The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-10-12
WORKING FOR TEDDY.


Columbia, Oct. S.-The people Of
south Carolina are watching the
Bull Moose" party, which has organ
| lied in this State and has opened
headquarters in the Columbia Hotei.
with a corps Of stenographers and
oft1cials in charge, preparatory to
making vigorous campaign for the
South Carolina electoral vote for Col
Theodore Roosevelt. National Com
mltteeman Is. Sherwood Dunn, Secre-
tary w. Il. Beard and Treasurer L.
w. G. Blalock are in charge of the
| headquarters giving their personal at
tention to the campaign being launch
| ed in this State.
The new progressive party of the
Palmetto State is depending on it's
own resources and will not seek finan-
cial assistance from the national war
chest. which is chiefly kept up by
| George w. Perkins and Frank A.
Munsey. The Palmetto Bull Moose
are going to draw on their own re-
sources and raise the sinews Of war
from among the local brethren and
the recruits which they hope to cap
ture from the hitherto solid demo
cratic ranks. They will raise from
| among themselves and the people of
the State the campaign fund to be
| used in an attempt to capture the
vote Of South Carolina for Roose-
Welt.
The Bull Moose will in few days
announce the personnel Of their cleo
trail ticket and probably the names
Of the various county chairmen. They
propose going into every county and
carrying the campaign right to the
voters themselves, and for this pur-
pose they are planning a systematic
canvass Of the whole State and the or
ganization Of a political machine run
ming from the county up to the State
organization.
In attempting to turn the South
Carolina voters to the new party Bull
Moose literature will be broadcasted
throughout the State and placed in
the hands Of every voter. 1t is prob
able that this campaign will be re-
inforced by speakers who will take
the stump in the endeavor to wrest
South Carolina from Woodrow Will
son and the Democratic faith. 1t is
whispered that Bull Nose spellbind-
ers may be sent out on the stump in
this State to teach the doctrine of the
progressive party and to take the light
and gospel Of the coloners "confes-
sion of faith into every quarter.
OF all the solid" South none have
been more strong in the democratic
faith than South Carolina, and the at
tempt TO capture the most faithful
or the democratic States illustrates
the inspiration which rules the pro-
gressive party. OF course, the Bull
Moose is banking on factionalism,
growing out of the recent bitter fight
over Blease, to contribute TO recruits
to their ranks and they doubtless be-
lieve that tney will offer that balm
which disgruntled and dissatisfied
Democrats are seeking. They prob
ably figure that they stand the chance
of splitting the hitherto solid Demo-
cracy of the state, and they were
shrewd enough to make their party
white party and appeal to the white
people alone, thus removing the fear
of negro domination.
Some people are pointing out that
the secretary Of the Bull Nose party.
w. P. Beard, was the chief publicity
agent for the governor and one of his
personal attendants on the recent
| campaign. They profess to see in this
something significant, but the fact
that Beard is secretary of the Bull
Moose does not mean that it will get
any aid from Governor Blease. On
the contrary, Governor Blease viii!
lead the Democratic hosts in Novem-
Der and is expected to fight both the
Bull Nj oose and the Republicans with
all his might. 1t is possible that if
the Bull Moose shows signs Of accu-
mulating enough strength to seriously
endanger the chances of Wilson in
this State, that Governor Blease may
be asked to take the stump on behalf
of Woodrow Wilson and the regular
Democratic ticket. He could easily
cope with any outside Bull Moose
spellbinder who might be sent into
the state to tsump it, for Blease is
conceded to be without a peer in
South Carolina as an effeCtiNe Stumn