The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-18
BURROW DECLINED.
Topekan's Reasons for Turning Down
Bull Moose Treasurer.

Not only did ]. R. Burrow decline
the opportunity to contribute 800 20
/ the Bull Moose campaign, but In let
ter written to E. H. Hooker, treasurer
of the Progressive party, the Topekan
tears to threads the chief Bull Moose
and denounces the deception of the new
movement.
In his letter to Hooker, Mr.. Burrow
pc intS out the fact that none of the
socialistic literature is mailed in the
requests for contributions, that Hooker
is only fooling the people by his re-
quests and really has all the funds
necessary to conduct a vigorous and
noisy campaign at the expense of Big
Business. Then Burrow compliments
Mr.. Hooker on the Bull Moose name
and proceeds to advise the new party
treasurer how fittingly the new name
applies to the leader and his movement.
Not until the Republican party had re-
fused to keep Roosevelt in Office, Bur-
row writes, did the organizer of the
Third party tell the voters of the rot
ten condition of the national organi-
"a ton.
Under date of September 7. Mr.. Bur-
row wrote to Hooker as follows:
Dear Sir:-I am in receipt of yours OF
the 3Oth, enclosing extracts of the Bull
Moose party, and note your request
for a contribution of 800. If I had
any desire to contribute to a fund 10
disrupt the business of the United
with your request. but in as much as
I believe your party is doing more to
destroy the confidence of the American
people than any other party in exist
cree, ] most certainly must decline
your request.
The sending out of the extracts of
your party platform is characteristic
Of the movement of this party from its
inception. You show you deception IN
sending out these extracts. You fail TO
istis" planks N your platform, for you
know that will not take with the pub |
liC-and deception seems to be the
policy of your organization.
For seven years Colonel Roosevelt !
was president of the United States, |
and not one word was uttered on the .
tariff subject and he only takes it up |
now because he has to. In my judg- |
ment no one man in the United States /
was more responsible for the panic of |
1907 than Theodore Roosevelt. Not !
from anything that he had done, but |
from his constant running off at the |
mouth which seems to be his great !
weakness. Had Colonel Roosevelt man !
aged to beat President Taft at the
Chicago convention and been the NOM
Tree himself, today he would be sing
ine the praises of the Republican |
party as the only party in existence,
regardless of the manner in which he
received the nomination.
over 80 per cent of the various con-
tests presented by the Roosevelt crowd |
were without any foundation what
ever, and because he was beaten in
his scheme of contests he now finds
the Republican party to be very rot
ten. He is like the most of the can
didates who have been beaten in their
party-they are very loyal until they
fail to dominate and then the party is
rotten. Roosevelt seems to have an
itching for office equal to the "seven
year" itch-only seven times seven.
He has held office practically his en-
tire life under the Republican party.
1t was always a splendid party as long
as he could control and remain in Of
flee, but when the Republican party
repudiates and fails to keep him in
office, he then finds it to be very rot
gogue" of the age and it will be a
Gala nifty to the good people of the
United States for him to again be
laced in power.
You send out these requests for con-
tributionS to the common people of
the United States. not expecting to re-
seive a cent but to make the pretcnse
hat you are representing the people.
We are well aware that you can get
all the money you want from the
trusts. They owe it to Colonel RooSe
5elt, for during his administration of
seven years there were more trusts
treated and fostered, with his consent.
han were ever organized under all
,ther Republican administrations.
The name selected for your party,
he Bull Moose, is very fitting as 1.-The
Bull Moose lives on the public domain
md is a very wasteful feeder: he is {
If wandering, Eighty disposition; his
ieSh is coarse and stringy; his hide I
s thick and of poor quality: he fire. {
Iuently shows clumsy slowness of :
comprehension which amounts to t
downright stupidity The colonel
himself shows a great many instincts i
If his own designation of the Bull I
Moose. He cries aloud at the rotten $
chicago convention, claiming that Taft +
tole the convention, but in Kansas he :
md his cohorts are seeking to steal
he electors of Kansas and run them
Inder the Republican emblem and the
lame of Taft and Sherman. A more
and dastardly scheme new
r was proposed. In other words
Thou shalt not steal-unlcss thou
teal for me- '-Colore Roosevelt.
Assuring you that I shall do all
an to defeat the colonel and his Bull
loose associates, I remain yours very
ruly, ]. R. BURROW- 7