The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-04-24
RECALL RULED
EFFICIENT
BY CITY CLERK

. The recall prtiti"r that WAS started
some weeks ago for the purpose Of
putting out of offic" five cnuncilmen
anu tn" city manager comes TO nought
after rigid examination by City Clerk
w. II. Smith. Below is Il full report Of
the city clerk and was read to city coun-
ell at their session last evening.
l. W. II. Smith city clerk Of the City
"f Wheeling. hereby certify that on the
eth day of April. 1915. John S. Ritz
presented to me ami filed with me at my
office in the city building in said city
of Wheeling n petition bearing date the
18th day Of February. 1918. directed
to the council Of the city of Wheeling.
pctitioning said council 10 direct the
holding Of a special recall clcctun and
Ia make tn" publication of notice and
all arrangements for holding same ac-
cordinS to the provision and require
mcnts of the charter of the city ~
Wheeling. for IN" purpose Of submitting
to the qualified electors Of the city of
Wheeling the question OF recalling and
removing from uffic" the following
members Of the present city council:
. G.. Morgan NcStcr. Of the First ward
OF the City Of Wheeling.
! ". Is. Elliott. Of the Seventh ward Of
the City of Wheeling.
: William II. Hare. Of the Third ward
OF the City Ut Wheeling.
Albert krcSs. of the Fourth ward Of
! the City of Wheeling.
J. Adam Blum. Of the Fifth ward Of
! the City of Wheeling: also fur the pur-
: pose Of recalling and removing G. O.
! Magic from the position Of city man
! ager OF said city. which petition sets out
/ certain grounds upon which the removal
! nf the said members of the city council
, and of the city manager is sought.
! 1 have examined said petition 10 as
| certain whether or not the same is
sufficient and signed by the requisite
number OF qualified electors.
Said petition is made up OF twenty
| seven different papers. each paper con-
tanning general statement OF the
grounds upon which the removal is
! sought. and each paper hears a number
: Of alleged signatures and purports to
= have been sworn 10 by signer thereto.
! Upon examination of the said petition.
find the same to be insufficient and
> that same is not signed by the requisite
/ number Of qualified electors. for the
: following among other reasons:
| rlESl-1 ne CllaTlfT OIL tHe CITY OIL
Wheeling provides that one of the sign
crs of each of the papers making up the
potion shall make oath before an officer
competent 70 administer oaths. that the
statements th"r"in made are true as he
believes. and that each signature on the
/ paper is the genuine signature Of the
! person whose signature ii purports 10
be. Ten of tho persons who mad" such
attdarits to 10 separate papers going to
make up said petition have sworn. since
i the filing of the said petition with r1n.
! that they did not fully understand the
| nature Of the affidavit to said petition
: and that they did not know whether or
not the signatures on such papers are
| the genuine signatures of the persons
whose signatures they purport TO hc:
and In another instance the party whose
affidavit is attached to one of the papers
! made oath that he did not know whether
or not numerous signatures on tho paper
are the genuine signatures Of the per-
sons whose signatures they purport
to be.
Second-Bccause il has appeared from
aftidavitS filed with me that tho sigma
lures of persons whose names appear as
signrrs 10 said petition. arc not tho sig
natures of the persons whose sigma lures
they purport TO be. but are forgcrics.
, anu k11fNl. III IdNt' NANil b'i SNilS lfN'i
signed said petition nor authorized any
person to sign such petition for them.
! and that they knew nothing Of said petit
ton or It's purport.
Third--RccaUSe il appears from num-
erous afildavits filed with mo that the
signatures Of many persons to said petit
tion werc obtained by fraud and mis-
representation and without the sgner
! knowing what it was that he signed.
Fourth-Bccnusc tn" said petition. as
required by the charter. sets out that
each of the SigncrS thereto are electors
and entitled to vnt" for members nr
council al any municipal election that
may be held in said city. and the all
davit 10 each paper making up said petit
tion contains thu statement that the per-
son making such affidavit believes the
! statements of tho petition 10 hr true.
and it appears from tho utlidGvits illnd
with me that SOM SiEN"rS To said rct!-
ton are not residents Of said city. nor
electors. nor entitled to vnt" in any
municipal election held in said city. and
that such siEn"rS advised the person
who made the aforesaid affidavit To said
petition az the facts and advised him
h"f0r" afllXinS their signatures To said
petition that they were not residents.
lectors nor voters in said city. and h"
, ADVISED lnrTn tntl lHHt nl1uc no ulUtT-
cncn. or words 10 that eject. from which
it appears that the person making the
affidavit did 50 knowing tho same To nc
false.
Fifth--BrcauSe il appears from affl-
davits filed with INC by on" OF the per-
sons who appears from said petition 70
have made th" affidavit required as al
ready stated. that snch person did not
in fact make affidavit to said petition
and that III" notary who has certified
such affidavit WAS not present nj the
time such person signed tho petition
and the affidavit blank attached thereto,
SiXth---Anh for other reasons appear
ing from An examination Of said petit
ton.
Given under my hand thr card day Of
April. 1915.
w. II. SMITH. City Clerk.