Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-03-27
CLEAN OUT
CITY HALL FROM
TOP TO BOTTOM
Recall Movement Against
Mayor and Councilman
Eichelberger Is Launched
at Mass Meeting.

Tq1e mass meeting called for yester-
Aay 10 consider the recall Of Mayor
j. wv. Robinson and Councilman A. NJ.
Eichelberger, ended by taking in more
territory than was first proposed as
some Of the speakers felt that the
city hall should be cleaned from cellar
TO garrett Not only did the speakers
pay their respects TO Mayor Robinson,
Councilman Eichelberger and Chief OF
Police Parker, but Councilman Her
xineton also came in for criticism at
sthe hands of McKeen Morrow, who de-
clared that the commissioner Of public
finance was the man who engineered
the raw deal against the Carnegie
library board. Other speakers felt that
the mayor could not have done what
he did without the support of ma
5ority Of the council and therefore all
who had given him support in his acts
should be removed.
After the addresses the crowd, which
filled the theater, decided upon the
recall Of Mayor Robinson and Coun-
cilman Eichelberger. Recall petitions
were passed out and signed to some
extent. S. n. Hays was nominated and
approved to become candidate against
~. w. Robinson and 1t was announced
that he would accept. AS yet a candi-
date has not been placed in the field
Mgalnst Councilman Eichelberger,
Theater Well Filled.
with practically every seat in the
theater building occupied the mass
meeting opened at 8 o'clock G. H
1ingenfelter was elected as chairman,
being nominated by S. l. Upton. Jo-
seph Perrauit was elected secretary.
Mr Lingenfelter made brief state
anent of the purpose of the meeting,
citing the preamble to the constitution
of the United States and declaring
that the gathering vas for the pur-
pose of forming a moresperfect union,
Ito insure domestic tranquility for
Boise and to promote general welfare.
He stated that the patience of the
people of Boise was exhausted, that
they had waited in season and out of
season for justice and liberty and only
discord reigned among the citizens;
.neighbor was pitted against neighbor
and conditions were bad and must be
remedied. He stated foreign detectives
had been imported and John Doe
warrants used. He declared there
were now 108 vacant store buildings in
Boise, a condition which did not ex-
list when the present mayor went into
office.
Gustave Kroeger was called upon as
the first speaker. He opened his re-
marks by stating that he was mem
her of the first recall committee and
that the making OF compromise at
that time was a mistake, but they had
relied upon promises made By repre-
sentative men in behalf of the mayor.
The promises made upon that solemn
occasion, he stated, had been broken.
He declared that a week after the as
glrances were given q vacant house
was raided without even John Doe
warrant Next, he stated, came the
rumor that M S. Parker was to be
named chief of police, and a protest
was made that he was unfit for the
office. AS man, he said, Parker was
undoubtedly honest. but that he was a
sufferer from an exaggerated ego.
Shortly after his appointment, he said.
he began making arrests for. the
most trivial violations of ordinances,
such as cutting corners. Cinnamon
Wer. harassed and raids were con-
Quoted upon John Doe warrants Such
conditions, he said, were intolerable.
and what the people wanted was a
clean city. free from the work Of dirty
detectives and stool pigeons.
Says Conditions Are lntolerable.
S. l. Upton, the next speaker, de-
Gaared that conditions were intoler-
able and were getting worse each day.
People were leaving Boise, he said. and
new ones were not coming in because
of the turmoil He stated the meeting
was held to discuss the recall Of Mayor
Robinson and Councilman Eichelberger
F'or almost a year. he said. Mr.. Rob-
fnson had been mayor OK Boise and in
that time there had been nothing but
strife and turmoil here. 1t was inn
possible, he said, to succeed as citizens
or a city under such conditions. yet he