Show CONVICTS GIVEN A DO DOSE OF UTAH STATESMANSHIP Lawmakers Meet Lawbreakers Behind the tie Bars and Exchange Felicitations One Member Had Been There Before and It Was Predicted That Others Might Go Again eI a click ellek the tte Jle heavy bavy bolts of the tile penitentiary pe tiry tell te Ot back baek yes yesterday morning ornIng When they gritted into place Ce ain again n practically the entire fourth legislature was wu safely locked up jut Ut of harms arms way If tow four or live guards guad and gate sate keepers keeper bad been sud end suddenly suddenly denly stricken with paralysis the corn com commonwealth om might mIgI m bt ave been spared a great eat many unwieldy statutes but Providence Providen e was on the side BIde of ot the legis legislators ION Their Thelt period of cC confinement being of the tb indeterminate order was wee permitted to expire after about oat three hours Archibald of elV ber mem mein member member ber bet of the legislature and aMI father fathel of the bouse now but onetime onet De plain No 9 S in Is ina ina Isa a t suK suit of or zebra clothen chaperoned the party petty It looked like Uke old times to Mr and end yet It Does the place plse seem natural naturel to you Uncle Archie he was asked as the legislative lect party promenaded the tIe prison wan walL wanI walLI I cant say nay aalt it does from tb poet position position tion floe he replied jovially You see eec I Iwa wa t permitted to get pit tail thie h wilen I wee was here before bl fore Mr McFarland did ne ie months for lor unlawful cohabitation te itt One of the prime purposes oC of ahle his bis visit v of yesterday was to renew old acquaint acquaintances ances anfee but bitt he found only one ODe malt man who ws w there in his time Thie was Tom Toss Williams undergoing a life Ufe sentence for murder m v fun Pun Behind the Burs Bare Nothing was permitted to dampen the spirit of the occasion The Joke of tile the warden not to 10 forget for the wee was worked overtime sod end others equally as en hoary were sprung with frequency eney Every part of oC the prison n was w Inspected ted every inmate of ot O tiDY any note was exhibited and the elaborate luncheon served 8 in inthe inthe the convicts dining room was wu the cH cli climax max The legislators and officers of both houses with a number fl women friends left the Theatre corner at 15 Governor Wells Welte joined the party paty at the pt building anti and Jointly with War Wax Warden Warden den Dow played the ue part of ot host boat t At Attile Atthe tile the penitentiary pe try w wehe II was reached at ng 11 J D great stone one wall wal where the Urt guards uarda rd with Winchester r rifles are Ue ze hourly on the watch for escaping prisoners A line fine wire is strung along the wall walland walland walland and it puzzled Speaker S Glasmann mightily He understand what wat it was wan for br and finally he be asked a ked the warden wardeR Shake the wire and see was the reply The speaker touch touched touched ed the wire and instantly bells belle h in all alt four of f the guard houses rang vigor vigorously Guards stepped out with rifles les J ready and then the purpose of the wire was wee apparent ap nt It would for fora a convict to scale the welt wall without touching the wire and the moment mo nt he touches it he be is jg done for This satisfied Bill he escape that way From the wall the guests walked down through the t th oMen office build building trig ing In and lined up in front trout of the greet great t gates sates Institution Inspected The bars were shot back hack the portals ls swung wide and headed by Governor Wells Veils and Warden Varden I Dow ow the official in inspection Inspection was wan begun The Th first place visited was the first filSt grade cell house It was found in condition The little cells were scrupulously clean and hi kt many instances decorated with excellent taste Ive slept in worse wor e places pieces than this myself remark remarked ed Watchman Morris Of fit C the house Yet Yes and youre liable Hable to sleep Bleep in worse places again retorted Senator Tanner unless youre good From the cell house the visitors trail trailed trailed trailed ed across the quadrangle to the work werk workshops shops where socks and brushes and furniture and shoes and clothing cl are made The convict workmen tuck stuck steadily to their employment glancing up up occasionally with flashes of keen curiosity at the men a and d women who surrounded them In one of the work shoos shone Governor Wells Tells and Senator Howells Howelle struck an schoolmate who is Ia sojourning for seven Beyea years yearn as a guest of the UIE stale state I nt it odd that Welte Velis and Uri this man should meet here remarked one on of the party Ones doing doln a four fout years Y term and the others doing seven even years ye nJ Whereupon the laugh taugh was wail on Oft the gov governor governor ernol Interviewed the After the work shops the guests ts wanted to see Bee some of the more fa famous famous moss prisoners Calls CalI were w re made Bd J for Abe Majors and the young desperado was not at all an reluctant about exhibit exhibiting ing In himself Governor Wells Intro Introduced introduced Introduced the members and many of the women to him and he be wa we extremely affable In reply to questions quell he talked cheerily about his prospect for acquit acquittal tal 11 l at his new trial recently fr granted by the supreme court and a bore himself elf altogether like the lion of the hour Nick Haworth under sentence of death for fol killing Night Watchman Brown at refused refu ed to show allow I himself or to be seen except by b one or two of his bis friends Senator Allison who prosecuted ro both Majors aad mi Ha Haworth Haworth Haworth worth shook ook hands with both Majors smilingly Informed d the senator that tIK he bore no hard bard feelings Un toward tow MM hila al at although though it was wu through tile the Ogden Oden man mans t efforts that he be w was as convicted After talking to Majors twenty min minutes minutes utes the legislators spread themselves the entire penitentiary J chatting eha with some men as an they e across Representative Redd Raid stopped stepped a bright looking young fellow with tile the question And what are you in for For FoI not BOt stealing enoe was the reply The boy had misappropriated a small mall amount of money sad lid his three years y sentence expires next month mouth When he tries again hell hem doubtless get hold of enough to mare make Mm Met comfort comfortable able abla Luncheon was announced an need at 12 It was served in la the UIe great square dining room in which th Ute the con aon convicts convicts viet eat their meals There are Ie heavy bars CIO across the windows and lid the light that filters between them lies has a tinge Un of gloom in it U But Rut there was nothing gloomy about yesterdays luncheon The Th tables were covered with the whitest of linen and the best of china ell Bowls of fruit big plates plata of sand sandwiches sandwiches d chicken n salad cheese and crackers cracke celery cakes of all kinds and excellent coffee constituted the repast repent Governor Wells Welte Speaker n and others othena seats eats at a smelt small at tile the north end of the room ream The Theother Th Theother other guests sat Mt as an they pleased p at the thelong th thelong long tables spread in the center Remarks by the GOT At the tile conclusion of oC the meal Gov Guy Governor Governor Wells Well rapped his fork against a glass glans for order As kJ chairman of the state board of corrections said saM be he beI heI I 1 desire to say y that we are ese glad to welcome you here today This mt intI institution the state prison has i applied to you for tor an appropriation t Ut Us maintain it during durl the next two yean Our es estimates have been made with the great greet greatest greatest est eat care and we hope you yea y will see the matter in ilL a S favorable light It is te Impossible sible to have every mem maui member member ber her see alt all the details of the institution You have seen een how we keep the pris prin prisoners oner at work It is our idea Isa that in inthis inthis this way we can keep them Jle healthy thy and m Ill a measure and aad we Wf hope hove we hays have been L Witts m r there were toad loud cries for Archibald ud The Weber We e hesitated be ed M a long time thee h he t respond Finally lie he rose The J 6 lae time I ate at in this room saMI the tables were arranged crosswise cro e They TIle The let us take larewe chose but they made us march in ansi and stand standup up until a bell belt tapped Then we sat nat down as I am doing dot now nw n Jw and aad down sat Mr Kr McFarland amid a gale pie of laughter r and applause e Heard From mann Glasmann spoke next I 1 tad had an anId idea Id he be said ald that it H w would be a good thing tiling to take Ute the prisoners from here bern hereto ere to too the southern n end of the state to build mUd reservoirs re I thought they thE were idle but I have found them so busy bugy I dont believe the warden wardeR could excuse e a sin tn single gle gin one oue of them far fer my reservoir work So I shall abandon my reservoir plan pian But I 1 do think the th men should be taught trades that will be useful U tua to them when they leave here beN I asked a aman aman aman man in the knitting department If K he hf would keep on knitting after he left the prison He replied that tha the he would not and he know w what hat tie he would do Mr Glasmann said he knew he lie hew was w treading on dangerous ground by this title kind hind of talk or the th cr ery ry had al at alway 1 way wa gone up that convict labor abor should bould not be allowed to compete v ith honest t labor He hoped though that seen other argument might be bt made III IB conclusion he complimented the on onboard board on its efficient management or orthe o othe the penitentiary Senator Allison started his remarks t with Ladies gentlemen and fellow prisoners In the die language of Senator Whitney I am ant glad to see you y here hereIn In such auch a crowd at such a time In ln such uch a place I am san almost speechless I too had a a mn in the sock factory and h he be told me inc when he got out he be was wan going to stick to lila his knitting And ADd now DOW in boler that we may not become too serious I move that we call up one of Mils bills and kill it We do that every day in m the house hou e somebody on theother aide of the hall baU and in the laughter that fol followed followed followed lowed Senator Allison sat eat down Next came caine Senator Smoot He contented himself with heartily heartHy congratulating the dae prison board and Warden Bow Dow on the improvements made since tile his lent last visit vi Judge Ellen Ellas Smith was wan called relied on for a talk and Axton and Hamlin Hainlin each made brief remarks of a II nature complimentary to the penitentiary penitentiary dary officials Then a resolution thank thanking thanking ing IRK the die warden for tor lila his courtesy courteny wee was unanimously 1 adopted and that official 1 bowed hi his acknowledgments The PIle luncheon ended at this thi point t Im Tin ready to go home ome remarked one of the party Theres a lot more peo pen people people pie in hi this tails place that are ready te is go 10 home replied another but tite w not going Well this to J one ODe visit t that wont be returned was the tIIe pasting shot Of And its not through say any tack Isek k of courtesy coult y |