Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1905-02-23

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by law, the original purported petition
was kept on file in the Office of the s:s.a,-
retary of state and certified copies
thereof were sent to the two branches
of this legislature. Your committee
finds that this action was Il plain viola-
tion of a mandatory provision, OF the
law of this stat (Section 81, Political
Code(. which reads as follows: When
ever measure is proposed during a
session of the legislature it shall be
transmitted by the secretary of state
forwith to the senate and house Of rep
resentatives"
Your COMMITTEES finds, second. that
the said purported petition plainly
bears upon its face the marks OF mutt
lation and manipulation,a and shows that
of necessity it is in an entirely differ
ported petitions. That the particulars
upuh which these facts appear are as
follows: The first page is a clean and
freshly written page and in sharp con-
names thereto attached, and which sue
ceeding pages bear the marks of handl-
ing. Again, the said first page states
that it is the original form and caption
used at the head of each and every list
Of petitioners attached. It contains
the following words: "Original form
and caption embodying proposed law
used at the head of each and every list
of petitioners. thereto attached" In
spection of this first page demonstrates
that it is false on its face and that 1t
could not have been attached to each
and every list OF petitioners. and fur
ther demonstrates that it was attached
to the list Of names after the same
had been signed. y our committee fur
ther finds in this regard that the said
| first page is neither verified, nor au-
thenticated, nor signed by any person
or persons. That it has been Illegally,
fraudeutly and falsely attached to said
/ list of signatures of names contained
in said purported petition Is entirely
certain, but by whom your committee
| has been unable to ascertain.
Your committee finds, third, that
| page two OF the original purported Pc
tition has also been fraudulently, ille
gally, and falsely inserted therein by
someone To this committee unknown.
| 1t also is clean and freshly written
| nara in chory, contract tn thn snonaa3-
| ing pages of names thereto attached,
| which bear the marks of handling
| This second interpolated page contains
these words: ITO the legislature of
| the State of South Dakota and the
| Hon. Secretary of State of South Da-
| kota-The undersigned electors of the
State of South Dakota petition for the
enactment and submission to the vote
of the people of South Dakota, as pro-
vided by section l of article 3 of the
constitution and article Of chapter 2
Of the Political Code OF the following
proposed law" Inspection of this
page demonstrates its absolute falsity
and shows concluslyely to the most
prejudiced mind that this page, with
/ the foregoing words thereon, could not
have been attached to the lists con
tanning the names OF signers at the
time the signatures were affixed there
to-
| Your committee finds, fourth, that
page three of said original purported
| ,ll mi, Of
this section, preceding the various lists
of names have also been fraudulently
Illegally and falsely inserted in said
lpetition. These pages contain copy
of a proposed law relating to primary
elections. They are type-writing, with
/ frequent interlineations Ia ink. An
inspection of said petition demon
strates that page three and the follow
! ing pages preceding the lists of names
| could not have been attached to these
lists of names at the time thess sigma
! lures to the same were procured This
/ conclusion is rendered absolutely I'M
perative by comparison with and ex-
animation of certain copies of a pro.
posed law attached atsthe end of the
purported petition. the purpose for
which said copies were attached and
by whom they were so attached being
unknown to your committee.
Your committee concludes. from the
foregoing four findings of fact, that no
petition or law was ever attached to OF
4 formed part of the lists Of names
i which appear after pages l, 2 and and
i the pages which precede the lists OF
names in said purported petition, and
that these pages were attached to these
lists of signers subsequent to the afix
ing of the signatures to said lists. And
4 while your committee IS unable to state
by whom this attachment was made
4 your committee does find that it conlc
only have been made for one purpose
and that was to commit fraud upoI
this legislature and the people OF South
Dakota, and to induce action by thi:
Il |1epiSlatI,ra which the Sign8rS of Sai(