The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-09
LOCAL REPUBLICANS DODGE NOMINATIONS
King Warner Machine Up Against H Good and
 Hard
Bull Moosers Movement Has Elm up a Tree" and
 They're Still Climbing

s It is becoming more apparent every day that the local Republican ma
 chine is having difficulty in finding can didates for office. In previous years there has been a big scramble for; the senatorial and representative n nominations but this year those who would otherwise be working their heads off to get, such party recognt- tion, are undetermined. as to whether they want the nominations or not. This tinnidity on their part comes from the stated intention of the Buff Moose party to nominate candidates of their own. If this is done the Re-
 pubIicans see little chance Of victory and hesitate about making the sacr1- flee.
 More than one Bull Moose leader has been approached in the matter of dropping the idea of naming local movement on foot to, get the Progress sive party to endorse the Republican candidates rather than nominate their own The Bull Moosers how ever, are absolutely against such ac- ton and a canvass of the leaders in the new party reveals the fact that every one of them is opposed to mak- ing endorsements and -favors putting their own nominees in the field.
 why shouldn't we put our own nominees in the field % asked one leader who was approached. Haven't we got just as good material as the other parties and after all believe that it is the man that the people will support this year rather than the party I dare say we will be better bIe to put up good clean men than the Republicans because our ranks don't contain so many designing poli- ticians."
 As illustrative of the predicament into which the Republican party has been preciDitated by the advent of the Bull Moose movement into local poli- tics, the following conversation which took place in the presence of a Far versation was between a prospective nominee on the Republican ticket and leader in the Progressive party.
 You fellows ought to leave the state and local tickets alone" said the Republican would -be-nominee His statement was made in sort of a he said: 'I don't see what you are thinking of. You know there is no possible chance of your winning and if you put up candidates on the local ticket why you are simply going to make it the easiest thing in the world for the Dem mocrats to win out. Now why couldn't you chaps endorse the Republican nominees and prevent this. You dont want to see a Democratic victory do yOu?"
 The Bull Mooser interrupted to say: or another far as the old parties are concerned. If we Progressives l can't win-and I'm not so sure that | victory for us is npossibIe-why it l ma alters little to me which of the | other two parties does Why should i we favor the Republicans any more 1 than the Dem ocrats? Why don't you 1 Republicans drop out and let us be | alone in the fight against the Demo- l rrats, if you are worried over the 1 possibilities of a Democratic victory?' 1
 tOh, don't be absurd. You know | that you can't win anyway and why | make it easy for the Democrats to win ?" argued the Republican.
 Am I any more absurd in asking | you why the Republicans daa't ztap