The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1908-02-07
REPUBLICANS ALARMED
HOW MESSAGE OF PRESIDENT WAS RECEIVED BY
TWO HOUSES OF CONGRESS

Roosevelt who intends to force the nomination Of Taft at all hazard
else defeat of reactionay candidate the polls is the
evidence that coming light all the big daes relative
to the Presidents recent and its reception by Congress All
the reports agree substance and present that from the Phla
dephia Record being sample of the whole The Washington
correspondent of that paper reported the incident follows
Prepared degree jolt the President the Repubi-
members hit harder today than any them had anticipated
message that the White House
made appearance both branches shortly after the hour
The message broke all Roosevelt records for attacks predatory
wealth and opened campaign against the time
nocng intention send further of the sort until
the President gets the legislation he In this bombshe of
message the President called for the following things
The immediate renaCtment of the Employees Liability act linn
itng its scope.
Passage of comprehensive providing for compensation
by the government employees injured in its service.
Action in connection with the "abuse of innction labor
cases"
business engaged
in interstate commerce.
certain of federal control physical operation
of railways.
Fobidding telegraph telephone lines for
gambling in stocks and futures.
Full power the Department of Justice deal with great
corporations.
Dazed Majority Members
Republicans alarmed by the long program of legislation laid
for Them while the sharp criticism of the judiciary for reckless
nuncons in labor disputes its slashng onslaught and
newspapers prosecution
lawbreang corporations and individuals and its general tone
of beligerency simply dazed and depressed them
That purpose help the Taft boom especially by its
concentrations for legislation workngnen
talk and the fact that put the very day which
Hughes scheduled make known his position
ona questions regarded accidental coincidence by
any While the Republicans dazed and alarmed by the
message, the Democrats delighted.
Davis jumped his feet the reading of the message
copies of
be printed "That the best Democratic doctrine have heard
enanang from Republican source he told the Senate amid Demo
cratic laughter and grim Republican silence Though the message
Of
tonight say word in criticism of though privately
they cursing themselves black in the face
The in the house of the extraordinary ever
observed Usually messages received
silence and natenon with burst of perfuncor appng the
end This time after denoucng predatory
wealth and by injunction read the Democrats burst
frenzed applause The Republicans silent g miserable
whiting in their
Democrats in High Glee
reading proceeded among became
uncomfortable They their pointed their fingers the
Republicans and taunted them the ae with their inability
applaud AT last fairly driven into it the Republicans shame
acedy joined the Democratic applause looking shrinkngy up
into the galleries as if begging for enient judgment
the close the rebel yell rang the Democratic side The
applause long and many of the Democrats stood up their
places cheering like mad The unhappy Republicans ey followed
applause had ended there short pause
Democrats eapng up started going again. and again
the Republican sheep followed the Democratic belwether.
Then the stampede for the oaoos and cursng loud and
long Mindful of the promised uprising among Republicans
mindful way which the party going stand
from Roosevelt many attempts made get
Republican say for publication of the things he
saying private Not bit of The revolt dead
Not Republican would anything except that state
paper that the President dead right
Pilores His Own Party
Many con6dentay expressed the opinion that
the message the catng rebke administered to the
Republicans President of their party They could
of the kind
ing by President the Republicans that they did adopt