Arizona republican., 1898-09-03
MINING SUPPLIES.
RoosEvEl T AS A REFoRMER.


 that Of Rough Rider" suggested by 1he name Roosevelt, and one of them is the heal of this article While never posing as a pious politician, MT. Roosevelt has found it impossible to avoid appearing i'll the role Of a re former When Meyor Strong ap- pointed hIni as president of the board of police commissioners he found the police department honeycombed with corruption MT. Roosevelt accepted tue office with the intention of doing his duty, and nc did it. He found certain laws upon the statute books, and he enfcI ce1 them without fear or favor Complaint was made that the lav was enforced in the interest Of the rich David E. Hill was the cham pion of thcse who accused the com missioners of discriminating in favor Of wealth and made a bitter attack upon the commissioner. iJr. Roose- vet repile,i in a speech which showed not only the falsity, but alao the in. sircerity os Senator Hills charges Tue reply was conclusive and crush ing. Mir Roosevelt recalled the fact that the Sunday closing law was
 
 and wss signed by Hill himself. He showed that it never had been a dead letter as was charged, but had beer used bv Tainmany to blacktnail liquor dealers wh, were not already slaves tC t,lat organization. The man with 'e pulp wen, free; the honest poor mar Was arrested Mir. Roosevelt said: ''It is important to rolnt out the falsity oI Senator Hills main charge that we are discr1nina.ing against the poor On the contrary, the discrimination against th1 poor was under the olG system of corruption. Where justice YVES bought, where favor was the price of money CT political influence, the rich man h'.id his own and the poor man went tc the wall. Now all are treated equally a;ike. As a matter of fact We members of the police board have attacked the richest organization in New York. The brewer and the liquor Sellor represent more combined capital and represent capital which is more oftel lavished in controlling election than i. the case with any other organization. I do not wonder at the ferocity ~ Still less do l care T. is matter of absolute indif- ference to ,n. what they say The laws Will be enforced by the police ex- actly as they are enforcing them now and ali honest and law-ahlding citi- Zens arc IF ECnoT bound to give us their support. but whether they do oI dc not give 1t, we shall not refrain from doing OFT duty. We have closed The bars Of the Jig hotels on Fifth avenue precisely as we closed the bars on Tenth avenue. We have known no distinction Of rich or poor, small or great. The rclice board takes the ground that its duty is to enforce the law honestly and impartially Ou, opponents take the ground that it is our duty, in defiance of cur sworn Oa.hs Oi office. to connive a; violation Of the law We stand on the law Any man acquainted with the political conditions in New York knows that this act of MT. Roosevelts, in bidding defiance to the most powerful vested interest; h the city, was one of su- perb bravery. It was leading a for lCrn hope. 1t seemed to be political suicide. Yet it was the only thing :ln honest Elan could do. Roosevelt. was iett almost alone to face the storm he had raised but he calmly proceed ed to enforce the law. The protests and threats of political opponents, and he pleadings and propheci-s of party associates were alike unheeded A Jew good government clubs applauded his course, brt the newspapers and politicians joined in a chorus of de- nunciation. The brewers claimed that they were losing $2500 900 every Sun dav. Of c,urse .hey thus confessed that they had been law breakers; of course the sum thus saved to the workingmen went to build up the for tunes of "the butcher, the baker and the caEdlestick maker" but where the loss CT gain Of mere than twelve mil lion dollars Fer year is in question morality and pr, ,sperity usually gc tO the wall. But here was a man who said: "Whateves be the cost, the laws must be enforced" John Dalv,