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accented the nomination from the WASH
inEton, Democratic and other parties.
Elimination of the names, received with
Inhalation by the Nare-Smith Republican
Organization, which objected to the inde-
pendent nominations, means that Town
Meeting electors must write their canoi-
dates names In the Town Meeting coll
umn unless they wish to vote for them as
nominees of other parties. The candidates
names will not be stricken from the ballot,
but will appear in the columns of the par
ties which first nominated them
In Mayor Smiths home ward-the Twen-
tv-eIRhth-the objection of the Mayors ma
chine against the nomination papers OF
tbe four Town Meeting councilmanic nom-
inees was sustained by Jud\ Vessel. Ot
the 179 names signed to the petition lOl
we're stricken of by the court on grounds
OF uleeality, leaving only seventy-eight
sisners, or two less than necessary to nonn-
mate. The nominees lost 10 the Town Meet
ing marty are DE-, a. H. F. leuf Tor select
Council, and Frank j. Gallagher william
rireenhood and Charles e. Neely Tor COM
mon Council
,rhe Forty-fourth Ward case was disposed
NJ I'm the same way as the Forty-siXth.
Judge Carr ruling the Town Meeting nom-
nees as such had no right on the ballot
FATAL. ERROR IN 44TH WARD
The Town Meeting party lost a place on
the official ballot in the Forty-fourth Ward
through a mistake being made by clerk
In preparing papers nominating the new
narty's candidates for Select and common
Councils and minor offices. The disastrous
mistake was explained today to Judge carr
nv Rertram n. ReariCk of counsel for the
Town Meeting party. III Withdrawing oppo-
s,tion TO the objections of the Nare-Smith
faction to the parties
while the papers were attacked oh the
ground that many of the signatures were IN
valid. the more serious allegation was mace
that John Dunn, n former Constable, had
forged nearly all the names TO the noml-
nation petition
The Town Meeting party yesterday was
given an opportunity TO revouch the paper
70 IeRalize il, but Mr. ReariclS today ex-
plained that the mistake made this impos-
sible and that the paper would have TO be
thrown out by the sustaining OF the obJec-
tions OF Congressman John r. K. Scott,
An attempt was made by the objectors
10 reopen the Forty-third Ward case before
Judge Vessel, but he declined The Town
Meeting party nominees were allowed their
nlaces on the ticket in this ward.
IrdEs Vessels decision in the matter OF
Tho Forty-sixth Ward was accounted the
frst real victory OF the Vare-Smith forces
sqainst the opponents of government by
murder" " ,,
1--WE are very much disappointed" said
Frederick S. Drake, or counsel Tor the Town
Meeting party. ut Is a blow to independ-
ants OF the Forty-siXth Ward who had
honed TO be able to vote a straight ticket
for clean government
The comment of j. Lee Patton, counsei
for the Republican city Committee, was:
''rbs decision Is as II should be-"
shortly before Judge Vessels Twenty
eighth Ward decision there was a sharp
cash between William 7. Connor' OF the
Drosecution, and Frederick S. Drake for the
dsfsnse who intimated that Connor had
tsmnered with Elwood Johnson negro
,gi,ness. by endeavoring in the corridor TO
,,srsuade him 10 deny that he had author
,~sd any one to sign his name 10 the nom-
,natIon petition. Mr.. Connor resented IT,
Nv said and took tho witness stand TO deny
,,udsr ne oath that he had made such a request
OF johnson.
%, do not believe Mr.. Connor did" said
r,,dgs vessel Il have known him for
years
WIPED OFF TICKET
The four men whose names will not sp'
80 as Town Meeting candidates for COM
,,on council I'm the Forty-sixth Ward are
S.or,r,on councilman l. Walter Thompson,
~ u Rurch, Louis Karstadt and w. r. COL
- = 81 90 xybon1 are Washington party