Tombstone epitaph., 1918-09-29
DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE
 MEET AT DOUGLAS

MEET AT DOUGLAS Douglas. September 2a:
 JOHN l.. NEWBURY. chairman.
 RODNEY MCDONALD. vice-chair. man.
 M. F. BANE. secretary.
 These are the men who will direct the activities of the democratic party in Cochise county during the next two years. with particular attention 10 the campaign preceding the election this fall. They were elected this morning at the meeting of the democratic coun- ty central committee held al the Douglas city hall
 Little was done at the morning ses, sion in addition to the election of ct. ficers. passing on credentials. and the appointment of a platform committee This afternoon the platform was adopted. finance and executive com mittees appointed. and other work Of a routine nature q ne.
 If there was the slightes, feeling of bitterness over the result of the re cent primary. it was not apparent in the meeting today Everything was harmony with capital Il. anl there were frequent predictions or reccrd breaking democratic victory this fall iii county. state and nation
 The election of MT Newbury to sue ceed Harry Jennings. of Lowell. a county chairman was unanimous N; Newbury was placed in nomination by W. l.. Cock, Of GcNeal in what l. sad 10 have been the shortest speech ot his career. However. it was highly euiogistic and brought applause Rod McDonal1, of Lowell. seconded Mir Newbury's nomination and J. J Bow en. of Bisbee. moved tha; nominations be ,'osej and Mr. NewBury elected by acoisn.ticn which vas done. Mr Jenn..ss then turned tho chair owe; to his successor. who in reply 10 cries from the delegates for speech thank ed the committeeman for the honor given ham. asked for entire harmony on the part of the party and predicted victory this fall
 Contest for Secretary
 The election Of secretary who also acts a. treasurer, brought tine only contest of the morning Nr Bowen said that ]; was customary Cor the new chairman to state his pref erence for secretary, whereupOn MT Newbury said that if that were the case with all due resrec: to MT W E Gonda. he would prefer the election of Mir Nj. r. Bane These were the only two men who had been mentioned for the place. Rod Mcdonald said he thought it would be better to take a vote. whereupon both Fonda and Bane were placed in nomination. Bane boiled forty-five votes and Fonda twen- tyfour. Mir. Fonda then moved that the election of Mir. Bane De made unan- imous. which was done. In making the motion he pledged himself to work for every nominee of the party from top to bottom of the ticket
 Charles T. Francis nominated Rod Mcdonald for vice-chairman and D C. O'Ne,l moved that he be elected b. exclamation. which was done.
 The meeting was called 70 order al 1o:30 by Chairman Harry Jennings Secretary James F. Mcdonald was uo- present at the time. Ills delay n ar- irving was explained 5y Mir. Jeani:-s as being due to the fact Una he was making the trip from Bisb-e in a Ford yhereuron some Ford fan said -ha- if ,hat were the case h. would hav. passed through Douglas long ago. which remark caused considerable sDefr!men,.
 Everybo5y csts seat
 The cSair appointed the following committee cn credentials: N < Pat terson of Douglas, Thomas c. Ful- ghum. of Willcoz. ard L. 2. Bailey or Lowell. The meeting then adjourned for thirty minutes. but it was 11:3g CT one hour later. before the committee was ready to report. Out Of the III accredited delegates it was found rha; approximately seventy were represent ed either in person Or by pro@y.
 The committee did not seat Clyde 4sranum and Charles T. Francis. who heid the proxies of [. A. W'alling and l. T. Ash. respectively. as the proxies had no: been property witnessed. They stated, however. they thought it was mereiy an oversight and referred the matter to the entire committee for ac- tion. The seating of George M. Roark. who held the proxy of Harry Sealey of Lowell, was also held up. due to the fact that Mir. Seaiey is nominee for the legislature. After some discus sion, during which it was proposed to refer the matter to committee. 1t was decided to seat all three men without further discussion
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