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round the offices with the petition and canvassed for signatures indiscriminately, and when practically all were obtained that there seemed a chance of getting, copies of the memorial were laid in public places to give it the "cachet of a voluntary public petition."
It may be remarked that since the petition was so exposed the additional signatures, if any, have never been published, and for this there must be some specific reason which suggests that the signatures are such as to invite criticism.
I have become acquainted with the motives which prompted many residents to sign the petition, but it would serve no useful purpose to state them in extenso.