Bisbee daily review., 1920-02-10
The fats in the fire!

The fats in the fire!
 Those Republicans who fought and bled (and died) in the trenches of Progressiveism in 1912, in Cochise county, have come back. They are now in the saddle and promise not to be dislodged under any circumstan- efght Years ago, but this year they are taking no chances in this part of the state All of which is introductory to the political gossip that IS gong the rounds in Bisbee and Douglas fol lowing the selection of forty-one del egates to go to the convention at Tucson on February 2S.
 The resolution committee of the county meeting was headed by Cleon T. Knapp, of Warren. Knapp IS dyed-in-the-wool Progressive. That he is a staunch supporter of Leonard i Wood for the Republican nomination for president goes without saying. Undoubtedly, the resolutions as they finally came from his committee were the essence of his views on the DO litical situation. If any construction , other than that the resolutions as passed, pledge the Cochise delegates to an amending support of pledged delegation to Chicago in favor or Wood it is expected a terrific row i will be the result. In that case the supporters of Wood have clear field. The unit rule binds the dele gation and former ProgressiVes are far in the majority.
 Omission of the names of sever. prominent ''old line' Republicans from the delegation has given rise tc much speculation. Dr. F. T. Wright of Douglas, long a leader in party CIT cles in the county. was forgotten. SC also was Mike Cassidy, John Mason Ross and E. J. Flannigan, all of the Warren district. It is known why Cassidy was forgotten when the slate was completed-he is too much II favor of the candidacy of Governor Lowden. It is peculiar, however, how Arlie Gardner, close associate anC friend of the forgotten "old liners, edged by the quarantine station. . is ventured that he was on the job | at the committee meeting, and JUS naturally horned in" The preslden tial preferences of John Mason Ross Dr. Wright and F. J. Flannigan ar not known, however, and perhaps tn Progressives in control felt they wer' too strong to trust on the delegation they might upset some of their cal culations.
 Tn the case of Mike Cassidy, how ever, the reason is quite obvious. Il the first instance. he was one of tn leaders who in 1912 turned his def political fingers to account an ; changed a majority in favor of Co = Roosevelt into minority. and aide :, in sending a delegation to the Ch | cago convention pledged to the r' nomination of William Howard Tai
 His activities have not been torgo
 ten by many of tho Progressives C
 the country and his absence from th II delegation is not surprising from tha
 standpoint alone There is anothe
 reason. however.
 Cassidy is for Lowden. He doesn
 care who knows it. In fact he neVe
 let's an opportunity pass to tell folk
 about it. He thinks that Wood WI
 see the light before the convenuo
 has progressed very far; and that Il
 military man can secure the Repu
 lican nomination for president. Mor
 over. the local Irishman has declare
 he is straight Republican Tn natln
 al politics but independent Tn GU
 oopHty and state.
 VI Cassidy declares, moreover, tha3