Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-17
BOGUS NAMES
CONTINUE TO SHOW
ON PETITIONS
Commission Rule Men, How
ever, Say They Will Go
Ahead With Work.
PREPARING FOR NEW
EFFORT, is THE BELIEF
1t Is !ntimated That the Bona
Eide Signatures Will Be Used
as a Nucleus.

The last faint hope of the Commits
sion Government LeaguerS that the
lest batch of petitions would make up
for the no good signatures on those
first examined, has faded away. Yes
terday's work on the new names
clearly shows that the petitions will
fail short of the required number by
al least 5000 bona-fide signatures, if
the present rate of comparison counts
fer anything. In spite of the over
Whelming odds the Commission Gov
eenment League has a force of clerks
going over the figures obtained by the
clerks
"They are dying hard is the popu-
lar refrain about the board of election
bureau in the City Hall. After the
FIRST days work on the names not
eNamined and the results obtained it
was believed that the work of the
league would be discontinued.
The clerks yesterday threw out 3S3
names. passed ffty-four and placed
thirty-one in the doubtful list. These
tgures show an even greater defeat
for the league than the figures OBJ
tanned in going over the doubtful list.
The bank experts last night threw
out nineteen names, passed nine and
placed three in the list to be further
investigated.
A man who is in a position to
know stated today that the league
will not halt the investigation, as
they really want to ascertain the cor
rect number of signatures attached
to their petitions. In this manner they
can secure other petitions and have
tho bona -fde signers OF the present
petition annex their signatures to an
other That is the inference at least
Then, again, the same man declared
thai the league is taking q record of
every man who did not register at the
iasl election. They intend to have
those who signed the petition and who
did not vote al the last general cleo
tion do so this year, and then get
them 10 sign the new petition.
The new petitions show the same
class of signatures as did the first
batch Many foreigners whose names
cannot be made out signed the petit
tons. Then again many of the for
oign class signed the papers and did
not know what they We're doing.
Although many false anidavits have
been found and many other suspicious
acts unearthed, it is not probable that
any prosecutions will result. City
Clerk Connolly will net talk on the
matter Theodore S. Fettinger, sec
rotary of the league. declares that
the league will not bring to talk any
who faxed names or swore to false
statements.
"The league is getting cold feet,
said a prominent man today. When
If was first found that the canvassers
had put one over" the officials of
the league made red hot statements
in which they declared that arrests
would be made by the wholesale
Wholesale frauds have been found,
but TO date no prosecutions either by
the city or the leaguers have been
started.
The hackers of the new form of rule
are making preparations to launch
another petition on the city of New
ark. 1t is declared that the new ones
will conform with the ideas of the city
clerk. This would save a great deal
Of time and money spent in The in
vestigation. it is pointed out.
Mr. Connolly and Mr.. Fettinger had
another one of their long conferences
today. AS usual, ii was behind closed
doors. Remarks made by Mr., Fet-
finger yesterday relative to the work
of the clerks caused the wrath of the
city clerk to fall on the head of Mr..
Tettinger Mr.. Fettinger in his usual
smiling way stated that the remarks
attributed to him were false.
gdr Connolly warned the clerks
against giving figures TO the press.