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Show 1 " I Ni;V7 YOF.K. March f J. G. Fhe'.ps-ftokes, Fhe'.ps-ftokes, who returned yesterday from the conference on economic, political and Industrial conditions of the present,, pres-ent,, which was held t Noroton, Conn., denied that the conference was a failure fail-ure In any way. The purpose of Jthe conference, ht said, was to draw together those who have been working In various ways for popular betterment. The evils of the political and industrial situation were discussed, chief among: them being the vffrtnm form of rrsft. and the control of Legislatures and Governn.ntal Institutions In-stitutions by corporations. All present had remedies to surseet Tor this evil. They dlHered In form more than In substance, many of the Republicans believing with ftate Senator Sen-ator Colby of New Jersey that much could be done by arousing: greater care in the selection of honest representatives representa-tives and universal participation In the primaries. George Fred Willl8ms of Massachusetts Massachu-setts echoed the thought of most of the Democratic reformers by expressing the belief that the Democratic, party was capable of reform within itself, so that It might become a party committed commit-ted to genuine popular government It waa the belief of students . like Prof. Glddlngs, Mr. Stokes said,, that opportunities for public service were becoming so much larger, with the growing complexity of civilization that public life would attract many more honest and intelligent men who have heretofore thought they found, a larger sphere of activity In the op-jortunltles? of private life. . .. 1 The Socialists present, while adroit-ting adroit-ting that all reforms which led to-' a larger Justice were valuable, thought the same time and effort could be- spent to better advantage In educating the people to .recognize the essential and fundamental injustices of the capitalistic capital-istic system. On the whole, Mr.- Stoke said, : the attitude of all the sneakers was most optimistic, the general trend" of opinion being for a larger participation by the people. In the management of great enterprises. en-terprises. ; 'v |