Bisbee daily review., 1909-04-11
GOVERNOR kI55EY DOWN AND OUT.


 The removal of Governor Kibbey, or rather his failure to secure a re- to the position he held for four years. which he much de- sired, was the result of a combined effort of every faction of the republi- can party in the territory. except the oflce-holding brigade. who held ap- pointments under the Kibbey admin istration. The lineup against the governor In the final and decisive scrap for the governorship took in many of the former friends and fol lowers of Kibbey. who deserted his cause because he ignored them com pletely in both the matter of his own reappointment as governor by Presi- dent Roosevelt last winter and in the matter of his territorial appoint ments at the conclusion of the twen-  ty-ffth legislature. Among these may be mentioned Hoval A. Smith, who did all in his power to save the po- litical face of the governor in the convention at Tucson last summer, going to the extent of joining the governor in his famous and dramatic bolt from the convention hall. Charles A. Overlook and W. P. McNair and others in this county, who had stood boldly for Kibbey against great odds in this county. deserted him when the final combination was formed for putting the Kibbey administration out of business.
 In other counties there were many prominent Kibbeyites who were in- duced to take a hand in his political undoing during the last two weeks.
 While the republicans who were after the political scalp of Kibbey and Secretary Page are shouting liar mony!" as a reason for their acts, the people of the territory will be lieve that the real object of the on. slaught on Kibbey was for the pur. pose of securing the offices which he had denied them. The demand made upon Kibbey that he should turn away his competent territorial off cials for the sole purpose of giving positions to the crowd who went up and down the byways and highways of Arizona last fall shouting Cam eron and statehoodl" was promptly refused by Kibbey. and we are of the opinton that Governor Sloan will hes. tate to allow anyone to make his appointments purely a matter of DO litical trade and traffic.
 We can see little difference in Gov ernor Kibbey and Judge Kent sitting in the office of the executive in Phoe nix making up a list of appointments to that of Hoyal A. Smith, Ralph Cameron and J. c. Adams sitting in a Washington hotel marking the re publicans who must be sacrificed iI the interest of Harmony" Kibbey was the governor and responsible fol his own administration of the affair! ' of government. On the other hand Smith, Cameron and Adams have nc right to assume that they and they alone shall designate who shall O who shall not hold office in the ter r,tory. The display of this desire or their part makes ridiculous their CT! of statehood last fall
 We predict that if this politica iunta is allowed to censor the ap pointments to be made by Governor Sloan that there will be greater neeC for harRony in the republican part, next year than there is now.
 So far as Governor Kibbey's off ciaI record is concerned there will b. few to criticise it as a whole. H. lost his position because he refused to obey the commands of the new
 political bosses who foated to th' surface as a result of the last cam ! paign-