made for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1902, to continue the repairs of the court-house in a suitable and substantial manner.

Very respectfully submitted.

ELLIOTT WOODS,

Architect United States Capitol.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES.

EXHIBIT P.-Report of the attorney in charge of pardons.

WASHINGTON, D. C., July 1, 1900.

SIR: I respectfully submit the following report of the work of this

office during the year ending June 30, 1900:

During the year 728 pardon cases were acted upon, which arose as follows:

Reported adversely by district attorneys and judges and not considered by the President.

332

351

45

728

President he denied 131 and
The following table shows the

Of the 351 cases acted upon by the exercised Executive clemency in 220. classes of cases in which the President's action was favorable and the nature and extent of such action:

Of the 81 unconditional pardons granted 32 were granted solely on account of the ill health of the applicants.

The pardons for desertion from the Navy were granted upon the recommendations of the Secretary of the Navy.

Applications for pardon to restore civil rights are not considered until after the applicants have complied with the sentences of the court. In each of the 43 cases where pardons were granted to restore civil rights a considerable period had elapsed after the applicant had been discharged from prison, or had otherwise complied with the sentence of the court, and before his application was considered, and his good conduct was certified to by the people among whom he had lived after his release from prison.

The statement immediately following shows the names of all persons convicted in the United States courts who were the recipients of Executive clemency during the fiscal year. This statement shows the districts where the applicants were tried, when and of what offenses convicted, the recommendations made by the Attorney-General, the nature of the action of the President, and the dates of such action. Respectfully,

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL.

H. Doc. 9- -17

JAMES S. EASBY-SMITH,
Pardon Attorney.

Name.

List of pardons granted by the President during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1900.

District.

Offense.

Sentence.

John Murphy

United States Desertion
Navy.

(Not convicted).

Date of sen-
tence.

William Emerson

Texas, eastern.

Robbery

5 years in Reform
School, District of
Columbia.

Jan.

2, 1896

Ed. Jones, John Dun- Georgia, northern. Selling and offerdon, and John

ing for sale ci-
gars not prop-
erly stamped.

Introducing and
disposing of liq-
uor in the Indian
Territory.

Recommendation of Attorney-
General.

The Secretary of the Navy recom-
mended that pardon be granted
on condition that applicant,
within 20 days of its date, present
himself for enlistment, and if ac-
cepted, enlist in the Navy.
This lad has served 3 years in the
Reform School of District of Co-
lumbia for robbery. He has now
developed pulmonary tuberculo-
sis, and the physician at the Re-
form School advises that he be
pardoned, both for his own sake
and also to avoid danger of in-
fecting other boys. I advise a
pardon.

These men were sentenced to 6
months' imprisonment for selling
and offering for sale cigars not
properly stamped. The offense
was an isolated one. The mini-
mum penalty is 6 months. Upon
the advice of the trial judge and
district attorney, I recommend
that the sentence be commuted
to 3 months' imprisonment.
The petitioner was sentenced to 3
years' imprisonment and to pay a
fine of $200 for introducing and
selling liquor in the Indian Terri-
tory. This sentence seems to be
excessive, as the facts do not indi-
cate that the offense was commit-
ted on a large scale or was in any
other respect especially aggra-
vated. I recommend that the
fine be remitted and that the sen-
tence of imprisonment be com-
muted to expire Sept. 10, 1899,
which will cause him to have
served 18 months in prison for his
offense.

List of pardons granted by the President during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1900-Continued.

Alex. Brown.

Indian Territory, Larceny of cattle.. 3 years in United Oct. 16, 1898
central.

States peniten

tiary at Fort Leavenworth.

July 17

.do

July 21

(Full and unconditional pardon Granted
recommended by Secretary of the
Navy.)

Alex. Brown, the applicant for Ex-
ecutive clemency, as will be seen,
has served 9 mouths of a 3 years'
sentence for larceny. The prison
physician of the United States
penitentiary at Fort Leaven-
worth, Kans., where Brown is un-
dergoing sentence, reports under
date of July 13 instant in regard
to Brown, as follows: "This man
has pulmonary consumption, and
in my judgment can not live
longer than 4 weeks." I there-
fore recommend the pardon.
Upon the recommendation of the
district attorney, and for the rea-
sons stated by him, I advise that
a respite be granted in this case
to Nov. 17, 1899.
An unpaid fine of $1,000 imposed in
1887, stands against petitioner.
He offers to pay $150 to settle it.
As there is no obvious way of col-
lecting the whole sum, and all the
officials having knowledge of the
case advise it, I recommend that
upon payment of $150 the balance
of the fine be remitted.
This prisoner was convicted of
passing a raised United States
note. The assistant district attor-
ney and Judge Coxe, the trial
judge, now advise that they think
Chapas was wrongfully con-
victed; that he is a Greek, igno-
rant of our language, and was at
the trial unable to understand
what was going on. They advise
that he be pardoned, and I con-

do

July 25

Remit fine in ex- July 25
cess of $150.

Granted

July 25