Bisbee daily review., 1908-01-16
KIRK MAKES
 4 BAD MOVE IN POLITICS
Calls Meeting of City Republi- can Central Committee Two Months Ahead of Time To Get His Machine In Action.

It has almost invariably been found to be the case that when any man or any set of men arrogate to themselves the power to control absolutely and direct according to their own selfish ideas the destinies of political party, that the people will rise up in their might and not only refuse to follow the arrogant ones, but relegate them forever to political oblivion. This was done by the members of the local Re- publican party in Cochise county two years ago, and it looks very much now as if those who have been entrusted with limited power during the past two years are about to fall into the error made by the Cassidy machinists. If the indications are true, It IS tune for some fearless and indepedent lead CT to raise his voice, and metaphori- cauy speaking administer to the am- bitious R. A. Kirk, chairman of the RepubIican City Central Committee, chairman of the Republican County Committee. and A few other things, wallop over the head.
 Last evenings publication of the Bisbee Evening Miner, of which R. A. Kirk Is editor, contained the follow ing notice:
 meeting of the Republican City Central Committee of Bisbee is here bv called for Friday, January IT, l9OS, at 7:30 D. m., in the office of Tester & Hicks. The meeting is for the purpose of apportionifg the delegates to be elected at the approaching primaries for the city nominating convention.
 R. A. KIRK. Chairman.
 Cunningly as the notice is worded, there are a great many men of com mon sense in the Republican party in this city whom it did not fool, and who in the future will use their right or suffrage to keep Kirk from getting a death grip on any more central com. mittees, and perhaps loosen his nold on couple. , .L
 Everyone acquainted with the amendment passed by the last legls- lature knows that elections in clues of Bisbee's classification are not held until the fourth Monday in May. II can not be denied that a man as deep lv interested in politics as Kirk is, IS acquainted with this provision. ana naturally the question arises. why mas he called a meeting of the city cen tral committee at this time to appor- tion delegates four months before election, and gives members or the committee only forty-eight hours notice? Why also is the meeting call ed to take place in the office of Tester a Hicks without describing the place of meeting any more definitely
 Evidently, Kirk in his ambition mas though he would grab time oya the whiskers," and after arranging nlce little slate. according to which ne Wiii apportion the delegates where IL VIII l he most advantageous to his plans decided to hold one of those iqulch double-action meetings about tWo months iu advance of the regular time | and shoot the program through WILT out anyone's being aware ot what was on foot. He is an organizer and un doubtedly has already oiled up the various component parts Of ms ma chine and has the whole ready te break all speed records. He eVlden,p described the meeting place as nt @ofice of Tester & Hicks" in order tc let the uninitiated guess awhile. Nna a similarity there is between the de scription of this meeting place, an! that which was sent out in MIKE Cassidy's manifesto of two years ago the Copper Queen Hotel" (No room mentioned). , =.
 It looks very much as if Kirk. nov that he has grabbed the chairmansnlp' lof all committees, is anxious to D' .sthe one and only thing and dictate everything. Looking at the matte from an impartial standpoint 1t seem
 to be the duty of every Repubilcai
 who is an advocate of the squar
 deaP' to be on hand at the ofles Q
 Tester & Hicks in the Antlers bullc
 ing on Main street. tomorrow evenine and protest against this evident de
 sire on Kirk's part to get his machin into action too early.