Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-09-16
Believe Colonel is Not Meeting with
Reception Desires.
ONLY ONE SPEECH IN STATE
Nbraska Moosers Fear Boom is Near
ing Collapse.
DIFFICULT TO FIND SECRETARY
Chairman Epperson Has Them Re-
sign ON His Hands as Fast as
He Finds One Who Might Serve
Until Campaign is Over.
(From a staff Correspondent

Q'rom a Staff Correspondent
LINCOLN, Sept. 15.-tSpecial)-Th lat
est move on the political chess board Is
the announced, determination of Mr., Nor
risey. democratic candidate for attorney
general, to contest the right of the bull
moose party to place on the official bal
lot. This In the minds of some will divert
attention from the family quarrel In the
republican party for while.
Another little straw which might be
taken to indicate which way the political
breeze is blowing in the new progressive
Corrick Saturday from the secretary of
the national progressive organization call
ing for a halt In the strenuous program
laid out for their candidate for the pres!-
dency, Mr.. Roosevelt.
In the minds of some it looks like the
beginning Of the end, or at least a sag
ging Of the meteoric hoom Of Colonel
Roosevelt for the presidency. His cam
paign for the presidency for a third
term" said a man today, reminds me
very much Of a skyrocket. We first saw
the preparation made for sending off the
rocket. There was considerable rustling
around to fix things 80 that the thing
would be sure to go up all right Then
came the lighting of the fuse and the
shooting of the rocket with its brilliant
path behind it. During the last few days
it has burst In the political firmanent and
has cast its most Inspiring rays over the
political sky. There is only one thing
left-that is to go out in darkness and
fall
Let Colonel Alone.
1T looks to me that we could see in
that telegram to Manager Corick what
is destined eventually a collapse of the
Roosevelt campaign Certainly there must
be something wrong when word is sent
out That. speeches must be confined to
one in each state, that followers of Mr..
Roosevelt must be kept away from him
and that there is only one thing to do
and thatais to Jet him alore!' 1t IL an
Indication to me that Roosevelt himself
is not satisfied with his campaign or
prospects"
firing of Roosevelt.
i saw something one evening last
week" said man at the state house
Saturday which convinced me that
Colonel Roosevelt is not as strong as he
used to be with the people. I make it a
practice to take in one of the moving
picture shows in the city one night each
week. The theater go to makes II a
practice Of showing on the curtain mo-
ton pictures of current events. When
the national conventions were on. yery
frequently these pictures would show Mr..
Roosevelt.
The moment his picture appeared ON
the curtain great burst of applause
from the audience would go up. Last
week his picture was thrown on the cur
tain' but the applause was very feeble.
This to me is an indication that the peo-
pie are tiring of Mr.. Roosevelt"
Wanted-A Secretary.
The Eppersonian state COMMITTEES il
still on the look for secretary. About
as fast as Chairman Epperson names
man. he takes refuge In the liar of the
real bull moose party and the search has
to go on. Mr.. Epperson went down to
Clay Center to spend the Sabbath and
while there may devise ways and means
to draft secretary. Clay Center is the
town where the biggest incubator factory
In the country Is located and perhaps
Mr. Epperson will contract with the fac
tory to hatch him out a secretary that
will stick.
Denial of Signature.
b. F. Williams, superintendent Of the
insane asylum at Lincoln, whose name
appears on the petition for the formation
OF the bull moose party, denies that he
signed the petition and says that he has
no idea who did sign 1t for him. He
says that he is a democrat and has no
intention Of being anything else. The
petition shows the names Of thirty-eight
officers and employees of the insane
asylum and the penitentiary. Warden
Melick Of the penitentiary did not sign.
Tucker Denied Clemency.
Andrew Tucker, serving sentences for
killing a man In Omaha over a girl, and
sent up for fourteen years. was denied
clemency by the pardon board at their
meeting last week. Tucker has been In
the institution since 1903. Deducting for
good time allowance, he has yet about
a year to serve.
John P. Ernsdorff was sent to the peni.
tentiary for the theft of an automobile
January q, 1912 He was given a IN.
determinate sentence of from one to seven
years He came from Adams county
and while denid pardon by the board
was given to understand that he might
get parole after he had served one yea,
II he kept up his good behavior to that
time.
Back to Prison Again.
Thomas Mcintyre. convict who es-
capped from the Nebraska penitentiary in
1906. will take UP his residence again in
the institution today. Mcintyre was con-
ucted of killing man at Sidney, and
was brought to the penitentiary After
his escape he was caught in California
on charge Of burglary and spent five
years in the penitentiary there. On his
release he was met by deputy sent by
Warden Melick and brought back.
New Taft Club.
A Young Mems Taft club will be orga-
nized in Lincoln Tuesday evening. Al
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