Semi-weekly herald., 1916-11-02

yer. They obtained Approximately
1000 names.
"Born of Sinister Motive"
"The petitions showed that one
sireulator procured nearly 500 names
Ia Il day and half-something / be
eve it is impossible to do if honest
methods are employed. As a real
herd law is purely q rural question,
.he public naturally became suspici-
ods when the bacl.ers Of he Diii be
eame so anxious to get the petitions
led that they called on Denver to
ID, and allowed gross irregularities
80 attend their circulation. The su-
picions led to the investigation, and
believe that the results prove be-
ond any doubt that this measure
hich its hackers are striving with
Misrepresentation to delude the city
ote~ into supporting at the election
tov Twas born OF a sinister mo-
we, and is merely another Post
ehcme OF self enrichment"
The petitions referred to by Mr..
Iammu in his report were sworn to
v the cireulators before John 7.
aley, a lawyer who has been aiding
ioegatt and the Post in the propa-
anda in its favor.
Report Called Rank.
One petition, No. 1888, he declares
I his report is so crank" that the
logt casual inspection of pages 8.
and 3 viii make is character read
iy apparent to almost anybody. OF
ettiou No. 1899 the report says:
"rhe entire first page and the first
1ree lines of page 2, were evidently
Iitten with lead pencil and substi
ition afterward made with ink
here was then an attempt to erase
he pencil, but many traces of it are
adiiy apparent in the photographs
nd much more apparent in the orig
nal. The only surmise that | could
axe with respect to this proceeding
that these names We're originally
1itten with ordinary lead pencil,
hat the circulator subsequently found
vi TINT either indelible, or ink, was
2Qlired and that he, or some other
er5ou OF persons, then rewrote the
ge with ink.
Similarity Evident.
"An inspection of this first page
axes the result Of this proceeding
eadly apparent in that it gives the
reater part of the page the appear
nee Of having been written by one
eraon. That this petition is sub
act to further suspicion will be evi-
ut by comparing the prefix Mrs
nd the final r. Of the names on
ines % and % OF page 1, also the
nal man as well as the general ap,
1arance of the names on lines 81
nd % of page !. Note also lines
o and 81 on page 1. The similarity
writing is again evident in lines
2 and 3, page 2. Directory shows
such persons MS those appearing
n line 10 of page 1 and lines is of
0Ce ,. Referring to page g. line C
irectory shows no such persons rs
Smeis,' which is the way that it is
ainly written in the petition"
Many other instances of names of
ersons not to be found in the city
irectory are cited by the expert
lso many instances where the hand,
riting is identicolly the same, he
ays. In one or two instances names
{ personal friends Of the expert and
.thers were found, and the state
emit is made that those persons de-
led having ever signed any petition
or the so-cailed herd law.
Prefix Used.
"In many Of these petitions" Mr.
famma continues in the report, T
ind numerous instances where the
'alne of some man is written with
he prefix Mr. While it is not un.
sual for a woman to write the name
r a man in this way, I have known
'ow men to so sign their names. 1t
my opinion that all names written
that way are not only suspicious,
mt We're probably not written by the
Individual himself"
In some of the petitions the sign
rs grew facetious In one instance
A. Cur was the name used. In an
ther the name Of the famous jockey,
od Sloan.
"There is not lacking evidence that
-he same person, or persons, took a
and at writing a few names in more
han one petition" the expert con-