Bisbee daily review., 1922-09-24
J. M Sparks of Douglas Elected
 as Chairman Democratic Central
 Committee at Meeting Yesterday
New Chairman Urges All Members of Democratic Party Vote Straight Ticket at Elections; Extolls Hunt
 and Plays Administration of Campbell

A harmonious and enthusiastic meeting of the Democratic Central Committee was held yesterday in this city. The meeting was called to order by the retiring chairman, E. W. Bed dow.
 A committee of three consisting of P. NJ. Smith of Lowell, P. w Hamil- ton of Wilcox and Sam Yarnell of Douglas was appointed as the commit tee of credentials. They reported GA members present and by proxy out of 101 that the county was entitled to.
 After the committee had reported, Chairman Beddow announced that the next order of business was the selec- ton of a new chairman. He &lso stat ed that it had been customary to all ternate with the selection of the chair man from Bisbee and Douglas al , that as Bisbee had enjoyed that honor during the past two years tine place should go to Douglas. The name of J. M. Sparks was then presented by the Douglas delegation and he was elected by exclamation.
 | made brief address and urged all members present to support the ticket from bottom to top and for them to induce all other members of the party to vote the ticket straight. He ex- tolled Governor Hunt and stated that he knew him when he was a clerk ill the store at Globe. He condemned the ! a6 m n =fr of al md fnd that the Republican party was re- sponsible for the Increase of the tax rate in the state
 George M. Roark. of Douglas, was
 selected as secretary and treasurer
 without opposition. Three vice-chair men were appointed by the chairman ii Jos. A. Ivey of Tombstone; D. E
 Rhinehart of Bisbee and P. w. Ham
 ilton of Wilcox
 An executive committee of five were appointed as follows: John Wilson
 Ross of Warren; T. D. Fulghum o
 Wilcox; George Rosewarne of Low , ell; Mrs. J. E. Bevans of Bisbee anC Walter Goslin of Douglas.
 After the appointment of these com
 mittees an adjournment was taker until 1:30 to give the platform com
 mittee time to report
 At the afternoon session the appoin ment of additional committees and tn,
 report of the platform committee tool
 up the attention of the delegates. Report of Platform Committee We, your committee on platforms
 beg leave to report the following:
 The Democrats of Cochise county } through their county central commit
 tee at this time on the eve of the ap
 preaching campaign declare their col g tinued allegiance to the great princi a ples of the Democratic party, and be
 lieve that two years of Republican
 rule in the nation and four years O t Republican rule in Arizona is full jus g tification for our hope of complete SUI
 cess of the state and county Democra
 tic candidates in Cochise county a r the next November election.
 '- We condemn the national admins l. tration for it's failure to keep it's pron ises or reduction of taxes for it's pas & sage of the most iniquitous tariff lay e ever written on that statute of thi a country, entailing as it does an add 6 tional tax burden of three billions 0 , dollars annually on the people of thi n country which will go into the prof i, of the favored few.
 We condemn the wanton extravs gance of the present Republican aC ministration in this state which ha S resulted in increasing the state ta rate from 39c to 7S C and in the issl