Her unprecedented political move was reported in newspapers nationwide, from California to Texas to Pennsylvania to New York to Florida. As the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported: "A political precedent unlikely to bring even a ripple of emulation despite its apparent benefit to the public is that set by Mrs. Mary Bettwy, Democratic recorder-elect of Nogales, Arizona, who has amazed the staunch partisans of her own and the Republican party there by appointing her Republican campaign opponent, Mrs. Ada Jones, as her deputy.
Her trailblazing political step was reported in newspapers across the country, from California to Texas to Pennsylvania to New York to Florida. As stated by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: "A pioneering political stance unlikely to inspire even a faint echo of imitation despite its apparent advantage to the public is that set by Mrs. Mary Bettwy, Democratic recorder-elect of Nogales, Arizona, who has astonished the devoted followers of her own and the Republican party there by appointing her Republican campaign opponent, Mrs. Ada Jones, as her deputy.