The daily sentinel., 1912-09-21
EX-STEWARTITES
TO Eject KNIGHT,
CASSELLS, ET AL
Expect TO COntrOl Progressive
Convention So as TO Run
Reps on Both Tickets.
N. c. MILLER SLATED TO BOSS
TO CAPTURE the Bull Moose
party Organization Ia Mesa

SHN' = ~ ltlt nun .NlbttNt
party organization in Mesa
county, even as they uSurp-
eel the republican party, the gem
tlemen who were formerly
known aS Stewart republicans,
have made pirnticaI plans to in
sure the election Of progrcSsivcS
in Mesa county this fnll. How
close they viii come 10 their aim
may not yet be said, bur the crr-
tninty of their intentions can
not be doubted.
Some few days ago. IL will hc
remembered, the original Hull
MOuSerS in this county, of whom
Ruhrrt CnsSellS, W. &. Knight
and \. II. Barnes are the Leaders,
passed ~ resolution which was
intended to prevent any candid
ate'> being nominated AT the pru-
SresSiNc convention September
.S who had not first severed all
allegiance To the old parties.
This is fair and in full accordance
with Colonel Rooseyelt's expressed
views of the subject.
Stewart, however. has become
Bull Mooser, and. unable To move
without leader with pot of mon
ey. the local organ of the Stewart
Dodge miliionaires has leaped into
the Bull Moose bandwagon. too.
This plfcen the progressive re-
iiuhlicap candl,iats ss IN he counEr in
an awkward position. II they stayed
in the republican party and ran I'M
der Taft electors they would forfeit
the support OF the augmented Bull
Moose party. Unless they withdrew
from the republican ticket it seemed
that they had no chance to get on
The Moose ticket.
Then someone appeared with
fine suggestion: Let's become the
Bull Moose party" And it was 50
Charley Jones. who is standpat-
ter in Collbran and u progressive i'm
Grand Junction. John Brown, who
cannot AFFORD to be anything bur Bun
Moose since Stewar, deserted him
Avery Newton. who has made his
place with the progs. Ray Yunker.
Lee Hampton and the rest OF the re-
publican ticket. with the exception of
Judge sullivan and Bill Struthers.
will all be renominated at the Bull
Moose convention on September $.
knight, Cassells and Barnes, who
called the convention and are the
real Roosevelt men in the county. will
be in a minority and will be com
pletely outvoted by the usurping Of
The plans have been pretty well
made 81 Reed from Palisade W.
be appeased by the nomination for
central committee secretary and n.
c. Miller, who narrowly escaped the
central committee chairmanship. will
be placed i'm charge of the Bull
Moose county fight He will also
preside over the convention.
In the meantime Dave Miller and
Moses Worthiugton are struggling
against fate in an effort TO become
Bull MOuseTs. They have been or
dered to retain their Jobs as republi-
cans however, to prevent the old
regular organization from obtaining
a foothold in the county.
Thus these ianus-faced candidates
may look you in the eve and say they
are blaCk-hearted republicans and
show you their names on the ticket
to prove 1t. They can turn to Your
neighbor and assert with AL gravity
that they are no longer republicans.
but Bull Moosers, and there hey will
have their names on the official bal
lots as petition candidates
So far, however, they have made
no effort to capture the socialist or
Sauization and displaCe The candid
atGs Of that party.