Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-05
su1raaIsts Gain One eoina.

ing renders insufficient the petition of
anti-suffragists for referendum on
the Reynolds presidential suffrage
law.
This does not settle finally whether
the law will go to vote of the people
Nov. 6, and there is more fighting
ahead.
The court ruling was not the only
development. The Ohio suffrage bat
tie suddenly assumed larger proper
tions with the rumbling of new artil-
lery being placed in position.
The unexpected announcement was
forthcoming that the suffragists are
preparing an entirely new proceeding
to strike at the heart of the anti-suf-
frage cause and attack the petitions
themselves on the ground of fragrant
irregularities, regardless of the ulti-
mate outcome of the present case,
which seems destined to go to the su-
preme court of the state.
Common Pleas Judge Rathmell
granted temporary order restraining
Secretary of State W. D. Fulton from
counting 1900 signatures on petitions
from % counties in computing the to-
tai number of names of the refer.
endum petitions.
The judge upheld the contention Of
suffragists that the petitions from
these count were not accompanied
by such certificates of sufficiency as
the law requires of boards of elections.
The certificates of boards constitute
the sole evidence which the secretary
of state can accept as to the suf.
f1ciency of the accompanying petitions.
The net result of the ruling will be
this: The anti-suffragists, through
Timothy S. Hogan, their counsel, an.
nounced at once that with the states
attorneys, they would have the defec-
tive certificates returned to their re-
spective counties and new and proper
ones forwarded to the secretary of
state.
Judge Rathmel intimated informally
that in the event of such procedure,
and if the form and substance of the
new certificates were proper, he would
hold the law had been complied with.
Should the judge so rule in final hear.
ing, the temporary order Of course
would be dissolved.
But the suffragists declare only the
original statements of boards accom-.
panying the petitions can be recog.
nized as the certificates, and that prov
ing them defective permanently
throws out the parts of the petitions
to which they purported to certify.
This means that if the antis should
be successful in having the temporary
Injunction dissolved on final hearing
by showing boards had filed corrected
certificates, the suffragists in all prob
ability would carry the case to the
supreme court and without doubt the
ants would do likewise should Judge
Rathmen sustain the suffragists
finally.
The number of signatures necessary
to submit law to referendum vote
is 70,444. The antis' petition original
ly bore $1,000.
The Suffragists in separate 1oca,
court actions in several counties have
knocked out approximately 1900
Judge RathmelPs ruling holds up tht
counting of 1900, which reduces thu
signatures for the present to 66,400, al
insufficient number.
These were the counties from which
the judge held that invalid certificates
were sent by the boards of elections
Ashtabula, Butler, Clinton, Crawford
Cuyahoga, Delaware, Erie, Fayette
Franklin, Gallia, Green, Guernsey
Highland, Jackson, Lawrence, Licking
Mercer, Muskingum, Pike, Putnam
Stark and Summit.
A woman lawyer made the conclud
: ing argument in the case. Miss FloI
ence Allen of Cleveland shared witt
Frank Davis, Jr., the honor of winnin
the suffrage contention.
More Men at Camp Sherman.
The civilian soldier population G
, Camp Sherman at Chillicothe wa
swelled to more than 5000 with tn
arrival Of $500 selective draft me
: from Ohio cities and counties.
The outstanding feature from tn
l army standpoint is the high class {
l men comprising the quotas that a
. rived. Army officers are elated owe
them. The veterans frequently n
D marked, 'If we had only been give
these sort of fellows in the old days"
4 The surprise was sincere, especial
because some of the officers were il
clined to believe that those sent as tn
3 first per cent in the week Of Sept.
], had been picked, so well did they sho'
s up, not only when they were detraine
p but during the 10 days they have bee
!. doing military work.
+ Crowds Visit Camp.
i An idea of the big crowds that ca
|. be expected when Camp Sherman
s the, home of $4,000 drafted men fro
g Ohio and Pennsylvania was given Q
n ficers Sept. %. There is no way
knowing how many hundred autos, {
n how many thousand persons were
!: parts of Ohio in every sort of conve
It ance. The chief highway between CHI
l. licothe and the camp was congeste
r with a creeping stream of vehicle
l. Both sides of the roadway were line
: with thousands of pedestrians WI
; could find no way of riding the tV
miles to the camp.
Woman Picked as Food Aid.
l. Miss Belle Sherwin, chairman
u the Cleveland women's committee
8 the Council Of National Defense, w;
It notified from Herbert Hoover, n
# tional food administrator, of her a
e pointment as assistant to Fred
d Croxton, food administrator for Obi
l. Miss Sherwin will be a member
> the Ohio state executive commits
d in the campaign for family food, e
rollment, Oct 21 to 28 All famili
n in the state are to be urged to orga
h ize for food conservation. M
d Hoover's telegram expressed the hol
that Ohio will be among the forefror
Final FareWeIls Said.
It Final farewells were said at Unic
l. station Sept. "a when 800 officers al
1. men comprising the Cleveland units
e the Second Ohio field artillery e
It trained for Camp Sheridan at Nor
e gomery, Ala.
j. The headquarters company and d