Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-30
RECALL PAPERS
TAKEN TO JUDGE
EMERY C.GRAVES
Jurist Of Local Court Is Sitting
on Appellate Bench in
Chicago.
MUST SET HEARING DATE
Circuit Clerk G. W. Gamble Makes
Trip After Receiving Petitions
from NJ. T. Rudaren.

Last evening at C o'clock Commits
sioner Martin T. Rudgren, by virtue
Of his office as city clerk, filed with
George W. Gamble. clerk Of the circuit
court, the recall petition for Mayor H.
NJ. Schriver and Commissioner Archie
Hart, together with petitions from
those two officials In which are con-
tanned general and specific objections
70 the petitions. and affdavits, 1874 IN
number, in which are cited instances
Of fraudulent and fictitious signatures
and Implications This morning the
clerk Of the circuit court, acting IN
der the provisions OF the law, hsstened
20 Chicago TO present the matter be-
fore Hon. L. G. Graves, judge OF the
circuit court. now sitting on the ap-
pellate bench there. The Judge will
be called upon 70 specify the date upon
which he will give hearing 10 the mat
ter. He must act upon the petitions
not less than FIVE nor more than 10
days after filing with the circuit clerk
GEsT TOO ILL.
Judge W. II. Gest was first called
upon TO give ear 10 the petitions and
objections. but he informed the clerk
that II IS impossible for him TO dis
charge his duties as Judge because Of
III health. Judge F. D. Ramsay is in
the east at the present time on a vaca-
ton. and so the duty devolves upon
Judge Graves. Whatever decision he
makes will be final under the law.
There is no chance Of appeal or writ
OF error
That II will be an easy matter for
the lawyers OF the officials TO bring
about the dismissal of the petitions is
the statement Of one who has engin-
eered the campaign for finding falla.
cles in the documents filed by the re-
call promoters last week. A correct
count Of the names late yesterday af,
ternoon showed that 3,2O5 signatures
had been affixed to the petition "a
GUST the mayor, while but 3,15S had
been affixed TO that Of Commissioner
Hart. OF that number. is the declara
ton OF one who has carefully perused
the petitions, 10 are Implications, be
tween so and GO are absolute forger
les. and a vast number show fictitious
or impossible addresses and residences
Furthermore. - names on a single pc
titiOn which should have been filed
against Commissioner Hart, were
bound in the petition Of Mayor Schri
YER while a single sheet bearing q
names purporting 70 be against the
mayor were included in the petition
against the commissioner.
HAVE IS4 AFFIDAVITs.
The 134 atldavits which were fleC
In the circuit clerks Office bear be
tween 800 and coo fallacies, say tn,
men representing the officials. As hal
been said time after time, addrssse.
showing residences In parks vacan
lots iR9the rivers. in Mslina "a SOuti
Rock Island apd other Eaoes hav,
been picked out.
On both petitions. there are numer
Gus sheets on which the certificate
have not been signed. and on others
where the CERTIFICATES have been sign
ed, there are no dates. Their
is page after page on both pC
titions where IL is manifest
evident that the petitioners did no
MI In the date IL is evident tina
indelible lead pencils were used Z
sign names and later the date wa
filled in along the page with common
lead pencil and with the same hanC
writing. The opposite is true, too. i
these cases where addresses az
dates have apparently been put in
the circulator or some one other tina
the signer. under the law there is
forgery tie same as IL the name wer
inscribed by some one who had n
right TO do so. Under the law, a sigr
er must put down his name, his az