Bisbee daily review., 1908-04-19
REPUBLICANS NAME
CITY CANDIDATES
AT a Meeting Held at Douglas
on Thursday Night With
Sims at Head.

The leaders Of the republican party
in Douglas held a meeting Friday
at which a list of candidates were Sc
lected 10 be voted for Gt Saturdays
primary as delegates to the republt
can city convention. Besides agree
ing on the delegates, nearly all the
republican candidates for city Offices
we're also agreed upon.
1t was reliably stated yesterday
that the republicans at their meeting
last night agreed that they would
head their ticket with r. b. Sims, as
the candidate for mayor. and that for
councilman from the first ward Judge
Mcdonald was agreed upon. The en-
dorsement of Sims and Mcdonald was
not published in the morning paper
and this fact would indicate that per
haps Sims and Mcdonald have not
been seen as to their willingness to
become candidates on the republican
ticket, as a supposed means of pull
Ing one OF two candidates of the G.
o. P. into the salaried offices. Nc
Donald has always been one of the
prominent democrats of the city and
county. He is at present a member
of the city and county central COM
mittees; he was elected to the Office
of justice of the peace on the demo
cratic ticket in 1904 after one of the
hardest fought battles in which his
party was ever engaged in this city,
and should he accept a nomination on
the republican ticket it will certainly
be a surprise to many of his friends.
The endorsement of Sims by the
republicans was not calculated to Gre
ate surprise, as he was elected as
member of the city council two years
ago on a fusion composed of demo
Gratis who refused to submit to their
party primaries and convention and
regular republicans. AS a result of
this fusion the republicans elected
two cut of three of the salaried city
Offices.
Sims is Saying Nothing.
A representative of the Information
ai-American called on Mr.. Sims this
morning and informed him of the re-
ported action of the republican meet
ing last night, when he was agreed
upon as the man to be supported by
the republicans for mayor Mr.. Sims
stated that he had heard nothing of
any such meeting He was then asked
If he would accept nomination on
republican ticket, to which he re-
piled:
81 have nothing to say at present;
probably in about two weeks / may
be able to say something regarding
this matter"
One of Mr.. Sims close friends in
speaking of the endorsement of Sims
for mayor by the republican meeting
last night ventured the assertion that
he would not run as candidate for
mayor on a republican ticket, but
thought that he might be willing to
run for mayor on citizens ticket
1t is known that there are many
republicans who are contending for a
straight party ticket in the city and
who have opposed the proposition to
abandon their party identity to the
extent of putting a democrat at the
head of a ticket which must depend
on republican votes for success. Two
years ago, it will be remembered, the
fusion of republicans was brought
about by the calling of a citizens
mass meeting by Sam Yarnell, ]. A.
Miller VIII Henry and others. At this
mass meeting there were not present
| exceeding a dozen voters. r. B. Sims
and Mr. Laforge were nominated at
this mass meeting for councilmen
| from the fourth and third wards and
Dad" Prudhomme was nominated for
street commissioner. Then the mass
meeting adjourned and YaTnell and
| Miller took the list OF candidates to
/ the republican convention and the
agreement was made by which tn
citizens ticket was brought forth two
years ago, and it looks very much
like a similar program might be car
ried out this year.