The jam of the Johnson boom. Illustration shows presidential hopeful John A. Johnson as a logger struggling to break free a log jam of logs labeled Reactionary Democracy, Wall Street Interests, Plutocracy, High Finance, Ryanism, Conservatism, Safe & Sane Fake, and Stand Pat Democracy, which are preventing him from presenting his political agenda at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. Date 1908 June 24. The jam of the Johnson boom. Illustration shows presidential hopeful John A. Johnson as a logger struggling to break free a log jam of logs labeled Reactionary Democracy, Wall Street Interests, Plutocracy, High Finance, Ryanism, Conservatism, Safe & Sane Fake, and Stand Pat Democracy, which are preventing him from presenting his political agenda at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. Date 1908 June 24.