J.E. Stone recall, Kelso, Washington (1925)
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An effort to recall City Attorney J.E. Stone occurred in Kelso, Washington.[1]
In State v. Wilson, which stemmed from the recall effort, the Washington State Supreme Court stated that "We are firmly convinced that the defamatory matter set forth in the information was only qualifiedly privileged; that, it being alleged to have been false and maliciously uttered, it is within the proscription of § 2424, Rem. Comp. Stat.; that it is not absolutely privileged as contended by respondents, and is not protected by having been filed in recall proceedings for the recall of the defamed person."[1]
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The petition to recall Stone read:[1]
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To the Honorable Lucien B. Crawford, city clerk of said city of Kelso: We, the undersigned electors of said city of Kelso, Cowlitz county, Washington, being a committee of legal voters residing in the city of Kelso, respectfully request and direct that a special election be called to determine whether or not said J.E. Stone now acting as said city attorney for the said city of Kelso shall be re-called from said office, for and on account of having violated his oath of office, to-wit: Said J.E. Stone has entered into a conspiracy with the violators of the liquor laws of the state of Washington, the United States of America, and the ordinances of the city of Kelso, as evidenced by his determined effort to keep a police force which has proven totally incompetent on enforcing the laws, and which he knows to be protecting immoral women, bootleggers and gamblers within said city of Kelso. That said J.E. Stone, as such city attorney, has committed many acts of misfeasance and malfeasance while in office, to obstruct and prevent the executive officials of said city of Kelso from performing their ordinary duties for the welfare of said city and its citizens, in violation of his oath of office to faithfully perform and discharge the duties of said offices to the best of his ability. [2] |
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Washington State Supreme Court, State v. Wilson, December 28, 1925
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
