Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-29
RECALL PETITION
IS insufficient
90 HOLDS CLERK L. DEReeY,
WHO MAKES PUBLIC HIS
FINDINGS.
LARGEST NUMBER TAKEN
OFF ARE NOT REGISTERED
Three Hundred Ten Names in This
Class Are Stricken From the Peti-
tion-Forty-fo Are Found Who
Give No Street or Number-The
Clerks Findings.

After a canvass of the recall Pc
tition filed in an effort TO call spe-
cial election to remove Mayor W. H.
Jones from office, City Clark L. Derby
today made public his findings, which
declare the petition insufficient
The clerk has not figured up just
how many names the petition is short,
and makes no declaration excepting TO
outline different numbers stricken, and
for what cause, and that the petition
falls short of the required ~ names.
The Clerks Findings.
The clerks findings are made mat
ter of record as follows:
"On the 18th day of December. 1911.
there was filed in my office petition
requesting that special election ne
held to elect a successor 10 W. II.
Jones. mayor. and asking the recall o.
said ". II. Jones.
I'm compliance with the statute.
have examined this petition and COM
pared the same with the voters regis
ter for the purpose of ascertaining
whether or not il is signed ny the
requisite number of qualified electors
as provided by the law governing
such petitions. and I herewith submit
the result Of my examination.
I'm the last preceding general
municipal election held in the city Of
Marshalltown, Iowa, there was cast for
the office Of mayor. 3,106 votes. and
25 per centum OF such number is,
therefore. ~.
"2-That said petition SO fled con-
tanned 1,011 names in the aggregate
but, on account of the reasons here
matter set forth. I find that said Pc
tition does not comply with the law
and is insufficient.
MY reasons for such finding. briefly
stated. are:
"(a). Said petition contains twelve
duplicate names. as shown by Exhibit
A, hereto attached and made a part
hereof.
"tb). Said petition contains the
names Of 80 persons net properly reg
istered and not qualified electors as
required by law as shown by Exhibit
B, hereto attached. and made part
thereof.
"(c). Said petition contains eighteea
purported signatures wherNn either
the name or some portion = the ad-
dress is illegible, as shown by Ex
liipHt Y, !lSiC.v cIN>s-S-4-.i, r't''' '''t'S &
part hereof.
& SOD. Said petition contains forty
four signatures wherein there is
4 failure to properly designate the street
ard number. as shown by Exhibit D.
hereto attached and made part
hereof.
"(e). Said petition contains fifty
. five purported signatures wherein the
rames of said signers do not CORE
spond with names on the voters regis
ter. as shown by Exhibit z, attached
B and made a part hereof
81 80. Said petition contains the
names of thirty eight persons who
7 have since withdrawn their Signatures,
& as shown b. Exhibit F, hereto at
8 tached and made a par. hereof.
y "tg). Said petition contains the
names of voters not properly signed
Il to the petition for sundry reasons.
Z (Attached are the names of seven sign
Z ers whose addresses do not correspond
either as to street number or town.
For the foregoing reasons and for
further reason that said petition does
not comply with the law either as 70
the petition itself or the affidavits at
tached. find that it is insufficient.
For the reasons fereinbefore stated.
i. l.. DERBY. CITY clerk Oh the CITY d
Marshalltown. Iowa, hereby certify
that said petition. same being hereto
attached, is insufficient.
(Signed) IL. DERBY. City Clerk.
"Marshalltown. Iowa, Dec. %, 1911"
Amendments Come Next.
The recallers now have another in
ming. in which amendments to the
petition may be fled. Just what these
amendments may consist Of under the
law is not clear in the statutes and
whether the law permits as an amend
ment," additional names to the petition.
or whether the amendment" must be
confined to the correction of errors
in the original petition as filed. may
result in a controversy on the part Of
the attorneys
Fight Far From Over.
The chances are that the fight on
the recall petition is far from being at
an end regardless of the clerks de-