The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-07

who prosecuted both Majors and Ha-
worth. shook hands with both. Majors
smiiingly Informed the senator that he
bore no hard feelings toward him, al
though II was through the Ogden man.
efforts that he was convicted
After talking to Majors twenty min
utes the legislators spread themselves
over the entire penitentiary, chatting
with some men as they came across.
Representative Redd stopped a bright
looking young fellow with the question.
And what are you in fOr2"
For not stealing enough" was the
reply The boy had misapprOpriated q
small amount of money and his three
years sentence expires next month.
When he tries again he'll doubtless get
hold of enough to make him comfort
able.
Luncheon was announced at -
O'Clock. 1t was served in the great
square dining room in which the con-
victs eat their meals. There are heavy
bars across the windows and the light
that filters between them has q tinga
of gloom in IT, But there was nothing
gloomy about yesterdays luncheon. The
tables were covered with the whitesr
of linen and the best of china
Bowls OF fruit big plates Of sand
witches chicken salad, cheese and
crackers, celery, cakes Of all kinds and
excellent coffee constituted the repast.
others occupied seats at a small table
at the north end of the room. The
other guests sat as they pleased at the
long tables spread in the center
Remarks by the Governor.
At the conclusion Of the meal Gov
ernOr Wells raped his fork against a
glass for order. As chairman Of the
state board of corrections" said he
Il desire to say that we are glad 20
welcome you here today This insti-
tuition. the state prison has applied 10
you for an appropriation to maintain
it during the next two years Our eS-
Inmates have been made with the great
est care and we hope you viii see the
matter in a, favorable light
1T is impossible to have every mem
Der see all the details of the institution
You have seen how we keep the pris-
Oners at work II is our idea that in
this way we can keep them healthy
and, in a measure, COntented. ana We
hope we have been successful
When Governor Wells finished there
were loud cries for Archibald NcF'ar-
land The Weber county sage hesitat-
ed a long time before he consented tg
respond. Finally he rose. The laSc
time I ate in this room said he, the
tables were arranged crOssWise- They
didn't let us take any place we chose
but they made us march i'm and stand
down. as I am doing now and down
sat Mr. Mcfarland, amid a gale of
laughter and applause.
GIasmann Heard From.
GIasmann spoke next ct had an
idea." he said, that it would be a good
thing to take the prisoners from here
to the southern end of the state to build
reservoirs. / thought they were idle,
but I have found them so busy L don't
believe the warden could excuse a sin
gle one of them for my reservoir work
So I shall abandon my reservoir plan-5-
But ] do think the men should be
taught trades that viii be useful to
them when they leave here. I asked a,
man in the knitting department If he
would keep on knitting after he left
the prison. He replied that he would
not and he didn't know what ne would
do" Mr.. Glasmann said he knew he
was treadinE on dangerous ground by
this kind of talk, for the cry mad al
ways gone up that convict labor should
not be allowed to compete with honest
labor He hoped, though. that some
other argument might be made. IN
conclusion, he COmplimented the prison
board on its efficient management OF
the penitenuary-
Senator Allison started his remarks
with ladies, gentlemen and fellow
prisoners In the language of Senator
W rlLnEkr j am 8ldQ 10 see YOU mere
In such q crowd, at such a time, in
such a place, I am almost speechless-
l. too had a conversation with a man
in the sock factory, and he told me
when ne got out he was going 10 stick
to his knitting And now. in order that
we may not become too serious, I move
that we call up one of GIasmanu's bills
and kill it,
we do that every day in the house, %
shouted somebody on the .Other side of
the hall and in the laughter that fol-
lowed Senator Allison sat down Next
came Senator SmoOt. He C0nJented
himself with heartily ratUlstiug
the prison board and Warden BOW on
the improvements made since his last
visit. Judge Elias Smith was called on
for a talk. and HOlZheimer. AEtOn and
Hamlin each made brief remarks of a
nature complimentary to the peniten-
riarv officials Then a resolution thank
ing the warden for his courtesy was
unanimously adopted, and that official
bowed his acknowledgements
The luncheon ended at this point.
Tim ready to go home remarked one
of the party. There's a. lot more peO-
pie in this place that are ready to go
home" replied another, but they're
not going"
well. this is one visit that won't be
returned" was the parting shot And
it's not through any lack Of courtesy
either"