The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-08-13
CITY COMMIsSIONE ARE USING
PRINTED FORMS TO GET
NAMES FROM PETITIONS.
ATTORNEY SAYS PETITIONS CAN.
-N0TBE CHANGED AFTER
THEY ARE FILED.
PEOPLE DISMISSED FROM CITY
EMPLOY FOR SIGNING
HEFPET1TI0NS.
RESTORATION OF EMPLOYMENT
PROMISED IF NAMES ARE
TAKEN OFF.

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The report is being generally cir
culated that the city commissioners
are making an attempt to recall the
recall" petitions. Recognizing the
fact that more than enough voters
have signed the petition to secure the
recall election the petitioners report
that they are being approached by
an agent of the commissioners, WHO
is in the employ of tile city. with a
card addressed to the city clerk word!
ed to the effect that they were in
duced to sign the petition by misrep!
resentation and requesting that their
names be taken off of the petition. 4
Some. It Is reported, are signing
the cards and others are refusing to
do so, although threats and intimida-
tion are being used. 1t is stated, to
force them to sign the card. A local
attorney in discussing the matter
last night stated that it was his opin-
ion that after tile petitions were once
filed they became a public document
and no petitioner, even II he so de-
sired, could take his name of the pc
titions.
Some colored men, Who were work
ing for the city, were discharged Il
few days ago because they had sign
ed the petitions and after the petition
was filed on Friday, 1t is further re-
ported, that the commissioners found
that Mr.. Will Reynolds and his son
had signed the petitions and Mr..
Reynolds teams were ordered off the
work Saturday morning.
Mr. Reynolds had claimed that the
city had collected, enormously.
$500 as paving assessment and this
was part of his grievance against the
lefty, and he was unable TO get the
money back. 1t is reported today
that the commissioners, by their
agent, went to Mr.. Reynolds son yes
terday and got his consent to take,
their names off the petition and,
agreed 10 put the teams back on the
work and to reimburse Mr.. Reynolds
for the erroneous assessment. Mr.,
Reynolds. 1t is reported, refused to |
send his teams back to work and
stated that he would not have re.
moved his name from the petition for
a thousand dollars and that lie would !
signed another petition II this one
failed.
Another report comes out 10 tho
effect that mail carrier WHO signed
the petition, was approached by on
of the commissioners and severed,
censurcd for signing It and wa.
warned that a Democratic postmas.
ter would be soon on the job in Fair;
mont.
Mr.. Price states that he has had |
more than hundred petitioners
names turned in 10 him since the pc
titions were filed and that II a sui.
ficient number of names are removed
from the petition he will file the I'D
ditional names to hold the number
up TO that required by law, and thai
If necessary he can get five new sign.
ers for every one that Is taken of O.
the petition.
One of the last petitions is said to
have been circulated by a man who
complained, without securing relief
at the city permitting wash to fill
up his well, and when he asked the
commissioners 10 look after the mat;
ter he says that one of the commits!