The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-03-04

local union printer prominently iden-
titled With the labor movement, that
prompted the commissioners to vote
to carry the armory referendum case
to the Supreme Court. The commits
sioners were about to adjourn when
Mr.. Catlin's letter arrived at the city
hall.
Earlier in the session the council
practically decided to drop the mat
ter, but when Mr.. Catlin's letter ar
rived Commissioner Merritt moved to
direct the city attorney to appeal the
case. Commissioner Farrell promptly
seconded the motion and Commits
sioner Voss voted with Merritt and
Farrell.
Mayor Prince and Commissioner
Silberstein voted against the motion.
The city, attorney is luke-warm on
the proposition aud believes the city's
case is hopeless The situation is in
deed remarkable, but the people are
doing a powerful lot Of thinking.
Only time can tell whether or not our
city officials are really playing a
square game in .this matter.
Mr.. Catlin's letter hit the nail on
the head. It looks as if he has made
pretty good case for the city. It
reads as follows:
lowing to the fact that I am i'm
able to attend your meeting today T
wish: to urge You to make an appeal
of the Armory case.
'"On February % in: the. district
court of,.:<S Fouls county,:.sstate of
Minnesota f;Iutlget =; ii: "A. Dancer
signed an order of the court and rem
dered his decision in what is known
as the old Armory case.
'In his opinion the petition for the
referendu4!; gould not be- amended
after the 30-day limit, nor. could any
voter but a qualified elector who has
BEEN registered sign the petition, APP
parently.
when asked by several friends
what thought about the decision, I
was, at that time, unprepared to
either approve or ,disapprove the
opinion of the learned Judge, but sub
sequently have looked over the city
charter and I find that the judges
decision is contrary to any conclusion
that I have arrived at. I find in the
Charter these statemnts:
Sec. 81. No ordinance passed by
the Council shall go into effect before
thirty (30) days
The provisions of Sections so and
81 of this charter, respecting the
forms and conditions of the petition,
and the mode of verification, certifi-
cation, and filing shall be substan-
TALLY followed, with such modifica-
tons as the nature Of the case re-
quires.'
Sec. so. Within 10 days from the
date of filing, such petition, the clerk
shall ascertain from the voters regis
ter whether or not said petition is
signed by the requisite number Of
qualified electors. The clerk shall
attach to said petition his certificate
showing the result of said examina-
ton. If by the clerks certificate, the
petition is shown to be insufficient,
it may be amended within ten days
from the date of said clerks certifi-
cate'
The holder of any elective office,
in the city of Duluth, may be re-
moved at any time by the electors
qualified to vote for a successor of
such incumbent, in the following
manner: petition signed
by such electors, etc.
"'E kept as herein otherwise pro-
vided, such special election shall be
conducted, in all respects
as are general municipal elections
'Sec. 38. No person shall be al
lowed to vote at any municipal elec-
ton unless his name be registered as
herein provided, except that any
qualified voter of the city whose
name does not appear among the reg
istered voters, may, at the time he
offers his ballot on election day, de-
liver to the judges of election his affi-