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DEMOCRATS-Continued from Page Qniprecinct committeewoman, complained that Brick had packed” the cancui with hU awn supporters In order to ensure her defeat.Matthews and Kelt Buck, a DeS Moines attorne who was beaten in his race fo P f e d f n c i 70 committeeman charged on Jan. 24 that threlt; persona who did not live in Pre • •»cihct 7ft attended the caucu:. ranyway; They stated or implieiihat Brick was responsible Joithe presence of these outsiders.Dissident Democrats also ha( charged IfiaF'Bnck personally presided over a meeting at i nearby Catholic school on thlt; night of the caucus to instruci his supporters to vole agains Buck and Mrs. Matthews.“Not True”Rielly said this charge wa.lt; “not true. I have determinec that .Tim Brick did not attend other than to pick up his wif« at, the end of the pre-caucus meeting.’'Rielly said, “I found no evidence at ali that Brick induced these people to attend — in fact, I don’t think he had anything to do with jt.”Rielly did recommend, however, that the party take certain measures in the future to ensure that only legitimate residents of the precinct be allowed, to attend and to participated precinct caucuses.“If would appear that if prior to the voting at the precinct caucus each person were required to stand and state his nairje and address, this would bn a deterrent to anyone participating in a caucus in which they should not participate.”Rielly said he opposed the idea of requiring “positive identification” — such as the presentation at the door of a drivers license to gain admittance. k,I find it objectionable to place (his type of requirement in the precinct caucus,” he wrote.Public FacilityRielly did suggest that in precinct where a large turnout is expected “it might be well to j hold the caucus In a school, church or other public facility instead of in a private home.”Rielly said he* was “more interested in what we can do to prevent this kind of thing from happening in the future than in trying to blame someone for what happened here in Precinct 70 4 •The Precinct 70 caucus Jan. 24 was held in Mrs. Matthews’ home at 515 Forty-sixth St.On Jan* 26, The Register obtained a copy of the. Precinct 7 6 registration declaration from state Democratic headquarters In Des Moines and ‘ found discrepancies |n three of the signatures on the list,A “Richard T. Huber” andMarcia Huber” signed thedeclaration, listing their address as 4823 Pleasant St.R i e 11 y * s investigation revealed, however, Ihat the Hubers in fact live at 1075 Twenty-eight St., more than two miles from Precinct 70.Rielly says that a third unauthorized person, Edward H. Hughes of 3205 Grand Ave.i also attended the caucus. Riel-ly’s report concludes, however, that “any participation by Mr. ! Hughes was the result of his having been with someone else ; at the caucus that evening, I do not believe that he was urged • to attend the caucus for the ! purpose of affecting its outcome by any third person.”3-Vote Margin; At the first caucus, Mrs Mathews was beaten in-her bic for precinct committeewomai by Mrs. Linda Duffy, of 63!Forty-fourth St., bv three votes, 40 to 37.Democrats unhappy with the results of that first Precinct 7U caucus held their own “recaucus” at* the United Church of Christ office at Forty-second Street and Jngersoll Avenue a week later.At this second meeting, Mrs. Matthews was elected precinct committeewoman,Mrs. Matthews said Saturday that, she intends to challenge the credentials of all the delegates selected at the first Precinct 70 caucus, despite the Central Committee’s resolution exonerating Brick of any wrongdoing in the nU fair.“The issue at hand as far a;I’m concerned is the illegalityof that first caucus,” Mrs. Matthews said. “Who is to blamtor who is responsible is no really important. What doe: matter is the fact that thrclt; persons who were there weren’ supposed to be, and that’s alt need to challenge the results o the caucus.The county convention will blt; held next Saturday and Sunda; at the State Fairgrounds in De; Moines.But Rielly recommended tha the county Credentials Com mittee, at its meetings her Monday and Wednesday nights determine what to do- about th irregularities in Precinct 70 be fore the county conventio opens.
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Des Moines Register
Des Moines, Iowa, US
Sun, Feb 20, 1972
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