The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-07-28
Checking of Names Was
Undertaken Early Mon
day Morning.
NO INFORMATION
WAS GIVEN OUT
Petition Filed at 4:37 p. m.
Saturday Afternoon BY
Recall Committee-The
Greenhut Petition En-
pected Today.

The formal petition demanding the
resignation or recall of City Commits
sioner Frank Il. Pou was filed in the
office Of the Clerk OF the Circuit Court
Of Escambla, as provided by law, at
4:37 o'clock Saturday afternoon.
Checking OF the names began Monday
morning and continued throughout tho
day, and it is stated that at least a.
week viii be consumed in this work.
The law provided that the clerk of the
circuit court must check the petition
within ten days then, if the petition
is found 20 comply with the law, he
must formally demand, on the part OF
the Signers, the resignation OF the
commissioner. If the resignation il
not forthcoming the names Of the com
missioner at whom the petition is
aimed, automatically goes upon the
ballot at the election which the city
commissioners must call at the next
meeting after the receipt of the pc
tition, to be held in not less than 80
or not over 40 days from the date OF
said meeting.
COMMITTEE RETicENT.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
petition demanding the recall OF Com
missioner Pou was filed Saturday, in
formation to this effect was not given
out, the statement being officially
made in effect, that the petition in the
filed Monday, in all probability, and
that the petition demanding the recall
OF Commissioner Greenhut would he
flied either Monday or Tuesday. at
the office Of the clerk OF the circuit
court Monday there appe=red to be
Some reticenc4 over the matter. and
when the direct question was asked by
a representative of The Journal az to
whether the recall petition had been
filed, no direct answer was immc
diately forthcoming. Later The Jour
nal was advised that the petition mad
been filed as stated above.
WORK INVOLVED.
The checking Of the petition in
wolves an immense amount of work
and this is In charge of Deputy Clerk
Thomas A. johnson. Every name on
the list has to be checked with ref
erence to the polling lists, and this is
extremely difficult in view of the fact
that many of the voters have moved
since the date Of the last city cleo
tion, which is the basis of inquiry by
the clerk in the verification of the pc
tition. The balance OF the week will
be consumed in the work OF checking
and it is probable that the demand
for the recall OF Commissioner Pou
will be presented TO him and to the
other city commissioners in time for
the calling Of an election at the meet
ting of that body on Monday next. In
that case the election will, according
TO law, De neld on some date between
September and September IL.
MR.. POU NOTIFIED.
Commissioner Pou was notified OF
the filing OF the petition late last
night by a representative of The
Journal and asked If he had any
statement 10 make in connection with
the matter.
Il cannot understand why such
roceedings should be resorted to by
those who have been engineering this
said Commissioner Pou,
"and am q little bit surprised that so
nany conflicting statements have
been made in regard to the filing OF
the petition OF course there is no
question of the right of the qualified
voters to ask a recall election If they
see fit, and on the whole I am glad
that the almost continuous agitation
will be settled for good in tho near
future. I have done nothing since as
Stunning the office which 1 have cause
to regret