Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-02-24

office OF the secretary of state and
certified copies thereof were sent to
the two branches Of the Legislature.
PETITION MuTILATED
Your committee finds, second, that
the said purported petition plainly
bear upon its face the marks OF mu
tilation and manipulation, and shows
that of necessity it in an entirely diff.
ferent form than when signed by the
purported petitioners. That the par.
ticulars upon which these facts ap-
pear as follows. The FIRST page is a
clean and freshly written page and
in sharp contrast with the succeeding
pages of names thereto attached.
and which succeeding pages bear the
marks of handling. Again, the said
first page states that it is the original
form and caption used at the head of
each and everv list of petitioners at
tached. II contains the following
words. "Original form and caption
embodying proposed law used at the
head of each and every list Of peti
tioners thereto attached" Inspection
of this first page demonstrates that it
is false on its face and that it could
not have been attached to each and
every list of petitioners, and further
demonstrates that it was attached to
the list of names after the same had
been signed. Your committee futher
finds in this regard that the said first
page is neither verified nor authenti-
Gated, nor signed by any person or
persons. That it has been illegally
fraudulentlY and falsely attached to
said list ofsignatures of names con-
tanned in said purported petition is
entirely certain, but by whom your
committee has been unable to ascer-
tain.
ERRONEOUS CERTIFICATE
Your committee finds, third, that
page two of the original purported
petition has also been fraudulently
Illegally and falsely inserted therein
by some one to this committee un-
known. 1t also is clean and freshly
written page in sharp contrast to The
succeeding pages thereto attached,
which pages bear the marks Of hand
ling. This second interpolated page
contains these words. ''To the legis-
lature of the state of South Dakota
and the Honorable Secretary oil, Estate
of South Dakota-The undersigned
electors of the state South Dakota
petition for the enactment and sub
mission to the vote of the people of
South Dakota, as provided by section
| of article 3 of the constitution and
article 3 of chapter of the Political
Code of tie following proposed law"
Inspection of this page demonstrates
its absolute falsity an6 shows con
clusively to the most prejudiced mind
tha at this page, with the foregoing
words thereon, could not have been
attached to the lists containing the
names riiess-eoff eof ss;;saess 81; at the tima the sig
natures were affixed thereto.
COPIES OF LAW DIFFER.
Your committe finds, fourth, that
page three of said original purported
petition and the following pages OF
this section, preceding the various
lists of names, have also been fraudu-
lently, illegally and falsely inserted
10 said petition. These pages con-
tain a copy of proposed law relat-
ing to primary elections. They are
in typewriting, with frequent inter
lineations IN ink. An inspection of
said petition demonstrates that page
three and the following pages preced
ing the lists of names could not have
been attached to these lists OF names
at the time the signatures to the same
were procured: This conclusion is rem
dered absolutely imperative by com
parison with and examination of GER
tain copies of proposed law attach
ed at the end of the purported petl-
tion, the purpose for which said cop
les 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 al
tached to or formed part OF the
list of names which appear alter
asaes /, 2, and 3 and the pages
which precede the lists Of names in
said purported petition, and that
ara attached Ia these