The border vidette., 1922-05-06
DEMOCRATS ELECT DELEGATES
Housing Mass Meeting Held Tuesday
 Night at Court House.

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 Night at Court House.
 Members of the Democratic party of Nogales, thronged the court house last night (May ? at the meeting called for the election of precinct delegates to attend the county conference to be held May 9, at which four. delegates will be chosen to re present Santa Cruz county at the state conference to be held in Tucson, May 18th, says Wednes days Democrat.
 While three precinct delegates were being chosen to represent NOgaleS. fourteen delegates from other precincts throughout the county were being chosen at the same time, purS uant to the call of Arcus Reddoch, chairman of the county central committee.
 The delegates chosen to repre- sent Nogales at the county con ference were Mrs. J.. A. Harri son, Judge Frank J. Duffy and Duane Bird. Alternates chosen were, Dr. W. F. Chenoweth, J. E. Wise and Arcus Reddoch.
 Judge Duffy, who presided at the meeting, was greeted with prolonged applause when he urg ed that the delegates from Santa Cruz county to the state confer epce, to fight to the last ditch, the vicious amendments to the con stitution, proposed at the special session of the Arizona legisla- ture.
 ''The time has come in Ameri ca when the government must be put back in the hands of the party of the people," said JuGge Duffy.
 "The interests" will of course try to grab the democratic party this year if they can. That is always their way when they find that they are up against it. in their own party. It is the duty of all loyal Democrats, however, to be on guard and ward off the iniquitous efforts of the Special interests" to swallow the party.
 The Democratic party has pre- served it's wholesomness in pro portion to it's sincerity of admin istration. Only those men should receive consideration at the hands of the Democratic party this year whose records are clear in reference to suspicious affilia tions.
 It makes little difference to me who represents Santa Cruz coun- ty at the state conference but I insist on knowing how those del egates stand on the question of the proposed amendments to the constitution before their names are balloted upon. We must maintain the validity of the con- StitutiOn of the state of Arizona. The proposed amendments to the constitution proposed at the last delegates we send from our county must vote no" on all proposed amendments.
 Frank Edinborough, one of the staunch Democrats of Santa Cruz county, in speech with punch in every sentence, spik ed the G. O. F. elephants trunk" as he termed it.
 He called attention to the New berry scandal, stating that the Democratic slogan should be "Newberryism" in the coming campaign.
 MT. Edin borough also took fling at the Republican tariff law and eulogized former president Wilson, whom he termed as one of the greatest Democrats of all time.
 He was followed by Col. Allen T. Bird, who delivered the final punch at the Republicans for the evening, dwelling on the Demo cracy of today, using as his theme, "equal rights to all and special privileges to nOne." Col. Bird was in good form and his speech was thoroughly enjoyed.
 One of the features of the meeting was the lively interest taken in the balloting by the women present. That the girls are stand pat'' voters was shown by the heavy vote given