Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 243, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 October 1912 — POOR PRESENTATION OF BULL MOOSISM [ARTICLE]

POOR PRESENTATION OF BULL MOOSISM

Jndge Wiley Disappolnt«4 Even the Most Ardent Rooseveltians by His Weak Discussion. A good many years ago U. Z. Wiley, who then lived at Fowler, was preaching occasionally for the Christian denomination. He was quite active as a republican and during a campaign some twenty years ago, presided at a political meeting in Fowler and introduced the speaker, who did not know that Mr. Wiley ever pretended to preach. Mr. Wiley oocupied a seat on the platform. During the course of the speech the speaker referred to the poor qualifications of democratic cancandidates for some office and wshing to make his argument strong by a striking comparison he said: “Why, he is no more fit to fill the office than my friend Wiley here is to preach the Gospel.” v Of course, that almost broke up the meeting. If some one wanted to make a comparison today he might well say that a man was no more fit to fill an office than U. Z. Wiley is to make a political speech from the bull moose standpoint It is probable that no political speech ever fell flatter than Wiley’s effort here did Wednesday night The reception given the Judge was not very enthusiastic for a man who had formerly been a circuit Judge here and evidently the judge was a little chilled by the lack of number and the lack of interest He read part of his speech and quoted considerably from the chief moose and from the Indiana moose. When he got away from quotation marks he got into deep water and showed that he has not kept hlmselT well posted about the political situation. He was not very clear headed a good deal of the time and frequently used the name of Taft when he wanted to use Roosevelt Judge Ulrtc Z. not only failed to make any converts bnt did not do anything to cheer up the waning third party sentiment In and about Rensselaer. ' 6 . 7