Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-05-25
nRac,Nn ACTION FIXING MAY Is
40 TIME OF FILING Cd.
JEcrIoNA.
erRjkE OUT TIME CLAUSE
REGARDING WITHDRAWALS
nprys" Now Havs, According TO Action
Of Supervisors Taken Today Until
June Or While Petition 10 Beng
canvessed, 20 File WithdrawaIs-Ae-
ton Due to misunderstanding.

Anx5mportaut action, bearing direct
IL on tho saloon petition Of consent
and the contest that Is to be waged
over 4, was taken at special meet
ing Of the board OF supervisors this
morning when It reScinded an action
taken May which fixed the time
when objections to the petition were
to have been fled BY this previous
action OF the board objections were to
have beenedled today.
Because Of the action taken this
morning no objections were filed by
tho "d1ys" and none win be filed prob
ably before June 5, when the board
meets to begin canvassing the petit
ton.
While the board when it passed the
original resolution did not intend to re-
quire that Withdrawals be filed May %
tho attorneys for the drys showed con-
cl,zstvely that there was no authority in
law tor the board to make any require
1nent a. to filing either objections or
Withdrawals at any date prior to the
date Of cauvassing and the attorneys for
the saloons, who were present at the
to the boards action in resembling Its
former resolution aitho their disap-
poinfment was apparent when they saw
that the attorneys for the drys would
not concede them ten days interval in
which to hammer those who had with
drawn their names.
Gives "Drys" Moro Time.
Tho result Of the boards action this
morning is that the "drys." instead of
having to file their objections today,
Will not do SO until June .. or while
the board is in session. beginning with
ing the petition The action is d.
rect blow at the saloonists,
who thought that they had
been given from May 25 to June to
file their insistence to the suriciency
OF the petition They will now have
only such time as may be left after the
"drys" file their Withdrawals and be-
fore the supervisors complete their
canvass.
Reseind Resolution Of Tday 1.
Among other resolutions passed re-
garding the saloon petition the super
visors on May / passed a resolution
that all objections TO the suffic!ency of
at which time the proponents Of the
petition must be furnished with a copy
of the objections. The resolution also
included clause that the proponents
OF the petition must, by June 3, file
their insistence to the suffi cheney Of
the petition.
By the action this morning this res
elution was rescin6ed and the only
record Of the action of the board taken
regarding the petition, as il now
stands, is that the board will begin TO
canvass the petition on June ). The
fea sons for resembling of this resolu-
ton, as stated IN the new resolution
passed this morning were that the
resolution was passed without due
consideration and under nisunder-
standing and it being believed that no
requirement Of law exists for such ac-
fion Of the part OF the board
Misunderstanding With Attorney.
According to all of the members Of
che board Of supervisors the action this
morning 10 . direct outsrowth of a
misunderstanding with County Altor-
ney A. C. DAILY, who prepared the res
iolution that was rescinded this morn
Ing. According to the members Of the
board It was not their understanding
that "ob1ections," as incorporated IN
tine resolution Of May /, meant with
sdrawals, and they continued to believe
10 until the county attorney recently
notified the board and ]. H. Eyer
lmayer that the 'drys' would have to
have their objections, including with
drawals, fled by May rs. Because this
misunderstanding existed the board de-
t%oruained TO reecind the resolution fixing
sfhe time of fling Withdrawals and leave
;it open, as 1t is claimed that there is
mo Requirement of law that makes it
necessary to fix a time when objec-
.4iouG and Withdrawals must be filed.