The copper era and Morenci leader., 1916-08-04
RANKS IF HUNT
 CLUB ARE SPLIT

At meeting of the board of gover- nors of the Hunt club, held yesterday afternoon, merry fight developed in the ranks, and what appears to be a wide diversity of opinion as to who shall pay the bills made itself appar- ent.
 The Hunt club was organized to boost the candidacy of Governor Hunt for a third term. It was primarily made up of members of the labor unions, but according to w. H. flag gard, member of the club, B. s. Gar rison, professional organizer, who undertook to boost the membership of the club, was so jealous in obtaining members, that he signed on most ev- cry one and any one who could write his or her name. The bringing in of the outside element has not been a factor for harmony.
 Garrison yesterday afternoon pre- sented the board of governors with a bill for $15O in payment for certain number of names which he had se cured. The labor element refused to give their sanction to the bill, and it went unpaid. According to Haggard about 2000 members of the club are for Garrison, and will stand behind him through the fight. The other 1900 members of the club are union men and want to see him busted.
 MT. Haggard said last night that about $400 had been spent in obtain ing names to be added to the roll of the club. When asked where the money had come from, he said that very close friends of the governor had put it up." As to the $150 which the club refused to pay Garrison, the organizer, Haggard stated that Leroy Ladd, secretary to the governor, had promised Garrison tfat it would be paid, in case the club repudiated the bill.
 Garrison's Statement
 Bishop s. Garrison, the man about whom the whole fight has started in the ranks of the Hunt club, stated that everything Haggard has said is the truth.
 Garrison unmercifully tongue-lashed two members of the board of gover- nors Thomas French, secretary of the State Federation of Labor, and Bert Wilkinson, president of the same or ganization.
 French he typified as a little shrimp" Of Wilkinson, he said, He is a pretty good fellow but too apt to jump at conclusions. In regard to F. J. Mcbride, another member of the board, Garrison said, Hes nice boy all right, with more brains than all the rest of them put together. 1 Garrison stated last night that he had trouble with the union element of the club from the start. He admits that he does not carry union card, but said that he has always been for the union man.
 l Tho Hnnt c1uh apcOrdjD0 tO Gar rison, was primarily made up of the laboring element, but that if large membership was to be obtained, it was necessary to go on the outside to get names. He started on the outside and was fairly successful, but in many cases he was unable to get non-union men to come in with the union ele- ment.
 Why, he said in regard to French and Wilkinson, they have traduced and abused me. They have blocked me at every turn I consider them a bunch of gnats to brush from my ears"
 q am not afraid of not getting my money" said Garrison last evening. MT. Ladd has promised me that I will get it. I have had about $200 from him before. They have even accused lm6 or DolnS u T6puDllCdu, dHu uOH know but what it would be almost a mark of distinction to be one in this flight"
 The Rescue Club, Too
 Garrison is the wee president and Iprincipal organizer of the Rescue club, made up of democrats who have sworn to cleanse the halls of the court house of it's present incumbents.
 He was at one time president of the Iclub, but at a meeting at which it is claimed only Garrison and John Ivy were present, Ivy was elected presl- Ident and Garrison vice president. The llaboring element of that organization ic after GarriSOn'S ScalD