The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1912-08-02
THE BULL MOOSE CONVENTION
Light Attendance and Apparently
Little Hope Of Victory This Year


progressive" third term party at
Linneus Friday afternoon, of whom
forty, by actual count, participated
in the deliberations, while the re-
naming sixty were there to watch
the Bull Moose perform. There
were enough long-haired and be-
whiskered delegates to make one
believe he had dropped into an
old-time populist convention, and
the speeches helped out the illusion,
the only difference being that the
populists fought for principles,
while their latter-day successors
are simply trying to elect their
man.
There was little delay in open
ing the convention to allow the
leaders time to round up enough
third term men to make showing.
When the party heads had all as
.sembled, an imported spell-binder
from Lewis county addressed the
audience and related the marvel
Gus achievements of one T. r.
That part of his speech was simply
one of the Colonel's speeches with
Theodore Roosevelt" substituted
wherever the word It" occurred in
the original. The delegates cour-
teously refrained from applauding
until the close of the gentleman's
speech.
In the course of his remarks the
gentleman stated that he had filed
as the republican candidate Tor
state representative from Lewis
county, expecting that I. 4. would
be nominated at Chicago and that
his own election would necessarily
follow. Two years ago 3l4 re-
publican votes were polled in Lewis
county. while the democrats had
2 334. so he would have had to go
some to be elected, and it is bare
" possible that the gentleman dld
not himself believe all that he SAID.
After the election of the CHAIR
man, Rev. Allen, Col. ii. Y.
Myers Of Brookfield, acknoW-
lodged leader of the Bull Moose in
this county and prominent single
taxer, was chosen secretary. The
committee on resolutions was com
posed of Col. D. B. Skene o.
BrookfeId, Col. j. T. Fleming o.
Browning and Col. Jack SENEGAL 0.
Meadyille. They reported set o
resolutions that none of them coult
read, and the gentleman iron
Lewis county, who had brougn
them from headquarters in his In
+ side vest pocket, had to read then
70 the convention. They wer
adopted with wild below OF tn
Bull Moose, The resolutions fol
low:
BE resolved by the Progressives OF Lam
county that we believe the time has come
for crystalizing in nation vide pohlcal
organization the deep-seated idea OF hones-
tv in politics and business which mas Oeen
so repeatedly outraged by the manipuia-
tions OF partisan tricksters and the dornln-
alton Of predatory wealth that It IS unreas-
enable to hope for square deal 70 an
classes through the parties when nave
been promising 50 long ana Wltn epua. ~.
ularity disappointing those who put thels
trust in them.
We also believe in the honesty and ability
- qvheodore Roosevelt and indorse him as
candidate for president OF the uniteo
States. -
Col. 81. C. Myers and j. "
Lively Of Brookfeld. J . ]. Smit
Of Browning and DR.. NJ. Z. Gin
: Of MeadviIle were elected delegate
to the state convention ct Kanss
City and when it was noticed ths
some delegates were becomin
apeeved'' because they were LEI
AMI. ] G. Green Of Browning
Iaok SENEGAL Of Meadville, 4
~-t..l,,t of T.inneus and j