Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-20
Filler ALLEGES PETITION CON.
TAlNs 1854 NAMEs-m ARE
REQUIRED.
CITY CLERK DERBY STARTS
TODAY TO MAKE CANVASS
Great Many sisnsrs Were Obtained BY
Telling Them That il Was . Way to
Get the Saloons Back - Friends 81
Mayor Will Verify The Petition in
Detail to Determine Validity.

w. H. Jones, and a special election to
elect successor, was filed in the Of
flee Of City Clerk l.. Derby late Tues
day afternoon. The petition was filed
by T. F. Bradford, who appeared for
the saloons in the petition fight. In
the sworn certificate accompanying the
petition this attorney takes oath to the
number of signatures and the purpose
for which the petition was filed.
The law governing the recall says
the petition must contain 25 per cent
of the total vote cast for the office of
mayor at the last general municipal
election. This percentage of the vote
for mayor at the last election is TT,
the total vote having been 3.10S.
Petitions Bound in Volume.
The petition represents the efforts OF
those dissatisfied with the present con-
duct of municipal affairs. those who
want the saloons, those who wish that
the lid might not be so tightly clos
ed, and those VINO ilsave been fined Or
given Jail sentences by the mayor. and
many others. The recall was started at
q meeting held in Forney's hall Nov. II.
The petition numbers 1877 sections.
volume.
Clerk Derby Begins Canvass.
Il City Clerk Derby this morning be-
gan to canvass the petition. D. E. Hole
was employed to assist the clerk and
he, together with Miss McManus, the
clerks assistant, began to draw off the
names on cards. The clerk has but ten
days in which to canvass the petition,
the law making him the sole Judge Of
the sufHiciency or insufficiency Of the
petition.
An examination of the petition, soon
after it was fled showed that there
will be some shrinkage in the number
Of the names by the time the canvass
is completed. Several Implications
have been found. and there are good
many names that will be very difficult
to decipher. Apparently for the pur-
pose of aiding in checking the names
the filers attached typewriter lists OF
the signatures to each section Of the
petition.
Affidavit With Petition.
|; The sworn statement that accompan-
led the petition was as follows:
IT, T. F. Bradford, attorney for the
Greater Marshalltown League, being
first duly sworn, on oath, depose and
say tIldL IulS Is pelltIOu 1OF IHe re.
call Of Mayor w. H. jones' OF the city
Of Marshalltown, Iowa, as provided for
in section 1856 A SO Of the supplement
to the code Of Iowa; that 1t contains
1877 sections, numbered 1 to 1877 inclus-
i've, and that the said petition con-
tains about 1864 names, which is more
than 25 per centum of the voters Of the
city Of Marshalltown entitled to vote
for successor to the incumbent
sought to be removed, and above that
number equal to 25 per centum of the
entire vote cast for all the candidates
for the office Of mayor cast at the last
\ preceding municipal election and that
each Of them asks for the recall Of the
said present w. H. JONES'"
Mayors Friends Go to Work.
4 City Clerk Derby has not yet deter
mined what basis is to be used to de-
termine who are qualified to sign the
petition. He sought an opinion re-
garding this and other phases of the
law from City Solicitor F. E. Northup,
| only to find that Mr.. Northup was out
of the city and would not return until
Saturday. In the meantime Mr.. Derby
will secure counsel from other law
yers. Until he has it he will not at
tempt to decide which. names should
remain OF inc pelltlou anu WHICH
should be stricken off.
i Within few hours of the time the
petition had been filed friends Of the
mayor began copying names from the
petition so industriously that before
they quit late in the night, half the
petition had been copied. They
intend to verify the petition on
their own account preparatory to en-
tering objections IL it appears to be in
sufficient or falsely attained in any
part. II 1t contains a substantial and
valid 25 per cent of the electors resist
ance will probably not be made as
Mayor Jones. himself, is very anxious
that the election be held and he wants
a recall en- Herman at the same time.
| He thinks that matters have reached
such point that the city should be
governed by Herman, LaShelle, ct al,
or by others and not have a council
divided as II Is now.