Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-06
BULL MOOSE RALLY
TOCOL0NEL'S CALL
Characteristic Appeal Neces-
sary to Get Them in Line
at Conference.
SUPPORT AT PRIMARIES
FOR HINMAN EXPECTED
Leaders Expect Sulzer to Draw More
! From Dissatisfied Democratic Vote
Than From Progressives.
BY N. O. MESSENGER.

NEW YORK, August st wish to
strike with the sword Of the Lord and of
Gideon. / want to smite the enemy. I
wish to hew Ammon hip and thigh" cried
Col Roosevelt to his bull moosers in yes
terday afternoons meeting.
''Whoopee, that's the stuff!' roared his
enthusiastic followers, mindful of the
Chicago Armageddon. Of the Onward.
Christian Soldiers and the other battle
hymns chanted. The colonel felt impelled
to make this appeal to his modern COW
enanters because he was in a tight place
His state committee. $50 strong, was
standing pat for his candidate for gov
ernor. Harvey d. Human. and had in
continently bawled out the Sulzerites, who
attempted to butt in. But in the meet
ing back Of the committeeman sat some
six or seven hundred unfettered bull
moosers, who had tramped in. from the
canebrakes to take part in the festive &C
casion. All day long these gentlemen
had shown signs of iaratation at the cut
them savored nightly Of old-fashioned
party convention methods long in usage by
democrats and republicans.
Insist Upon Free Debate.
Thus it had been that during the aft
ernoon there were constant bulletins of
independence. II the presiding officer
ruled properly that some motion was
not debatable, SO recognizable to the
veriest tyro in parliamentary law, up
would jump half dozen wild-eyed bull
cutting off debate, insisting that free
debate was the cardinal principal OF
progressiveism. Thereupon the crowd
would roar approval. and they would be
allowed to talk until they were black In
the face.
The colonel let them have their head
for the better part Of the afternoon.
letting the visiting bull mooses snort
and roar to their hearts content en. until
fast ne rounded up his herd with the
familiar call. Taking stock of the re-
suits of yesterdays meeting with ref
erence to their bearing upon the fu-
ture, the bull moose leaders say pros
poets seem excellent for the colonel to
have his way. Beyond question. there
will be some bull moosers who will
not follow the wether the colonel has
belled. But it wouldn't be genuine
bull moose gathering II somebody
didn't break for the brush again." said
a leader. 1--WE expect that Let them
60 they belong .t to s ~ ger anyhow.
But the leaders are convinced that
Mr. Hinman will be supported in the
primaries as the candidate of the pro-
greSStVe rank ana ME OF the state, and
that the following thus established will
90 to the polls for him In November
They expect Sulzer to draw more
largely from the dissatisfied democratic
vote than from the progressives and
think he will be found at the bottom
| Of the column Of candidates.
Organization Backs Roosevelt.
| The state committee and organiza-
ton Of tho progressive party-you
must not call 1t machine" for tina,
horrid term belongs to the wicked old
partiesLis expected to stand solidly
by the colonel. A full state ticket IL
to be selected. but the colonel Is not
interested in anything below the head
Of the ticket. and tho bull moosert
Twill be given widest latitude to select
their men.
In the meantime August IS is draw.
ing closer. whom the regular repub-
licans will meet In Saratoga, and
either make or break the colonies
plan for reunion Of the republicans OF
this state. Endorsement OF Human by
old-line leaders already has been made
and others are to fall in line.
But final steps cannot be taken until
the leaders of the old party have met
and talked the whole thing over and
| considered every phase Of conditions
in the party. No one expects them to
ltndorse Human outright It ts Ger.