Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 233, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 September 1912 — BULL MOOSERS WILL NAME COUNTY TICKET [ARTICLE]

BULL MOOSERS WILL NAME COUNTY TICKET

After Long Discussion They Determine ■To Place Ticket in the Field to Defeat Republicans. The Bull Moose organization in Jasper' county has decided to put a county ticket in the field and have decided on next Thursday, Oct. 3rd, as the time for doing it. A mass convention is to be held in Rensselaer for the purpose. The leaders of the party in Rensselaer have been counseling with some of the men about the who were Bull, Moose sympathizers because of their admiration for Roosevelt and it is understood that they have by no means met with unanimous endorsement in the matter of placing a ticket in the field. They have determined to do it, is the common belief, not with any expectation of electing their ticket,'"’but with the belief that they will strengthen the Roosevelt and Beveridge vote in the county. It is Sincerely believed that their action will serve as a boomerang and that it should have this effect. Many who are allied with the Bull Moose movement participated in the selec-

tion of the delegates to the Republican county convention and some were delegates in the convention that placed the ticket in the field. It is a good ticket, composed of clean men, the very best citizens in the coihity and it is worthy the support of every good citizen. It is certainly worthy the support of the men who helped to' name it and it is a disgrace upon the name of every one who aids in its defeat by following the very tactics which they claim to condemn. iWe believe that the good people of Jasper county, irrespective of party, will condemn the plan of the .bosses of the Bull Moose organization, and we believe that some men who have been inclined to vote for Roosevelt or Beveridge will stand firmly on the square deal proposition and refuse to have a hand in naming a ticket. The Republican has maintained an attitude of perfect neutrality a 3 regards the local Bull Moose organization. Not a word in this paper has criticised them, not a line derogatory to them has been published. This' paper has given support to the Republican tickets and has its readers to stand by Taft and good times and honest government. It has published a number of articles in support of Winfield Durbin 4 or governor. It has criticized their opponents on the Bull llioose ticket, but- it has never given any local application that could have offended the leaders of the Bull Moose movement. The editor of The Republican has been in consultation with leaders of the Republican party organization and with Republicans all over the county and all have agreed that it was best not' to stir up any local animosities. The leading Republicans of Rensselaer and throughout Jasper county have followed the same plan. The candidates od the Republican ticket have maintained the same attitude and have given no occasion for offense to Bull Moose leaders The third party managers by implication have held a club over the heads of the candidates and almost dared them to express themselves. Many of the Bull Moose leaders have spent much of their time in buttonholing every person they met and in trying to imbue them with the third party proposition, but it has been understood as a matter of honor that they were to support the Republican county ticket. The Republican has rather consid-

ered all who were not Democrats in Jasper .eounty as belonging to the same family; differing perhaps on some things, but united as we have been for many years in accomplishing the defeat of Democracy and its plan for managing the government. We had believed that the present differences might be minimized by not aggravating the differences existing between present and former Republicans. We had hoped that the men who believed in Theodore Roosevelt and Albert Beveridge would vote for them and at the same time stand by the Republican county ticket, just as Republicans with mighty few exceptions would have done had Roosevelt been the nominee of the Republican party. Ht is well knovyn that Edwin M. Lee, Bull Moose state chairman, has adopted the boss style of dictating to the county organizations, and that he has urged that county tickets be put out. In several counties of the state the Bull Moose organization has been in the hands of men honorable enough to refuse to heed Lee’s cry. It was hoped this was the case.in Jasper county. If this element is lacking in the ring" leaders, who have submitted to the scheme of a few bosses and to Democratic hope, we still have confidence that there are many men identified with the Roosevelt party who have the personal honor not to participate in a plan to defeat the splendid county ticket named with their consent and their action by the Republicans of Jasper county. The action is unworthy the • men who have taken it. It is unworthy the lofty purpose which they claim is the real cause of their withdrawal from the Republican party. It will prove their lasting shame if carried' out The Republican has nothing but the highest personal regard for many of the men yvho are active in the Progressive party movement in Jasper county. They have always been treated with entire fairness by this paper. But we believe their enthusiasm has led them into the commission of a grave error that their better judgment and their later calm consideration will cause them to regret. Looking to the maintenance of the most pleasant relations between the Republicans and the Progressives in Jasper county The Republican during the past week leased to the Progressive county organization two columns of each issue of the Semi Weekly Republican and two columns of the Monday Evening Republican. These columns will be used by the Organization from now until election day. It seems

that there can be little if any cause for , the nomination of a third ticket and it Is certain to have but one end, that of aiding the Democratic candidates and we feel sure that it is not going to meet the endorsement of many men who 'have always been Republicans, who are Republicans now at heart and who have" simply gone visiting In the Bull Moose movement. It looks like a step toward dark politics and will open political wounds that it will take many years to heal. We believe that had the/question been submitted .-to- a of those identified with the party it would have mpt summary disapproval. No person should miss seeing one of the biggest dramatic sensations' presented in years, when ”A Girl of the Underworld” will be produced at the Theatre, on Satnrday night, Sept. 28. A beautiful story of tenderloin rife which holds its audience spellbound from the opening act to the finale.