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At last the axe has fallen amt the in iquitous convict labor system of Georgia must go. By executive order, Gov. Gor don. on Aug. 2(5, called on the lessees of the penitentiary companies Nos. 2 and 3 to show cause why the lease should not be annulled. These companies are principally formed of James W. English, William S. Lowe and James W. Smith. Several days ago the governor received an annonymous letter signed “Convicts.” which declared that they were being whipped because they made known the existing abuses, and asked that the matter be investigated. From the postmark it was ascertained that the letter came from the camp under charge of C. C. Bingham, on tne Georgia Midland road. Principal Keeper Towers at once proceeded there, had the men called up in line and stripped of clothing. The backs of the men were found to be cut and bruised in a terrible manner as though knives had been used to open the tiesh. Gov. Gordon read the statement with indignation, and at once signed an order dismissing Bingham from any service in which tire state was in terested, and ordering the solicitor general to prosecute him for his crimes. Active steps are being taken to protect the convicts from the rage of the lessees, and it is said that Principal Keeper Towers took person al charge of Camp No. 2. The suppressed report of the prison keeper at Westmore land, which was made to Gov. McDaniel in ISS3, and which the governor would not allow 7 to be made public, was yesterday given to the press. It is a shocking recital of tilth and crime, ‘and will help the de mand for the abolition of the lease system. There is no doubt as to the governor’s in tention to declare the lease annulled, owing to the violation of its provisions by the lessees. The lessees are moving heaven and earth to avert the blow 7 which is falling upon them, but the governor is determined in his course, backed by the public opinion of the state, and indorsed by the personal assurances of members of the legislature. The Dale coal mines camp, which belongs to Company No.l, and owned by Gov. Brown, is not complained of, but it will have to share in the wreck. 1 In Buenos Ayres the government print ing is done by convicts. Most of the work consists of ministers’ reports and official receipts. The manager, not a person in durance vile, but a practical native printer, showed several volumes of these reports, and they were really well gotten up. All the tabular matter, however, was far from meritorious, little or no attention having been given to the mitreing of rules, etc. The Prison Minitou, a neat looking paper published by the convicts in the Minnesota penitentiary, has reached this office. Perhaps the high moral tone of the Piusox Mirror is its most striking feature. No thing sensational is admitted to its columns, and in the number before us there is not a line that could not have appeared in a family journal or a Sunday school paper. The most noticeable editorial in the Minium is entitled “Go Slow.” The sen timents expressed in the article are admira ble, but the reader cannot help thinking that if the editor of The Minnon and his constituents had heeded the advice to “go slow” at an earlier date they would not now be locked up behind stone walls. Still it is encouraging to find that these convict jour nalists have become convinced that it does not pay to rush through the world at a too rapid pace.—Atlanta Constitutoin. The Cedar llapids (Iowa) Times, in speaking of the invitation extended by The Minnon to President Cleveland to visit the prison, says: “We don’t see any good reason why Mr. Cleveland should not accept this invitation. It is the most modest and unpretentious thing of the kind w r e have seen, and we would feel safe in guaranteeing his excel lency that lie need have no fears from any insults from tJie G, A. It., or any injury from Tuttlism. It will be, at least, a safe place for him to go, as the visit will not have any “ 'political significance.’ ” Georgia Convicts. They Know How It is. V v v’ " -W - V •.■U'TvT The Piusox Minnon, published by the prisoners at Stillwater, is a small weekly paper, neatly printed and sensibly edited. The publishers charge a dollar a year for it, and claim a large circulation. The fact that the greater part of the dollar goes to the prison library fund lias worked better as an inducement to subscribers than if they offered the finest assortment of jack knives, sewing machines, coffee mills, baby wagons and milk pitchers as premiums. —Journal, Minneapolis. J. C. 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