Bisbee daily review., 1904-04-23
THE CONTINUED ATTACK ON HON, B. A. PACKARD.

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 In the headlong effort of the Hearst organ at Phoenix to tie the Democracy of Cochise county to the political for tunes of single candidate, the Phoe- nix Enterprise has adopted the course of abuse of the Hon. B. A. Packard, of this county, and on Wednesday ev- ening got of the following bit of wireless direct over the longest leased grape vine in the world:
 Reports from Cochise is that it Is a case of boil and bubble with B. A. Packard and trouble in that county As indicated by his remarks here at committee meeting, Packard has giv- en orders to his political henchmen on the County Committee not to call a convention, but 10 appoint the Co- chise delegation to Tucson. So meeting of the committee has been called to meet Saturday fer the pur- pose of appointing delegates, and the people at large, regardless Of whether they are Hearst or anti-Hearst, have risen in indignation at this usurpati0n of authority, and declare if the com mittee fails to call a convention they Will call one anyway and send a con testing delegation 10 Tucson.
 "Cochise is almost as large in pop ulation as Maricopa, having thirty delegates in the Territorial conven- ton. and We can easily imagine the state of affairs down there by think ing of what would happen in Maricopa if one faction tried to appoint dele gates without giving the other slde even a chance or a show for their white alley.
 Packard must be pretty weak in his own county to have to resort to such tactics"
 It is high time that the Democrats i. of Cochise county sit up and take some T otce of the despicable methods that are Aeing used by tke Hearst cOnting- ent aN Npund Phoenix. led by Hearst organ. Ao control and dictate the pe- litieal aifairs of this county.
 For thi s purpose Hearst manager ,s on the aground, and will remain un- iii after the committee meeting IS held today Not satisfied with their attempt to u rust Hearst on the Dem ocratic party pf Arizona at Ph 1enix, through the means of territorial committee, they are carrying their campaign into u,e several counties of the territory ana are a.;ack.ns- men in the DemocraHc party of Cochise county, whose only fault is that they eaye spent years trying to upbuild the Interests of the party in this county, and. like assassins in the dark, show their true eolors by striking at that man when he is absent from the ter ritory, having been called to the death bed of his mother in New York.
 The Hearst followers at Phoenix as sume the unwarranted action of mak- ing the test of true Democracy, and according to their ritual, if you are not for Hearst you are not Demo crat, and should be read out of the party.
 The Democrats of Cochise will to- day select Hon. B. A. Packard to fill the unexpired term of Chairman of the County Democratic Central Commit tee, notwithstanding the opposition Of the organ at Phoenix, or the repre- sentative of Hearst at present in our midst
 As repeatedly stated in the Review there has been DO disposition on the part of the Central Committee to ap- point the delegates to the Territorial convention. On the contrary, the committee which meets in Bisbee to- day will call a county convention for that purpose, but the Review makes the prediction now that the delegation that goes from Cochise to the Tucson convention will go there as an unin the best interests of their party, and the Arizona delegation to St Louis will be sent to the National conven. ton in the same manner
 Arizona has some vital interests a; stake at the national convention. The Democratic party must be pledged
 gain to the idea of single statehood and Arizona delegates must be in g position to ask and receive conces sions on this question, and which nc bound delegation could possibly re ceive.
 The Hearst effort in this county against Hon. B. A. Packard will fall flat. This old Democratic warhorse Is honored and respected in this coun ty, and the pack of falsehoods unload -~ ed here recently by the emissaries from Phoenix have failed to do the work.