The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-12-19

ALLEGES
FORGERY.
Local Attorneys Repre-
sent Plaintiff in Fight
Against Petition

Oklahoma City. Dec. 19-Attorneys
Welborne & McCalIa Of chickasha
and Orune T. Smith Of Oklahoma
City represent Marie Woodson IN
protest filed with Secretary Of State
Harrison Monday afternoon, alleging
that S,i4O purported signatures to
Campbell Russells petition for the
recall Of the present board of agri-
culture and the election Of new
board, filed by r. 4. Moore are iorg-
ed. spurious and manufactured and
were not written by any of the per-
sons whose names appear thereon;
that 12,5O0 names were forged by
numerous other solicitors: that the
petition was not wiled within the 60
days required by law, and giving NUM-
erous other reasons why the petition
should be declared void. Woodson is
superintendent Of demonstration
farm work for the board Of agricul-
ture.
The petition recalling the board
was filed by Campbell Russell, presi-
dent Of the Peoples Power league,
September IA, 1911, and 45,e2S sigma
lures were filed Tuesday, December
Ia.
tn protest alleges first that the pe-
tition is not in the form required by
the statutes. and is insufficient, in
valid and illegal, in that II does not
have the signatures OF Is per cent Of
the legal voters Of the state.
In relation TO the purported sigma.
lures filed by Moore. the protest says:
eThat s.l40 names attached to the
pamphlet purporting TO have been
circulated By r. L. Moore are forged.
spurious and manufactured. and were
not written BY any OF the persons
whose names appear thereon, but
were manufactured and written BY
the said r. l. Moore. It also is claim
ed that the $40 names are not the
names Of legal voters, but are Of fic.
titious persons.
It is alleged in the protest that 12.-
500 names from other parts Of the
state. turned in by solicitors too num-
erous to mention, also are spurious
and manufactured.
The claim is made that the propos.
ed constitutional amendment IS en-.
tirely different in meaning. effect and
substance from the one proposed in
the original petition. notice Of which
was filed with the secretary OF state
by Campbell Russell on September
"a.
It is claimed that s55 pamphlets
we're filed, purporting to have been
signed by $3.50 persons. and that none
of the 355 pamphlets are true and ex-
act copies Of the petition and notice,
an dthat no notice Of Lhe 355 Damph-
lets was filed before they we're clrcu,
lated. as is required by law.
i is alleged that the initiative bin
for which the petition was circulated
has no enaeting clause. and that Rus
sell failed to file it within SO days
from the 18th day Of September. 1911
Secretary of State Harrison set tn,
hearing on the protest for Januar,
! IS. 1911.
1t is claimed that the board hai
some startling evidence Of the ireg
ularities. alleged to have been prac
ticed in securing the names.
Three Of the men whose names ap
pear on the blanks circulated b.
; Moore have been dead fir two year,
or more Many Of the addresse
were found to be vacant lots an,
fields.
An amusing feature Of the filing o
the signatures to the petition b.
Moore is found ia the name "Horae
} Greeley. Jrs" the nom de plume use
; by a political writer for a local par
} er.
Among those who have made afi
davit that they never signed the ps
tition is R. A. Kleinschmldt attorne
, for the Frisco railway. The follow
, ing weltknown Oklahoma City res
, dents whose names appear also hav
; made affidavit that they never signe
: it,
J. B. Hounds. 1906 West Twent,
: third street ]. H. Palmer lis WEI
: Tenth street; G. T. Conrad, io9 wci
: Third street; f. G. Hal $40 EaI
: Tenth street R. S. Henderson ~
: Harrison avenue w. 3. Dean. u
: East ninth street; A. L. Thomas, 81
: West Thirtyfirst street; H. Nj n