Show vampires of graft are to be driven away kansas city nov 16 edward rosewater editor of the omaha bee and governor joseph W folk of missouri were the guests of honor at the monthly dinner hero tonight ot the knife and fork club governor folk in the course of his speech said the next few years will be distinguished as the time in which industrial problems are settled the reign of special privileges abing brought to an end the doctrine oe equal rights fixed in national politics and in the conscience of mankind we are in the midst 0 tho most drastic period ot america history the period in which the peoples rights are to be defined and observed as they have never been before tho men who share in these activities in a capacity no matter how humble are taking part in the tremendous moral upheavals now going on there have been great reform mo e ments in the days gone by but thea were local the vampires of graft were driven away and remained bat ji season and then returned after the waves of public indignation had spent their fury the present presents a situation of a brighter promise to our vision reform shows signs of becom ins universal instead of local and transitory tho revolt from political oppression is rearing its head in city after city and state after state A civic regeneration is going on all over the land will it last is the question will the people soon forget and allo things lo 10 continue in the same old way I 1 answer no revolutions never go backwards and this is a revolution that has been brought on by the con science of men we are at the begin nang of the movement for higher ideals in om life which will gather strength as the years go by the elections of last week were but the taking of ohp first breastworks ot the opposition the fight will go on with unceasing vigor and the time will never come when the people can rest on their arms in idleness the moral idea in politics has conic to stay this aavo of patriotism peace will go on with force |