Semi-weekly herald., 1912-10-07
BULL MOOSE HOLD MEETING

people at the court house and address,
ed them upon the issues of the cam
paign as seen from the point of view
of Progressive.
N. N. Mclean, candidate for the
Progressive party of this congression-
al district, was the first speaker Of the
evening. He stated that he was a
druggist by profession and had been
interested more or less in farming
and that he had been in the legis-
lature for two terms and had intro
duced a number of reform measures.
He suggested that the old parties
were in the habit of nominating all
their candidates from Denver and that
part of the state, and that the Pro-
gressives had been more judicious and
fair, have selected candidate for the
United States senate from the west
ern slope, candidate for this congress
sional district from Lamar and can
didate for congressman at large from
Logan county, in the northeastern
part of the state.
1t was his idea that both Taft and
Wilson were controlled by the old ma
chimes that have been in power for
some years, that neither could be ex-
pected to give the people any re-
form measures no matter what the
individual candidates might believe.
He Informed those present that the
Progressives would consider their
platform as program, that they if
they should be chosen to run the af-
fairs of the state would consider their
agreement with the people as bind
ing contract and that each candidate
for office would consider this contract
as binding as he would any other con-
tract.
He requested the people of this con-
gressional district to look into his rec
ord while in the legislature and into
the Progressive platform and if they
thought it advisable to support him
for congress it was well and good and
that he would appreciate their sup
port.
The next speaker of the evening
was G. E. Fisher of Sterling, Colo.
This gentleman is a forceful speaker
although he said he had received all
his training the last few weeks from
the able speakers with whom he has
been associated. He too mentioned
the fact that the Progressives had
been judicious in locating the candi-
dates on the ticket outside of Den
yer.
He spoke of the old parties being
controlled by bipartisan machine
and that nothing in the way of re-
form could be expected from them
He interested the audience very
much when he spoke of hearing Lin
clon address the people of Leaven-
worth, Kas., on the issues of the cam
paign of 1860 when he, the speaker,
was a mere boy. He stated that his
father was one of those who had left
his party and Joined Lincoln in form
ing the Republican party and that in
asmuch as such great men as Lincoln
had found it advisable to leave their
party and found the Republican party.
He said that he had attended the
national convention, that he had been
present at the conferences and was ia
miliar with every step that was ta-
ken by the opponents of Roosevelt and
that no person not politician would
have done otherwise than what he
has done had he been present during
all those meetings.
He criticized Woodrow Wilson for
his attitude on the tariff question and
the effect that his policy would have
on the sugar beet industry of the
state.
He concluded his address by relat-
ing the achievements of Roosevelt
when he was president of the United
States. He called attention to the
fact that at that time all Republicans
and many Democrats thought Roose-
welt to be the greatest man in the
world and that in foreign countries
"S i'u pcVh ieseiNeu anu given more
prominence than any other man who
has ever lived. He asked how such
a man could now be criticised with
fairness by those who had praised
him? He insisted that Roosevelt was
a better man today than he was at
that time as he has been studying the
principles of government as they ap-
ply to the conditions that now con-
front the people of this country. He
proved himself to be a very able
speaker and both Democrats and Re-
publicans complimen.ed him for his
oratorical ability even though they
could not agree with him on the is
sues.
Mr.. Catlin of Montrose, the candi-
date for United States senator, was
the chief speaker of the evening. He
called attention to the fact that Huer-
fano and Las Animas counties are
controlled by the c. F. & l., that their
influence is very bad in the state,
that there is no hope for reforms
when the parties are under the con-
.rol of such influences. He too spoke
If the fact that for the first time