The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-18
LARGE SLICES OF GLOOM SURROUND BULL MOOSE CAMP Even the "Head Moose Is Said Never to Give Way
 to a Smile
THINK HISTORY IS
 BEING MADE DAILY
Large Safe Which Seems in Recep- tive Mood Is Conspicuous Fea- ture of the Washington
 Headquarters
Rr (. E. STEW

Washington, July 17.-(Special)-It Is said by one who is in position to know
 that there is an air of absolute cheerful ness around every political camp in the country, even President Taft's and ex- tending to our friends, the Dry as Dust party, except the camp of the bull mooses Here. 1t is said. everything IS as gloomy as a toothache Naturalists have told the managers of the third term party that the young bull moose never laughs. This is one reason advanced for the fact that around their headquarters | there is an air of sad faced seriousness that in comparison makes a composite picture of the inside of Sing Sing or the meeting of the board of directors after the cashier has gone to Canada depict | unhoy glee
 The strong impression one gets, there fore, from a visit to the shrine of the bull moose bunch is the seriousness of every one and of their. cause. Even the office boys are serious and will stop you to say how very fortunate they are in being where 50 much history is being made You are fully impressed with that; you feel in a short while that you are at l the fountain head of the History Manu-
 featuring company and that it is a dod- l gasted serious affair Mysterious strangers fit to and fro, but there is nothing Frivolous about words or deeds. One longs to hear the infectious laugh of Lafayette B. Gleason at republican head quarters, or the chuckle of Charles White, sergeant at arms of the demo- cratic state committee.
 Senator Dixon is in charge, and in his absence o. K. Davis performs. MT. Davis looks like he had taken an over dose of gloom and fears if he smiles that
 it will crack the enamel on the horns of the bull moose.
 Two, and only two, pictures adorn the walls, 1t is said. One is of two healthy looking water sprites climbing hand over hand up a water fall The other is a much larger picture of the Chief Bull Moose. There is a rumor that the water sprites are attracting too much atten ton, so that picture will be removed. An energetic and inqusitive young man is stationed in this room.
 Many come to these headquarters, but it is said few ever get by this inquisitive young man. In nine cases out of ten it is found that the visitors can be dis posed of by him. Men who come with schemes to organize bull mooses in Happy Hollow, if the provender is pro vided, are usually directed to the Metro | politan Tower. They don't even see the men who are directing the campaign I If one hangs around the outer room | long enough, however, he is likely to see some very classy bull mooses. If he is | in the city Medill Mccormick is sure to go in or come out George W. Perkins, who Is said to be the real nurse to the infant, and no one will deny that George is a good nurse in his way. has been seen there at times. but it is said he IS more likely to send for the managers than to call upon them.
 There are private offices on either side of the reception room. One of these of- fees is occupied by William H. Hotch- kiss provisional state chairman. In his room is a large safe which seems to be in very receptive mood MT. Hotchl1ss is stout on precedent and he has been carefully posting himself on the "rise and fall of great political parties" and he is honest in the opinion that he is acting as kind of stepfather to a husky | political child.
 1 You are likely to see, if you stay long enough the self-appointed leaders of the new party That is one nice thing about
 a new party. Any gentleman who has ability to lead, but from some reason has
 not been able to impress said ability on
 the people, may step right in and ap- | point himself a leader in the new party, and he is hailed with acclaim. William | A. Pendergrass. suave and serious, sec l ond in command to the Mad Mullah. as 1 the third term candidate is sometimes 1 termed, looks in every day, and William 1 A. is q sight worth seeing any time. Then there is Timothy l.. Woodruff Tim's unfortunate proclivity for Hopping from one position to another. has put him under suspicion, and it is necessary for him to produce convincing evidence every morning and give the regular bull moose below three times before he will he permitted to take any part in the proceedings
 There are few dull moments in the day l at the bull moose headquarters. The click of the typewriters and the purr of l the mimeograph are evidence that the people are being informed how to be | saved Telephones are ringing and seek 1 CTS after information are being informed
 by tho inquisitive young man and sent
 on their way, but over it all there is q
 cloud of painful gloom that leads one to
 believe that joining the bull moosers is
 about as cheerful a proposition as ann
 putatng a leg. After a course of train
 ing in the headquarters of the bull moose
 party any one could get job as a pro- fessional mourner.