Show tt t 1 Ul a 0 II r M n V MM NM l VM Joe Folk TI Boodle Fi Mow Mr II Folk olk Looks hooks Acts d c and HU Ills II 16 II III Iho u uSI N r t e I I SI 1 Louis hofs 1 Million Dollars Dollar I for Volo Ono Onn Boy liay nU lado Tito Issue ai ns a n iI lo 10 Curo Cura i Vh t Folk I olk Will do If Duly 1 of a I A Chat C ht t With it l Gubernatorial Candidate C In on 15 Corruption Col p o in n Public I t V r N t ti El I i Special of tho Iho l News Armes by ly Frank Fran G C G TJ T LOUIS 1018 come came to 10 St 81 Louta tn see nee Joseph W Polk the young Tennessee S who U le trying to 10 denn dean the th Augean stables Mables of this towel brad towelling ling municipality and a tRl c A young man men a poor poorman man and Ihl s tr he came to 10 Ht Louis but hut a few yearn ago no noho i ho has boen lighting the tile millionaire I of the city many flatly of oC whom to 10 toi i i f tho the old ha he linn hn routed the Ihei j i who are aro ready renly to 10 spend mil tell millions lions to 10 down r him Iuis already 1 Y a 1 at score scare of ot thorn them In ht the limn penitentiary and t others i awaiting v trial tr tal Mr hie Ir Folk loll has hag mada n a In the Ih eyes 1111 of tut He lip the th rIoH I mothers mother milk The rh hoyi poll oll tics In Ihu tho end and M fok Fulk r alk took t to 10 the Ihl stump b before for he h l wai wu a out of ot college collee An is noon ui mie II he rattled In HI St Lout he hll became Interested Ud In Ha tie politic and 1111 threw himself Into the tI fight it for lor the love lovi of ot It II It Then Hi erf wits a street car fight n g hl and th the strikers nuked him to 10 act 81 fur lor them then He lie 1 ltd did II hi no nr 0 and 1 a little later Inter III tel tic hI was tuna mads the for fur circuit 01 or Hu 11 Hull ll la Ho Ito wan elected rod mid It thin le hI fife ami his duty a h to look Into auto the tie of ot the city l mid tutu I its Ito leg enactment He Ile had been chov ehos hol holen en to 10 and Others had Imd hern been chosen hosen but they thoy Imd hr discriminated In mich prose prosecutions cu Kolk r came Into n with w a Ii anew as new art s pair lAir of nt eyeglasses r e 1 esse II He Ito could not I nee MIE the the inference lf heaven a 1 and a II pauper between a II u politician or ori i Ind the y citizen th l H H H II X 11 Tt j Tj T T y I y f fI I fl S I fJ fI I J r ff I r t ti i t Hi lH Po HH H Ht H 1 4 IH I JOSl lII w V FOLK Tim TUP Ii From Prune it n Photograph r Specially for tho tha No people BS mie the representative O against 1 It and tind hn hAn for tor governor upon that l ua alone He Ile If It elected to In Purity purify the Ihl legislature fad und hit hili friends him thin tho coming ante tor for of ot tho the United on 1 it i liar hsue In IOOS 1908 jos POLK run I give 10 you ol my talk with Mr Jolk I Olk Khol you Oll the man I 1 have had a Rood good t III study him for tor I 1 spent pent U 11 last t 1 evening with hint him nt tut Jils hour hou on Del De Delmar I mat avenue II H III l liveR Ilves e ein in to a wanted clI two worth woith which stands out In strong contrast to lo tho Iho grant of ot the further farther hor up 1111 town Hs 11 iq re received rec c me In liln hili library on the n little room roost with It a mme at o KOOI books booke There Thero laughing nud chat In lit the tho HB na I 1 entered the Ithe ioupe e and Its worn thor thov e of ot pence und and good rather than then of ii O mUll man lulled hinted by h raid n ln t one of ot the tho of or both city It and stoic Mr Folk KolK S me ml no ha a n roan man who keeps himself well welt in to hand Ho Ito IH Is not nervous Ho looks mul I doubt douht ho hn knowe hI he baa a n He Ie is Ir nil force mid curd he whole aI and menial IH la ever iver er at Rl hU Ida com command command mand nand He lie tins line the tho Iron Jaw of ot n II tight tighter rr er reminding me mc at al tuna of ot Napoleon sod and 1111 J T III In Indeed Iced deed ho ha looks look II notch Illo SHIP gain llIn H Randall He Jie Imn a 1 dark fare to 11 n big bin head broad brand fund full tull till the till oyes oell a it big blK hl nose nOlle and big ig outstanding cam HI eyes ryea I ell aro arc large Jall o and full till nt tut ordinary i times but hul Urn lire when hn he din die cutler the Ihl outrages which the I have perpetrated upon and ld Ida his to tn down them He lie Ii In I clenn cut well anti and looks look well Mr Folk Foil I 18 a n II young man Ho lie wall vun l In H Ot years year ago nod and 1 graduated I In is 0 from Irom the till Vanderbilt 1 I university nt at He lie pam cam to St SI Sti i Louis Louie to law In IV meld and wee wai doing well veil when lu ho Rot got Into politic KOLK FOIK TRIO Tim V Vi i t dont think folk Kolk aimed At nt n a political cal career Ho lie wanted to 10 he be a n lawyer r used u polities an as a it 1 side aide ISHUP l Hn Ile was suns s n southerner llor however unit o till the tho thoI I southerner smoke miok In politics with hla W N Among mon the tho first criminals arrested were some Rome Illegal of 01 his hili own party pArlY It II woe announced that Ihal they Iho would bo be prosecuted and the thun bbl Col IM Do butler their thole chief ebb u II limn who had slatted etol ted lite as tie a horse hors ahner and ana made mAdl millions ns na n II ring poll poli politician I embed called upon Folk for Why Wh Mr tr Kolk I olk thoRO men voted noted for tor you nu you ou dont menu mean you are Ire going to prosecute them thom themI thomI I certainly do It replied Folk Kolk There IB In no why h I should not do so CO I have been heen by hy their wrongdoing I luul hod nothing to 10 do O with their voting Illegally Suppose I were viII vice of or the United Stale end and the Iho president should bo ho us ae rued and I 1 should I thereby bo ho colt t president t would you have mo nio not the tho his act lIel made mo 1110 I 1 will them and prosecute thorn them he dill did Flint was tuna the beginning Folk Kolk ex ax extended tended his bee prosecutions to tho the mid and lie Ill hue baa uncovered ono one of or the IIII greatest sinks sika of ot municipal cor COl corruption corruption known to the United States He JIll nay ho hr that hut other cues ant equally bail bad and thai time tho ho lion which le IR s now note going on In St HI Louis Isms will 1111 bo extended to 10 other units of ut the Ih country FOB KOH OH VOTES S SIn In those u oo III Ic Mr Ir l olk found that iii II I millions had been spent for fot votes In our talk Sunday night III hl ho hu toll told numerous stories how till the city ell had been liton robbed clung citing III In utter after of ot enormous hood ling Said he For Kor twenty yo years rs pout St SI Louis has tins be keen n In III the hands hn of lit a n ring Just JUKI large lurge enough to control the tho city legislature Nod override the mayors veto oto und and this ring has ban lav led blackmail upon every license privilege mid grant granted ed Id by lIy the tho lt Laws have been un sold Hold to 10 the tho highest bidder The ring hue has tried to 10 ceil sell I the tho water wilier waterworks works the court house Nod the Union market for lt Its 1161 nn own enrichment Noth Nothing ing IlIg has been Jeen from Irom Its A not lIol non even the Ihl newer pipes In the ground It hIS has lord had Ita III schedules schedule of ot bribe I lirles III based upon what each business would stand II d ranging from n Il tow few hut hun hundred tired dred d dollars for tor a switch hill hili to 10 of 01 dollars r for tor a 1 franchise In Indeed Indeed deed I believe All lut much an mie II N N line has bent been paid out In lit on such Much account accounts The busbies h hl has been Iwen done by lIy n guns gang of or nineteen end and their continued Mr her Folk Falk H Tt took ook nineteen voter to 10 control till the tb rimy Uy Ily council tumid anil three e nineteen men pe pawed cd upon unon what Whet I cl be bl enact enacted ed d I and aiKi ho how much they the should he be paid 1111 1 for tor each net act or franchise At 1 one limo the r combine 1 for lor or an till fr tr rr I to light II ht the 1 re r city 1 t The Th bIr at R tin was Willi mode on the lour Hour of of or the mho house Itemise of ot n tM and it the Die money was on a handed ha oi over olor er to 10 one olle of 01 time the combine liter After fter sot lot voting ing UI th thi nineteen iii P ran met imet i nt a l the lIto belies of If one one of their number and the ho hut host t wit ant Bt st the till plate piano ami and played Home S Sweat t t tHome Home while the money was lIaa dl cd ed In III 2600 lot lotA 10 lobs A MILLION 1 I asked 1 Mi Mr II Kolk I 1 r lII Ile about the Ihl l I e II t Ill I Ti action deal of 1891 out of ot which u n New Neu York Vork orl pm pi made lUHde almost 1 HP lie That t one wn II nl till for a N franchise which coy cov U cri erect l nearly all the street sliest of ot lima Hit city The promoter n II man fumed Snyder In gue gave III In briber to tn tie tI municipal nM assembly to 10 net get It II He lie pall paid t out omit of ot time the ht member of ot the Ihl houte house of 01 3 OW oral each dud time the spen of ilu the council tram from corn to III 11 each One councilman took look train from other par parties parthe ties the to 10 oto nto t the franchise but It when he be found lit he h could net et pi from tho the promoter to 10 vote vole III In It II Its loor H lit lie gave hack back the lime flint bust amount saying ho he did III not nol think he hf could cam Od hon hOIl Mil earn It II That c a writs Willi soul sold bv hI the Ihl promoter for tor I so NO that Ihal he lie atone a R clean elean million iii Ii out of nt the trims trim tie action The Thc pity oily did dill not one nee rent cent for tor mull all the street sheets given away That was nl time the reap cane In which was U It 1 tint not Yes Y ea II w nun ns the Iha reply wea hn the who got gol OOOO for lor the bin vole ote and gave buck back the tho which the opposing parties p hAil had given Riven tutu him to vote ou for lor them th m Thin Tho Ill Mow or cr r null hind promised upon his hili say suy In log ng that was wile tint 1101 enough and nd with this understanding Rave gust him ilm hack back thin tho to In get the tho next morning That night the promoter left for tor New NewYork NewYork York taking Inking nil mull the money with him hail had voted for the hill bill mid and hail had nothing He lie took tonk n II pistol tol and amid followed he the promoter to New York YOI They met mel tut it II the Waldorf lintel hotel cord and 1 there under Iho ho in of it II bottle hot tie of nr o r chi champagne n WAK ss ne tunic to his bin claim of ot for fol cash At the IIII paIne name lime time he n 0 statement that hl he ie knew knoll the promoter promo er not mint bar barroom t tind ind 1101 that he believed ho would bf hI as its tar far from room offering A n bribe as a ho hI would be he from accepting one olle 0 e If It offered HOW A BOY HOY MADE MAUK M One of o the queer cases described by h Mr rII Folk Kolk during our conversation Oil was Willi tho the attempted bribery of 01 n it mull man named l Melet In the central cent 1111 traction bill hili The promoters thought they could curry lurry the franchise without Molar but hut they wanted his hlA vole vall In ease caw one of ot time the theother other failed thorn them They went scent to his lda son eon and him say sayIng Sll lug Ing III My MV boy hoy ho wo we ore lire not sine aura of ot our Dill majority And If It we need your tethers fathers vote ote wo sro W are 1111 willing to 10 pay for It It Give this money to 10 him and tell loll him hint that he ho heIs hoIK heIs Is IK to 10 vote vole for the bill If It nil Ills vote volo Is la re 11 required to 10 used past It In that thAI case 1080 he Is III Isto to keep the monny money hut hub If Ir It t Is not need necel needed ed ott he hI can vote vol against the tho hill bill and you yon youcan rut rail return the money mon to us The boy took look the mono The Th vote vole MB Seas taken and his hiM others vote vole was wn not mint required I Thereupon the promoters kOlI young oung Meier Melor for tor the hut hill were refused In language like ilkI the follow following followIng ing I dont Intend to 10 give ghe that money hark back I dill did not 1101 give Rho It Il to 10 father for tOr that would be bl dying hing to 10 bribe him and ond I dont think you ought ou ht to 10 have hao It tar for you have hn e tried triad to use u e It lo to 0 corrupt us its usI I think I J will Just keep It for tor myself m Ue LII did keep It using It II for lor n a start In FOLK KOLK I TALKS OK tF TICK Tm SHIP H Si II JP The Tho conversation here hero turned to 10 the Ih gubernatorial campaign end I asked Mr Ir Folk Kolk what he hI would do II If It ho lie 1110 elected Ho lie replied If It I become governor I hull hell hu II sec nee to It that thai bribery briber U It exten limited In lit our state legislature The Time 1114 iii t tune time a n login legis legislator lator takes take u a bribe brill 1 I will head a II mos mes sale ae jre to the n limiting fur It Ills I wilt wul 11 not 1101 allow n I corrupt lobby to exist at it the Iho legisla legislature I tore ture and the day of or the th i legislator will be lie nt Rt an un end d I shall mien usei al army II my III 11 VII to put nut cor corrupt or ull men mell out ant of the arty organization und lull will do what 1 l van Ian to purify 1 s polities a I Ishall shall recommend laws felting fran trull franchise null chise by hy bribery and amid pro toning who l In case rases In I I s hOlI h art t I Intend Ina et it in tn do rill t mull all I 1 CUll can canto i to 10 wile out omit bribery bery Ibery end co cu In Inthe Inthe the state date of AR AB A NATIONAL r r ru po 1 u 0 you 01 DA ax poet n nI oc t to III SOP nO e Ille boodle die le lisue I lIe t III other t it itI P I think lb It HIli I Is already doing Mill ii BO so a ll l In Iu regard rage rd to 10 0 r uth tl matters Ilan l l ern Is In changing nut lint only In hl It Hn lira state II II but hut the Union IH Is b hll be a lime trl lie In III time the y yes yeM n of ot the mho p pen 1111 i plo pie rIO and nud nearly nearly every 1111 slate II II It In Is nuts now w ug 1114 1111 war WOI t Ditch nth Until our here h r n a i rf case IMIN was practically of 01 Indeed there U lit lordly hardly a II score of ruse ruin In III the court re ro report ports port of ot th the late United t We WI e have hR ve hm had aI more for or bribery with within in I o the punt past 10 than lb n century back of 01 them The 1111 Is tn to other f end we wemire mire lire now ui with the govern governments meats ments nt et to core cloie 1001 their tulles 1011 Cibo and II nIl bribe takers taker Our treaty Iren with Mexico hn has ha hon been so eo amended 1 that that country will nn no lous r bo he n a haven havon of at hoo Wilt Will over Oer become a n national issue IMUS I r do not know knoss replied Mr Folk KolU It certainly ought to he be a mt notional national ls ue its suppression means good and amid unless we can have hAIO that time country will is III go to In ruin AND AI A IJ mUmmy OUo me Mr Folk Kolk I olk said RAitt I 1 your Nora Idea n as to 10 how fin bribe 3 could be he driven Irlen from roil tho time United States It U lit only on mil I by II th Iho creation of ot a n healthy honest honl l public opinion sold said Mr Ir Folk Kolk You 1011 mn mil put the tho In tn prison but bUI as long an ns the people her are hernot not nol down upon them ind their IM the tho business will continue to 10 p The mast he be taught that Is la l bad politics nH na well an ml hall had murals and the tho voters me Ara the Ihn only mimes who can eRn tench leach them this thing In hl no my m work worl I expect ex sect es er of or tho people m le n of ot Missouri If It thoy will I III help t I oil melt mo I 1 feel that I can do o much to wipe out melt official corruption Rut Hut It Is 18 the people Will base hie to 10 do b 11 it AS A PARTY Will 1111 you OU get |