Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-07-14
THE BULL MOOSE
 PUSHES INTO ARKANSAS
UNSHOD, SMOOTHING AND WITH WIDE SPREAD ANTLERS EN.
 TIERS POLITICAL PASTURES.
will Hold It's First Convention at Lift. tie Rock, July 30, and Select
 Delegates tO National Meet.

Little Rock, July 13.-The Bull Moose, unshod, snorting and display Ing wide spread antlers, together with brlstles along the spine, rushed across the Arkansas border last night and challenged the political game of Ar kansas.
 The political prodigy horned it's way into the Democratic party, as well as Republican, and the signers of the pol ltlcal misfit party call numbers some of the most influential citizens of the state.
 The call, issued by the Friday nisht meeting is as follows:
 "To the people of Arkansas: With out regard to past political preference, who, through repeated betrayal realize that today the soWer Of tae crooked political losses and Of the privileged classes behind them is so strong in the two ald party organizations that no helpful movement in the real inter- ests of the country can come out of either;
 ''Who believe that only through A National Progressive movement along non-sectional lines can be obtained for the nation and if the state of Ark ansas the legislation demanded by modern industrial evolution;
 
 ''Who believe that the time has come in the history of the State of Arkansas that this state fall in line with the party born of the living is sues;
 .Who believe on the one hand that the Republican party as now constitu- ted in Arkansas cannot have any con- trol ill the political affairs of the State because: First, it is so out of sympathy with the ideals and tradi- tions of the vast majority of the peo- pie of this state and second, because it's present organization is so utterly misrepresentative of the sentiments of those who have heretofore been known as Republicans as to render it an inn possible medium of reform;
 ''Who believe on the other hand, that the slavish adherence of this state to the domination of the Demo- cratic party for so many years has re- suited in the absolute elimination of the states influence in the affairs of the national Democratic party:
 "Who believe that in common with other southern states which have for years contributed their electoral votes to Democratic candidates uniformly selected from other sections, this state has not received a square deal at the hands of the party it has so contentedly supported;
 "Who believe that such complete domination by one party in local af- fairs protects and perpetuates the crooked politician, who is essentially the same whether he be Democrat or Republican, or whether he reside in
 
 We believe that honesty in poli- ties is as essential to the peace and welfare of the citizens of Arkansas as honesty in business, who believe that government should be controlled by the people and not by political boses;
 "Who believe that the welfare of this state would be promoted by the organization of new party in the state ill line with the progressive over the country, and who at this time desire to enlist under the banner of Theodore Roosevelt and who now in dorse the principles for which he stands;
 And to all who are ill accord with these views a call is hereby issued by the undersigned to send from each county in this state, a number of dele- gates whose voice in the convention set opposite the name of the county in the list below, to meet in convention in Little Rock on the 30th day of July, 1912, for the purpose of electing delegates to the convention in Chicago on the fifth day of August 1912 which will nominate a candidate for piesi- dent and for vice president of the Uni- ted State;
 "This call is issued in recognition and in pursuance to call for na- ticnal convention issued July s, 1912, signed by Joseph M. Dixon and others.
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