REORGANIZATION OF THE STATE PRISONS.
The SPEAKER announced the special order for this hour to be consideration of Mr. Meredith's bill [H. R. 98] to provide for the organization and government of State Prisons by a Board of Directors, and other matters pertaining to the discipline thereof. [Five Directors to be appointed by the Governor, three of the dominant political party and two from the party having the next highest vote.]
The bill failed--yeas, 38; nays, 42.