In re Bassett

The petitioner and the respondent are rival contenders in the Democratic primary for the nomination for alderman in the forty-eighth district, Bings county. The petition which is attacked contains 357 signatures. The law requires but 190. Two hundred and twenty-one of them are challenged and 136 are undisputed.

There are numerous objections, Only the principal *462ones will be mentioned. Sixty-one of the signatures are witnessed by the candidate DeGfrace and his acknowledgment, in due form, before a notary public, is appended. It is contended that a candidate may not act as subscribing witness.…