The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-07
BULL MOOSE LEADERS
TO. 10 NOTHING HASTILY.
Air Of Profound Mystery Surrounds
Meeting OF Executive Commit
tee in New York. q
RoosEyELT DOES Nor ArTEND
Members Decline to Talk, but 1t Is
Learned That Very Discouraging
(, View of the Outlook Us Shared by.
Most of Those Present.
.[specia.l 10 rhea Times- pispatch.


NEW YORK, november G.-The Bu!l
Moose party will do nothing hastily
After an a,i-day session of the execu-
tive committee OF. tile organization. it
was decided to hold another meeting on
December 9 til Chicago. ut which time
1T will be decided what isrto be. done
with the mauied and trampled REM
nants OF Tuesdays Armageddon. p
Three members ofsthe executive COM
mittee OF nine attended to-day's gath
criDg. viz: George n. Perkins. chair
and q. g. PricstlyI, of Oklahoma.
Harold lckea, chairman OF the Cook
Count, ILL.,, committee, was present
with proxy, from Miss Jane Adams,
also member of the body.
Colonel Roosevelt was not on hand
Secretary Davis declared the Colonel
Wae not member of the executive
committee. and had never attended one
OF its meetings. thereby establishing
for lin a perfect alibi for to-day's
wake. Others who Participated in the
informal post morteln were former SEN
bridge Colby, ChaunccY Hamlin. q of
Buffalo; Oscar s. Straus, f. NJ. Daven-'
port, late. candidate for Governor. and
Chauncey Dewey.
The absehtees were Brown. OF Ohio !;
Lissner, of California: Lindsay, of Col
orado: Dixon. of Montana, and Nc
Cormick, of Illinois. 40 -.
An air OF profound. mystery sur
rounded the meeting, which ssembIed
shortly after II o'clocksA. NJ, took a
recess at 2, and then scontinued IN ses-
sion again.from g. until o'clock p M
il was suggested to. .Mr. Perkins that
the. future of: the Progressive party
vas being determined.
That's nonsense. he replied. 'uThe
election was only held on Tuesday. and
we haven't got complete returns yet"
Mr.. Perkins didn't intimate, how
ever. that he looked for anything en-
couragtng to the ProgressiVes In the
, revised returns.
1t is Just a, meeting for talk. said
Secretary Q. X. Davis. i"It was called
last week, before tire election"
What is being talked about?" hs
ooh, the weather" he replied. and
toned" =" -. - :
After Mr.. Davis. had made. public
was sent in to Mr.. Perkins for a state
ment. He sent word back that he had
nothing to- add to- what Mr. Davis had
said. Mr.. Davenport was then request
ed to, oblige.. He relayed word that
he had nothing. to add to what Mr..
Bull Moosers present would discuss the
situation further. 1t was learned later,
however. that n very discouraging view
Of heToutlook of the party was shared
by most of the men present The
financial situation is particularly dis
tressing, and is the subject which must
have, attention between now and the
Chicago conference ! next month. In
the "A bsencei OF financial backing, which
is said7to be growing sprccarious, there
are grave fears that the party Will
melt away.
Secretary Davis had a conference
with Colonel Roosevelt at Oyster Bay
on Thursday night, and there will be
other conferences between the Colonel
and the leaders between now and De.
cember g. " Z.
There were intirnations day, that
conferences might also: be had with Re-
publica leaders looking to some sort
Of an understanding with the Progress
sives, so that "a united Republican
front might be presented to the enc
my two years hence
The Bull Moose is the Federal
league of politics., said a Republican
leader, "and 1 expect to see peace be-
fore the opening Of the next presidcn-
tial season.