Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-05-14
SALooNlsTs' LAWYERS ADDRESS
LETTER TO COUNTY ATTORNEY,
SETTING FORTH FINDINGS.
CLAIM TOTAL OF 2o1
NAMES NOT ELIGIBLE
Make Further Claim That Petition
Lacks 500 Names That Can Be
Throwrf Out on Legal TechnicaIities
Findings Of tho saloonsts' Attor.
neys in Full.

Alleging that the rem onstrance petit
ton is far from being sufficient, and
that it lacks not only total Of 201
names that are not eligible for count at
all because the names are not on the
poll books but is short 500 names that
can be attacked on technical grounds,
Bradford & Johnson, representing the
saloonists, filed with County Attorney
Egermaysr at 11:4O today q letter set
ting forth the claims and bindings OF
the past ten days in an exhaustive cam
vass OF the petition.
III the remonstrance petition, filed on
May 3, were attached total of 1867
names, according to the claim Of petit
TONERS. "A total Of 1855 were neces-
sary for a majority according to the
vote Of the last general election. so that
the petition showed, according to the
claims of the filers, 1877 names to the
good. Mr. Bradford claims that, after
a careful count, made twice, the petit
ton as filed has a total of 1850 names,
and that with 201 withdrawn, as he
claims have no right on the petition at
all, the petition is left insufficient by
sixteen names.
Claims No overtures Made.
In giving out copy Of the letter to
the Times Republican Mr. Bradford
said that statements in this paper, to
the effect that the saloon attorneys had
been making overtures to the attorneys
for the temperance people, were in err
ror, and that no attorney for the sa-
looms had made any overtures what
ever. Mr.. Bradford said that Mr.. Acres
had spoken to him, and proposed to
a IA
opened and make one sale that the case
would be tried out within two weeks.
Mr.. Bradford said that he informed Mr..
Acres that he was not yet ready to
make any such test.
When asked at. noon whether the sa-
looms would open as a result of the
findings on the remonstrance petition,
Mr.. Bradford said that he was not in
position to state. He said the sa-
loonists could do as they pleased: they
had his report on the petition and It
was now up to them, and not his place
to advise as to whether or not to
open. The opening of the saloons few
minutes later, however. indicated that
affairs were pretty well understood as
to what would be the result of the re-
port the petition.
eradford's Findings.
Mr.. Bradfords findings as a result of
his canvass of the petition, as stated
in his letter to the county attorney is
in full as follows:
Joseph H. Egermayer, Esq, County
Attorney, Marshall County, Iowa
Dear Sir: Representing as you do the
tax payers of Marshall county, and
having expressed as you have so many
times publicly in the press and in the
courts your desire to save the tax
payers Of Marshall county any and all
expenses you can as county attorney
and we representing the saloon busi-
ness and property and property own
ers, call your attention to the fact
that the revocation petition is insult
ffcient. AT the time of the filing of
the revocation petition you will re-
member that Mr.. Bradford asked you
In the county auditors office, shortly
after it was filed, while he was exam
ing the petition to see if it was suf-
ficient, ag to whether or not you had
made any comparisons of the revoca-
ton petition with the poll books and
you replied in substance that you had
not but that you were assured by the
canvassers, and especially by Mr..
Wanberg, who had been in charge of
the petition, that it was sufficient and
contained valid names of voters who
had voted at the election that they
supported to sign from
Knowing your desire to save money
for the tax payers, and knowing from
your statement that you have not can
vassed the petition, we state to you
that the petition is insufficient; Chat
not counting irregularities in names,
deaths, people who have moved away,
Withdrawals or claims of persons who
said they did not sign the petition, but
whose names appear thereon,) because
there are 14S names thereon,) because
SONS who did not vote at the Nov. 3,
1908 election and there are fifty-three
Names thereon that are duplicates.
s.,al1ing total of 201 names that can
not be counted.
These statements we make and are
prepared to back up with the facts, and
relying on such facts, we submit you
herewith the names Of such persons
who did not vote, whose names appear
thereon, and in said statement, in
order that you may understand 1t, we
nave to say that the figures ahead Of
the name represent the page of the
petition on which the name is found,
then follows the name and then the
address as written, and We have d.
vided it into wards SO that you can
examine the poll books rapidly, tho
we suppose you with want to examine
the five poll books to be sure that the
name does not appear in one Of them,
tho the voter has indicated that he
lived in the particular ward and voted
in the particular ward at the place OPP.
posite his name, which is indicated in
every case.
We also submit to you the duplicate
names Of those who appear twice.
three and four times thereon, giving
the number of the page OF the petition
on which their names appears and the
street number, tho in some cases the
initials are not the same, but from an
examination Of the petition and the
poll books you will md there Is but
one person OF that name who votes ana
they have evidently signed 1t a second
dime to try to correspond with the
name in the poil book.
We also desire to say to you that
ne have a list Of about fifty persons
svho have died since they signed their |
nes1es to the petition and q list OF about |
one hundred ana nfty persons VINO j
have moved away from Mafshalltown