Bisbee daily review., 1911-10-05
MUDDLE
 PARTLY CLEARED
TeIegraphiC Advice to Leave Precinct Officers Out
 of Call
WHAT HAS BEEN DONE

A telegram was received late Tues day evening by J. J. Bowen, of the board Of supervisors, from Territorial Audjtor George A. Mauk, instructing that no call can be made for the cleo ton Of precinct officers. Acting in accordance with this. no notice of election for precinct officers will be posted in the several precincts.
 This, however. according to MT. Bowen, will be the only effect of the telegram, as the line of procedure previously agreed upon will be fol- lowed: that is, certificates of cleo ton will be issued 10 the successful candidates in the precinct election, and whether or not they will con tinue officers de facto and by virtue of judicial proceedings will be made officers de jure as well as de facto will be determined later.
 A Tombstone dispatch in a Douglas newspaper yesterday morning stated that the board of supervisors res cinded it's action in determining to receive and file petitions for pre- einct offices. It was stated in the dispatch that this latter action was taken yesterday afternoon, Mir. Bowen stated last night that there had been no meeting of the board Tuesday and no session at any time since the regular meeting Monday and that the action was not rescinded at the regu- lar meeting.
 Following is the dispatch, in part:
 TOMBSTONE, Oct. 3.-The board of supervisors of Cochise county has ayailed itself of the inalienable right of ever Amrican citizen to change its mind, and this afternoon rescinded it's action of the day previous, with the result that there will be no call for an election of precinct officers or committeeman. This action on the part of the board was precipitated by a letter received from Secretary Of state Young, in which the latter ayers the action of the governor along this line to be final
 As a matter of fact, there was no meeting of the board Tuesday. Not only was MT. Bowen not present at any meeting, but NIT. H. c. Berner the clerk Of the board, was in Bis bee. It may be further stated, all reports to the contrary, that the board has never taken any action looking to the inclusion of precinct officers in the call for an election. These reports grew out of the fact that in the original call for the pri- naries, received from the secretary or the territory, these officers were in- cluded. and the call was printed as it had been received. The board could not alter the form of the call But on later advice the precinct of- fees were stricken out.
 AccoVding to Mir. Bowen's view of the matter the telegram from the territorial auditor, advising against calling an election for precinct offi- cers, does not finally settle the vexed question Of precinct officers, whether they hold over or are to be elected. The telegraphic notice does not fore stall anyone from running, and should 2 precinct candidate, not candidate for reelection, get the greatest mum. Der of votes, he will receive cer- tifcate of election from the super. visors. Then it will be contest be tween the 'ins" and the outs in the courts.
 There is some talk that the pre- 1 cinct officers. now in office, will agree oa g concerted action today, agree to withhold their petitions or to send 1 them in.