The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-10-20
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ground until time for the grand finale.
There has been considerable talk of
technicalities in connection with the
the circulation of the petitions calling
for an election in December, but at
torneys seem to agree that the mean
ing of the law is plain and that no &C
ton in the courts should be deemed
necessary.
The session laws of 1909 state that:
ANY unit hereby created may hold
a special election upon the question
of whether the sale of intoxicating
liquor shall be permitted within the
boundaries of such unit, upon the filing
with the clerk of n city or town unit
or the county auditor of any county
unit of a petition subscribed by quail
fed electors of the unit equal in num-
Der to at least 80 per cent of the cleo
tors voting at the last general election
within such unit This question has
been placed before a number of local
ATTORNEYS and they all seem to agree
that the term general applies to that
which last took place in the unit, or
in this case, the last city election. A
great deal will be made of this tech
nicality and it is very probable, judg-
ing from the present outlook that upon
this question, the balance will hang.
Up to this evening 1922 people had
registered with the city clerk, by far
the largest number having signed to-
dav. There are said to be many others
H. ~ hrIf xrJnn
have not yet registered and Will do
so some time today. The work OF cir
culating the petition will not be car
ried on with much force today as the
"drys'' will take this opportunity to
get the final results in shape for filing
with the city clerk. Rev. Marvin stat
ed last night that result was hard
" in doubt as he declared that the pc
| titions were rapidly filling up with
names. However his may be, it is
known that the result will remain in
| doubt until the legal technicality de-
! termining the meaning of the word
general has been aScertained for 1t is
now assured that the full 73O signers
have not been found
Those who have already said that
| thew could not remain on the commit
tees on which they were placed are
G. M. RAIDER and Guy Bridges. 1t
is said Attorney ]. o. Hurspool can
not remain on the judicial committee,
| for representing the city he cannot be
permitted to advise opposing SIDES IN
this controversy.
Another phase of this question VIII
be presented next Sunday when the
ROYAL Archs hold their first meeting
and contemplate plans for the coming
campaign. That they are not sitting
in idleness is assured, and it is known
hat they will be prepared to fight the
issue to the last stage.
At 3:15 this afternoon those going
over the long list of signers to the Pc
titions at the Y. NJ. c.. A. would make
no positive statement as to the num-
Der of names they had secured. There
| is such a long list of them that it is
| impossible to even make an
of the number
All day yesterday people in all parts
of the city called by phone for a petit
ton to be sent them and one of those
interested in the fight stated this af-
ternoon:
There are SO many calling for the
petitions that it is no longer a question
of how to get men to sign but how we
are going to reach all who want to
sign"
More than 80 petitions were being
circulated lis afternoon and up to 8
o'clock more than 100 voters a at
tached their signature to the petitions
if is said. The petition it is thought
will be filed about 4:45 with the city
clerk.
If you want to buy, or sell. see FOA.
Rooms 8 and 4, Barrett Building.