The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-11-20
THAT CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT.
How it Came to be Omitted on the
Ballot.

Ballot.
Siuee our last publication we are in
formed by County Clerk Grunditz that
Mr. Howell, the Secretary of State, is
In no way responsible for the omission
of the Constitutional Amend ment on
the ballots in this county. The said
amend dment was duly certified to by
him, aud placed on file ia the Office Of
Mr.. Grnnditz, who turned over To Mr..
/ Lynch. then editor OF the NEWS this
certified copy for him to prepare the
ballot from.
When we took charge of tn NEWS Of
fee, half of the ballots had been print
/ ed. and, assuming that theform was
correct we proceeded with the work
before the discovery of the omission OF
the District Judgship When this was
discovered, with the assistance of Mr.
Grunditz, we Immediately reetified this
error, as best we could, numbered,
bound and forwarded to the Sheriff at
Cherry Creek, where he had been de-
layed two days in waiting for them, the
necessary ballots for four outside pre-
cincts.
While engaged in preparing the re-
mainder of the ballots, when too late
for correction, the omission of the con-
stitutional amendment was discovered.
But all the blame does not lie here, as
will be seen by the following sections
from IAN Act Providing for the Man
ner of Submitting Constitutional A.
mend ments to the Voters of the State
of Nevada:
Section |, in part says, "The State
Board OF Examiners shall order such
proposed amendments to the constitu-
tion published in one daily newspaper
of general circulation, published in the
State of Nevada, for period of ninety
days next preceding any election held
in this State, when any proposed amend
ments are pending.n
SEC 2. The publisher of the news
paper publishing the proposed amend
ments, as required by this Act, shall
print and send to the County Clerk OF
each county in this state, as many cop
| les of said newspapers containing the
publication of said proposed amend
ments as there were registered votes for
| the general election of 1886, and the
printing and mailing of said extra copies
required under this Act shall be done
| by the publisher without expense To the
state 1t is hereby made the duty OF
the Clerk OF each county to mail to
every registered voter within his coun-
ty copy of the newspaper containing
the proposed amendments.
Section 3, of the Act, provides that
the amendments shall be put on the
ballots in the following manner:
Amendment No. Yes Amendment
| Mono
County Clerk Grunditz says he never
at any time before election received
single copy of any newspaper con-
tanning the constitutional amendment,
and was therefore unable to comply
with that portion of the law requiring
the distribution of such papers among
| the voters of the county.
Thus it will be seen that had the
| Amendment been put upon the ballot
in the manner prescribed law, there
was nothing whatever to indicate to
the voters of tine county what it was
for, nor was there anything whatsoever
to enable them to vote intelligently
upon it.
Had the Carson Appeal, the official
paper of the State, complied with Sec.
2, of the above Act, aud forwarded to
the County Clerk sufficient number
of the paper containing the amend.
ment for distribution in this county,
the matter would have been brought
before the people, and would in all prob
ability, never have been overlooked
by any of the parties concerned.