Bisbee daily review., 1909-08-24
STILL SWEATING OVER THE POOR FARM.

The following IS an eAtrdSt iioin e.iS leading editorial in the Dispatch or Sunday morning. IL is amusing in that it cla ms the meeting referred to was held by republican heavy taxpay- CTS and not politicians:
 "On invitation. large number
 of leading republican taxpayers of
 Cochise county, and more espec-
 ially of Douglas, held conference
 n few even ngs ago and a unani-
 nous expression of the meeting
 was in favor of issuing bonds to
 the extent of s5o,0O0 for model
 poor farm on the site purchased
 by the county near Douglas. When
 the gentlemen adjourned and went
 home. it was distinctly under
 stood that at the next meeting of
 the board of supervisors the bind
 election would be called. But in
 the meantime the petty politicians
 must have got busy, for the bond
 issue was side tracked and only
 s3o.0OO was voted for the poor
 farm buildings. It IS very evident
 that some seif-constituted Cochise
 county political bosses came to
 Douglas with a plan of their own
 which they trusted would be qu.-
 etly slipped through the meeting
 of heavy taxpayers. Their plans
 miscarrying, the politicians some
 how got busy with the board and
 convinced at least majority of
 it's members that the bond issue
 would be in bad form, so the iudg-
 ment of the meeting was quietly
 ignored"
 Now let us open the mouth of this poor farm conference and see what kind of teeth we find. It was attend ed by c. A. Overlook. W. P. McNair and pr. E. T. Wright, of Douglas Overlook Is the bellweather of the re publican party in this city and has been from it's first election. McNair "the wise old Owl" thinks of politics and how to keep the republican party on the surface by day and dreams o these things by night. He is a stand ing candidate for office at all time: when there is desirable one in sight pr. Wright is regarded as the smooth est article when t comes to politica manipulation to be found in the re publican party in this city. It was h. that planned and presided at all tn republican meetings held in Dougla during the last campaign and it wa he that urged on the gumshoe brigad that by night and by day went anon 4he workingmen of Douglas poisnrin them against the democratic candidau for congress and pleading with ther to support Cameron and Statehoos Oh, no. there were no Douglas poi ticians in the poor farm political innt pulled of in Douglas on August 12tl
 The aSove from the Dispatch is bold attempt to chastise Supervise Shearer because he : refused 10 D bound by the will of the Cochise coui ty republican politicians and took tn only co:Ise which made 1t possibl for the erection of the proposed poo farm and hospital build ng. Just VII are ;,ie politicians who manipulate against the tond issu, endorsed ' the republican junfa not made ':' ! but whoever they are they deserve Il thanks of Douglas and oi every ts payer in the county.
 Let's go a little further and s' what other republican politicians wel present at the poor farm juEta he Tn this city. There was Joe McCab' who can remember a time in Cochi' since Joe's arrival at Bisb' when he was not holding an office a candidate for one. There was M. Cassidy. Alfy Cohn and Treasur Hicks. of Bfsbee. all ranking high politic ans. Cassidy Is the posimast in Bisbee. Hicks has been ia poiiti for years and Cohn Is known to ] the political mouthriece of Hoval Smith. Then there was Chairm' Gardner, of the republican county ce tral committee.
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