Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-06-08
IN MEMORY OF GEN, HAYES,
Story Of His Noble Work 10 tho Line
Of Prison Reform.
Memorial Address By Governor urinis
crhon before she Members OF
tho Association.

CHICAGO, June S.-FJfeoasts OF the
future, which have been 40 abundant
OF late In tao Art institute where tho
Worlds Fair auxiliary congresses have
been held, gave place last night TO
matters Of history. Theories were
supplantod for tho time by the recital
OF ono mans LAHORE for the welfare If
his kind, anu tue story that was re-
counted was the story 81 the work If
Ex.pfusideut Rutherford -. HuyC8 IN
the line Of prison reform. 10 WAS the
frat session u the-Rgnual meeting Of
the Prison Reform association, aud Il
was a memorial service for Gencrol
Hayes. rhc principal memorial al
dress was delivered by General II.
BflnkefhOn VI ONO, vioo president Of
the association. He said inpatt:
Rx.PREsiDEsT Il. u. HAYES.
The National Prison association
meets tonight Ia thu shadow Of "a great
bereavement, caused by the death Of
our honoTed president Rutherford b.
Hayes.
For the fret time ia ten yoara, 81
our annual meetings, We miss his
presence, his counsels aud his encouT-
agemeHt.
To him more than 10 amy other man
Is due the commanding position OF
influence obtained by this association
In prison matters, and Therefore II
seems eminontly proper that we should
set apart this opening session for the
reception OF testimonials TO his mem
Dry.
The active interest Of General Hay 90
In the prison question dates back To
1861, when ho was flfst elected COVER.
nor Of Ohio. The nOa.d of state char.
tiles had Just beeu created ami he
became its helper and protector, ana Ia
it, prison work he was specially inter.
osted. Soon after he went out u Ollie q,
In 1871, In spaBm VI hostility cAufed
by needed critlcisms OF defolict inAlitu-
Ii0us, the board was abolished, but
four years later, IN 1876, when General
Hayes was again elected governor, he
succeeded In securing tue restoration
Of tho board, aud from that time 10
the day OF his death he was its uniail.
ing supporter.
Dunug the past ten yoErs he has
been present ut eyory one Of our an
uual meeting, ana the priceless value
Of his services Is known 10 all cur
members.
In his annual addresses he discussed
Ill tho various phasoa Of the prison
question. While he was no theorlat or
sentimeutgiist, still his purviow OF
prison questions was from lofty
standpoint, aud dealt with causes
rather than remedies - prevention
rather than cure.
In 1887, at Toronto, he said; "Socluty
II silent aud inactive In the presence OF
many recognized evils, because society
has no faith; thoy are accepted as
inevitable ana endured, because they
are believed TO DO beyond cure. But
In a world that God governs, no notion
can DO more false or harmful; Ia God's
world what ought to be done can be
done. The longer II may take 10
remedy a recognized evil, 10 right an
admitted wrong, the sooner Will wise
men ret about II; the harder the task,
the more zealously good men will do
their duty In trying TO accomplish It. ("
In lSsS, at Boston, no SAID: THE
citizen cannot be loyal 10 his country
aud faithful TO her true significance II
lac neglects the children OF misfortune,
oT poverty, OF weakness, and OF wicked
meas, who were or whonTe In danger OF
being enrolled In the ranks OF crime.
From the dawn OF human society Il
has been an irrepenlable condition OF
its existence that oil men are indeed
tnelr DTotherB' keepers" Verify,
verify,
ny each help you hold to them,
In 20 much yuar fingers touch
VI He robe the living hem"
Gen. Hayes was pro.eminently n
Christian man, and hts whole lie, like
Haniel's oralorio ot the Messiah, was
keyed on the Christ ideal, 8nd yet /
have learned since his death that he
was never member OF u Christian
church.
Why this was 30 do not know.
Some In this audience Will remember
that pathetic closing OF his annual
address AZ Nashville, shortly alter the
death OF his wife, when with tears he
said.
"What spirit shall we invoke TO
guide all VINO speak anu all who act
upon the grand questions relating to
human oOnduGt aud to accountability
under human laws? During RluusL