Together with Perkins, Smith crusaded against dangerous and unhealthy workplace conditions and championed corrective legislation. Almost single-handedly he crusaded, writing a number of works in Konkani. Once elected, Governor Roosevelt was independently minded and crusaded against machines and corruption. The party supported fairer railroad policies and crusaded for tariff reform. He especially crusaded for the abolition of the French language in Manitoba and Ontario schools. Across the nation drys crusaded in the name of religion for the prohibition of alcohol. Public interest groups have crusaded against commercialization of parks. The Republicans thus crusaded against the Slave Power, warning it was destroying republican values. Public interest groups have crusaded against commercialization of Chicago parks. He himself crusaded under the pseudonym Samri Frikell. She also crusaded against unhealthy conditions in New York's tenements. Rogers crusaded for aviation expansion and provided Americans with first-hand accounts of his world travels. He crusaded for racial justice while exposing racism in education, jobs, housing, and public accommodations. Across the nation, "drys" crusaded, in the name of religion, for the prohibition of alcohol.