Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 May 1906 — DECLARED IT A TIE. [ARTICLE]

DECLARED IT A TIE.

Tne anti-saloon people of Monticello are justly indignant at the action of the board of commissioners of their county in holding the remonstrance filed by them this month with a clear majority of 46 on its face, being one name short of the required number. The saloon keepers employed counsel and contested nearly every name, and the commissioners allowed voters’ names to be thrown out right and left until enough had been discarded to reduce the number below the requisite amount. It is reported that Kit Sills, ex-chairman of the Tenth District republican committee, is blamed for the action more than the commissioners, and that he advised the throwing out of names as county attorney, while his son was attorney for the saloon men. An appeal has been taken to the circuit court, and pending the appeal, it is stated, another remonstrance containing more than 100 majority will be filed. Several circuit judges have held that where a remonstrance is filed while an appeal is pending, containing a sufficient number of reqonstrators, the latter remonstrance takes precedence and a license must be refused. It will be remembered that Judge Hanley recently intimated as much in a Morocco case which was brought here from Newton county on change of venue, and the attorneys for the appellant immediately took a change of venue from him. However, the case was later dismissed by the saloon applicant, and this point was not definitely decided.