Montana labor news., 1937-09-09
SILVER BOW COUNTY
GOES OVER TOP With
PETITION SIGNATURES

Affidavit

and says: that she is a natural born
citizen of the United States of Amer
lea; that she is SO years of age; that
she is also a citizen of the State of
Montana, throughout her whole life,
and a resident and voter in the
County of Silver Bow for is years;
that she is deeply interested by rea
son of her position in the Peoples
Government League, and that she is
the secretary of such League in the
City Of Butte, County of Silver Bow,
State of Montana, and that she has
been its secretary since its inception;
that IS such secretary amongst her
other duties it is her duty to see
that petitions that have been passed
around amongst the voters of Silver
Bow County are as far as possible
certified by the County Clerk and
Recorder and are filed with the Sec
rotary of the State of Montana on
or before the 4th day of September,
1887, said fourth day of September,
1887 being the last day allowed by
law; that on or about the 10Th day
of August, affiant appeared at the
office of the County Clerk and Re-
corder, Adds A. McGrath, of Silver
Bow County, at the Court House in
the City of Butte, and made request
for the certification of said voters
petitions to Ed Fogerty, n of the
deputies in the office of Adds A..
McGrath; that affiant was then in
formed that he would not certify any
of these presented petitions unless
he first had a written opinion by
the County Attorney, John K. Clax-
ton, or someone in authority amongst
the deputies of John K. Claxton,
County Attorneys office; that there
after affiant appeared in the office
of the County Attorney day after
day, for four days, seeking action on
the alleged report; that this affiant
was buffeted back and forward be-
tween these offices for a period of
ten days; that she was informed by
Adds A. McGrath that even if he
had a written report directing him
to certify the petitions as aforesaid,
that he would not know whether he
would then do it or not; eff in his
opinion they should not be certified,
he would not certify them in spite
of any opinion given by Attorney
John K. Claxton, or Attorney Cen
eral Harrison ]. Freebourn; that all
of this delay and buffeting Of this
affiant between these offices as
aforesaid, brought about the short
ness of time that is apparent in this
affidavit; that the Peoples Govern
ment League, of the State of Mon
tana, and it is representative body
in the County of Silver Bow, of
which this affiant is secretary has
done everything it could humanity
do to get these petitions properly
certified by the County Clerk and
Recorder, Adds A. McGrath, of Sill
yer Bow County, State of Montana,
on or before the 4th day of Septem-
Der, 1887, and to have the same filed
properly in the office of the Secre-
tary of State at Helena, Montana, on
or before that date; that this affi-
davit is made by affiant for sole
purpose of bringing to all whom it
may concern, notice of the facts as
herein set forth and for n 0 other
purpose.
Further affiant saith not.
MARGARET PATTERSON.
Subscribed and sworn to before
this 3rd day of September, 1887.
William B. Frame, Notary Pub
lie for Montana, residing at
Butte, Montana. My commits
SION expires a Z, 1940.
Affidavit
THOMAS j. KENNEDY, Butte,
County of Silver Bow, State Of Mon
tana, being first duly sworn upon
oath deposes and says: That he is a
citizen of the United States of Amer
lea, a resident of the City of Butte,
State of Montana, for 30 years and a
voter since 1923; that the Miners
Union of the City of Butte, better
known as Local No. l, Of the Inter
national Union of Mine, Mill and
Smelter Workers, of the United
States of America, appointed affiant
as m of a committee of five mem
bers consisting Of: Norman LeFever,
H. A. Fitzpatrick, James Patterson,
and Donald G. Mundy, to go with
Sam Spiegel to the office of the
County Clerk and Recorder, at the
Court House in the City of Butte,
County of Silver Bow, and with the
aforesaid Sam Spiegel to interview
the County Clerk and Recorder,
A. McGrath, relative to wheth-
err or not he could certify the bal
ance of the petitions of registered
who voted in the last election,
before the close of business hours
and in time for the filing of
said petitions, with or in the office
Of the Secretary Of State at Helena,
Montana, on or before the fourth
day of September, 1887, which said
4th day of September, being the last
day allowed by law for the filing
the Secretary of State the
aforesaid petitions.
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