Evening times-Republican., 1911-06-08
Petition short Of majority II;

first, and an important round in the
petition fight. Late this afternoon the
supervisors were arranging to declare
the petition insufficient by 1877 names.
The tabulation above gives the reasons
for which the names We're stricken off.
Following the ruling Of the board that
Withdrawals Of Withdrawals would not
be admitted the board began to recheck
the withdrawals and denials OF sigma
tures. OF the 207 filed nine had been
taken off for other reasons, leaving 1913
net to be deducted from the petition.
The attorneys for the saloons said this
afternoon that they had no statement
to make regarding whether or not the
saloonists would appeal to the district
court.
The "drys" won an important and
perhaps final point, and the liquor and
saloon interests Of the town were dealt
a severe and perhaps fatal blow when
the board Of supervisors. shortly after
2 o'clock this afternoon, ruled that the
board would not admit the ''wets' :"
Withdrawals of the "drys" Withdrawals
to names on the petition. This ruling
leaves the petition short about 1877
names Of q majority.
AS soon as the ruling was announced
the supervisors began to take count Of
the names Withdrawn by the "drys" by
legal objections and by Withdrawals,
preparatory to bringing the canvass to
a close by declaring the petition Insult
flcient.
Rule Withdrawals Automatic.
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visors was that the withdrawals filed
by the "drys" were automatic. and that
they removed the names from the petit
tton when they were filed and left no
other course for the supervisors to pur-
sue than to consider the petition as tho
it did not contain these names when
they canvassed it. This supported en-
tirely the contention Of the "drys'" at
torneys on this point.
Chairman Elias BueEhly, In announc-
ing the ruling Of the board. said that
the board so held because the saloon
lists had had period Of time to pre-
pare their petition and the "drys" had
had a period Of time to attack 1t and,
that their opinion. which was based
on the rulings Of the supreme and dis
trict courts, was that Withdrawals Of
Withdrawals, worded such as the local
withdrawals were, were not admissible
File More Re-WithdrawaIs.
Additional re-withdrawals were filed
by the "wets" early this afternoon. Up
to 1870 o'clock, shortly before the
board went into session. 1870 Of these
rewithdrawals had been filed. A check
of these 130 showed that but sixty
eight Of them were bona -fide with
drawals of signatures that had already
been withdrawn, and that the remain
ing sixty two had not signed the
"drys' Withdrawals. During the
noon hour the "drys" saw twelve of
those whose names were attached to
re- withdrawals, and found that four OF
the twelve denied that they had signed
a e-withdrawal.
How the Game Was Worked.
One or two specific cases Of how the
game was worked by the saloon peo-
pie, and the probable effect of con-
tinuation of it Withdrawals OF with
drawals were allowed to be filed, may
be cited. In one instance q saloon Pc
tition signer signed no less than four
Withdrawals and rewithdrawals.
NJ ]. jackson filed a denial with the
"drys" that he had signed the petition
Of consent by mark, as he can not
Wrlte. ne Sdlu toOSdy tidI lii0 "Seo
came to him and told him that he did
not get the denial he had signed quite
right, and they wanted him to fix it.
so he signed what proved to be a
withdrawal OF his withdrawal. The
"drys," learning Of this. went to him
and were given his explanation of why
he signed the withdrawal Of the with
drawal and secured his signature to a
denial OF the withdrawal obtained by
the VETS"
Hittenmark sisns Often.
The case Of Herman Hittenmark Is
another one of a similar kind. He sign
ed the petition, then signed a with
drawal. Tho vets got to him and
he signed a withdrawal Of the frs.
withdrawal Then the "drys" solicited
him and he signed withdrawal OF the
withdrawal Of the withdrawal.
Again the "wets" solicited him and
again f1e signed this last time . re-
withdrawal of the withdrawal Of the
re-withdrawal Of the first withdrawal
Of his name from the signature on the
petition. These illustrations show how.
without an end. in some instances the
business of getting Withdrawals and
ire-withdrawals might have become.
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We still have some Of that No.
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We will sell for SO per thousand: also
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