Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1904-05-25
CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS-.

Col. Allen T. Bird, of the Nogales
Oasis, has officially announced his
candidacy for the republican nomin-
alton for delegate to congress. Col.
Bird is a man of great ability, and is
a wheel horse of the republican party.
If he should succeed in securing the
nomination be would throw activity
and life in the campaign, and as be
has faculty of making friends be
would no doubt make his work count
in the way of securing votes. A
friend of Col. Bird has sent to the
Journal Miner a newspaper clipping,
but failed to mention the paper from
which it was taken, further than that
it is from one published IN Cochise
county. He desires its publication
that Col. Birds friends in the
northern part of the territory may
know of his ASPIRATIONS and govern
themselves accordingly. The article
in question follows:
As yet the Bird supporters have not
made any fight in he open, though
they are carefully maturing plans that
lead in that direci ion.
The entire Santa Cruz county dele
cation will support Bird as a unit.
and they expect to get assistance Of
Cochise county republicans.
William Scbilliam, chairman of the
Cochise county republican central
committee, has already announced
that be will support Bird if he meets
with the approval of any considerable
number of Arizona republicans.
In NogaIes the feeling among the
republicans IL united, and the deiega-
tion from Santa Cruz county will g
into the next territorial republican
convention pledged for him.
Colonel Bird has been approached
about the ma ter and states that be il
willing o acc-.t be nomination al
the hands of his party if it can be
secured through perfect harmony.
William Cooper, of Tucson, J. Fl.
Kibbey of Phenix, Territorial Secre-
tary Nichols, Robert E. Morrison OF
Prescott have been mentioned for the
nomination.
Judge Kibbey has stated that be
cannot be a candidate, Secretary
Nichols is we'll satisfied now, and
Morrison was once defeated. 1t is not
probable that any Of them will be il
the race.
Cooper OF Tucson announces that ne
will accept the nomination, but be
will have little support outside OF
Pima county. With Cochise and Santa
Cruz counties behind him at the
start, Colonel Bird would be strong
factor.
Bird is today one of the leading re-
publicans of the territory, and for
the past ten years has been a hard
worker for the success of his party.
On several occasions he has stumped
the territory for the republicans with
marked success. In 1900 he made
strong addresses at Benson and Will
cox.
Colonel Bird worked at railroading
in California several years ago, and
while there learned the conditions
that should govern the workingman.
Friends OF Bird claim that should
he be induced to make the race be
would poll heavy vote among the
working class, which is a powerful
element in the politics of this terri
tory.
William ShiliIam, chairman of the
Cochise county republican committee,
was here the other day, and in speak
ing of Colonel BIRD. said:
"Upon puai. ues Colonel Bird
has alWay- be side of the
people and .-rument. Time
and again b u this to oul
entire satislac -.
cit is not prob DIE hat Bird woulc
be persona non grata with the big
mining companies, on account of some
of the editorial utterances of his
newspaper
Colonel Bird has ever stood by the
rights of the working men, and this
alone would get for him a heavy vote
with that class -