Bisbee daily review., 1912-01-27
BISbEE OLD GUARD GOES NOT HASTEN
 10 ENDORSE CLUB
Republican Party Workers Not Keen on Roosevelt
 Organization
PLAY WAITING GAME

The announcement from Phoenix in yesterday mornings Review to the effect that former Governor Kibbey had launched a Roosevelt movement in Arizona to secure the vote of the Arizona delegation for the colonel. probably made the Taft supporters
 all over the state back their ears and
 bare their teeth. At least it did in
 Bisbee. There was no echo of a comeback. however. from local re
 publican sources.
 It is believed. however. from the sentiment of local republican lead
 CTS. that an effort to pledge The Ari- zona republican delegation 10 any candidate. for better or for worse. will he made. Four years az: a. Tucson the party went on record as
 iavoring an uninstructed delegation.
 and at that time the. party in Ari-
 zona was solidly pro-TaiT Several republican leaders Uf the district
 were seen yesterday, and all seemed to favor sending an uninstructed . delegation 10 the national convention. News not Unexpected
 The announcement from Phoenix had been expected for several weeks
 and its a bility to produce excitement had been discounted, and so far as starting something in local republt can circles was concerned, it fell nat.
 Somewhere in @ pigeonhole in the Warren district is a roster Of the old Third Term club. organized in support of RooseTelt for a third term as president of the United States There were about seventy five members Of the club at that t,me, but it is hardly probable that all oi them would unite at this time to en- dorse the candidacy Of Roosevelt. Roosevelt was then "op tho inside looking out. now he is "on the out side locking in" Some ot those on i the roster were interested in seeing the colonel stay in. as 1t meant that they would themselves stay 'in." By the same token, those whom
 Taft has put '-in'' will throw their
 support to Taft. The present indi- cations are that the main fight among the republicans will be to send an uninstructed delegation 10 the national convention. It is not likely. however, that the Roosevelt
 supporters agree to it unless they { have good sized majority in the state convention. which seems hard ly possible, considering the fact that
 the party machinery is in the hands of the regulars.
 zIf There is little La Toilette senti.
 ment in Bfsbee. or little is. apparent.
 It is reported that he has a c0nsid- erable following at Douglas, and that
 this wing of the party in Cochise may seek to inject the Wisconsin mans claims into the muddle. This will
 not be displeasing to the Taft sup- pOTters. as it will tend to divide the progT sssive strength and allow tho
 Taft contingent 10 walk away with
 the delegation in bag.
 lt is expected that a Warren Uis- trict Roosevelt club will be organized
 within the next few weeks. The Taft
 wing of the party IS in the saddle apparently. and naturally their work
 will be done on the quiet. The tac-
 tics of the Roosevelt wing. appar-
 ently, is to take things by storm.
 With the collapsing of the Wilson
 boom. Harmon appears to be the fsyorite in this part of Arizona. al least. He is the only democratic candidate that appears to be ac- lively seeking the support of the Ari-
 zona delegation.
 A recent visitor to Bisbee, and a man whose political oplnions are ev- erywehre respected. pTopheised that the democrats would nominate Bryan and that the republicans would nomi-
 nate Roosevelt. If Bryan is not
 nominated. he said, Bryan would name the nominee. Then you VIII