The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-25

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pleased with what l have seen and heard.
/ There has been a remarkable progress
here during the last four years The city
has been going forward with giant strides.
1 see new buildings on every hand: / see
many new buildings in course of construc-
ton. Salt Lake City is a great municipal
ity and Utah is a great state. What the
city needs now more than ANYTHING else
l am informed is just transportation
rates. The future Of Salt Lake City
seems assured 1 will watch the reports
of developments here with great interest"
Last Nights Lecture.
Governor Folk came to lecture in Bar
raft hall last evening on the subject, THE
Era of Conscience He was greeted by
a large audience one that comfortably
( filled the auditorium; an audience that
expected treat and got one. His ap-
pearance upon the rOstrum was greeted
with a storm of applause. and his talk.
made in his easy. convincing, clear style,
almost without gesture but nevertheless
forceful. was puactuated with very fire.
quent expressions of approval His ad-
dress treated on the process Of develop
ment. so noticeable now in national life.
resulting from the movements along moral
lines. He declared that never in the mis-
/ tory of the country was a brighter vision
of promise presented. In other days there
have been movements for reform, he said.
but only Of a local nature brought on
by local conditions. which died with the
causes that gave them birth Now he
said. there has been an ethical awaken
ing which shows signs of being univer-
sal and lasting, instead of local and tran
STORY.
From the yesterday Of six years ago
he declared today is revolution in the
conscience Of man" Conscience, he said.
is the faculty whereby a man distinguishes
right from wrong, and which COmpels him
to do the right and abstain from the
wrong. He said:
A conscience is needed for the public,
all for he
the right is approved and the wrong con
demned. Conscience in the sense we
speak Of it now is the moral sense OF
the public-it is educated public opinion
Up to a few years ago the public was
considered as a stupid ignorant creature
void of understanding. and incapable of
protecting itself. That the public has
eyes that can see and ears that can hear
and a conscience that can tell right from
wrong is thought of comparatively re-
cent origin.
What a Change!
What a remarkable change has come
over the American people during the last
six years. Things are not tolerated for
a moment now that a half-dozen years
ago were submitted to in silence. Then
bribery was the common and accepted
thing all over the land: not that all men
gave brides, or that majority of the
officials took bribes but that It was gen
orally regarded either with indifference
or despair.
Six years ago men would give and
take brides and still pride themselves On
their honesty They have learned better
than that now. The public conscience /
has taught them better 1t has not been
long since men high up IN the CONNER
cial world deemed it entirely proper to
accept rebates from railroads contrary to
law. They seemed unconscious of any
wrong. 1t was right, according to their
lights. they said, but these lights, as we
believe. have now been forever extin-
guished, and in their stead blaze the white
lights of conscience.
Frequent references We're made by Gov
ernOr Folk to his own experiences in
prosecutions in his own city and state.
These were mostly by way of Illus
tTating points. de said he did not refer
to conditions in ST. Louis because they
were worse there than in many other
places but because he was more familiar
with them there. His lecture was pune
tuated with brilliant phrases and SEN
tences-thOughts that stood out strong and
plain and which virtually drew from the
listeners enthusiastic applause. He told
of his campaign against race track gam
bling in this state I
He said that when the Law prohibiting
race track gambling was recommended
the strongest argument presented against
it was that il would destroy the breed
ing Of fine horses In the state. Those in
favor Of the law asserted that the breed
ing OF fine horses did not depend upon
gambling. and he said that three wears
Of enforcement or the law had demon
strated that they were right. that more
fine horses have been raised since the
law went into effect I'm Missouri than
when gambling on race horses was ia
censed. but he said.
However that may be- it is more i'm J
portant to breed men than horses. and /
all the horses in the world are not worth F.
the ruined life of one Young man The
public conscience has ended this form
of gambling i'm our state, and IL is as
sailing II in New York. and in ali other F.
states where Dc is still permitted
Governor Folk had q few words to say
regarding patriotism. Patriotism he I
said had become a meaningless word F.
a synonym for war In eight years this (
has been changed. We have learned thar /
there il patriotism OF peace as wen a.
patriotism of war, and that it is lust I
as essential to the welfare Of our conn /
Try Patriotism was once counted a serv-
&c To ones country in time OF war. We /
still have men who are willing to die I
for their country On the battlefield of F!
war. but who are not willing to live for I
their country in time Of peace. We want 4
the patriot now who viii live for his coun- /
try and for his cOuntrymen. True great /
ness is in service it Is as important for Z
the private citizen TO give this service I
as for the man in power and authority
Corruption Is due to the malicious actfv-
fty Of the vicious minority A majority
Of the people are good and mean well" T
Following are some rerse sentences TAX
IN at random from the address.
Sonse Strong Sentences.
The public conscience saws that there
Z an embezzlement Of power as well as I