The Glenwood post., 1915-03-27

from some deputy il the state sttor-
ney generals Office which jumblsd hin
up wofse thsA before. The natter
was presented to c. W. Taylor Who
seemed to agree with the attorney gen
erals view Of the matter and Cross
then said he would deny all Independ-
ent nominees . place ON the Official
ballot.
And then there was something doing.
The Independents called Mr.. Cross on
the carpet and sought to show him
wherein he was wrong in assuming to
act As q judicial officer and pass on
legal questions. His action, or threat
ened action, very naturally caused the
Independents to accuse him of phyin2
politics and trying to deprive them of
their rights through bit of sharp
practice. 1t seemed very clear to all
who read the attorney eeneral's letter
that the matter had not been properly
presented to him. and as Mr.. Cross had
not preserved . copy Of his letter to
the attorney general he was left under
the imputation of having made
biased statement to that official.
Mr.. Cross VAS shown the law ON tho
sub ject and also the decisions in simi-
lar cases wnesein F. d. Pierce rs town
clerk OF New Castle and c. u. KAek
Of Glenwood were mandamused aad
made to file the tickets as they had
been nominated by the people.
In this case the law seems all the
Clerk Cross since he was undertaking
to set aside 4 very clear expression of
the people as shown by their vote at
q primary election. Evidently Mr..
Cross also took into consideration the
fact that the arbitrary action of both
Pierce and Keck defeated the tickets
which they represented, and the fur
ther fact that Mr.. Taylor had told him
that as sure As he attempted to deprive
the people of their wishes as plainly e1-
pressed by their vote at the primary
it would act rs a boomerang against
Cross and his party.
The pleasant feature of tine whole
miXup, so far As the independents are
concerned, is found in the fact that
some of those who voiced the strongest
OBJ jections to the threatened action Of
MIR. Cross were Democrats and men
who have nearly always worked ami
voted with Mr.. Cross in past elections.
However, it must be said in behalf
of MT. Cross that he WAS practically
without official or legal advice, save
the somewhat misleading letter of the
attorney general which seems to have
been based on a false premise. City
Attorney Bell had been called away on
important business and Mr.. Taylor, who
was appealed to, very naturally did not
feel free to take . prominent part In
what might have resulted in serious
political tanGie. d. aur a.
Before tAe affair was over Ne. Crssa
was ,ec.sed Of taxing ssap Judgment
by Withholding Ais decision until too
late for ~ IndspeHdeats 10 take al
vantage ef the hw By going sn the
ticket By petition. However, after
studying the natter very eaFefaily in
the light Of such facts - were availa-.
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