The daily morning oasis., 1920-04-06

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lin, Charles F. Holler, w. j. Neuman
H. r. Renshaw, J. A. Sphinx, JOIN
Wilson, trustees; C. NJ. Rathbun
clerk; Phil Clarke, marshal; E.
Holden, street commissioner; Bayze
Franklin, Ee.lslaw and Sphinx wer,
the Republicans on that ticket; al
the others were Democrats The
| Citizens Taxpayers ticket was elected
and Captain Mix became mayor.
IN 1914 there was practically but
one ticket in the field, that was 9
Democratic Ticket, with the follow.
ing nominees: Writ G. Bowman, L
w. Mix, George H. Fielder, Manuel
Escalada, Charles F. Holler, H. D.
fomlin, w. J. Neuman, trustees: A
Dumbauld, marshal; Arcus Reddoch
;lerk. They were all elcted A. L.
Peck, independent was elected street
uperintendent. Captain Mix was
elected mayor again.
The main issue in the election of
1914 was an application of the Ari-
iona Gas & Electric Company for a
franchise to operate an electric light
plant in Nogales. The election was
contested very closely, and the
franchise won out by a majority of
three.
In 1916 the two parties nominated
straight tickets, as follows:
Democratic: w. C. Bulge, B. P.
Greenwood, J. A. Harrison, Otto H.
Herold, Hugo w. Miller, L. w, Mix,
W. j. Neuman, trustees; Frank Sui
ivan, marshal; w. H. Smith, clerk;
Pat Hannah, street supervisor.
Republican: H. NJ Clagett, E. K.
Cumming, j. w. Edwards, w. N.
lester, E. M. Mather, N. B. Mercer,
Theron Richardson, trustees; C. L,
Fowler, marshal; M. H. Barr, clerk;
\. l.. Peck, street supervisor.
The result of the election was mix
d, the republicans electing Clagett,
Cumming, Richardson and Edwards,
.rustees; Fowler marshal; and Peck
street supervisor: The Democrats
electing Mix, Herold and Harrison
,rustees; and Smith, clerk. A more
ven break politically could not have
,een devised; but on the real, under
ying issue in Nogales municipal
politics, James A. Harrison stood
alone in that council. Mr.. Clagett
vas elected mayor.
H. w. Kelsey ran for the council
is an independent candidate, and he
anne within one vote of beating the
;owest elected Republican,. w. Ed
wards.
In 1918 the two parties made
straight nominations again. as fol-
lows:
Democratic: Writ G. Bowman, R.
g. Butler, Geo. w. Dunbar, T. M.
Ford Jr., James A. Harrison, w. H.
Smith, trustees.
Republican: James D. Barry, H.
NJ. Clagett, E. X. Cumming, Bracey
Jurtis, ]. w. Edwards, A. S. Noon,
A. L. Peck, trustees.
Under a change in the law all the
,ther offices were left to the trustees
.fter elected and installed.
Six of the Democratic nominees
or town trustees We're elected. One
Republican Bracey Curtis, defeated
w. H. Smith There have been sew
eral changes in the office of Mayor
under this dispensation. Bowman,
harrison and Fielder having held of
ice. At present Fielder is mayor,
ut in his absence Harrison is act
ng mayor.
From the foregoing it is very plain
hat political partisanship has had
cry little to do with municipal nom
nations and elections in Nogales.
And when there have been full party
tickets nominated, the outcome has
oeen a divided government, so far as
rational politics are concerned, except
,wo years ago, and away back in
914, when the Republicans put up
10 ticket.
When it comes to elections of this
lind there is seldom any real ques-
Ion of national politics involved in
he election.
But, always, with very few excep-
ions, there are two tickets put into
5he field. 1t makes little or no diff
erence whether they are put up as
Democratic and Republican, or as
;itizens and Taxpayers tickets.
hey are to give the people the
'hance to exercise choice, Only
vice in the thirteen municipal cleo
lions that have been held in No
;ales, was there but one ticket in the
lield. And in both of those peculiar
circumstances led to nomination of
)ut one ticket. The first was in
l9O6, when Non-Partisan ticket,
elected in 1904, was nominated by
consolidated convention of the two
parties, and elected without opposi-
tlon; the second was in 1914, when