Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-09-13
GOVERNOR JOSEPH W. FOLK.
His Welcoming Address to Bryan
Well Received by a Large and
Appreciative Audience Receiv-
ed an Ovation,

| REFERRING TO Gov. Folk address a
the home coming OF William J. Bryan
In New York City the New YorE
correspondent of the Chicago Recort
Herald says:
Governor Folk was given an ovation
ana 1t was several minutes before hi
could speak. When he finally secured
silence he asked the audience to be al
quet as possible, other wise none Of
the speakers, not even Mr.. Bryan
himself, could be heard. The mentor
Of Mr.. Bryan's name called forth re
newed cheering.
TRIBUTE BY GOVERNOR FOLK.
Then when quiet had been restored
Governor Folk spoke as follows.
What we say here may count fol
little, our words may be of only pass
Ing moment, and soon forgotten But
those ideals that bring us here will
live when those present at this as.
sembly shall have passed away. We
come not Of ourselves alone to wei.
come home the distinguished Amer.
ican in whose honor we gather, bu,
to voice the love and faith OF millions
In the great leader who has again set
foot upon his native land; millions
who love him because his hands are
clean, his heart is pure, and his soul
has not been touched nor tainted with
the scare OF unearned gold. Nor in
him alone do we place our trust, nor
In aught that is human, but rather
In those eternal truths which he has
loved and served so we'll.
We are on the threshold of the
greatest political awakening this na-
tion has ever known. 1t marks the
beginning Of new age. The next
few years will be distinguished as the
time in which industrial problems are
solved, the reign of the special privil-
ege brought to an end, and the doc
trine of equal rights fixed in national
politics and In the conscience Of man.
kind. Things are not tolerated for a
moment now that not long ago we're
submitted to In silence.
Only few years past bribery was
considered merely conventional.
Legislative halls were made dens of
thieves, and the touch of the unclean
dollar Of privileges was over all. Dis
honesty in public life was either un-
noticed or regarded with despair.
Then a dormant public conscience
was aroused to the necessity OF stamp
ing out the otfense that strikes the
heart Of free government and Of maxi
ing the government representative in
fact as well as in name.
The energies OF this public con-
science have been extended from the
domain Of the public wrong doer to
that of the private wrongdoer and are
probing into the workings of rascals
Of every kind. The insurance inves-
LEGATIONS have sent forth their mes
sages, rebate revelations have been
seen and heard, and innumerable
grand juries have been drawn aside
and revealed to the startled gaze of
the people the anarchy Of corruption
and greed In their bacchanal Of
avarice.
TRUE PATRIOTISM is SHOWN.
This awakening that has re
suited from this revelation OF wrongs
is the spirit of true patriotism. This
word has almost ceased to have mean
ing, and was often used as synony-
nous with war. We are now learning
that there may be as much patriotism
N giving ones time to the betterment
II civic conditions and in getting good
men into office as In barring one's |
)reast to the bullets Of a public ene-
ny In time of war. The highest pa
,riotism is the patriotism Of service.
The people are commencing to appre-
late the fact that the government
Il city, state and nation belongs to
hem, and that they can take the
government into their own hands
whenever they wish.
No government was ever better than
he people made it, or worse than they
Uttered it to become. The public
ife of nation is but a reflection of
is private life. The government is
10 better than any other except as the