Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-10-18
PATRIOTS ARE
BADLY NEEDED
Missouri Executive Addresses Many
People at Philadelphia.
ACADEMY THRONGED
Governor Folk Deals at Length With
the Question of Municipal Gov.
eminent and Touches Up
BOodlers ant Grafters.

Philadelphia. Oct. 1s.-The great
battle between the local Republican
organization and the City party. the
municipal reform organization recently
formed here. was enlivened Monday
night by the visit of Governor Folk OF
Missouri. who came to lend HIS voice in
the interest Of good government. The
Missouri governor addressed a large
and enthusiastic audience In the Acad-
envy Of Music. He spoke under the
auspices OF the City club. which claims
no connection with City party. Gov
ernor Folk had an exceedingly busy
day and his reception wherever he APP
peared during the day and evening was
fiattering one.
The crowd that attempted to gain
entrance to the academy WAS so great
that the doors were closed before the
meeting began. sveral Thousand PRISONS
who could not get In were addressed
by Cinty club speakers While the
curbstone mass meeting was In prog
ress Governor Folk arrived and the as
semblage would not permit him to en-
ter the building until he had addressed
them. He made a short speech. When
he entered the academy the ntir audi
fence stood up TO welcome him.
President Burnham. IN Explaining
the objects OF the club. said the organi-
ration was allied with no party: that 1t
neither endorsed any candidates. but
stood ready to hslp any genuine move
for good government. He presented
Wayne Macveagh. who made brief
speech. introducing Governor Folk.
Governor Folk said. among other
things:
The most conspicuous fact OF mu-
nicipal government today Is that the
government is conducted by tbs
few and not by the people There is
more aggressive rottennexs and less
aggressive patriotism IN our large
cities than anywhere else IL the pa
triotism can be made as Aggressive as
the rottenness. the problem OF good
government would be solved by the
people taking the government In their
own hands. II Corruption exists in
Philadelphia the people are 70 blame:
II corruption is to be eradicated. the
people alone can do IT. The fight you
are making here is battle which will
be felt by every town city and state
in the land. The benefit W victory for
.SOe s%zs4't9s'l u " ~ I'M demon
allie those who Dee IN Sxood gov
eminent by the peopl. The average
man SdOes not appreciate the solmn
duty he owes his city. state and his
country" He paid his respects to
grafters.
II political party cannot get vote,
on the ground OF patriotism. 1t has no
right to ask for votes on the ground
OF craftsmanship. Under our form of
government political parties are neces-
sary for II Is through them the citizens
can come to agreements on public
questions and announces their princi-
Piles and Intentions. but political par
ties should be the servants OF the peo-
Pile not their masters.
The boodler sells his vote and pros
titutes his trust for brIbe money con-
ira TO law. but the CRATER IL always
a boodler. When those on the inside |
OF any great financial concern divert |
the trust funds for their profit, that |
Is graft against the law: when |
class Of men have special privilege.
they can prey upon the rest
Of the people. that Is a graft that may
not be against and may even be pro-
tected by the law. The remedy for
corruption. bribery. grating OF every |
kind Is to enforce the law. II the sys-
tenn Is working an illegal game instead |
Of trying 10 beat the game. the better
was is to stop the game.