Bisbee daily review., 1917-08-04
NEWSPAPER FIELD IN PHOENIX MAY BE INVADED BY DAILY
Wilson Democratic Club Or ganized With Principal Ob- ject of Raising $100,0OO With Which to Start New Afternoon Paper.

If certain radical Democrats now To- cated, in the majority, in Phoenix, are successful the capital will have an other paper. The Wilson Democratic club, using the presidents statement that a Democrat was man who vot- ed the Democratic ticket" has been organized and an investigation is now being carried on to determine whether or not S100,000 can be raised to start or buy newspaper.
 The first meeting was held in re .sponse to a call, signed by 100 Demo crats, nearly half of whom attended the first meeting. The call follows:
 Phoenix, Ariz., July, 1917.
 "A Democrat is a man who votes the Democratic ticket.
 WOODROW WILSON"
 We, the undersigned Democrats of Arizona. having faith in the ability. integrity and sterling American pa triotism of our president. Woodrow Wilson, hereby organize a Democratic organization to be known as the Ari- zona Woodrow Wilson league.
 "The purpose of this league is to aid the president in his stupendous task that confronts him in this world war by every means in our power as American citizens and Democrats, also to stand with our senators and con gressmen in the support of our presi- ,dent in his great work for the pro lection and maintenance of our in alienable rights as American citizens. and for the preservation of the ideals, the rights, the institutions and the laws of our country, and to protect the interests of the Democratic party in the state of Arizona To these principles we hereby subscribe"
 H. w. Clark was named as tenn porary chairman and w P. Doheney, temporary secretary. There was pc riod of speech making. Chairma. Clark, without mentioning any names said that certain outsiders had enter ed the party and were doing their best to disrupt it and suggested their elimination.
 F. c. Struckmeyer set forth the needs of reconstruction and binding up of self-inflicted wounds. Judge Nealon believed that the reconstruc- tion should occur at the primaries. On the motion of Assistant Attorney General L. W. Whitney a resolution was adopted to be transmitted to con gross setting out the purposes of the organization. Addresses were made by A. S. Mills of the Messenger and others.
 Judge W. L. Barnum said that it was easy to talk and resolute but what was wanted was action. In the course of his remarks he offered resolution which was uproariously re ceived, directed to the Arizona delega tion in congress urging them under pain of defeat to vote for law max ing aliens of registration age liable to military service.
 After this the organization was made permanent by the election by ac clamation of A. A. Betts, president and w. P. Doheney, secretary. There was then another resolution directed against the Gazette. It proposed a telegram to the secretary of the in terior setting out that the Gazette was in receipt of a good deal of advertising from the land office and that it was at the same time slipping the knife un- der the fifth rib of the party. The resolution authorizes the sending of copies of the Gazette containing ma lignant articles to the secretary. AT ter the appointment of committee on bylaws, committee consisting of John O. Dunbar, A. S. Mills and D. F. Johnson was appointed to investigate the business of bringing into the news paper field of Phoenix another after noon paper Their duties will include the discovery of ways and means of raising s100,O00 or otherwise secur- ing newspaper