Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-09-20
VOTERS ARE NOW DEMANDING
A DIRECT PRIMARY BALLOT
To EXPRESS THEIR CHOICE
Agreement Signed BY Members of Central Committee and
Candidates Put in Circulation Last Night. KNOCK
ers' Get Busy On Main Street Yesterday After
noon in Attempt to Hide the ISSUE
VOTERS UNDERSTAND THE PROPOSITION
AND WANT A MASS MEETING CALLED
Agreement Win Be Circulated Further Today Among Re-
mainder of Candidates and Final Results Publish
ed tuesday Morning.

On another page of the Review this
morning appears the form of a pro-
posed primary ballot to be used by the
voters of Bisbee precinct on the day
OF the Democratic primaries, Sept. &c.
This proposed ballot has been pre-
pared by members of the central
committee with several candidates
present in the hope that it will meet
with the approval of all the candi-
dates, thereby giving to each and ey-
cry Democratic voter the opportuni-
ty to go to the Democratic primaries
| and cast his ballot for his choice for
sheriff, and at the same time, have
| the privilege of casting his vote in
| favor of the precinct candidates he de
siTes the sheriff delegation to sup
port.
Several forms were devised yeseer.
day, but the one appearing on page
| nine of this paper, meets with the ap-
proval of a majority of the candidates.
Last evening an agreement was cir
lculated in writing, accompanied by
! the proposed ballot, and six members
| of the Bisbee central committee. out
of possible eight. approved the plan
| proposed. After the direct primary
plan of ballot. had received the en-
| dorsement of the central committee,
| as many of the candidates as possible
were seen. Last night out of nine can
| didates seen, seven signed the agree
ment. In signing the agreement for
1.-The direct primary plan of voting,
| Mr.. Suffer. a member of the central
committee desired the statement
I l. -, l,n
standing that all of the candidates
would agree.
| Today the agreement will be cir
lculated among the remainder of the
Bisbee candidates. The two candi.
dates. who failed to sign the agree
ment last evening. stated to mem
Der of-the central committee that they
would not state positively that they
would not sign. but wanted more time
to consult with their friends
In justice to these two candidates
and in justice to those candidates
who have not been given an opportu
nifty to sign as yet, the Review does
mot publish this morning the sigma
lures already attached to the agree
lment On Tuesday morning the pro
posed direct primary agreement, to
gether with the signatures of ths
central committee, and those candi
dates who have expressed preference
icr the direct primary plan, will be
published.
On yesterday there were some &C
tive workers on the street button
holing candidates and voters TO op
pose any direct primary ballot. These
4 men were not candidates but have
been quite active in local politics for
sometime past and also quite recently
Notwithstanding the opposition thai
has developed in a certain quarter
it is evident that with each succeed
ing hour, the direct primary is be
Il coming more popular with the voters
A candidate who has been through tn
mines. where the miners were
work during the past twenty-toal
hours. told the Review that he fount
seventy-fve. per cent of the voters IL
the mines in favor of direct PR
mary plan
reporter for the Review last even
| ing personally interviewed not les
than thirty voters, just as he fount
them on Main street, and OF tn
thirty seen, twenty-five out of thu
thirty favored plan whereby a vote
could say who he wanted nominated
for the different offices. The Othe
five were Indifferent.
Why do the candidates for sherii
persist in asking voters to vote blind
" There are other offices to whic
other Democrats of Bisbee aspire, an
while they may not be as inportan
stIl thesvoter would like to expires
his CHOICE That was the way on
man expressed himself.
.Tf there was ever a square prop
sition advanced in the history OF pc
4 itics in Bisbee. this primary plan Is
Il gives US voters chance TO tax
] the dictation Of all the oihces out