Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-10-25
WOMEN DEMAND
INVESTIGATION
OF 14PETITI0NS
Gadd Finding Brings Call
for Scrutiny in Other
Cases.
WHY CENTER ON ONEr

In view Of the fact that the petition Of
candidacy for school commissioner Of
Bert S. Gadd was found to contain less
than the legally required 300 names and
Mr. Gadd therefore withdrew, a COM
mittee, representing the Original South
Side Women's Club, today was to call
upon representatives of the Better Schools
League and the city legal department to
ask that the petitions Of the fourteen
other candidates also be investigated
I'VE want to know why Mr.. Gadd was
made the goat" stated Mrs. ID L. Reif-
fel, president of the club and chairman
Of the committee. Those who were to
call for the investigation with Mrs. Reif-
Eel are Mr.. Reiffel, Mrs. Emma Flick, Mrs.
Dora Davis, Mrs. Charles Wehber and
Mrs. Harry Williams.
"a committee from the club called az
the office of City Controller Robert 81.
Bryson one afternoon last week and
asked to see some Of the petitions" said
Mrs. ReiffeL Mr.. Bryson was not there
and another man took the petitions cut
Of the safe and left US alone in they IA
with them. It would have oeensN ~
easy for us to have gotten away with
some Of the names Just as it might have
been easy for some one to have taken
+.
petition"
At the time 1t first was rumored that
the Gadd petition was short of sigma
lures it was said that a supplemental
set Of fifty nine names, which would have
been enough to have validated the Gadd
petition, bad disappeared W. E. WI.
Hams, 1t was said, took the names to the
controllers office and then they disap-
peared. Mr.. Bryson questioned all Of
his employees closely and announced that
he could find no evidence that the names
had been left at his office He said he
would stand absolutely upon the hons
esty of his assistants.
Mr.. Williams" continued Mrs. Reifel.
will make affidavit; in fact, he has made
an affidavit that he took those names
to the controllers office one noon. and.
Mr.. Bryson being absent, left them with
an employe. Affairs at the controllers
office must be handled very loosely.
AT any rate, We wish to know whether
the other petitions are valid. When wa
looked some Of them over last week wa
found some signatures with addresses
IN Woodruff Place The question all over
the south side is why have they cen-
tered on Mr.. Gadd 2"
Woodruff Place Is a separate corpora-i
tAS4 anu tt1 NlAiASHS are not emitted to-
vote IN Indianapolis municipal elections.
suit to enjoin the board of election!
commissioners from putting the name OF
Mr.. Gadd upon the school board baIIotsr
was filed by Edward o. Snethen, attor-
ney, the same afternoon as Mr.. Gadd an
1iour ced his withdrawal
Il called up Mr.. Snethen the other
morning and he admitted to me that he
was paid for bringing that suit" said
Mrs Reiffel, but he would not tell ma
who he was paid by. Now we are asking
that those men who worked in darkness
to knock Mr.. Gadd off, come out in the
open and work in the bright day light
like the rest of u.s."
The committee was appointed and
given instructions at a meeting of tbs
club at State and Lexington avenues last
evening. Mr.. Gadd and others spoke
They've succeeded in getting me.1
said Mr.. Gadd. That is all there is. to
1t and l am not yelping or raising any
sour grapes chorus. But, If those miss
IN sheets of Dames are found in the
city controllers office somebody will need
an indemnifying bond before / gee
through with them"