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 historic decision was reported in newspapers across the nation, from California to Texas to Pennsylvania to New York to Florida. According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: "A pioneering political gesture unlikely to spark even a whisper of emulation despite its apparent benefit to the public is that set by Mrs. Mary Bettwy, Democratic recorder-elect of Nogales, Arizona, who has surprised the ardent partisans of her own and the Republican party there by appointing her Republican campaign adversary, Mrs. Ada Jones, as her deputy.