Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-06-09
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File 146 Re-WithcraWals.

A gross total Of 146 So called re-
Withdrawals were filed from late We'd
nesday afternoon Up = 4 o'c.cck Thurs
day afternoon by the "wers.' The time
limit for fling them expired "!:1 -:.e
completion Of III canvass BY The board
Of supervisors The partial check u
these re- Withdrawals, made UP to date,
develops that there are duplicates
among them, and many so-caled re-
Withdrawals Of names that had never
been signed to the "G-ys'" TithdTa wais.
I'D to noon the "drys' have ascer-
tanned that at !eas- stxcy-three Of the
14s withdrawals Of Withdrawals DO not
correspond with names signed on
withdrawals. Even counting he re-
naming severry-Ihree Withdrawals Of
withdrawals as AL good il still leaves
the petition Efty-s!x short Of a needed
majority, according 70 Iae records q
The boards canvass.
More Ammunition Unused.
Not much more than half the ev:-
Gence IN the possession Of the 'drys'
was presented to the board, as the evil
dence which was presented was
deemed BY the attorneys amply sufti-
cient to knock OUT the saloon petition.
They introduced only forty-five names
which were not Identical in signatures
were sustained b. the board after pre-
sentation Of court decisions UNFOLDING
the objections. There we're several
hundred more Of this same character
which would have been presented had
the board not held that Withdrawals
Of Withdrawals could rot be admitted.
SO l. appears that had the board ad
United the Withdrawals ot withdra walls
the saloon petition would have been
defeated on technical objections alone.
The margin TO spare was only sixty
seven before the withdrawals were
counted II addition % several hun
Gred technical objections to signatures
were the attacks upon the reputable
ness Of certain persons who had Sc
cured and witnessed signatures 10 the
saloon petitions. With several AFT
dav.ts on file in effect charging that
names had been forged by som ehod-
when witnessed BY these parsons and
with Indictments against these same
persons having been made in times
nast. It was believed that K would not
have been difficult to have proved that
these persons We're not "reputahle"
persons as required b. the statute, in
which even AL Of the names secured
by them would have gone off. amount
ing to 80 or more for a single dis
reputable" witness If so proved.
The saloon attorneys evidently hoDed
70 e,!a enough witldra walls 0e With
6rawaIs TO wipe out the deficiency Of
129 before the board should take final
action While their field forces worked
en- masse. and Withdrawals were being
filed, the saloon attorneys Unanswered
for ali the delay they could possibly
obtain. Mr. Bradford would watch the
clock. and as four or five withdra walls
were filed he would ask for a record TO
be made Of the exact hour and minute.
It appeared that their hope was 10 file
enough to overcome the 129 and then in
case upon appeal the courts should re-
verse the board on IFS decision not 70
admit withdrawals Of Withdrawals the
record would show enough OF these to
sustain the petition. They failed to
secure more than seventy or eighty
bona fide withdra walls Of names actual
" withdrawn for the drys, so the at
torneys Ivr t..v ~.:- --=::- 90.