El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-08-16
CONNCTS IN
PEN WR0NGFU[LY,
GOVERNOR BELIEVES;
MUST Be PATIENT
MEANWHILE, THEY DON'T HAVE
TO DODGE AUTOS NOR WORRY
OVER HIGH COST. OF LivlN0:
EXECUTIVE ADDRESSES PRIs.
ONERS

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In an Address to more than 300 pris.
oners OF the state penitentiary at that
institution Sunday afternoon, Gov.
ernor Lindsey told them that there
we're certain advantages connected
with their position which should make
them more satisfied with it. One OF
these, he said. was the fact that they
We're not forced to dodge motorcycles
and automobiles, and the other the
fact that they didn't have to worry
about the high cost of living.
Governor Lindsey visited the peni.
~tentiary at the invitation Of Superin.
tendent Hughes just before he left for
Springer to attend q meeting OF the
board Of directors of the Reform
school. The prisoners assembled to
hear him, and in his address to them
he said:
Most Of us, including myself, may
be here today, for the same reason.
That is, for 'butting in to somebody's
business.
Strange as 1t may seem, there are
come advantages that you who have to
stay in here have over us who have TO
stay on the outside. You do not have
to dodge motorcycles and automobiles,
and you do not have to worry about
the high cost of living
"The constitution of the state of
New Mexico states that The peniten,
tiary is a ~reformatory and an indus
trial school, and all persons confined
therein shall, so far as consistent
with discipline and the public interest,
be employed in some beneficial indus
try This administration is endeavor-
ing to make that constitutional provi.
sion stand up and walk Reform
means to form again and any of US
who have not heretofore rendered unto
Caesar that which is Caesars, that Is,
obeyed the law, and any of us who
have not heretofore observed the
Golden Rule, that is. done unto others
as We would have others do unto us,
will have to do these things from now
on or else 1t may be charged and held
that this provision Of our constitution,
like some others of it, is a mere fic-
ton.
"a school is a place where. pupils
are taught and an industrial school is
a place where pupils are taught to la
Dor. Labor rids us Of three great
evils: te~diousness, vice and poverty
and He that labors Is tempted by one
devil and he that Is idle by a thou.
sand Besides, labor is the Jehovah
attribute OF mans existence on earth,
since when God expelled Adam from
the Garden of Eden for disobedience,
He decfeed that in the sweat of thy
face shalt thou eat bread, til thou re-
turn unto the earth By the timesyou
leave this institution, you are expect
ed to have absorbed the substance Of
that decree so that it has become a
part of your system.
"As for your employment in some
beneficial industry there is the dairy,
the swinery, the laundry, the garden.
the several farms. the brick and tile
factory, and last, the printery. In all
these you may be both reformed and
made Industrious. And recently your
superintendent, Mr.. Hughes, has con-
a contract for public road con-
struction wherein those from this In
stitution performing labor on roads
shall participate in pay received for
your services.
Nov a word about pardons, paroles.
-eprleves and combinations: Contrary
10 prevalent notion, the chief
i've is not above the law, written and
inwritten, in these matters. He can
10 nothing except that which is con-
with discipline in this institu-
lion and the public good. Many of you
nave applications pending for the ex-
of executive clemency. Some
If you doubtless are confined here
and could that fact be Q r
.ainly known, you instantly would be
let free. Consequent from the hurry
If this world war into which our a
ion has but recently come, all of us
must make sacrifice. The sacrifice
hat some of you here will max may
70 an unjust detention here, but let
assure you that the board Of par.
Ions, your superintendent and myself
intend to deal justly in every cas- and
q speedily as may be-"