Daily Kennebec journal., 1917-11-23

II may be possible that that petition may
be allowed by the state. IL it is, l am
willing to withdraw sunmoning him here.
have examined this morning some or
these petitions very carefully in the sec
retary of States Office in the presence of
Mr. Shorey. and | have discovered on a
petition which has been questioned by the
State. and which / understand has been
asked by Brother Crockett to be thrown
out or rejected by the Governor that
there were originally 103 names upon the
face o. that petition, that the city clerk
of Rockland apparently certified there
were 1o2 names upon the petition. Now
the ci-y clerk OF Rockand-his name is
@. L. Flint--has already testified here
yesterday, and his name appears upon
that same petition as being the Justice
Of the Peace who administered the cath
TO the 103d name upon that petition Now
my proposition is, that he having admin
istered the oath to the certifying petit
toner, that petition and every name up
Oh II should be counted for me on that
referendum. That Il shows the face Of
il according 10 the Judges opinion. that
It was merely q clerical error because
he could not possibly have done anything
except make a clerical error upon that
petition where he is Justice Of the Peace
and CRY clerk. 7 want TO prove by him
that when he certified that petition. the
1o3d name vas on that petition and he
included it within his certificate.
Mr. Crockett: The petition shows for
itself.
Mr.. Brown: The petition does>not show
for itself. Further than that the city
clerk OF the city Of Rockland has testI-
fed here yesterday that the names upon
th,s list. as they appear here now. are
not the same names that appeared on his
check list: but he testified during cross
examination by Brother Morey that he
was not prepared to say that those names
are not the same now as they were then,
Mr. Brown: | will state that | un-
derstand that the Governor rules that
in my cases witnesses in my cases
material TO the issue may he sum-
moned. and ! want the city clerk Of
Belfast for this reason, the petition
bearing the name of David Walker as
verifying petitioner, showing there
We're 100 names on that petition has
been asked by brother Crockett to be
rejected by the Governor as bearing
upon this referendum, and the name
on that petition shows ID. +. Walker,
and ! wish to prove by the city clerk
of Belfast that David Walker and ID.
! T.. Walker are one and the same per
son. according to the rulings of the
law court. I wish the city clerk of
Humford summoned here for the rea
son that his name was caused by
LOT. bt,,, al tn lNo
inserted or written upon that petition
with d typewriter for ] want to know
the reason for allowing his name to be
written the way he did. and as bearing
upon the question of fraud on the part
Of some one. | want to know who
. told him to do it. My further conten-
ton on that line is that the law court
has not ruled that the town clerk can
not sign his name with typewriter
My contention further is that if he did
place his name there or cause it to be
signed with a typewriter both pcti-
tons asked by brother Crockett to be
!; thrown out. on this petition all the
names should be counted The city
clerk of WestbrooR has certified as
remember the petition-I won't pre-
TEND to be correct as to the number Of
nameS-that there We're so many
. names upon that petition. and as it
happens the last name upon that petit
} uon MAS the verifying petitioner
wish the city clerk Of the city Of
Westbrook to be summoned here to see
; whether or not he did at the time he
, signed that certificate include the saith,
: 3oth or 40th name. whatever il NAV be.
| HDOn that nntitinn
name. And ! wish to inquire WHY it
IS SO apparent in all the petitions that
. are being thrown out that il is the last
name that is causing all this trouble.
|, and the city clerks and town clerks in
TINS state OF Maine have failed to
prove that last name. | want to know
VINO told them to do it. why they did
: II, or how 1t happened. If there is any
fraud in this matter ] want to know
: whether 1t is on one side or upon bot h
, sides.
| MI. Crockett: ! find that this Rock
land petition contains lO3 names, The
: name Il. W. Brown is No. 1O3 The
: certlficate of the city clerk is i'm ink.
! and certifies the names from to IO2.
+. W. Brown is clearly 1903
Mr. Brown: 1t clearly shows one and
the same person.
) Mr.. Crockett: We Will admit the
petition shows
Mr.. Brown: 1t might be either 10s or
1913.
Mr. Crockett: That is the CITY clerk
, that certified.
MI Brown: 1t is very peculiar CO.
incidence in all these cases in which I
appear that it is the last name that
lnNaildates these petitions. according
10 the State. There is question
enough so that ] want the city clerk
here to find out what he did. and what
has been done since
Mr Crockett: / cannot imagine how
No. l03 can possibly be included in the
, clerks certificate. He certifes from !
to 103.
: Mr. Brown: That is Your opinion.
| would like TO have the witnesses called
here so we won't have to be here mex,
week | assume as matter OF course
that the Governor OF this State, as
. sisted by the able counsel whom he
has summoned here to assist him bv
! examining these petitions that have
. been presented to establish the peti
! tion of the city Rockland which hears