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About Oregon emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1909-1920 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 31, 1912)
BULL MOOSE ACTIVITY SPURRED BY ELECTION T. K. MEN PROMISE MORE CAM PAIGNING President Collier Does Not Think That Straw Vote Is True Criterion. Despite the fact that Roosevelt votes were scarce in the straw ballot taken by the Emerald, the Bull Moos ers are still hanging on to their col ors. Andrew Collier, president of the T. R. organization, and Ralph Cake, chairman of the executive committee, both say that they have plans up their sleeves which they are going to spring in order to secure votes for Roosevelt in the general election, and in mak ing the organization a permanent one. In an interview today, President Collier said: “We are not defeated by this straw ballot. We were aware that the following of Roosevelt oh the University campus had waned from what it was last spring, but this fact carries with it very little weight with the Progressives in the Univer sity at the present time. In voting for Roosevelt, the Bull Moosers are proving to the other people that they have departed from the old line par ties and “standpatism,” and have al lied themselves to the Progressive cause.” "We do not believe that the vote taken yesterday is a true representa tion of the Roosevelt sentiment here or in the State. The Wilson men or ganized early and by skillful cam paigning instituted a popular senti ment for their candidate; and as a re sult, a great many students voted for Wilson because everybody seemed to be ‘doin’ it.’ ” "Another thing in Roosevelt’s favor is the fact that the majority of Bull Moose followers in the University are legal voters, while the majority of the women or men not old enough to vote followed the Wilson crowd, some go ing with the Taft delegation. “We are not defeated as an organ ization, and we are in the1 University to stay.” pm POSTERS VIE Hull Mouse, Wilson and Taft Men Decorate 1‘oles With Litho graphs. Like a chameleon, that changes ex ternal appearance at will, were the telephone poles in the vicinity of the University Tuesday evening. This was due to the efforts of rival poli tical camps, in an attempt to influence the straw vote held on the campus to day. The Wilson forces were the first to sally forth, armed with paste buckets and posters to the extent of 260 litho graphs of the Princeton school mas ter. The diligent ones succeeded in decorating a majority of the poles in the neighborhood of the University. Pictures were placed liberally on the Kincaid fence and in conspicuous places in front of the various houses. The Wilson atmosphere was too much for those returning from sim ulating study at the Library. As a result, the uniformity of the decorat ings was marred to the extent of a re moval of many of the signs by Bull Moosers and others. It was not long before' a marauding hand of Taftites were abroad with pictures of the President and the now deceased Vice-President. Likenesses of the two leading standpatters were not the only ammunition of the G. O. P. enthusiasts, for along with them were posted a printed poster, with “Another Freshman Outrage” as the headline. This latest piece of scare head literature urged the students to show Oregon spirit in the hitherto un known way of “Standing Pat for Big Bill.” The Taft supporters then proceeded to tear down the remaining Wilson posters, and put their own in their place, which declared that Woodrow Wilson might have posted numerous football players, and even hinted that being a supporter of the orange and black, he might favor 0. A. C. COED TRAVELS SOME Miss Elizabeth Busch goes on an average of six hundred miles every month to teach, being a practice teacher at Junction City High School. She leaves Eugene every day at 1:30 to instruct a class in Sophomore English, and returns at 4 o’clock. Several other students will do their practice teaching at Junction High next semester. 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