El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-24
Il PAsOANS FORM
ROOSEVELT CLUB
MANY Former Republicans
Join Bull Moose-Rhine-
hart Is President.

over 100 persons IN response ~ M
call of the Bull Moose gathered at the
court house Friday night Eighty Oh
them for the most part, staunch Re
-,,,,,1ics,e of wears standing, shed the
TOO. of Republicanism, trampled it in
+bo dust adorned the antlers of the
Ruu Moose. and voicing the battle
o< tho ..Progressives." went forth
60 Roosevelt and Johnson as the Two
greatest tvpes of that great new pa -
Tho conversion from republican can
ism, 70 that of ''ProSresSlNels "eS
sudden. rapid, and com -
Goen. who has officiated as cHalIi i lIsln
Of numerous Republican gatherings
ana conventions: who has been sent on
various occasions as a delegate TO III ,
ferent Republican cohNehtIOi.9' D.
who lately was delegate 70 M a.
oubIican national convention neIu a.
Thicaeo pronounced the benedicllOn Vi!
the converts which forever SselSu
ties that bound those RepuDIl l ceIiS
present to that party me me, IeeP NJ.
can party as organized ueclaL LssI5, ~
Goen, is not worthy OF the SupPOi
of the American people
Rinehart Is Present.
Pobert n Rfnehart Familiarity
known as Bob" Rinehart, was unanl-
mousIy chosen as president. Will pc the
guiding spirit of the new party, MnlcH
will be known as the Roosevelt ID Ol ~
son Progressive club, the name aooPIeu
after a consideration of several. ne
Roosevelt J ohnson club viii not tah TAX
anv part in local politics as was Stdteu
nv Mr.. Goen. The main purpose OF the
members and the club as a WhOle -
TO poll as many votes as possible LOT
the men whose names have Deeh
0Iaced on the clubs banner Incl
dentaIly, the members want 1t tnor-
ourhIv understood that it is not he
publican, Democratic, SoclaIlstlc, fOp-
ulistic, or any other party orSanIzd-
ton. 1t is solely and purely To-
gressive club, they said and organized
in behalf of Roosevelt and Johnson
the proclaimed leaders OF the Pro-
gressive movement More than 1OV
persons have already signed the mem
bership list. and before the general
election in November it is expectd that
there will be more than 1000. Anyhow
that is the slogan adopted by the
members of the club Saturday night;
20 secure as many members as pos
sible.
After the organization Of the club
Saturday night some erstwhile Repuo-
Iicans. who still hold offices in that
party, desired to know what they
should do They wanted to know II a
resignation was in order
Not Republicans Says Baum.
That it was not Republican club
was forcibly brought home to men,
Der. J. z. Rhein, when he rose to say
that his experience with the local Re
publicans was that they would neeo
a great deal of hot ice" an article
he had been reading about a few days
previous Another member o. H Baum
got on his feet and declared that they
were not meeting as Republicans, and
the session had nothing to do with
that party. The first member prompt
" subsidized, after saying that he
thought there was nothing in name
anyhow. and a rose would smell as
sweet if it were a Roosevelt.
s. Engelkins. assistant United States
district attorney. was The speaker OF
the evening. When Mr.. EngelkinS,J
placed the name of DR.. II. E Steven
son in nomination for the vice presi-
dency of the club, he paid the nominee
a glowing tribute, DR.. Stevenson was
unanimously elected. Vincent Wood
bury, whose name had been proposed
first, withdrew from the race. Mr..
Woodbury. was subsequently elected
second vice president
The othtr officers elected were as
follows: A. H. Anderson. secretary.
The position was offered to c. A.
Kline. who stated that he would not
have the time to devote to the office.
L. 5. Stewart was elected treasurer. 4
committee composed of s. Engelking,
S J. Prudential and d. B. Smith was
appointed to draft the bylaws Of the
organization. The meeting Saturday
night was called to order by s J. Fru-
as chairman. c. A Kline was elected
temporary secretary.
VIII Meet September G.
After the session. president Rine-
hart announced that the next meeting
of the club would be held on the night
of September 6 at a place to be Sc