Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-04-03
OPPONENTS OF
KIRK APPEAL TO
REPUBLICANS
Make Strong Argument For
Elimination of All Bosses
From Councils of Party-A
Bitter Fight Expected.

The contention put forth by some
OF the members of the Republican
County Central Committee to the eff
feet that their action of about ten
days ago in arbitrarily selecting dele
gates TO represent this county In the
territorial convention which will Sc
lect delegates to represent Arizona at
Chicago, was in accordance with the
wishes of the rank and file OF the
party, w2s conclusiYely disproved yes
terday morning when a circular ad-
dressed TO the Republicans OF Bis
bee" and signed by ninteen of the
followers OF that party, was sent
broadcast throughout the city. En-
closed with the circular was ticket
composed of representative citizens,
| for whom the voters were asked to
express their approval as a rebuke to
the faction which had attempted to
| railroad" matters.
1t has been known for some time
past that a determined effort would be
made to eliminate Kirk and all other
bosses of Republicanism in this por-
ton of the territory from politics,
and it looks very much as If the initial
test Of strength will come at the pri-
mary election tomorrow.
The circular issued yesterday. in
referring to the recent action of the
Republican central committee, says
that it attempted to railroad through
deal which was unworthy OF the
members of the committee" 1t com
mends those who exposed the deal and
forced the central committee to place
the matter before the voters. In re-
ferring to the Evening Miner, the cir
cular says that this publication "in-
dulged in an uncalled for personal at
tack in an endeavor to attract atten-
ton from the abandonment by the
chairman OF the county central COM
mittee. OF a position which he must
have known all along was unten-
able"
During the past two weeks different
Republican leaders of the opposing
factions have INDUCED in elimination
and recrimination in the press of the
territory, until the fight at the pres
ent time has grown very bitter. The
election tomorrow will be the initial
and probably the only test of strength,
as the faction which is defeated will
be a member of the down and out"
club ipso facto.
Kirk and his followers have practI-
cally admitted that they were wrong
in the action they took at the county
central committee meeting, but are
appealing to the voters to sustain
them tomorrow by re-electing the
same delegates elected to represent
Cochise county at the convention. On
the other hand their opponents claim
that the time has passed for one man
or coterie of men to dictate what
the Republican party shall do, and
hold that all bosses should be elimi-
mated, leaving questions affecting the
party to the decision of the voters.
1t is claimed that the elimination of
| both Kirk and McReynolds will do
away with the dissension and strife
which has been prevalent.
In their effOrts to bring about har-
mony in the party, the opponents OF
| Kirk have chosen representatives OF
| both sides in the factional fight of the
| past, and will go before the party to-
morrow with very strong ticket.
Among the men who signed the cir
culaf at the meeting held on Wednes-
day night, there is not one who has
taken an active part in any of the
| factional fights of the past, and all
are of the rank and file of the party.
The ticket selected is as follows:
| c. L. Caven, H. NJ. Woods, DR.. F. ].
Hart, ]. ]. Muirhead, F. ]. Sinclair,
Ed. Hotopp, Ed. Kinsey, Powell
Crosby, Joseph Julyan, V. Brajevich,
Pulaski Smith, Otto Geisenhofer, T.
D. Burdick, Gus Johnson, Doc Gam
bic, W. E. Hankin, Jakob Schmid, J.
D. Champagne, Tom Constable, ]. H.
Appleby, F. P. Blackman, o. w. Zane,
E. P. Brewster, c. NJ. Holmes, F. R.
O'Brien, H. A. Schwartz and J. E.
| Evans.