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Show THK PKMTENTIAKY liKI'OftT. In publishing the grand jury report, the Tribune, in perfect accord with its reputation, took occasion to vent its spite upon Marshal Paioons. Ouo of the headlines over tho grand jury report re-port is: "Conflicting evidence as to penitentiary pen-itentiary management." One would infer from this that tho report reflected upon Marshal Parsons, who is responsible responsi-ble for tho management of the penitentiary. peniten-tiary. Tho fact is, however, that the report is quite complimentary, as will bo seen by the following extract: Your Jury visited the penitentiary In a body and found the premises in a good sanitary condition. con-dition. The buildings are scrupulously clean. The grounds are well kept. There are about forty acres In garden vegetables.potatoes; etc., all cared for by prison labor and the team allowed al-lowed for that purpose. The crop Is looking well and will probably produce sufficient quantity quan-tity of garden vegetables and potatoes to supply sup-ply the prison this year. Complaint w as made by some of the prisoners who are held for trial that they are not allowed sufficient change of clothing, that they are not as well provided with clothing as are the convicts. The marshal and warden, however, contradict contra-dict this. We only have the statements of the two parties and no other means of knowing the facts. The food that we saw was good and well cooked ; the bread deserves special mention. Somo complaint was made by prisoners that oatmeal and mush dry without syrup, sugar or other sweeting. Any recommendation the court may think proper to make npon this will meet with our approval. This report shows that tho penitentiary peniten-tiary is kept in a clean and orderly manner, and that tho food is good. The complaints are of a trivial character, charac-ter, and such as might be made in the best regulated prison or hospital. If Marshal Parsons had requested a favorable favor-able report, the grand jury could not have made it any more complimentary. Any unprejudiced persou will at once sco that the report shows that tho penitentiary pen-itentiary affairs are in a satisfactory condition. Taking the report as a basis nobody can find any fault, except the Tribune, which, - if tho prison were a paradise, would criticise the management, manage-ment, so long as Marshal Parsons had anything to do with it. |