Bisbee daily review., 1908-03-28
M REYNOLDS
 WRITES LETTER
 ID REPUBLICAN
Publishes Kirk's Call For Com mittee Meeting to Show That Action of Territorial Board Was Wei Known.

The following letter appeared in the Arizona Republican at Phoenix on Thursday morning. It shows very plainly that c. I. McReynolds has en- listed for the full term of the Cochise county war. He declares he will carry his cause to Chicago, if neces- sary:
 ITO the Editor of the Republican
 Sir;-My attention has been called to an editorial in the Arizona Gazette on the 23rd instant, in regard to the Cochise delegation, and in order to correct the apparently deliberate mIs- statements that have been made in regard to this meeting, would say that the statement that no notice of the territorial call was received by the chairman of the county central committee is not borne out by the of ficial call for this meeting of the Co., chise county central committee The call for said meeting is as fellows: " R. A. KIRK, D. A. Folsom,
 Chairman. Secretary.
 Headquarters
 Republican Central Committee,
 Cochise County
 Naco, Arizona, March 6, 1908. MT. c. I. McReynolds,
 Bisbee, Arizona.
 Dear Sir:-You are hereby noti- fled to attend a meeting of the Repub- lican county central committee of Co chise county, to be held at Bisbee, Ari- zona, Wednesday, March 18th, 1908, at Il o'clock a. m., in the parlors of the Copper Queen hotel.
 This meeting is called for the pur- pose of deciding the method of select ing thirty (30) delegates to the terri torial convention to be held at Tucson, April 18th, 1908, at which convention will be selected two (2) delegates to represent Arizona at the Republican national convention, and a national committeeman for the territory.
 According to the call of the ex- ecutive committee of the territory, the delegates to the Tucson convention must be selected in one of two ways.
 CD By electing delegates by pri- mary election to a convention; this convention to name delegates to Tue son;
 CD By electing delegates to the Tucson convention by direct primar- ies.
 r If it is impossible for you to at tend this meeting, signify your wishes on the enclosed blank and it will be voted accordingly.
 "'Yours very truly,
 "'E. A. FOLSOM, Secretary. By order of
 R. A. KIRK, Chairman
 'This official call was not only re l,1r 1o tee, but was commented on and ex- plained in the county papers, notably the Douglas Daily Dispatch, so that every member of the committee was fully informed before coming in to at tend the meeting, and the chairman and secretary were most certainly ad- vised as early as March 9th, the date of this call. In fact, there was ap- parently every intention of following the call of the executive committee un- til the very day of the meeting, on which date there were present in Bis bee three high territorial officials, and it is common report that as a result of their activity the majority of the committee suffered from lack of mem ory as to ever having been advised of the action of the executive committee, and proceeded to disregard and ignore the same, although before any action was taken myself read the territorial call in full to the committee then and there assembled, and fully informed them on all points. In passing, it will be noted that only 2S members, less than one-half of the whole committee, were present in person at this meet ing, and that the delegation as chosen is entirely made up of members of the central committee, with the ex- ception Of J. E. Morrison. It is gen. erally understood here that trade was made whereby the self-appointed delegation is to support the governor in every way, regardless Of the wishes of the Republicans of Cochise county. and in return are to have the naming of one of the two delegates to Chicago, the man selected is said to be HoYal A. Smith Of this city.
 This is not a personal matter, and have no criticism to make of any in- dividual who has acted as he honestly thinks is right, but I would like to have the facts known before judgment is rendered. The call for a primary election has been issued, and the igh, for delegation elected by the people in accordance with the direction of the national committee and the terri torial executive committee, will not only be carried to Tucson, but to Chi cago if necessary.
 e. I. McREYNoLDs,
 ''Bisbee, March 24."