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FOLK, THE DESTROYER OF
TRUSTS AND FOE OF GRAFT
MAKES NOTABLE SPEECH
Knight of Reform -Llqhts a
Beacon to Point Out
v 1
"the Path.
"IDEAS OF MORALTIY
HAVE CHANCED MUCH'
Political Parties are Begin
ning to Learn That Hon.
esty is Best Policy.
(Bx Associated' Press.)
BOSTON, Mass., Jan. 20. Five hun
dred of the 'leading business men of
Boston, member of the Boston Mer
chants' Association, attended the an
nual dinner of the organization at Ho
tel Somerset tonight and heard ad
dresses by Gov. Joseph W. Folk of
MiMOurl;. Mayor John Weaver, cf
Philadelphia! Gov.' Curtis Guild and
others.. Gov. Folk was accorded a
hearty reception. He discussed In a
very different now from what It waa,
Unless this Idea of Civic right now
abroad In the land dies out we will
pass from the ago of sordid commer
clalism to the age of high Ideals.
Even now wealth Is not worshipped
wealth is not worshipped with the
same devotion it used to he, and the
idea Is to get right rather than to gel
rich. A new standard has been es
tablished; new, yet old Just honesty,
that Is all: The remedy for corruption
has been found In the hearts of the
people. There Is nothing a corrupt
man or those who make a business of
violating laws fear more than nub
llcity and an aroused public, con
science. The prisons' might be tilled
with grafters, yet if the people were
indifferent graftfng would go on just
the same. On the other hand very
few might get where they belong, yet
if the people are awake grafting can
be stopped through the force' of pub
lic sentiment. The grafters who
would make money at the expense of
the common good do not know good
from bad; all they know Is whether
it pays or not. They are being taught
that official grafting, insurance graft
ing, trust grafting and private graft
ing does not pay, and when this les
'son shall have been thoroughly learned
the revolution will be victorious and
reoresentative government will be
He
irAnAMil .ivnv rpffwmn. J-n nnli-t.trs.
spoke- la parr as follows: '-- j
"The-more I become acquainted wun
this country the more I am Impressed
with the fact that there is not much
difference between the Sections after
all. The bad people are alike every
where, andsjjood people are the same,
wherever they may toe found., The dif
ference ; la - In. external appearance,
caused by different circumstances and
different problems of life. Though
some belongFo"one state tffid some to
another,1 all' are How Americans. In
solving the great problems that con
front,the American people, the patriot
Ism of, the west is the same as the
; patriotism of the east. Time was when
speech 'appropriate to Massachusetts
' would have been-very inappropriate in
Missouri. That in not so now.. Never
before .. In the historyof the nation
has there been less sectionalism than
there Is today; never before have the
American people., been so united In
mind and; In'-patriotic purpose. There
is now but one heart in all north,
east, south, west and that Is the heart
of America. Never In all history were
greater movements .in progress than
those now going on. '
Great Reform.
There have been great reform move
ments of political nature In days gone
by, but- they were merely local. The
people were not awakened; there was
no constancy In the 'movement; no
concert of action: no organizatlan of
the forces of reform; nothing but lo
cal crusades brought on by local In
fluences, which died with the move
ments that gave them birth. The
present reveals a situation of brighter
promise to the lovers of good gov
ernment. Reform shows signs of be
" coming universal, instead of local and
transitory. The revolt from political
oppression Is rearing Us head in city
after, city and state after state. A
civic regeneration is going on all over
the laild. iand its influences are ex
tending from the domain of the pub
lic to that of the private wrong doer
and probing Into the doings of rascals
of every kind. The elections of kist
November were but the taking of the
first breastworks of the opposition.
The fight' must be made and will be
kept ml " with unceasing vigor, and
the time will never come when the
people can be secure of their politi
cal liberty while they rest upon their
arms in Idleness. The battle against
civic evils- wlH continue as long as
men love their family, their home and
their country. This is what civic re
vival means love of country.
'This civic awakening to the heces-'
sity of stamping out the things that
oppress in private life, the revelatloa
of private corruption and of private
wrong doing do not Indicate a moral
'degeneration;: it does, not show that
men are becoming worse, but th.it
men are becoming better. The hope
tot. the perpetuity of a government by
the; people was never brighter thin
lC is today. There will be only white
lights ahead, as long as the people are
awake.:
. 'The accepted; Idea of morality s
enthroned.
.:.'-.,." Beginning to team.
"Political parties are beginning to
learn that honesty Is after all the best
politics. The people will no longer
respond to the empty sound of mere
party names, but a party must stand
for something and mean somethlnji
Corrupt men used to hide behind the
party areas ana wnenever attacKeu
would cry out that the party was be
ing assailed.' The people have learned
that a grafter If a grafter still, whether
he calls himself a, Demoorat or a Re
publican. ' Grafters do not recognise
allegiance to any -party. They work
wHU .both sides. -They ahout . party
fealty to the multitude, and then make
common- traffic of party loyalty for
their own profitj The private citizen
'"Often becomes a mere pawn In the
game of the grafters. The time has
come when good citizens put the wel
fare of the state above the mere ad
vantage of any one party. Partisan
ship is a good thing when consistent
with patriotism, but patriotism is
higher virtue than partisanship. A
new day has dawned in our politics
life. The moral idea 1n politics has
come to stay The wave of the patri
otism of peace will go on with ever
increasing force. This does not mean
the destruction, of political parties, but
the putting of political parties on a
higher plane. There has been much
talk since the recent elections of doing
away witl the old political parties or
the forming of a new one. The firit
would be impossible, and the second
is entirely unnecessary. The two great
political parties can furnish every ele
ment of political reform, when' coupled
with a- large and healthy measure of
political independence. It is unneces
sary in furtnerance or -moral princi
pals to destroy old parties, but it is
necessary to overthrow the corrupt
elements in ail parties.
'The greatest enemy to representa-i
tlve governments, the root of all evil
in public affairs, Is lawlessness. In a
republic the government rests entirely
upon the law, which the people make
for themselves. The law represents
the sovereignty of the people and the
rule of law means the rule of the
people, for a majority of the people
make the laws. It is more difficult,
however, to get good laws enforced
than, it is to enact , them. The easy
nullification o(J laws by executive of
ficials is one 01 me greatest evus in
our day. Too many officials feel
themselves, more bound- by what they
think Is public sentiment man tne
law.
No official has the right to violate
the oath he takes to enforce the taw
simply because some people do not
want the law enforced. If public sen
timent is to be the arbltrater of
whether laws are to be-enforced or
not, laws loose all their solemnity and
binding force, put an active public
now demanding that every official
keep his oath inviolate. We need
msre respect for existing Jaw rather
ECUADOR HAS
THREE RULERS
WITHIN HOUR
Change Follows Change In
Rapid Succession and Hun
dreds are Injured.
VICE-PRESIDENT IS
DEPOSED BY ALFONSO
Leader of Old Government
ForcesEscapes to Ship
During Panic.
CHANGES ARE
RECOMMENDED
BY UNION MEN
CONTINUED ON PAGE. THREE.)
LADY PARKER ROBBED OF $75,000 IN
, JEWELRY BY SNEAK THIEF IN A HOTEL
SB.. A m'.mtA Df
NEW YORK, Jan. 20.-The Herald
tomorrow will say:
"That Lady Parker, wife of Sir Gil
bert Parker, was robbed of $75,000 In
" jewels several weeks ago In the Carle
ton Hotel, London. has been revealed
In this yclty since the parture of a
representative, of Scotland Yard, for
Palm Beach, Fla. For more than a
week the London detectives worked in
this city, independently of the Central
office, visiting pawn shops and follow
ing other trails.
"In the recent political campaign in
r..i.n ti. Parker took od a tem
porary residence in the Carleton. Her
jewels are well known ana on inn --
"There came a knock at her door
one morning and a well- dressed man
was discovered. At sight of Lady
Parker he apologised profusely, saying
he had made a mistake, havtug been
called to the rpom of a friend. Little
was thought of the incident and Lady
Parker went to made some calls. When
she returned she discovered that the
case and Us contents had been taken.
Nothing else had been disturbd. .En
trance had been obtained by a master
key. .
"It was Lady Parker's description of
the man. who hid rapped at her door
that caused the Scotland Yard man to
take ship for this city. The detective
authorities thought ttwy recognised In
, it a man who had made a reputation
casion she had m a cafket in her room as a. snean " ('""
(By Aioolated Press.)
GUAYAQUIL, Kcuador. Jan. W.
Gen. Alfaro occupied Qulio, the capl
tal, at 3 p. m., Thursday. A junta of
notable persons met in the government
palace here at 4 p. m. today and
formed a new government. Vice Pres
ident Baquerizo Moreno assumed the
executive lower, establishing the cap
ital here and appointing a new ministry.
Rioting followed. The pople during
the afternoon attacked the prisons.
liberated the political prisoners ana
afterwards captured by the police bnr
raoks, where the rioters obtained pos
session of a number of arms and some
cannon. Rifle shots later were heard
in All parts of the city and the riot
ers became so bold that they attacked
battalion of artillery. Many persons
wero killed or wounded on both sides
during the fighting.
The new . ministry, however, only
asted an hour. The people rejected
the administration of Baq-uerlso Mo
reno and proclaimed as tpresldent Gen.
Eloy Alfaro, the former president of
Ecuador, and the leader of the revolu
tion, and in his abBence Dr. Emllo Ar
revalu assumed the civil and military
authority . .'r""t;-:.-r-' ' 1
A great panic .prevailed here during
the evening and In the midst-of the
disorder Gen. Leonidas Plaza, minis
ter of Ecuador to the United States,
who arrived here January 18, and as
sumed chief command of the "army in
Its operations against the rebels, es
caped from the city, and embarked on
board the Chilian steamer Loa, which
leaves here 'tomorrow for Panama.
Later in the evening order was restored.
Mine Workers' Committee wll
Report Three Vital Changes
to' the Union.
WILL KEEP CHILDREN
UNDER 12 OUT OF MINE
Increase of Wages and Other
Questions Discussed at
Yesterday's Session.
STEPHENS DIES.
(By Associated Press.)
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 20. Word
was received here today of the death
in Bournemouth. Eng., of Robert Neil
son Stephens, of this city.
Stephens wrote "An Enemy to the
King," iwhleh was produced by E: H.
Sothern. He was 40 years old, and
leaves a widow.
(By Associated Press.)
INDIANAPOLIS, lud.. Jan. 20. The
sub-committee of the settle committee
Jvt the United Mine Workers of Amer
ica has been considering the wage
scale demands to be made by the mjn'
ers of the central competitive district
composed of Indiana. ihlo, Illinois and
Western Pennsylvania and that part
of Vliginia that. ships n the West and
Northwest, has agrd to report to the
geiveral committee; meeting the follow
ing demands: it
First Admission of the Southwest
em states to 'the;' central competitive
field. - ;S . -
St.cbnd A 12?per cenl Increase hi
wages. ' - . t i
Third- Prohibition' of employment of
boys less that ltj years of age.
The generat committee will meet to
morrow or Monday to assemble the
demands agreed on by the sub-committee,
and formulate a scale to be
submitted to the convention. .
Minora Starving. " ,
. The, thirteen delegates who repre
sent the- striking miners of Alabama,
who -bave-been out of the mines for
nineuen months; made a plea for more
financial Bupporti Several- delegates
told stories of the; distress of the mtn
and children ofyttie miners, Who are
out of shoes -ri clothe. .' The chil
dren1, one of the speakers declared, do
not even have books. : The apportion
ment of support now given the strik
ers, he said,-amounts to- $2.30 a. week.
or two cents a meal for each person
dependent "Upon the mining Industry
affected1 by th- strike.
Secretary' -'Wilson stated that 3,832
men, -representing J.932 families were
out oln strike. Ho estimated the cost
of clothing these families at approxi
mately $98,310. am said that he
thought the national executive com
mittee 'was correct In not paying thls
money out of the national fund at this
time, unless additional funds were pro
vided, by the membership. On his
suggestion the whole matter, of sup
port. wa 'referred, to the international
executive board ' " : .
The - convent inn. today declared
against the open door policy of this
government tor he immigration of
Japanese and ("mean laborers. ( i
GERMANY AND
FRANCE MAY
HAVE TROUBLE
Moroccan Conference Not
Progressing Satisfactorily
at Present Say Some.
NEITHER SIDE SEEMS
' FRANK WITH OTHER
Minor Powers Watching With
Interest Moves of Rivals
In the Game.
JURORS HEAR
ALLEGATIONS
IN BIG CASE
Assistant Attorney Ervvln tells
Jury About the Caynor
Green Thefts.
MORE ABUSES
CAUSE DEBATE
IN THE HOUSE
Improper Expenditure of Ap
propriation Freely Charged
by Many Congressmen.
DEFENDANTS UNMOVED
BY STRONG LANGUAGE
USE OF CARRIAGES BY
ASSISTANTSISATOPIC
(By Associated Pros.)
ALGEC1KAS. Spain, Jan. SO. lie
hind the screen of amiability that en
velopes the relations of the envoys of
the powers to the Moroccan confer
ence, a rising feeling Of distrust is ob
servable, due, seemingly to the un
willingness) of both France end Ger
many to define their positions beyond
reaffirming now somewhat wearisome
ly their adherence to the open door,
the sovereignty of rhe sultan, and the
Integrity of his territories, There to
feeling among the ambassadors of
the less Interested powers that trouble
la In sight. The Moroccan delegates
have'; become ionscJous of this ami
take satisfaction therein.
The committee examining into he
question of contrabands haa complet
ed tiift draft of an, agreement which
will be submitted to the conference
Monday. , - .-
The draft provides that the various
cltisens exporting arms to Morocco's
territorial waters, thu avoiding the
search or selsure of vessels upon the
high seas.
It is apparent that the theory of the
agrejtnent is that Morocco will adtnln-
ter tit coast patrol as the draft
Joe not state Who will ' be charged
lth thin duty, and therefore the dell-
rate Franco-German; '"-eWttroweray
hether France Alone or ail the power
111 exercise survellhuic la deferred
until the question of police has been j
examined.
Details of Embezzlement of Only Heads of Departments
Uncle Sam's Money Prove Can Ride at Uncle Sam's
of Absorbing InteresL Expense. .
iny Associated Press.) (B- Aoeiatsd Proas.)
Jt- ao tne WASHINGTON. Jan. 20. Abuses In
most interesting session that has yet (the expenditure of appropriations wa
been held by the Federal court in Its
two weeks consideration of the Greene
and Guvnor case, was that of today,
when Special Assistant Attorney Oen-
eral Marlon Erwln, In a long and de
tailed arraignment, explained to the
Jury the government's contentions as
to the guilt- of the defendants and to'
dicsted just what the prosecution
would endeavor to establish with lit'
contestable proof.
the text of the discussion In the house
today during, the consideration of the
deficiency appropriation bill, but lit
tle progress was made in tne- consider
ation of the bill, which will be the con
tinuing topic for (he Monday session.
The portrait of ex-Attorney General
Knox for which the department of Jus
tice nas asked 12,615, was again the
topic of comment. The most animated
discussion of the day took place on
an amendment by Mr. Kekfer, of Ohio,
Both defendants wers present, a to Increase the amount for th. ..r..
mey nave seen every aay ot tne trial, portatlon of silver coin,
but they aid not seem particularly 1 Savs it is Craft
moved by th language that charged Mr. Smith tlowa dciK th. nru
them with the seduction of former tlce of transmuting .tiv. mm
Captain Oberltn M. Carter from his and to sub-treaauries was "graft nure
duty and the embeszlement of -nun. T and simple In the Interest of express
umre ul' inxruHuiiun oi uonars. I comnanlea.
arwin tne pssKr. i Mr. Hill fflonn.V .nin t
Assistant Attorney Marion turwini adulterated graft
said the government would seek to Every secretary of the treasury from
u.h,t(r . tlint T I nattsMnn m -sv "V If .. I . . - . "
"""" 'raun v. ju, v u - I varusie aown, no said, had disftp
vui lu-re iu too utoiot wnierai uii-i proved of the practice. He sald hs
more and was connected! with the river could give sneeino inHin w
and harbor work when appropriations an express comoanv wa nM h th
fLl'v'r "d hnrbor work WT not jfovernmsnt $18,000 for transporting!!
mns-n u jjw. wrm w irppumieu own money from San Francisco to New
m flnarge upon me aeatn or uenerat York.
was "un-
TAKES AN APPEAL,
i
(By Associated Press.)
MANILA, Jan. 20. Lieut. Charles
Pendleton, of ithe constabulary, sen
teneed to life imprisonment for" mur
der, has appealed his case to the Su
.preme court.
On December 4, 1905, Lieut. Pendle
ton then In charge of the constabulary
force at Cebu, shot and killed a na
tive policeman, while under the Influ
enee of liquor, for refusing to iigh
the lamps on vehicle in which Pen
dlHion . was driving. Pendleton, who
-was placed under arrest and subse
quently tried on a chrrge of murder,
was formerly a sergeant in the Sev
enty-flrst regiment.
The Hittoris!l cten'l understand itl Aeesrdino t. the rules of Histsry of tha FrsneH Psvsluto you sneulS
hsvs had your hosd rovelutsd off somt time sgo.
Olhhown'rft-TtovimijncntJ :
show, said Mr. Hrwlnv that he fell In
with Greene and Oaynor. At an early
state Mr. Krwin said the contractors
started to work on Carter, getting him
Into little side contracts with them
and making a little money for him or
at least o pretending; then they com-
Mr.' WIlllams-rMlss.) stated that If
the movement of silver wan stopped or
restricted it would work hardship In
agricultural districts. The amendment
was lost. .
Want Bar . Rsmovscf.
Mr. Humphreys (Miss.) discussed a
meneed to UmA him money. He would " re nHS P""01" -m tne
pay the money back and at first the f0VWnment records of federal liquor
loaa were lnconslder.hte. hut, soon Paers and license holders avall-
ik. - . . - ... lW evidence. In prohibition and
.... I lnnnl in nn ian una UA w
Q(H; gratJuaiiy ihe amount increased ,y m v""" wunuy, nc.
and he became involved In contracts , Pent practice of withhold-
... .. line this Inffnt-maHrm -ao1I t
ana enterprises witn tnem. i . - --.
Then the alleged conspirators in. fef ' eovernment 'He litlon of
t fviHt en ' thf ' rwxi rtl A wf - Savannah In I
getting a very large appropriation for "IT""" ,"b"nd ?g"'
Savannah harbor work. Congress
made this great appropriation end in
1'81, Mr. Erwln said, Carter went over
to Greene and Gaynor "body and soul.'
In the advertising of various con
tracts Mr. Erwln declared, darter did
not follow the regulations, often on
$1,000,000 contracts cutting down the
time and so managing a to suppress
competition and leave the work nec
essarily to fall to the Atlantic Con
struction company, of which Greene
and Gaynor and Carter were the chief
beneficiaries. Various obstacles were
Humphreys, always ob In federal li
censes and thus avoid pursuit by gov
ernment agents, but the government
records were withheld by rths rules of
the internal revenue bureau from being
available by state officials in making
prosecutions. The rule' of the internal
revenue bureau, he said, contravened
the well established rules of evidence of
our jurisprudence.
Stating that there had been consid
erable criticism of Southern cotton
planters in their efforts to decrease
their cotton acreage, Mr. , Simms
(Tenn.) denied that this would in-
IhsAU'n In ttV maw r4 aIIWa nn-utnsMitilua
llliun is sis siic noj v l vtl IV l S I uriyv tl l v I
bidders. Carter was said to have fre"e European acreage, and placed
kept the specifications under lock and rom "v
key, guarding them carefully and " UD-"!--
knowing every man who got a copy,
The alleged conspirators, it was stated,
bought off other bidders and the work
was let to the Atlantic Construction
company' at exhqrbitant prices,
Beat "Outsidsrs."
Mr. Erwln with pencils and bun
dies of straws, indicated the construc
tion of mattresses and fascines. He
amid that Carter had three designs of
mattresses set forth in the specifica
tions, stating that fhe engineer might
requite the use of any one of the thre
specified. In the carrying out of the
work. One of these designs was much
more costly than the others, and yet
contractors were required to bid upon
them together at one price. Carter se
lecting which he might see fit. Then,
continued Mr. Erwln, with bids in
Green and Gaynor would be given thej
Subs" Must Walk.
Mr. Llttauer remarked ithat the state
department had sought to evade Ihe
law of last year restricting the use of
government carriages to pleads of de
partments, and had secured carriages
for assistant secretaries out of it he
fund "to enable the president to meet
unforeseen emergencies in the diplo
matic and consular services."
A provision has been inserted In the
bill to prevent this. -'.'.,.
Mr. Llttauersald the Portsmouth
pea-re conference had cost the govern
ment 2,000. and the entertainment or
Prince Louis of Battenburg had cost
$4,811.07. -
WANT CONVENTION.
(By Asoeiatsd Press.)
T t-tn r'TTV t-i t on -
contract, because they had understood hi 2Z, . ' i . .. .
I bla county sea Island cotton growers
-MV,wviM.ivi started a movement- today in favor of
,1..-... ... fa big convention of sea Island cotton
(CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE.) ' grower lr. the near future.
UTURE ACTION OF FRANCE TO DEPEND ON
RESULT OF CONFERENCE AT WASHINGTON
(By Associated Proas.)
PARIS, Jan. JO. The apparent hetl-
tatlon in relation to Venesuela appears
to be prompted by the desire not to
begin active measures without first
sking the advice of the authorities at
Washington. For this purpose Ambas
sador Jusserand has been fully in
structed regarding his government's
point of view which he is laying before
the American government. The offi
cials here agree that France's action
Is somewhat hampered owing to Vene
suels's peculiar situation, the foreign
claims upon the customs being regard
ed as placing a blockade almost out
of the question.
It is admitted that preparations are
going on for reinforcing the French
squadron, but he object of this step
is still undefined.
The semi-official Temps suxfests that
"The best means to adopt would be
for the United States to assume flnan
clal control of Venesuela, thus assur
ing America and other nations the rep
aration and satisfaction due them.'
- PEOPLE INDIFFERENT.
.
WILLEMSTAD. Island of Curacao,
Jan. 20. The Venezuelan government is
actively engaged In garrisoning the
porta of the republic and in furnishing
the troops wuh supplies.
According to the advices recelve.1
here the general public in Veneiueia
received the news of therupture of
diplomatic relations between Veie
suela and Franoe-with the utmost In
dirTrenee. but diplomatic c'retes at
Caracas are indignant at the action, of
the Ven7ueiin K-vernrr nt in riot ul
Inwlng 1. TaiRny to return.
part of hr collect mn. , two continents.