Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-07-07
supREAaE COURT OEclSIoN MAY
cIosE LIQUOR HOUSES IN
FIFTEEN IOWA csriEA.
WITHDRAWALS CAN NOT d
REiNsrArED ON PETITION
Gxistenes % Seventy Five Saloons and
One Drswsry RESTS Entirely on This
/. Issus-court Holds That sisnsr Of
\, saloon Petition Can Change Mind
IS Dut Once.

Des Moines, July 7.-Safoon consent
petitions in fifteen cities in Iowa now
in litigation are affected by the decision
Of the supreme court that q counter
withdrawal or q withdrawal Of with
drawal from q saloon consent petition
is illegal and does not restore the sign
er's name to the original petition.
The operation OF seventy-fiNe saloons
and one distillery in ten cities Of Iowa
rests almost entirely upon this ISSUE
The cities and saloons where the fight
is almost entirely based upon the coun-
ter Withdrawals are as follows, accord
Ing to the Iowa Anti-Saloon league:
Creston, Union county. ten saloons,
Oskaloosa, Mahaska county, twenty
one saloons, one distillery.
Fl. Dodge. Webster county, seventeen
saloons.
DEBORAH, winneshiek county, eleven
calmar. winneshiek county. two sa-
looms.
Fl. Atkinson, winneshiek county. two
saloons.
Castalia, winneshiek county. one
saloon.
jackson Junction. winneshiek county,
four saloons.
ossian. winneshiek county, four sa-
looms.
spillville. winneshiek county, three
saloons.
Affects Five othsr Cities.
In Ave other cities, where 20S saloons
and two breweries operate at present,
the decision will have considerable
bearing on the fight which is now In
litigation These cities and saloons
are as follows:
Boone, Boone county eleven saloons.
Des Moines. Polk county. 103 saloons,
one brewery.
Valley Junction, Polk county, three
saloons.
Cedar Rapids, Linn county. sixty-fve
saloons. one brewery.
Waterloo, Black Hawk county. TWEEN
ty-six saloons.
Can Change Mind But Once. -
The decision Of tho supreme court
was made on the legal sufkiciency Of
the consent petition, for Winneshiek
county. The league contested the val
idity OF the petition on tho ground that
the Withdrawals from Withdrawals
were invalid. The county board of
supervisors held that the second with
drawals were valid. but were reversed
by the district court. The liquor men
apepaled to the supreme court. which
has now affirmed the decision OF the
lower. A man may change his mind
once but not twice. according to the high
court ruling.
The Des Moines saloon petition
which Is now in hearing in the district
court contains a number Of second
Withdrawals. says Superintendent
Barber, but under this ruling they are
not valid and will have. to be thrown
out by the court when they are intro
sduced to Offset the number Of frs
Withdrawals.
No decision Of the supreme court has
been go widesweeping in its effect nor
SO effective for temperance legislation,
saws Superintendent Barber. 1T will
knock out the Des Moines saloon petit
tion, !. said Superintendent Barber yes
iterday, .:and those in other cities where
Withdrawals from Withdrawals have
been accepted az valid"
The court in its opinion says: 1T is
also claimed in this connection that the
Withdrawals from Withdrawals had the
effect Of reinstating the names upoa
the original statements Of consent. The
case last cited disposes of this propo-
sition az we understand it. 1t was held
that no names can be added to the
statement of consent after 1t is hled. 4