Bisbee daily review., 1909-01-06
THERE WAS A
 HOT TIME IN
 THE OLD TOWN
Distribution of Pie At Tomb- stone Yesterday Broke Up Several Happy Homes More Excitement Due.

The distribution of the pie at the
 hands of the Republican board of su. pervisors yesterday was anything but love feast, and If you do not believe it, substantial proof can be obtained from Arlie Gardner, chairman of the
 Republican county central committee, Harry Locke. secretary of the same organization, R. s. Grier Arthur Lut.
 let. John Norton, l.. C. Wilher and .. number of others who formerly be longed to the faithful.
 The action of the board in making some of the appointments did not meet with the approval of the chair. man of the committee. especially iu the instances Of the appointment of James Kelly as assistant clerk of tho board of supervisors and the appoint ment of William Morris as road over seer for the Bisbee district. The chairman has endorsed others for these appointments, and his indorse
 ments were not needed in one in stance by either of the Republical.
 members of the board, and in the other instance only one tried to keep in the good graces of the Republican boss Gardner and Locke were present dur ing the time that most of the ap l pointments were made. and they lock
 cd daggers at the Republican mem bers of the board when they saw that their wishes We're not to be complied with
 The trouble started when Bowen by
 moving that Shearer be elected chair
 man, and the latter did not withdraw
 and forced McCabe to second his own nomination made by Shearer, and
 when the roll was called to vote foi himself as chairman in order to be
 elected to that position.
 The second dose was when the mat ter of the appointment of an assist ant clerk came up. McCabe moved that the matter be postponed for thirty days, but the motion was los, for the want of a second and Bowen then moved that James Kelly. of Douglas. be given the appointment. This motion was seconded by Shearer and the vote resulted in the selection of Kelly. This was the hardest blow to Gardner and Locke, but 1t was not
 much more so han was the next. When the appointment of the Bis bee road oyerseer came up, Judge Grier presented a petition that had the endorsement of the chairman O. the committee, and also that of other
 members as well as the secretary, but the endorsements did not give him 8 look in. McCabe placed in nomi1a tiui.
 Arthur Lutley, while William Morris
 was nominated by Shearer. which
 nomination was seconded by Bowen
 and resulted in Morris being selected.
 After the board had adjourned for
 the noon recess Slearer- was callEd upon by Gardner and Locke and a number of lively interviews had. Another blow was when the Review by placing in the lowest bid secured the printing and publishing away from the Republican papers when they eZ | pected to reap a harvest at the hands of the Republican board. but were doomed to q appointment.
 The final scene of the feast was the set-to between District Attorney Will ! jams and Judge Grier over the que7 i tiOn of fees that should be allowed b. the board. Williams was very pui- phatic in rendering a decision to the board that they had no business in al | lowing any claim made by an officer | for making an arrest unless he had a warrant at the time, and stated to | the board that he would resist any
 effort on the part of the board to al | low such claims, and that if they did he would bring suit to compel the | board to repay the amounts so allow. led. The discussion became lively, and Supervisor Bowen and Williams
 had a number of tits. Sheriff White who was present joined in the discus sion and tried 10 explain to Williams | that his position was wrong, but Will | jams stated that his opinion was final | and that ne would not argue the mat ter. Bowen then spoke up and stated ! that 1t was his privilege to discuss the matter, and that he would do so as a member of the board of supervisors Williams then ap0lOgized to Bowen, and stated that he meant with out. siders, which. of course, made good ! feelings all around, with the sherin es- | pecially.
 The day, on the whole, was one of 1 merriment to those who were ac i quainted with the facts, and who were lpTesent during the session of the beard. and will result in cementing to gctaer the faithful to such an extent as they have never before @. Flu ! ture developments may be looked for | during the Eext thirty days which will be welcomed with interest
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