Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-04-22

the following typewriter statement:
Yes. we actually have more than a
majority of all the legal voters who
| voted at the last city election on the
! petition of consent for the continuation
| OF the sale of Intoxicating liquors for
lMarshalltown, but do not deem that
very good, as I am satisfied that some
few will be too weak to stay on the
petition and viii withdraw before a
| canvass Is made by the board OF super
visors. However. there will be enough
signatures added in the next few days
TO make, the petition absolutely good.
Thirty business men voluntarily ten
dered their services yesterday to get
nve names each during the next few
days. and each one took a petition.
Some are already bringing in their
amount Of signatures. and actually
believe that by Tuesday evening we
Will have such a petition that will be
absolutely good.
MY Judgment is, however that there
VIII be very few Withdrawals, as any
one who has signed this petition knew
Wei enough that he was going to be
criticised, ridiculed.i boycotted. and
generally annoyed by the opposition in
order that his name should be with
drawn from the petition.
In spite OF the concentrated effort to
Keep the laboring men from signing
the petition. we succeeded in getting
~ per cent OF them to sign the petition.
ana the business men could see the sit
uation and were wise enough to see
1hat 1t was business for them to he
with the majority OF the peopie---hence
'heir action IN helping to get signers."
Ants Arc Not Worried.
The Marshall County Citizens As
ISOLATION. when Informed that the ,o :
loon interests had announced that thew
were going to file their petition nert
week Issued the following statement.
To the Public:-Of course the saloon
men will file next week, II they f,le at
all. for their time will be up then. They
were goin gto Ale on the 10th, but thew
ala not. The band wagon method at
tempted by the saloonists is too plain
NOS TO be seen, and II 1t has no more
erect than the attempt to threaten
certain business men with a withdraw
al or patronage they will not file a sur
fclent statement next week. We have
nad occasion for our committees to
observe the success OF certain OF tho
saloon committees and they went away
empty handed. Then too, in one fac
tory. in addition to the number OF
those who had previously promised not
to sign the consent petition. eight have
refused to sign and will not sign. We
have it direct from a certain saloon at
torney that a number OF tho names
they have will come of. so while they
may get the number Of signatures,
counting duplicates and those who did
not vote. they will never get a suffici-
emit statement of consent. Instead Of
seeking publicity to work their band
wagon racket. why don't they file? We
believe that it will never be necessary
to do anything further than to count
the names II they do file. eliminate du-
plicates and those who signed but did
not vote. A large number. however
have already said they are ready to
sign a withdrawal.
A certain business man said last
night that he had signed the petition
and afterwards a second saloon COM
mittee waited on him and to this COM
mittee he said he would not sign. To
this the committee replied that maybe