried la A ed officials better than pay by fees the attorn attorney y general presents us its detailed and interesting statements 0 f tile the important vork ark do bit bis amu supervision pervasion per Perv vision islon during the last fiscal year tho the otner ownership ship arid and mana management geme nt by lie government ot of penitential lea 4 for tile the confinement of oc those cent feted e in united states courts of 0 violations of federal laws malich for many years has been a subject of executive recommendation men dation clation has at last to a slight extent been realized by the utilization of the abandoned military prison at fort as aa a united states penitentiary tent iary lary tills this Is certainly si a move in the right direction but it ought to be at once supplemented by the elie rebuilding or the extensive enlargement of tills this empro igeal prison arid and the construction of at least one more to be located in the hie southern states slates the capacity of abc leavenworth penitentiary is so limited that the expenses of its maintenance calculated tit at a per capita rate upon the number of pil hollers it can accommodate does not make as economical an exhibit as it would it if it mere larger and better adap adapted to prison pi son purposes I 1 but I 1 am thoroughly convinced that economy and humanity hurna villy and a proper sense rense of responsibility and duty to lo ivard vard them we ate punish for violations ot of the federal law dictate that tile the federal government should have the entire control and management of ue the where convicted violators are confined it appears that since ohp transfer of the he fort leavenworth military prison to its new USCH the work previously done by ral confined I 1 and tor for illch v alch expensive ma lil lias has lia s been provided lias has been discontinued this work consisted of the manlutac in turo ture of articles for army use uie now done dona on oil all grounds ground it to la exceedingly cee des liable that thai the con convirs confined con nned in this penitentiary tie he allowed to resume work of this description SALARIES BETTER betten THAN it Is most to ante the satisfactory is results that lie haie e follo ed the inauguration ot of the system provided for by the elie act of may SS 28 ISM under x i aich certain federal officials are arc compensated pen sated by salaries instead ut tit tees fees the new plan na tea put in operation on tile the lat at day of july 1896 1856 arid and all aliende eady the great economy it en ell forces its prevention of abuses and its ten tendency dency to a hotter better enforcement of the lai lati are strikingly apparent detailed evidence 4 of f the of tills this long delayed but now happily accomplished reform will ill be found clearly wt set forth in tho attorney generals report |