Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-02-28
initial TEST
OF STRENGTH
Is AT HAND
Republican Executive Commit
tee Viii Meet In Tucson To-
monoW--LookS Like Victory
For Kibbey Opponents.

Yesterday Afternoon C. ]. Mercy
nolds, the local ae:orncy, EFF the ciiS
for Tucson and will attend the ses-
sion of the territorial Republican cen
trail committee, which will be held in
Tucson tomorrow. Although not a
member himself he will attena by
virtue of the proxy of NJ. e. Cassidy,
the local member, who, in accordance
with the instructions of the presi-
dent will take no active part in the
coming campaign.
What will be the outcome o. to
morrow's meeting is hard to predict,
but that it will be an interesting and
probably stormy session is assured.
1t will be the first real test of
strength between the Kibbey-Keat
faction, which favors an instructed
delegation for Taft. and their oppo-
nents, who will fight strenuously to
keep the party in the territory from
stultifying itself by sending dele
CATION to Chicago to vote for the can
didate of the man who during almost
all of his term of Office as president
tried to rob Arizonians of their rights.
And there is still a further motive
for the fight against Kibbey, and
that is that the rank and file of the
party as represented by the OPP
ponents of instructions are tired of
havingf Republican territorial politics
dictated by federal Office holders .,
and seeing the organization ignored.
The matters which viii be decided
at the meeting are: the date anu
place for the holding of the conven-
ton, the apportionment of delegates
among the several counties, and
decision on the manner in wn1cn
these delegates will be chosen. The
committee consists of fourteen mem
bers, each county being represented
by one, and the chairman. Herbert
Tenney, the well known Tucson bank
err
It is believed that the KibbeytKent
faction will make fight to have the
convention held in Phoenix. which
they consider their stronghold, and
will try to have the date set r5 carry
as possible, fearing the anti-instruo,
lions sentiment which is spreading
rapidly throughout the territory, and
even now threatens TO oyerwhelm
them.
The opponents of instructions no
doubt will make fight to have the
convention held in Tucson, as it
seems an undoubted fact that Pima
county win send delegation to the
territorial convention which will be
a unit against instructions, This fac
ton will also probably fight to have
the convention delayed as long as
possible, realizing that with each sue
ceeding day its strength is beng
greatly increased.
The outlook at the present time as
regards tomorrow's meeting looks
like a victory for the advocates of an
uninstructed delegation, it being the
belief that the representatives of the
following counties viii cast their
votes for Tucson and a late conven-
ton: Yuma. Cochise. Pima, Yavapai,
ella, Pinal, Santa Cruz and Coconino.
This line up makes a majority OF the
committee that would decide all ques-
tions.
If this is the outcome at tomorrow s
meeting it is practically a certainty
that an uninstructed delegation will
be sent to Chicago, as the opponents
of Instructions viii only need four
votes in the convention outside Of
Cochise, pima and Yavapai counties,
and they are already assured of get
ting several times this number from
Maricopa, Yuma annd ella.