The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-07-28
BULL MOOSERS
HIT FEDERAL
BUNCH HARD
Platform Declares Office
Holding Politicians Have
Run Things in Utah
With High Hand.
ENLISTED IN BATTLE
TO STAY, ASSERTION
State Central Committee Di-
rected Vigorously to Prose
!, cute Work of Spreading
Rooseveltian Doctrine.
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which Messrs Callister and Glove had
occupied were vacant.
A notable figure at todsy's conven'
tion was Th omas Lundy OF Ogden, q
veteran of the war between the states,
advanced in years. but with heart as
young as any Bull Moose in the house
The distinguished characteristic Of Mr..
Lundy Is that, away back in 1906, he
helped organize the Republican party
in Illinois, an enterprise fraught with
much paril for the pioneers Of that
party at the time.
eyes. sir,' said Mr.. Lundy, "I was
one Of those who helph to form the
Republican party back N %, ana nov
I'm here 10 help form the Progressive
party; and I look for this party to
become as great q party as the he
publican party at its best: ~
"It was different forming political
parties IN chose days from what 1t Is
row. 1 lived in Washington county,
in the southern part OF Illinois Iney
publican party in the place where l
lived, and we invited Yates, who after
wards became governor, to come down
and address u.s. We were told by the
machine bosses that we coudn t hold
a meeting, and that If we tried IT,
there would be trouble and plenty OF
It. We were told that i yates came
to Washington county he would prob
ably not live to speak IN any other
county.
Got Out Pistols.
"Well. sir, that made US Young fell
lows pretty mad, SO we got out our
pistols and long rifles, and-well,
Yates spoke and we organized.
but il was g. lot different then
il wasn't anything like this, where
ioned csairs-yes. cir, young man, it
was heap different. "
A gentleman noticeably conspicuous
because of his absence was Colonel Z.
L, Loose, stsunch friend OF Colonel
Roosevelt. signer of the original Bull
Moose call, but also staunch friend OF
Governor Spry, who is Taft kepuo-
lican. But Colonel Loose was not for
gotten, for when his name was spoken
BIZ a Sanpete delegate there was bit
of demonstration. and, Just to show
the colonel that there was no hard !
feelings against him and that the Bull |
Mooses didn t blame him for what
happened in Chicago, a resolution was
adopted which might be taken as a /
Loose The resolution was offered by
]. N. Bolithio of Sanpete county, and
while the phraseology of the docu.
ment was not exactly in accord with
the best English usage, it served the
purpose, and doubtless will make Col
ouel Loose's self.exile in the brush
less hard 10 bear. Mr.. Bolithio offered
the following, which was adopted with
Resolved, That thir convention
recognizes the fact that Ed Loose did
not take any part in the corruption
perpetrated upon the attitude Of the
people OF America
Speeches and-More Speeches.
There were two stem-winding Roose.
veltian speeches and any number that
were Just keywinders. One Of the
first-class was delivered by W. D. Liv-
ingston OF Sanpete county, who was
temporary chairman, and the other By
William Glasmsnn of Ogden, who was
permanent chairman. and who was in
troduced as the bald eagle Of the
Wasatch.' The speeches Of the sec
ond classification were delivered by
candidates for delegates and who
spoke on other matters.
All OF the speakers talked till the
sweat rolled off their brows and ran
down their faces in streams, but talk
was the order of the day and bar
relful more or less OF perspiration
made 10 difference TO them-they were
there 70 talk and, by golly, they did
talk.
Seventeen Of the twenty-seven coun.
ties OF. Utah were accredited with hav-
ing delegates in person present at the
convention. In the naming OF organ
ization committees, however. only ten
counties were represented. It was ex-
planned that the difference was due 10
the fact that al OF the delegates did
not arrive until the afternoon trains,
and after the committees had been
named.
Women Shout for Teddy"
There were in the hall, holding seats
ss delegates, approximately 225 dele.
gates. Among them was consider
able number or women, who were Just
as enthusiastie ss the men when il
came 10 shouting for Teddy"
The day g doings began early in the
morning. Away up in Cache and Rich
counties delegates awoke with the sun !
and came on TO Ogden, where they
Joined the Weber county delegation on
a special train. The special arrived
in Salt Lake at $50. The Salt Lake
delegation was on hand 10 meet Their
northern brethren with a band, and
there was jolly foregathering on the
platform at the Gould station. The
$50, more or less. OF Salt Lakes con-
tingent with the band boarded the
special ard the whole company moved
On Provo.
The trip to Provo was one coutinu.
Gus round of politics. Everybody
talked politics, and told about how
Teddy was going 70 make 'em all