The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-02
HEADQUARTERS plAeE Q OEMANY
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BULL. gIoOSERS INSTRUCT HOW Tx@ BE MADE VOTERS-WILL %FESD LITERATURE TO UN-
 MADE ELECTORS.
ATTORNEY GENERAL LIGHT GIVES OPINION ABOUT CAUCUS ,FOTERS-AIOOSEV CAN 5%A ATTEND.

uoh@ns and what the procedure is. WhAz& a Farmer reporter sat in the hamAauarters to-day four young men wfan will vote for the first time this nAemMr came ln. They expressed them AssyaGs anxious to support the third FwzeE and pledged their vote to the y4&aar@ men. volunteered the inforna- %km that his father is a. Democrat anM lAEhE he has an older brother who im M Repubhcan. I've got another bmAHRser who will vote for the first &fras next year and x guess he will be- ucrrA fsoc4alfgt SO Hs looks as II our faaratgF wifi hAsprettyes we'll divided, po- @AcalfTP Ina said Two others had HafaremM Tshn haPe been Republicans fhKad Hha- cfihar hads no father but an &IdR~. hruehew ,NFiho belonged to the So- nM5aHk rHsnty.
 fAAFlSam EsNV5rcai5t W7ho has charge of nm headpzEar&ers to fle between now mFnMs QunnEeg an application to be made m %utn@ sE& 1g necasSary to file this amEyqNMBnAMEum %e6ore s D. m. October 15 tmnsd 4tan Moung- men were told to call a1pcn t&e E9Ei istTars of voters at once @fms aApsSaca43u1 blanks, being caution MI akhmass Che eamiiar this was done, the FhrilArsr. They were also told to keep sarr #nrnnh@GRath HrM Moose headquarters 6m7s# Meep those i'm charge informed as Ap #aha# fhsy had done toward becom-
 Thr. yaIncerat, sal1, that it was the in- hafTt5on 100 eend d1t dirctilars of in .msrHsctanErg t1p the male population spf A6hhl cityA later Gn. tp Eemind them to :rnaH8ap Ahplicairfbn to become voters. Af khe app1irR tknns are made-slt IS rnl,d hNs s7J bessaS+v Eo see that the name sRpa@ lfm tlse general list after which %heIragpatcaxzt win have to appear be- &nrph the selertnem to be made The %EdR .Mcc@erS aRa going to make an mDgrF& AUs inEere@t 9aIl those who have @e& 7aMem made vQterg and literature RArmR tEiat fine wifi belsent out: There @Tn many new corners to this state who MaApledgad their support to the rhard naEsE but wlO have not been corna arath lla#5Iig lived in the state ryyar one year and in the city over six Tnrnrfr@ as is required by law.
 Tfe work of i1fdexing the names which haEal beel written to pledges of supqort tn the third party. was fin ssf,ozrS faiat +hAre are Sg5 who have 1led@edsir fhefr own hand writing their RrIupr% of the Bull Moose movement These rRnaes are filed in card system ana win he increased as the names come fn. In speaking of the results of ' who is in charge of headquarters, said:
 arWhihe the names have been com inr in fast F had noa idea athat we had 5reached the goo mark I thought tfla1sabqut TOO names mad been sent in and was surprised to-day when foundattlat tfar6S are! aet tuHll Y s95 That seems 10 be aspFEtty good showing for three weeks work I dare say that we will pass the 1000 mark before this vsaaek is ended. and easily. Mind you, these names are signed by the individ- r1a1s fhemseEFess whe-y realize that their siEnaHurs a1zosatsts sf am ,h2aaor pledge
 I'm Stamford, Harry C. Scofeld, who is the big Bull Moose of that town, claims that 5001names have been sign cd to pledges.
 Am npfnion of Atty. General John H. Iigzit. privately given, relative to the w-snraM of B4lll MoOSers to attend regu- laT Rep1IDHcan or Democratic caucus es has been received by local Moose veIts. with much rejoicing. Attorney Hdaast believes that the Bull Moosers hawe the legal right to attend Repub- lican or Democratic caucuses in the p~ocess of naming the party tickets. He doesn't believe however, that they have the raoTal right to take part in a Republican or Democratic caucus if tkew have become affiliated with any DtheHsi party Thus, Attorney Light holdg that 1t remains for each indi- widual&to decide whether he will stay away from am old party caucus or at tend. as the registration law is not a penal RtE&ute i'm any sense. Y
 Txmnfng the matter about, man r,emastered 10 vote on the caucus vot- ing list of any party, night if he gsasw f1t, also vote in the cause of any party thft did not nave a eaalctiss alI hst.' Mghe Progressives have not been organ ixed long enough to have a caucus list. Therefore there is nothing to prevent thet regular Republicans from attend ing aaae BuF Moose cauci1ses, If any are held and voting as they desire.
 The only way Of preventing man from voting at both the Republican ceascalss, and the Progressive caucus, if he saw fit to vote at boths would be bv a hearing before the registrars of voters as provided for in section 5 of chapter 265, public acts of 1909. That section provides for a hearing to de- ~eruine a mans political affiliations and section provides that, if a man had his name on the ticket of another uarty two years previous, that shall be regarded as prima facie evidence of his allegiance to the party he then represented and the registrars can goV- ern themselves accordingly.
 The attorney general further said that many Progressives might go be- fore the registrar, if called upon to explain, and state that they were Re- pubIicans and would vote the Repub- Ifcan state ticket, but that they would vote for Roosevelt in preference to Taft. Apparently the registrar would not be Justified, in view of that state- ment. i'm debaFring them from the Re- publican caucus.
 There is much interest in this ques- rion. throughout the state and both the stand patters and the progressiVes have faRt atha& one faction will try and rum things their own way in each ntf&rs caiIcuse6 ss There has already been some threatening talk Of the reg ular Republicans of Bridgeport turning some such trick on the Bull Moose :aucuses here in this city, At BulII Moose Headquarters however, the idea is laughed at sWe'lI take care of that when the time comes,'' said George E. Melfus, a member Of the state com nittee.
 Soon after the Chicago convention the state central eennarfi eeSzF of the -onnecticuts 3til AEeosel# |til1 get to- rether. eESEG NTH fH aH pr0babilitE elect 5enators I@&eph " Alsop as chairman erd Walter Emery -Gar9 as secretary. MT. Alsop and MT. Gard have held these offices in the temporary com H1ittee. This committee has the power to add stos it's membership and l probably will make considerable in ! grease over the present 45 which com- 1 prise it. The committee will call the ! state convention and there is very promising prospects that it will be held ! m Bridgeport, early in September