The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1905-11-03
SPEAKS AT spRINGFIELD.
Governor Folk Arraigns Grafters and
Their Methods.

0ONcFnOE F0hk AEkuh8m4 0LaAtef1 8ns
Their Methods.
Springfield, O., Nov. 2.--Governol
Folk of Missouri spoke here today ir
| the interest of the Democratic ticket.
In his speech he said:
The time has come when the people
will no longer respond to the noise OF
mere party names. Parties must stand
for something and meetings something
There Is not now what the Democratic
party did fifty years ago. or what the
Republican party did forty years ago
but what they propose to do now. The
way to determine this Is not by merely
reading the platforms, but by finding
out what the candidates stand for
whether they are honest and courage
Gus and whether they are supported or
fought by the law1ess element.
Even now we are on the threshold
of nobIer ideas. An example was re-
Gently set by the distinguished Secre-
tary of War, man whom admire per-
sonaliy, though we are of different
political faith. Secretary Taft, staunch
Republican that he Is. put the public
welfare uppermost when he declared
In his recent speech at Akron. that II
he voted at all in Cincinnati he would
machine. He seems to take the de-
struction of the venal influences of this
machine is of far more importance than
mere local party success. That was a
brave utterance by brave man.
"Of1cial grating Is the outgro@th of
conditions. When the people are in
different to their civic duties, they
leave control to undesirable elements.
Especially has this been true of the
large cities, where the average citizen
In the past has forgotten that Ameri-
fwx osrfn
sibilities as well as privileges, and has
supinely permitted himself to be gov
erned by a boss. The people are SUI
preme and can get Just as good gov
ernment anywhere as they desire to
make II AS rule, in American mu-
inequalities there IL boss. and by that
word / do not mean leaders that or
carnations must have, but boss who
dictates nominations for once and con-
trolls officials after they get in ONCE
for private or venal ends. They In
evitably attempt to use the organiza-
ton for business purposes. You can
free yourselves from this boss by your
ballots. Will you do 1t?
'The word graft, Is OF such recent
origin that IL is yet underlined in the
dictionaries in the sense that 1t is now
generally used. Grating may or may
not be unlawful 1t is either n special
privilege exercised contrary to law, or
one that the law itself may give.
when the directors of a great In
surance company use the money In
their hands for their own profit, that
is a graft; when those in control OF
such a company take the funds held
in trust for the benehciaries of insur-
ance policies. without their knowledge
and consent and convert a part of that
trust fund into a political campaign
fund. they are in the situation as any
one else who misappropriates OF en-
beetles the trust funds and should be
made to answer the civil and criminal
laws for their fragrant breaches Of
trust.
Then there is the railroad rebate
graft and special rate CRATER. Regu-
lation of rates Is essentially a matter
for the Government as the representa-
tive of the people, to take a hand In
order that justice may defend the peo-
pie without doing injustice to the COM
mon carrier. Those who suffer from
unjust rates should have the right to
have their complaints heard and rea-
sonable maximum rates fixed by the
proper tribunal"