Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 99, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 March 1910 — RULES AGAINST “DRYS” [ARTICLE]

RULES AGAINST “DRYS”

Chicago Election Commission to Scan Petition Names. Local option advocates in the city of Chicago lost both of their contentions regarding their petition to submit the galoon question to the voters of the city when the board of election commissioners announced , its decision The board held that it had the right to Investigate the petition, and decided further that a legal voter in the meaning of the statute, is a duly registered legal voter. The commission ruled that inasmuch as the validity of the petition may be verified by the commission’s own records, it obviously is its duty to make the verification. Following the reading of the decision, President Judge of the commission announced that a further finding by the board will bear on the question of whether the local option proposition shall be placed on the ballot It is expected the comparison of the names with the registry list will be completed within a few hours, and then will come this second decision.