Bisbee daily review., 1907-11-24
WOULD RESTRAIN l. |STH|RD TERM
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Reported That President Wants None of His Appointees to Be Active in Organization of Roosevelt Clubs.

IT, .L~-~ seso-.l oHnAholAA-s in the territory, who are anxious to see Arizona send an instructed edelega- ton to the next national Republican convention for Roosevelt. will act in view of the announcement authorized in the east a day or two ago by the chief executive, to the effect that he did not want men owing their positions to him to be active along the lines of third term, is a matter which will be watched closely during the coming months It is we'll known that Michael E. Cassidy. the local postmaster, was the originator of the idea of organizing clubs which would have for their ob ject the renomination of the presi- dent, and that besides the organization of postmasters which was formed at
 Phoenix practically all of the federal office holders in the territory are work
 ing for the same result.
 If the president means what he says. there is no doubt ti t the personnel
 of the directorates of the various l Third Term organizations will under go a number of changes within short time.
 So far as Arizona is concerned it looks very much as if the president,
 realizing that the chances of his re leeiving an instructed delegation from this territory were slim, in view of his
 bitter statehood policy of year ago, land unsatisfactory announcements on the issue of late, has made a strategic move to keep from having it recorded that he could not get the delegation. Everyone knows that in the roll call , Of the convention Arizona occupies a } most important place, being high up , on the list, and occupying such posi- . ton that by the time it is reached in B the call most propitious moment will ii have arrived for some enthusiastic . member to gain the floor, and mahe a } spread-eagle speech concerning the lpresident in an effort to stampede the iconyention, and make it appear that the nomination is actually forced upon 2 Roosevelt in spite of his protests.
 Every wire has been pulled, and is now being used to organize Arizona ! for Roosevelt, but for this movement ! the outlook is certainly gloomy. The old line Republicans are of the opinion lthat after his arbitrary methods of } trying to force the territory into joint r statehood and being defeated. the most graceful thing he could have done was 3 to have made an unqualified announce ment of his support of immediate l statehood. The fight which was caused ] by the presidents unreasonable stand } on the joint-statehood question cost AriZonans a great amount of time and money to win, and they do not feel dis
 posed to forget all of this, and seeing that no other course is open to him,
 the chief executive sees fit to issue a statement favoring single statehood in
 glittering platitudes.
 There is no doubt that If the in
 structions issued from the White
 House to various federal oficeholl.
 CTS in the east in regard to their ac- tiyity in connection with third term clubs extends to this section of the country, there will no tbe even a fight against the sending of an unlnstructed delegation. Outside of the officenolG-
 CTS, Roosevelt's supporters in this ter ritoTy are becoming fewer every Jay,
 even the handful of jointists having de serted