The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-06-13
PENITENT|ARY
LIFE DESCRIBED
Does a Term in Prison Make the Aver
age Man Better or Worse.

would be complete without word
or two as to the man who holds the
reins, Mr.. John F. Weyler, the
warden. One is interviewer with
the other; each one is so incorpor-
ated in the other that it is difficult
to conceive of the one without the
other. Warden Weyler is a man
who has always taken his profess
sion seriously. He is the Inch
pin of the whole machine here,
and he knows it. He is the brains
of the institution.
Warden Weyler will be long and
favorably remembered by the
Marylanders for his good work in
connection with the penitentiary.
He is the indispensable man, who
tolls wearilessly at the laboring
oar; one who rises with the lark d.
He does not play at business, for
he is a man of business, who sticks
to business, and who, it is to be
hoped for the good of all concern
ed, will continue to carry on bust
ness at the old stand for some
time to come. A heavy burden
no doubt, but 'the burden that
is we'll borne becomes light"
1t is not necessary for one to
come in direct contact with War
den Weyler to form Judgment
of him. His system here inaugur-
ated solely by him and maintained
by him, speaks for itself. 1t is
part of himself, for he has devoted
large portion of life to it and has
concentrated his best efforts to its
accomplishment. He is cool, cold,
stern, cautious, reserved in speech,
not ELUSIVE, a veritable Sphinx at
times, and still one whose hand
and mind are felt in every revolu-
ton of every official whe Ell of pen
itentiary life.
1t might be pertinent to inquire
what relation exists between war
den and prisoner for the whole
welfare of the prisoners life for
the time being revolves round that
of the warden. We ourselves
know him and have a genuine re-
spect for him, fully realizing that
we can RELY on him at all times for
counsel, guidance, support and en-
enlargement. There is one sure
thing, too, that can be said for
our peace OF mind, and that is that
we may rest assured that we all
will receive equally fair treatment
while under the jurisdiction Of the
present warden. We are in pris-
on, the past is gone from US for
ever, the futue we cannot reach,
the present alone is ours; and so,
If we have any common sense
whatever, we understand fully that
there are certain restrictions by
which we must regulate our con-
duct and general mode of deport-
ment. Things are not likely to
be just as we might wish them to
be; this is a self-evident fact. For
if they were so there are some men
who would like to make the peni-
Tertiary their permanent abode.
Therefore, it is that all of US feel
tie effect of Warden Weyler's be-
nign system of management, and
we know that, despite his charac
teristics. deep down beneath the
exterior the man is there, ready to
respond to all our reasonable re-
quests and to right promptly and
decisively any injustice. We all
possess the right to confer with
him personally and can unreserved-
ly place before him our troubles
and difficulties, with the assurance
of receiving the most considerable
attention from him. One of the
warden's rules, and one greatly
appreciated by the men here, is
that there shall be no Intermediary
between himself and those in his
charge whenever occasion war
rants. With all his other duties,
he sets apart daily an hour or so
to seeing those men who wish to
confer with him. 1t may be only
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