Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 63, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 November 1912 — DEMAND RECALL OF MAYOR [ARTICLE]

DEMAND RECALL OF MAYOR

Petition Alleging Incompetency and Unfitness o* Seattle Official Signed by 24,000 Voters. Seattle, W?sh.; Nov. 8. —A petition for the recall of Mayor George F. Cottrell, containing nearly 24,000 names, was Hied in the comptroller’s office Circulat’.o! the recall petition began a few fl-ys after,Mayor Cottrell took office last spring. It is alleged in the petition that Mayer Cottrell is incompetent and unfit, that he has shown himself lacking In executive hilsty and moral courage, 'that he has failed and refused to enforce preyr- respect for the American flag-