The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-04-26
AGAINST AKIN
SCHOOL BILL
petition Osss vet Contain tas ssees
say Eight Per Cert Of the
ystes Alleged.

Protest against he Akin initiative
measure. Nbich aims 10 eliminate four
teen state aeaooIa was aied a 81
once of Secretary of state b. Il lar
naoa AZ noon Saturday and tae das.
n besys=g .ag protest ~ fof Tuesday
Mag a.
TIE protest p signed ~ Soel r. Cse
ebo n woods county Robert z Blanks
of Pomo,oe eoanty and z. " Evans 81
Grady oo1nty. voters u the respective
eommaasies Is rhseh taey i've add
vas MED b. Orgnls 7. smhh and Sen
ssor Reuben " ROdGie
The list Of signatures ~ aled ~
oliver II. Akin of Moore. agf10r u TIE
Dlll, had z1.5If names. according 70 the
official count at the Office of The seere-
fary Of state. This is I.IoI more than
3 per cent Of al the qualified voters,
or issi5. az required ~ Law.
The protest alleges that The petition
Is yold because Il does not contain the
names of the requisite per cent of
voters. II is alleged that g5I pamph-
let's containing 1890 names filed BY
]. W. Akin are not legal in that the
pretended glgners To such petition did
not sign n the presence of j ". Akia.
That the same applies 70 geyenty-0ue
pamphlets onctalnlng I,4z0 signatures
fled BY Adah Akin. ninety-tWo pampb-
lets containing 1910 signatures fled
By Emma r. Akin. thlrty-four DamDh-
Ieta containing so names flied by W.
3. Moore. tbirty-two pamphlets con
tanning 60 names filed By Samuel l..
Davis, two pamphlets containing forty
names fled by b. G. Hurley. ten
pamphlets containing 20 names fled
by John a. Denny. one pamphlet con
saining twenty names filed by }. 7.
Harkneas. twelve pamphlets contain
ing 40 names fled By Charles sher-
man, eleven pamphlets containing 20
names filed by John Steele, gix pamph-
let's, containing l2g names fled by G.
E. Vale, fifteen pamphlets containing
900 names 6led BY John q. James,
eight pamphlets containing 100 names
filed BY J. r. Overton, three pamph.
lets containing sixty names filed by
I'd Carson, six pamphlets containing
100 names filed BY Karl Iowrey.
It II alleged further ~ pEQsesEansa
that the list of naules fllad -
Akin neNer wAH sworn y before gasafl'
a goMals 4 Nckaxa public kaEsIAlE
u |aN ss8t l@f slsn bfanks gere sign
"a 81 ~ Akin and James A. COwan
Defore they we're nlled out with the
signatures Of voters. and that the
blanks we're filed out By some pers0n
other than the one empowered 70 com.
plete and certify 70 the petitions. The
same allegation r. made relative 70 ~
pamphlets filed By other persons.
Il Is alleged that 80 signatures are
duplicated. shaf ia the ease q -
slznera 10 addresses are given taat
81 tae ease u 80 signatures, the pat
o9es address = 70 imDerfecii1 given
;Aat II b lnbaasl5ie u tell ahether
sae gnefs ARE bglaGse voters fsat
81 ~ ne paAysieia eOBta 1.nr tnea-
- asnses esea % eot ssow fhs Games
q &C. eca.a la uhsea tae aigpere
fesaes
gn a19it.sn, DFefeG;anis alIege that
the vsrlaeaiiOn attached % 20 pamph-
Isss we're changed ia q material re-
speet ~ some person unknown. after
the same were signed and sworn to
before AZ officer a. required by las
ard we're never aitested b. any ofbsar
authorized 10 administer oats Finally
II is alleged, that the petition vas cir
ealated and names placed thereon
without having been numbered as re-
qulred by law
Il II probable that instead Of large
number Of witnesses being summoned
TO testify before the secretary Of state.
dispositions will be taken and sub
mitted 70 Secretary Harrison