The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-10-26
Departs for Columbia, Where He
VIII Speak on "Civic
Character
POLITICIANS ENTHUSIASTIC.
Declare That st. Joseph Meeting
Was the Most Spontaneous
OutburSt of Real Feel
ing This Year.

Circuit Attorney Polk. Congressman
NandiEer and others OF the party that
went 10 St Joseph TO attend the opening
or the Folk campaign for Governor. re-
turned on the Burlington last night
Mr.. Folk will 20 TO Columbia this morn
ing and deliver q lecture tonight before
the students OF the Missouri University on
Civic Character
Politicians who were present at the St
Joseph meeting and who have attended
the other political gatherings Of the year
agree that the occasion could not have
been improved from any point OF view.
That the audience was the most enthu-
siasic Of any OF this years meetings can
not be disputed. II was an enthusiasm
that WIS in no sense forced by the or
dinary method OF using "rooters' OF I'M
porting friends who hold office.
The ToOtle Opera-hOuse. where the
meeting was held. is the largest IN 81.
Joseph. II has a balcony and two gal
leries. They. with the parquet and the
stage. were nlled and people were standing
at the rear Of the seats. Manager PhilleY
OF the Opers-house estimated the attend
ance. inside the theater. at 1900
Nearly as many were turned away when
ment. owing to the fear Of oYercrowdlng
building. shortly before S O'Clock. the street
was filed with men and women who
wished TO hear him
Congressman Nandiver. whose fiye-min-
tie speech following that OF Folk. aroused
30 much enthusiasm. said yesterday that
any man could talk 10 such an audience.
1t was the most representative crowd OF
Democrats that have seen. There were
men from every part OF the northwestern
section OF the State. They we're intelli-
gent and alive to the Significance Of the
occasion.
ENTHUSIASTIC RECEPTION
7 came from the southeast part Of the
State TO the section farthest away.
thought that the people there would like
to know how We felt about the guberna-
torial situation: that We believed in South
east Missouri that II the Democratic party
intended to have q platform denOuncing
boodlers and boodIlng without having Folk
to stand on that platform, = grieyOus mis-
take would be made.
The reception which my message re-
ceived was sufficient to Indicate that the
Democrats Of Northwest Missouri believe
as We do in the Fourteenth District
Speaker WhitecOtton came back on the
train. He was one of the most enthusI-
astic cheerers at the meeting.
1t was the first time that had felt like
yelling for the last twenty years." he ex-
planned. The occasion and the speech
simply made me let out my feelings in
a way that could not be misunderstood"
On the way back TO St Louis the fireman
OF the train got Of the engine and went
back to meet Mr.. Folk.
We boys have read your speech" he
remarked. 1T is the sort Of Democracy
that We like. You may depend upon US"
81. Joseph Is. to all appearances. for
Folk for Governor though some Of the
older practical politicians are fighting
him.
OF the best-posted men in Buchanan Coun-
~. but who is for another candidate for
Governor. Mr.. Folk would undoubtedly
win. We are expecting that the present
enthusiasm will die down II II does not.
then we lose"
Some comment on the fact that the can
didacy Of A. NJ. WoodsOn for the Supreme
Court will prevent instructions for Gov
ernor. A friend of Folk said:
The judicial Convention IS entirely
separate from the State Convention. There
are no trades that could be affected by
the fact that WoOdsun IS a candidate for
delegates to the State Convention will be
asked. and we think that the County Com
mittee Is fair enough 20 grant the re-
uueSf ."