The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1907-09-13
ROOSEVELTS Fight ON JOHNSON


The City Cleveland Ohio universally acknowledged be the
best governed city the United States Tom Johnson the mayor
serving his third of keen intellect rugged honesty
and te industry carried vigorous warfare for
3ent street fare which has had fight legislatures the
courts and the Republican machine of the victory last being
sight Every American citizen should admire Tom Johnson and
the work he is doing.
Unfortunately at Washington have president of the United
States butns who with attending the legitimate
duties of his high office goes OF his way obtrude his personality
his policies and wishes and desires upon the different communities
Of the country He Taft into idaho to uphold the Goodlng
machine under the gise OF preaching law and
order He took an part the election Of Fred W. Busse as
avor of Chicago Bue who engaged braw and shoot
inc scrape with companion the affections OF bawd!
Mayor seeking control the corporations OF that crime
ridden city, arasd and rdced by all the organs OF the
predatory rich in fight for honest and would have
won Roosevelt thrown the great power OF MS Poo III inc
scale in favor of the unspeakable Busse
In Philadelphia the terouted Republican machine overtrew
the reform by and with the assistance OF Roosevelt VINO sent
two of his cabinet ministers there restore to power as corrupt
as ever dominated an city As result OF the resto
Of the gang to power Philadelphia Record Of Sd ins calls
attention to the revival of vice as follows:
f course the city is wide open Probably majority Of the peo
pie of Philadelphia prefer have the city in that conditions tha IS
what they voted February They had abundant knowledge
that the men they voting for and especially the men VINO put up
the ticket and conducted the campaign approve OF protected VICE
The relations between Gang and the criminal classes have e
d for They were scarcely concealed during the Ashbdge
one In those two wears the Law and Order Society had no trouble
in arreng and convcng keepers of peaeasies and depu
table houses and gambling joints but the police could rarely arrest
anyone and when they they regularly failed to get evidence ms
was what aroused decent people of Philadelphia to attempt re
form movement That joined for time by Mayor
Weaver and Colonel Sheldon Potter actually separated the ponce
from, no1ic and used the against criminal elements But
Weaver grew weary of doing and forced Potter out The Pe
M refused to make the secretary of the Law and Order Society DIS
m Attorney and February they put the old gang IN power IN the
City Hail.
Among the purvyors of among the people VINO I'VE on m
the men and women who find cheaper to brbe the poce
than to take out liquor licenses among the promoters OF gamOg IN
M forms there was universal shout that the winter OF th d
content was made glorious by the ascendeny OF Nccho as
Ross and Reburn as Mayor and Clay Director OF Public oaie
The gambling Joints have reopened the speaeasies are anactng
business on Sunday within minutes walk OF police stations
s f ame will supply to the machine IN November III
for immunity from police interference The town vide
omen and the people getting precisely what majority OF them
voted for. -
Roosevelt following his footsteps in the cases mentioned
has challenged the Johnson administration Cleveland theodore
for MANY wears in congress upon the advice OF the president
m h named bv the Republicans onsons opponent for mayor
The president will thus seek overthrow the acknowledged De
- IN the United States Back of the Burton candidacy VIII De
M oer Of the federal administration There will be an alliance
the forces Of greed all corporations Johnson has challenged
M forces Of vice and corruption he has driven into obscu
d for what? That Theodore Roosevelt display his power
II ;s a damned shame, asd will not win!