Cañon City record., 1908-03-26

convicts in the chapel of the peni-
tentiary Wednesday to. hear Governor
Buchtels address and to await the an
nouncement of the pardon which 1t
was confidently expected he would
bring with him. His excellency ar
rived here on Denver & Rio Grande
train at 7:30 p. M, and was driven In
the wardens automobile from the rail-
road station to the prison, where a
number of friends had gathered to
greet him. After an exchange of
greetings had taken place in the
warden's office between the governor
and those who had met there to do
him honor, the party proceeded to the
chapel where the prisoners were
awaiting his coming.
The appearance of the governor was
the signal for applause, the hearth
ness of which proclaimed his popu-
larity among the convicts. After the
prison band had played a couple of
selections Chaplain Blake, who pre-
sided, introduced the governor, refer
ring in his remarks to the high re-
gard in which he was held by the
convicts, stating in conclusion, that
his visits to the penitentiary were
pleasing events in its history and that
he would always be given cordial
welcome there.
The governor prefaced his address
by saying that he had long wanted to
preach in the chapel of the peniten
tiary, but that he had been unable to
crafty his desire owing to the de-
mands upon his time by the urgen-
cy of other duties. II gave you
humorous reading or two few
months ago., said the governor. and
enjoyed 1t greatly. for believe in fun.
but tonight l am going to preach a
sermon to you, the text Of which will
be the phrase. Our Father the first
two words of the Lords prayer, found
In the ninth verse of the sixth chap
ter of st. Matthew"
The OBSCURE was an interesting
and helpful one, the keynote of which
was that the rebellious character of
man has brought upon him untold
misery and trouble and that the only
way for him to get back into proper
relationship with his maker is to obey.
instead of resisting. the promptings
of his spiritual nature. At the close
of the sermon he stated that he had
not forgotten the promise made on the
occasion of his last visit to Canon
City to pardon somebody every time
he came to the penitentiary. a
II want you to make this the mod
ell prison of the country by conduct
Ing yourselves in such manner as 20
merit the utmost trust and conf
dence of the officers of this institu- /!
ton. ! want all of you to become 80 !
Trustworthy as to make it unneces-
sary to send guard with you, al
though you may be sent miles from |
the prison."
The governor said that the prison
don was Samuel F.. Hayes. one of the !
youngest men in the penitentiary. |
Hayes, who was in the rear part of the |
chapel, was requested to come for
ly greeted by the governor, who told
him that he had been given his lib
erty on account of the prayers and |
petitions of his aged grandparents and |
the request of the Judge who had SEN
tenced him
1t was a dramatic scene as the gov
ernor stood with his arm thrown over |
the boys shoulder. imploring him to
go home and lead an honest life for !
his own good and for the sake of those |
who loved him.
you must make good, SAM" said
the governor, because you will en-
barass me if you don't Your fail
ure will make 1t harder for somebody |
else to get out of here"
Hayes was greatly affected by the
good luck which had come to him
and had hard work to keep tears |
from coming into his eyes.
He promised that he would be So !
ber, honest and industrious and would |
obey his grandparents, to whom he
is required to go under the provisions
of his pardon.
After Hayes had to some limit re-
covered his composure he descended |
from the platform and sat down on
the front seat of the chapel, where
he subsequently received the con-
gratulations of Warden Cleghorn, the
Chaplain and others. Hayes retired
from the huiJdinp with the other pri-