The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-16

This was done upon petition Of
Schuyler A. Hass. Republican chair
man Of the Seventh District, and
Russell J. Ryan. Democratic county
chairman. on behalf of AL voters
Of Indiana"
Remaining Tickets
Five tickets are left on the ballot
by the injunction. They are: Repub-
lcan, Democrat, La Toilette Progress
sive. Prohibition and Socialist.
Judge feathers held that the Pc
titions Of these parties for inclusion
on the ballot are valid and that the
petitions Of the seven excluded bore
sufficient irregularities in signatures
to invalidate them.
Shortly after the injunction was
granted against the seven parties. 1t
developed that testimony Of George
II. Healey. clerk OF the State cleo
ton board, pointed TO the regular
ity OF the petitions Of the Farmer
Labor ard the Workers parties. The
petitions according TO Healey, were
correct in all details. Conner Ross.
a deputy attorney general. and an
attorney for the defendant parties.
Immediately returned TO present the
matter &c Judge feathers. intending
to indicate that the injunction was
granted against these two parties
a misunderstood
Judge feathers decided to hear
the petition 10 modify the decree as
to the Farmer-Labor and the Work
ers parties at p. m.
The decision eliminates the
problem resulting from there being
more tickets in the field than rows
for parties or voting machines.
Slow Voting Feared
It had been thought that Aus
tralian ballots would have 20 be used
in place Of machines in many pre-
This would have slowed up
the voting and might have resulted
in acknowledgements Of many per
sons. Precincts where there are
voting machines generally are dis
tricted upon a basis of 1000 votes.
Politicians say that only about 500
persons can comfortably vote in
twelve hours upon Australian ballots
in a presidential election.
The SOcialist-Labor party has ten
elector candidates; National hide
pendent Governor and Secretary of
State; Commonwealth Land, teen
electors; American. fifteen electors;
Governor;
Farmer-Labor, Governor; Workers,
two electors
George II. Healey, clerk Of the
State printing board. testified he in
vestigated the signatures on the dis
puted petitions. A substantial num-
Der on each petion were written by
the same hand he said. Many names
were not followed by address and
postofIice. The American party had
SAP names with addresses and the
Socialist-Labor petition 34S, instead
Of 500. He also talked with muy
citizens whose addresses We're given,
and most of them said they were
not members Of the party AMI never
signed a petition for it. he said.
DIR. Nehf Testifles
DIR. Robert f. Nehf. 4O22 Graceland
Ave, administrator Of the Riley an
Long hospitals. denied he or his
wife ever signed the petition of the
Commonwealth Land party. Both
their names appeared.
The rames Of Nathan F.. Wash
burn Sr., 1886 n. Capitol Ave, and
Nathan F. Washburn Jr.. his son.
appeared on the petition of the lat
ter party
mo, 1 never signed that petition,
or any sort of paper" Washburn
said. My son has been in West
Virginia eighteen months"
Miss Margaret OToole, 2543 N.
illinois St, testified she never signed
he petition, and that the names of
eight other voters in the O'Toole
family were not written by her rela-
ives. Mrs. Joseph E. Birdsong, 4O52
Ave, and Mrs. Edna z.
404S Graceland Ave. testi-
Aed they signed "a blank paper" for
the solicitor, who said he wanted
names Of voters in the neighborhood
The blank" full OF signatures of
was exhibited to the
court on the bottom of the petition.
Affidavits Presented
Many affidaVits from nonregistered
voters. who can not legally sign