Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-03-19

Ignoring the provisions OF the cal
for territorial Republican conven
ton made by the, territorial execu:i u
committee, the Republican county
committee OF Cochise county yester
day appointed the thirty delegate:
from this county to the territorial
Republican convention which viii
meet in the city of Tucson for tbs
purpose of naming the delegates from,
the territory to the national Repub
lican convention at Chicago.
Just who is responsible for this
boldness on the part of the commit
tee has not yet been definitely dis
closed, though number in and out
of Cochise county are given credit for
the result OF yesterdays COMMITTEES
meeting. So far as the action of the
committee is concerned it was prac-
tically unanimous, only two votes be
ing recorded against the insu-rection-
airy move. The two members of the
committee who refused to agree to
override the call and directions Of
the territorial committee were Chair
man Kirk and c. /. McReynolds. Here
was q re of two opposing bosses
getting together just in time for go
ing down for the count. But while
Mr.. Kirk stood with McReylolds in
favoring the plan outlined by the
territorial committee in the selection,
after the committee had acted and
the delegation was named, the chair
man submitted SO gracefully that it
left the impression that he was really
pleased with the action taken.
The real controversy in the commit
tee meeting was over the question of
whether the delegates to the terri
torial convention should be chosen by
tie committee, or whether the dele
cation should be CHOSEN by 4 primary
election, or by convention composed
of delegates to be elected by a pri-
mary election in each precinct, sas
directed by the territorial committee
call
In the call for the territorial Re
publican convention, the following two
clethods for selecting delegates from
the several counties was diracted:
Delegates to said territorial con-
vention shall be chosen in the sew
eral counties, either \by direct pri-
mary election or by delegates elect.
ed at such primary election to county
conventions, tot be held for that
purpose, at the option of the various
county central committees. n either
case, said primaries shall be held on
the 4th day of April. 1908, for three
or more hours at such time between
the hours of a. m. and p. m.
as may be specified in the call al
the Republican County Central Com
mittee, and at such place in each pre-
cinct entitled to representation as
may be fixed by said county commit.
tee in the respective counties. Said
primaries shall be managed ard con
rolled by election boards to be Sc
lected by the Republican County Cen
trail Committee
Further the territorial call made
provisions for credentials to the ter
ritorial conventions as follows:
Credentials as delegates to such
territorial convention shall be signed
either by tne election board appoint
ed as herein provided in case dele
gates are chosen by direct primaries,
or by the chairman and secretary of
the county convention, in case a
convention be ordered by the commit
tee, and where delegates are chosen
by direct primaries, any contest shall
be decided by the territorial conyen-
ton with respect to the precinct or
county from which such contesting
delegation may come, without regard |
to the remainder of the county in
which such contest may exist
VIII be Contest.
That the action of the county cen
trail committee yesterday viii result |
in two delegations from Cochise
county to the territorial Republican |
convention seems already assured. |
Mza McRaynolds, who represented |
Cochise county at the meeting of !
the territorial committee when the |
call was made for the territorial con-