The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-24
CLAIMED THAT THE PROPER
METHODS OF PUNISHiNG THEM
is BY PUTTING THEIR PRoMoT-
EiaS IN STRIPES.
LAW SHOULD BE ENFORCED
They Are Bad-Golden Age Now
Dawns Before the American
People.

If Missouri's chief executive thought
that he would be greeted by only a
small audience in the old republican
stronghold of Wayne county, he was
mistaken. A mighty audience of five
thousand, filling every seat and crowd
ing every aisle, and around the plat
form and the outer edges of the tent
was present to hear him. 1t was thun-
derous storms of applause that those
ten thousands created when Governor
Folk stepped upon the platform at
T:30 o'clock last evening. The COVER
nor was late in arriving in the city be-
cause of an engagement in Missouri,
but he showed no effects from his
strenuous day. AS he surveyed the
audience he said to Superintendent
Shaw, Il believe that there are ten
thousand people here
Governor Folk delivered his great
speech, THE Era of Conscience" He
does not look like a man from Mis-
souri," He has clean, classical fea-
lures, a massive jaw that swerves not,
truly a wonderful personality. For
an hour and twenty minutes he held
his audience to the closest attention.
He said in part:
I'VE have witnessed the birth of a
new epoch. the epoch of conscience.
In our history there have been tempo
rary spasms of government reform.
but never a general movement like we
have today. The awakening is uni
sciences of men. Out of the dark
ness of the world the light is break
ing.
Things are not now tolerated that
were common six years ago. At that
time member of the Missouri house
of delegates who was on trial for bri-
berry said that the man who sold his
vote was not dishonest, but the man
swho refused to divide square was.
"On another occasion man sold his
vote for $4,000. Another man offer
ed him $4,000 to vote the other way
He sent back the $500 with a note
that he could not honestly earn the
money. Afterwards he turned states
evidence, and in answering the lawyer
who asked him why he did not keep
both sums, he said, Indignantly: Sir,
] am too honest to take money from
both Sides"
"A few years ago insurance officials
did not know it was wrong to use trust
funds. Corporations did not know it
was wrong to accept rebates. They
40 know today
Corporation Defined.
The governor defined a corporation
as a number of individuals exercising
charter power from the government.
He took fall OUT with Judge Lam
dis of Standard Oil fame. by declaring
that corporation could not be pun
ished by fine. The way to reach a
corporation is to put the individuals in
stripes. That will stop lawlessness.
The people are partners in every
public service corporation" continued
the governor. ''and arc entitled to a
fair rate. A few years ago only the
poor paid railroad fare. All lcgisla-
tors accepted passes. l3ut today not a
single legislator can be found in all the
land who will confess to accepting
passes.
Take the subject of political bosses.
"A few years ago every city the size of
Richmond had its bosses, But today
the boss in all except the largest city
has been overthrown and the vote of
the honest man counts"
Gov. Folk reviewed the gambling
evil, declaring that it. too, is vanish
ing Race track bets are no longer
tolerated. When the movement first
began men said that it would discour-
age the breeding of good horses. But" !"
said the governor. 'all the blooded
horses in the world are not worth the
loss Of one young man."
Take the liquor traffic. A few
years ago If man wanted to enter
city politics the first thing he did was
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