Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-03-02
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REJEGI PEllllON
The House Committee Give Good
Reasons for Reporting Ad-
yersely.
Primary Petition Fell Far Short o
What Was Required Under
the Law.

d the Law.
y The Committee OH Privileges an
4 Elections respectfully report that the
: have had under consideration.
A certain purported petition for en-
I actment and submission to the vote o
the people, San Act to provide for par
) ty nominations and election OF nation
al delegates and party committees, alst
House Bill No. 40 based on said pur
ported petition, being "a Bill for al
: Act, entitled an Act TO submit to tht
electors of the state of South Dakota
| for their approval at the next genera
election, undert the provisions of Section
!, of Article 3, of Chapter 2. OF the
| Constitution, and Article 3 of Chapter
2 of the Political Code, ga law provid
ing for party nominations and election
of national delegates and party com
mittees, and respectfully reports"
Your committee deemed it their duty
and have accordingly carefully exam
| med the pnrported petition filed in the
office of the Secretary OF State on Jan
uary 3. 1905, a certified copy of which
was transmitted to this house, for the
| purpose of ascertaining whether or not
the same ,rWas sufficient to justify on
authorize the legislature i'll submitting
| House Bill No. 40 to vote of the peo-
pie under the provisions of Article 3 of
Chapter 3 of the Revised Political Code.
| From such examination the following
| facts appear from a mere inspection Of
tie pnrported petition.
First That such purported petition
has never been circulated or signed by
any one in its present form.
2That it is a compilation of print
ed and typewriter copies of the pro-
| posed law, and sheets containing the
| names of persons, and sometimes post
| Office address, residence and occupation
OF the purported signers, and sometimes
| only one or the other.
SAThat it is compiled asfollows:
| (al Cover with endorsement evident
~ made by the. Compiler.
(by A sheet of paper upon which
the following is typewriter, without
any signature or attestation of any
person whatever, to-wit: "Original
form and caption embodying proposed
law. used at the head Of each and every
list of petitioners thereto attached
(c) A sheet of paper which bears no
evidence of having been handled to any
extent or having been circulated, up
on which the following is typewriter,
without any signature or attestation or
Identification of any kind: "To the
Legislature of the State of South Oak
ota and the Honorable Secretary of the
State of South Dakota: The under
signed electors of the State of South
Dakota petition for the enactment and
submission toa vote of the people of
south Dakota, by Section of Article 3
Ut the Constitution, and Article 3 of
Chapter Of the Political Code of the
following proposed law"
Id A fresh typewriter copy Of the
proposed law, which has no appearance
OF having been handled to any extent.
(el Sheets of paper containing names,
and sometimes with residence, occupa-
tion and postot1iee address added, or
one OF more of them: the names being
Numbered inred ink to the left of the
same, from one to eight thousand,
eight hundred and eighty four.
| ~ Typewrittenand printed copies
ola petition and proposed law, someof
which show wear or soil from being
handled and folded, and others none.
4as'rhese petitions and proposed laws
are numbered from one to fifG.fiye,
| and attached to each petition is an
| nnsignfd typewritten slip of paper as
follows: Heading of general petition
| FOR state primary election law, circu-
ilated by name and postotfieel (No.--)
to ~, inclusive.
81 Ds 31sSohtioll llttlliD Vie, 3puIpOItt
ing to be signed by names and NUM-
bered 4 to PAT No 2 Sc 81,
signed by names numbered 24S to 34S:
/ No. &, BY names 397 to $50: No. = by
znames 1913 to 1872: No. II, by names
1851 to Pill; No. is by names 1881 to
38IISI;; ~ d. 80 by names 1854 to 6272; No.
j.42 (,y names f,f;af, ia, 6757, Ma al IN,
I'm mes 5s6b 10 TIT; No. AZ by names
1901 TO $3.50 n 9. 50 by names 1857 to
/ s'i6a, are all in the same general type
written form. They are composed OF
several sheets Of typewriter pages
fastened together the last typewriter
page each containing Section % of the
proposed law, is u every case pasted Of
attached To the purported petition, in
an entirely different manner from the
j balance Of the sheets contained in t. 3
Imported petition. All of there pages
4 containing Section 2S ara ,laar ana