Show nUll BULL CON JUDGES NOW NO IN DANGER OF ot LOSING PLACE PLACEr r Attorney Says taw faw Regarding Filing Firing Nominations Was Not Observed THAT the Dull Bull Con party part candidates candidate I for tor city jUdgeships have not been legally nominated and are therefore not entitled to places on the official ballot at the coming election is the contention of ot the city legal department City A Attorney Harper J. J Dininny holds that the tho provision of ot the tIme new now election law passed by the last legislature legis legis- lature relative to the nomination of ot candidates ates for Cor or city offices In cities of ot the first an and second class has not been observed b by the Bull Connors Conners In placIng placing placing ing candidates in tho the field for city judgeships Ho He says flays that no candidate for tor city can bo be It legally nominated b by petition and that the Bull Couriers Connors haVe attempted to name candidates for tor I jUdgeships In this manner The section of ot tho law on which the city attorney bases buses his contention Is a n portion of ot chapter section 1826 1825 IdI id This reads I Candidates for public office except candidates for tor municipal offices In cities of ot the first and 8 second class clasa may maybe maybo bo be nominated otherwise than by convention convention con oon- I or committee in the manner mann r. r to following following- I I ow I n g The statute then proceeds to provide for tor nomination by petition Under this law the tho city attorney holds Continued Continual on Parro Paro 2 2 Column 1 BULL EULL CON NOW NO IN DANGER OF LOSING PLACE Continued from Page 1 there can cat be no legal nomination for municipal offices in cities of the first firstI I and second ct class ss b by petition that they must be by primary primal election at regular I municipal election times or by convention convention conven conven- I tion or committee at general elections which do not come und under r the class of general elections In support of pi his contention he cites the thc following ng provision contained under under under un un- un- un der the Reading Nominations na In hap hap- chapter ter S. S Iti It cities of oth the tl first and second for lor municipal ot of- of class all all- ea candidates dl t s fic iS ahall a be nominated as pt provided by section 2 to f this act oct I Se 2 1 2 reads as ns follows Cl Candidates to be voted for tor at all al general c municipal el elections In cities of the first and second class under proVisions provisions provisions pro pro- visions of ot this act shall shan be nominated b by a primary election election election- f The last para paragraph raph In section 1 on nominations would indicate it t is heW held that all aU nominations for tor city offices should bould be b by primary election as provided provided pro pro- vided In section 2 2 but the expression In that section specifying general city elections it is thought b by the attorney modifies the former provision thus leaving leaving- convention and committee nominations nominations nom norn- permissible at elections elections' such auch suchs as s the coming one when only two to city offices are to be filled But H tt Is declared by the attorney that the law clearly prohibits nomination by petition for tor city offices under any cir cir- This ThU contention of ot the city attorney affects directly the petition filed flied with the city recorder yesterday by J. J M. M Bowman and ond Benjamin F. F Johnson who presented d nominating petitions as Bull Con candidates for tor the city judgeships The stand taken b by the city legal de department dop do- do to the extent that is Important p been discovered that all certificates certificates It tt h hM hU cates of nomination for tor city judgeships must bo be flied filed with the city recorder first and then up by him to the county count cleric before the tho names can be placed upon the tho official ballots for forthe forthe forthe the coming coining election That this Is 18 the tho case was as agreed be between between between be- be tween the city It and and county authorities yesterday and that being the last day for tor filing filing- nominations a all parties were send setd In their by the recorder to certificates The office of the tho recorder wan kept kept open all day for tor the purpose of Mi receiving them All the tho parties filed I nominations for tor elt city judgeships The city attorney has not given a Itten opinion to the city recorder Just what action he will take In Inthe the matter of certifying 1 up to the county coun coun- 1 ty y clerk the city office nominations which the legal department hold are not legal local r remain maln to be bo seen Been This This will bo be determined Monday londa as nos the I certifications must go up at once so BO BOthe the official ballots may maybe bo be prepared |