Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-05-01

which Il could be filed and have all the
signatures taken counted. According
TO j. L. Livin gston. who has been man
aging the circulating Of the petition, 1t
contains about 1.775 names. He pro-
fessed not to know exactly and it will
be day or two before the representa-
tives Of the Marshall County Citizens
Association VIII have the names copied.
the duplicates stricken out, ard the ex-
act number of net signatures it con-
tains.
The petition consists Of 362 separate
sections each one containing from one
to fifty names. a very large majority
OF them contain not more than two or
three names each.
Drys Go to Work 1t Once.
Not waiting even until this morn
ing to go to work copying the names
and getting other information the Pc
iition contai Ils. ). Il. EseInIayeT, rep
resenting the Marshall County Citizens
Association, started work Saturday ev-
ening. At the same time a clerk for
the VETS" began copying the names,
it being the claim of the saloon people
that they do not have a list of the
petition.
Work was begun at s o'clock satur-
day evening. and resumed again Sun
day morning at 3. continuing until
noon. Work continued during the af-
ternoon and again In the evening It
was taken up again this morning with
the prospect that it would be finished
perhaps some time tonight. Some one
interested IN the success Of the petition
stands guard over it all the time the
office of the county auditor is open.
f! Thinks About 100 to Good.
j. l. Livingston, manager Of the
campaign for the Marshalltown Retail
Liquor Dealers Association, said this
forenoon that he was not aware Of the
actual number Of sisners on thu petit
ton because there had not been time
to make the footings before alinx.
Il think, however" said Mr.. Living
ston. that we have about 1.77s names.
OF this number we know that there are
duplicates. and that some will come
of thru Withdrawals, but think when
| the Withdrawals are fled. and the du-
plicates are taken into consideration,
that we will have about 100 to the
good. I would not have filed the petit
ton had I not felt sure that II was
sufficient"
A hasty count OF the petitions re-
veals that Livingston is practically
correct SO far as the gross total is
concerned but as the names have been
affixed to 400 different sheets, the exact
extent of the Implications which are
admitted and Of those who did not
vote can not be determined until the
lawyers for the other side have made
their copy and checked with the poll
books.
In order to be sufficient the petition
must contain a total OF 1853 names
/ over which there can be no question
question.
Still Believe Petition Insufficient.
The Marshall County Citizens' Az
sociation, however. still believes. as It
has all along. that the petition will
prove insufficient. Officers Of the as
ISOLATION were not able to say today
how many names they would be able to
get off the petition, and will not until q
careful checking is made following the
completion Of the work Of copying all
the names. In the work OF checking,
however. from the list as already cop
led. many duplicates have been found,
together with discrepancies in the
spelling Of names as compared to the
way the same names appear on the
poll lists:
To Canvass Petition in June.
The board OF supervisors will begin
to canvass the petition on June 5. the
hrs. day OF its regular meeting that
month Resolutions to this effect, and
concerning other details Of the contest
over the petition. were passed by the
board soon after it went in session this
morning. The length Of time inter-
vening before the petition is to be cam
vasscd is not at all satisfactory 10 the
saloon men, who hoped that the super
visors would get to 1t speedily, in order
that the "drys' might have as little
time as possible to secure Withdrawals.
The board authorized County Audi
! tor A. H. welker to publish notice
OF the petition being fled, and ordered
that all objections to the suffciency OF
the petition be made in writing and
filed with the county auditor on or be-
fore May %. A copy Of these objec-
tons is to be furnished the saloon
people at the time they are filed. The
board also ordered that the "wets'
shall file their defense and insfstence
upon the sufficiency of the petition on
or before June 3. furnishing copy
thereof to the persons filing objections
FAMILY HAS SMALLPOX.