Bisbee daily review., 1912-05-02
COCHISE DEMOCRATS
TO NAME NATIONAL
DELEGATE ON MAY q
Capt. KeltOn ard DIR. Shine
viii Be on Ticket
City Election on
Same Date
SEPARATE ELECTIONS

Friends OF Captain c. d. Kelton
are putting his name forward as a
candidate for delegate from Cochise
county to the national democratic
convention at Baltimore. They are
doing more. they are circulating NOM
ination petitions for him and it is a
certainty that his name will so on
the primary ballot
A number OF weeks ago Lowell
friends OF Dr. r. T. Shine started {.
boom for the doctor TO represent this
county. as a state district, at the
Baltimore convention and Lowell dem
ocrats are famous for getting what
they want when they want il.
AS the contest viii be inside the
party there will be no unseemIy
scramble for the place and the seleo-
ton will be the calm expression OF
the voice of the party. AS the dele
gates will be Instructed the duty OF
the delegates will he only 10 express
at the Baltimore convention the eX-
preston OF the voters OF the state.
The county primary in this AMI
other counties or districts will be
held Oh May 81 and this date con-
veniently falls upon the date of city
elections in :. number Of cities in the
state. At this election voters. demo-
cratic voters. will vote for dele
gates and at the same time express
their preference Of the party's field
OF presidential candidates.
Democrats in Risbee viii thus
have the unusual privilege OF casting
two ballots on Nav %, one IN the
city election and another for delegate
and president.
The two elections will be alto
Eether separate and distinct They
will probably be held in the same
building but that and the date will
be the only points Of similarity, as
there will be separate election OFF,
Gals for the democratic primary, 20
he paid by the democratic party.
owing TO the interest attaching to
the contest for city marshal OF Bis
bee and other pay Offices, it is be-
lieved that big democratic vote
will he pollei in both elections. Sc
curing popular party expression as
to presidential candidates and boost.
ing the total of the local democratic
candidates.
The date first selected for the pr.
mary was May % hut the convent
ence OF a double election was recog-
nized and ;he date changed to
MAY 81.
Several months ago w. r. Cleary
said that he would DO a candidate for
delegate to the democratic CONVEX
ton and that he would favor the
nomination of Bryan for president
bat since that time he has MAIN
tanned a quietude 50 wholly I'M
Clearian. = calm so devoid OF wind
and breeze. that many now believe
that he was Kidding. Precedent for
using that word may be found ia
statement of Acting Secretary CT
State Huntington Wilson requesting
Hearst to stop Kidding the depart
ment")
There is going to be a lively con-
test for democratic national commit
teeman from Arizona. In Bisbee yes
tcrday the nomination papers of
Reese NJ. Ling of Prescott and En-
gene Brady O'Neil OF Phoenix, were
circulated Both we're entrants IL
the democratic free-for-all for NOM
ination as the party's candidates foT
the United States senate.
If the republican state executive
committee at Phoenix took the ac-
ton that was Anticipated, the battle
for Theodore Roosevelt and w. H
Taft had been lost and won" for
many moons. The executive CON-
mittee was scheduled to meet yes
terday but up 10 late yesterday aft !
ernoon none Of the local party lead