Volume 14 , Issue 31

1912 - Bull Moose To Show Missouri His Principles

In The Washington Times, dated 23 September 1912, Monday, on page 2, there was an article about "Bull Moose to Show Missouri His Principles" and "Roosevelt's PLans As To Washington Still Unchanged."

The Presidential Candidates of one hundred years ago were: Progressive, Colonel Theo. Roosevelt; Republican, President Taft; Democratic, Governor Wilson; and Prohibition, Eugene W. Chafin.

The Progressive candidate, Colonel Roosevelt, spoke at Arcadia and Pittsburgh, Kansas, before crossing into Missouri. The newspaper reported that Roosevelt invaded Missouri with declaration of faith. In Kansas City, Missouri, Sept. 23, 1912 Eastern Kansas was the battleground for the Progressive Presidential candidate, who wen into Missouri in the afternoon after spending nearly three days in the State of Bristow, Stubbs, Murdock, White, and other fighters for representative government, who would aid in putting Kansas in the Bull Moose column. Col. Roosevelt campaigned but two days in this Progressive territory.

The Bull Moose first sent his call across eastern Kansas early, he was met by a throng of about 500 persons at a way station, and in the front ranks stood a venerable man and buxom young woman. The old man saying, "I voted for Lincoln and I'm going to vote for you." The woman chimed in "I voted for you eight years ago. I can't today, because Missouri isn't a woman's suffrage State, and I've moved." Roosevelt said it was too bad.

This was the beginning of the final lap of the Progressive candidate's tour, as Roosevelt and the Bull Moose party covered approximately 7,000 miles and had already delivered almost 200 speeches, counting those of short and long duration.

If you scroll through the headlines of this 1912 newspaper you will find the headlines, "Colonel Resigns From Republican Club In New York." It was dated, New York, Sept. 22, 1912, and read as follows: "The resignation of Col. Theodore Roosevelt as a member of the Republican Club of the city of New York has been accepted. Robert C. Morris, former president of the club admits that such action had been taken in accordance wight he wish expressed by Colonel Roosevelt in a letter some time ago."   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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