The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-11
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MIAY5ExPUNGE 81 !:
ELlASON'S NAME.
COUNCIL PASSED ORDER ASKING
BALLOT COMMISSIONERS TO VI.
LEAVE, NAME OFF THE
if{ q Piir. TICKET.

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At a special meeting Of the city
council Of this city, last night after. an
adjourned meeting mad been conclud'
ed and special meeting had been
held the following order was passed:
Whereas. the common council Of the
City OF Fairmont has compared the
list OF names signed TO various petl;
tions presented to the board Of bal.
lot commissioners from the 9Th ward,
under the. style Of the Business Mems
Progressive party and find that there
are not 80 duly registered and quail:
fed voters signing said petition as
nscerta!ned from the registra ton list;
II is now therefore ordered that the
said board OF ballot commissioners dis
regard said petitions in making up the
ballots to be voted On at the city eiee'
tion and that the clerk Of this city
lay this order before said board.
The. question was raised by Attor.
ney James A. Meredith who tried to
get the matter before tae adjourned
meeting but was defeated by a motion
for council to adjourn and meet i'm
mediately in special session to grant
J. F. Cordray a license to operate q
skating rink on Jackson street.
The one item OF business for which
the special session was called council
adjourned and Immediately called a
special sesston to take up the mat
ter presented by Mr.. Meredith.
Buckley tried hard to get council
to adjourn without considering the
question. McNeely raised a point
OF order but Was oyerrulcd by Mayor
Neely. The motion to sit in special
session prevailed. i
Buckley asked permission to leave
:he council chamber and he was per.
! mtted 10 do so. Mcmillan asked per.
mission to be excused and was permit.
led to DO 80. Helmick and McNeely
passed cut OF the chamber without a
bit of confusion but did not ask per-
mission to withdraw from the room.
G. F. Carrell, James E. Morgan. J.
II. Hall. z. W. Morgan and Jesse A.
Jamison remained. These with the
mayor constituted quorum and the
matter VAS considered and passed af.
firmatiycly by an unanimous vote.
Council compared the registration
books with the list Of names on the pc.
tltIons, Praying for the nomination Of
Walter E':ason for councilman in Fifth
ward on the Business Mems party and
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found that five men on the petition,
viz. E.. L. Smith, J. 8. Myers, Dennis
Hamilton, Griffith Hamilton and VIII.
liam Ridgely are not on the reglstra'
tion books and for that reason are not
qualified voters. 1t was also brought
to councils notice that Tom Sharp, a
slgner o. the petition is not a legal
voter: ;ilat Miles Frankenberry, an.
other petitioner, was transferred; that
II. w. l.clman was crossed out; that
e. L. Hawkins and ]. E. Daugaerty
want OF: that Hawkins and Daugh'
erty asked the ballot commissioners to
consider their names off the petition
but no heed was given to their re-
quests.
BY actual count the petitions had
IS names subscribed through "Vox
Populi" says in the morning Times,
but Times only prints what "Vox''
writes that there were from 50 to 100
names on the petitions.
Fifty.fve names on tho petitions
from FIT, ward less five names OF
men vino are not qualified voters be-
cause OF not being registered, less one,
who is n disqualified voter for other
reasons and three men declaring them.
seIves or the petition leaves the pc.
titlons wanting several to make up
the required fifty that 1t takes to get
a nomination. s.s-
II the ballot commissioners do not
net In accordance VITA the request
oil council and there Is no reason to
believe that they will, a restraining
order 10 keep Ellason's name of the
ticket to be voted for at the coming
election will likely be asked for.
County Court.