Bisbee daily review., 1908-02-27
LEADERS DECLINE TO
PUSH INSTRUCTIONS
Nets and Rebel of Tucson De-
clare They viii Work
For Taft.
CTucson start

(Tucson Starr
The position which is to be taken
by the delegation from Pima county
TO the Republican territorial cvnseI
ton is one that has excited good
deal of interest within the past few
weeks. 1t has been assumed, o.
course, that the federal Office holders
In the fight to send a delegation to
Chicago, instructed for Taft, would
not overlook the importance of Sc
curing at least part OF the delega-
ton from this county. Pima Will
have 20 members of the convention
and her voice, as that of the banner
county of the territory, viii go very
far toward settling the fight between
the federal office holders and the old
line Republicans, who favor a dele
cation unhampered by instructions.
There will be less tsan 200 delegates
in all the convention.
The general assumption has been
that the fight for the Taft crowd,
that is, the crowd which fayors in
structing for the secretary of war,
would be led in this county by a
strong set of leaders; that John Nets,
former clerk of the board of super
visors; Andres Rebel, George Pusch
and County Assessor Began, would
be at the head of movement to car
ry the county against the governor S
wishes.
A reporter for the Star called yes
terday at the Merchants Bank &
Trust company to see what position
Messrs Rebel and Nets took in the
matter. Their position was not long
kept in doubt and they made it very
plain that the wiseacres for once were
very far astray in their political cal
cutions.
Mr. Rebel, speaking for the two
gentlemen, said:
You cannot make it too plain or
too emphatic that the story that Mr.,
Nets and myself are going to try to
| get a Pima county delegation which
will favor instructions for anybody
| for president is entirely unfounded
We have no intention of doing any
/ thing of the sort and do not propose
to take any hand in the fign, on
| either side. The rank and file OF
| the party in this county are amply
able to decide what they want to dc
without taking orders from anybody
| and least of all from those who have
no active connection with politics
Both Mr. Nets and myself are en-
/ gagged in running bank, not in max
ing presidents, and it must be reiter
ated that we are not making any
fight of the kind that is rumored."
| The general understanding seems
! to be that the big Pima county crowd
will go into the territorial conyen,Iul
opposed to the plans Of Gov. Kibbey
Chief Justice Kent and their follow
| ing. The withdrawal of these lead
| ers, upon whom naturally the burden
| of the fight would have fallen, hac
there been any to be made, leaves tle
federal crowd without any leaders
who are likely to be especially active
4 The chairman of the executive com
mtttee, Mr.. Tenney, does not aspire
to get into a fight of that kind and Il
is doubtful whether he even cares Il
be a delegate.
1t is known that Judge kirkpatrick
has not looked kindly on overture.
which have been made to him q
get into the fight. He has repeated
j iy taken the position that the Repub
licans of this county do not need /
BOSS" and be will be in line with th'
rest of the Republicans for the
wishes of the vast majority%oi h,
party in this county.
William F. Cooper, the Republican
nominee for congress at the last cleo
ton, is an outs-spoken opponent o
the effort to corral the vote Arizom
in tie interest of the distribution o
/, patronage to suit a few Office holders
Mr.. Cooper emphatically declares thi
he is out of politics, does not wan
any office, and it is known that h
has declined offers of support as
delegates to Chicago. But he doe
not hesitate for minute to deciar
that he is opposed to Instructions +
the Chicago delegaes and that, i
necessary, he would be wiling to TAX
> off his coat and fight that proposition