The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1912-07-31
And Organize the Bull
Moose Party.
THE ATTENDANCE WAS SMALL
But Affair MOved.Off Smooth
iy-ReSOlutiOnS Unani-
mOuSly Adopted.
TALKS by THE BULL MOOSERs

A handful of Roosevelt Repub-
,licans (about so or 60) with a
= sprinkling of Taft men and Demo-
Gratis, assembled in the court house
here last Saturday at the organiza-
ton of the alleged new Progressive
party. Mr.. Sias Stevens was Sc
lected chairman and Mr.. w. r. He'd
rick secretary of the meeting. In
taking the chair Mr.. Stevens made
a little talk in which he seemed to
have awakened to the fact that the
Republican party was being bossed
by somebody within party ranks. He
--appo;nted a committee on resolu-
tions as follows: VIM. Hamilton
Ernest woodward, H. L. Brown, W.
S. Tinsley and c. NJ. Barnett.
During the absence OF the COM
mittee Judge Wedding was called
upon for speech and responded.
He said the Democrats are still
preaching free silver and that many
Socialists and Democrats called on
hOOSeN6ll u luis lCoiNNhh AoAN'
said Judge Wedding, has evidently
become converted to the free trade
idea. Judge Wedding thinks the
voters should stand for the gold
standard and a protective tariff, but
inasmuch as the Taft wing of the
Republican party is also committed
to these principles, it was not clear
under which banner the Judge
would have them assemble. Judge
Wedding thinks that the country is
very prosperous now-the farmers
getting high prices and everybody
satisfied along industrial lines
but yet he Is not satisfied with our
present national administration and
wants a change. He denounced the
Chicago Republican convention as a
piece of thievery.
The committee on resolutions
then brought in their report, which
was read by G. NJ. Barnett. who
made a motion that it be adopted.
Without being called upon for
speech, Mr.. Barnett proceeded to
address the crowd. He praised
Roosevelt in a general way, which
was quite departure from his ed
itorials OF May 81. 1909, July Is,
1910, and even as late as December
1, 1911, in the latter of which he
said: Mount Roosevelt continues
to show signs of eruption" In his
editorial in the Hartford Republic
an of May 81, 1909, he referred to
"the bombastic broadsides which |
President Roosevelt usually fired at
Capitol HILL" and in his issue of !
July Is, 1910. referring to Col.
Roosevelt's defense of the State |
primary law of New York, he said: |
"Mr. Roosevelt should have thought !
of this when two years ago, by the |
most shameless use of public pat
ronage and Federal office-holders,
he dictated the nomination for his
successor to the Presidential chair"
Mr.. Ernest Woodward was then
called upon for speech, and deliv-
cred a very logical talk. He said
he would vote for either Eugene v.
Debs or Woodrow Wilson in, prefer
ence to Taft. AIessrs. Ashford
Mills, C. +. Smith, Dillis Ward and
Henry Leach were then called upon
in turn and responded with brief
remarks. All the speakers declared
their allegiance to Teddy Roosevelt
and his propaganda and bespoke
victory for the Third Party move
ment. Mr.. Mills made no speech,
but said he endorsed the meeting
and its proceedings. Mr.. Smith
spoke at some length in like vein
and said there is no hope for the
reelection of President Taft. Mr..
Ward spoke for equal rights and
free government He said the Chi
cago affair was misrepresentative
convention. Mr.. Leach said he had
never been heartily for TAFT. Said
Teddy gave the people good adj
ministration, which OF course in
cluded the panic which occurred
under Roosevelt's rule. There were
several Taft adherents present, but
they were not called upon to give
their views.
The resolutions, which we're a
wholesale endorsement of Col