Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1915-07-16
BIG MARGIN ON ALL
REFERENDUM BILLS
on PETITIONS At
TACNiNti LEGI$ItTNE ACTS
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With The number OF apparently
good" signatures ON each petition
averaging only 700 less than the
count as originally made By the pro-
meters OF the petitions, and with the
petition on the anti-picketing bill,
which had the least signers of all,
still 1853 above the required
19,i01, the seven referendum petit
tons attacking as many bills passed
by the last legislature were this week
declared effective by Secretary OF
Stat l. NJ. Howell and the laws be-
come imperative unless adopted by
popular vote at the general election
in November, 1916.
The total difference in the count on
all the petitions as made by Miss
Lucy Il. Case, secretary of the league
which had charge of circulating the
petitions, and that reported by the
secretary of state as apparently
good" is 1916. At the last moment
for fling petitions and after the bulk
of them had been counted in the
leagues office and fled other lists
containing some 5000 names, UNI
checked by the league and many of
them not initiated by the registration
officers, were also filed, but the Off
cial count would indicate that most
of these had been thrown out, MAX
ing the total number of signatures
declared illegal 20,457.
An incipient racket started in the
secretary of states department Tues
day after the count had been COM
pleted when Richard Mansfield White
of Seattle, prominent in the referen-
dunn work, attempted to obtain from
the officials list of the names that
had been thrown out, and was put off
on one pretext and another. The
proponents of a referendum petition
have five days in which to institute
court action after the official count
has been completed, and this may be
done.
The result of the count is as fol-
lows:
No. 9. Requiring signing of mi
tiative and referendum petitions at
place of registration (vetoed by Gov
ernor Lister count. So
347; official total, 55,173; uninitialed,
$3.50; duplicates, 178; apparently
good, 51,815; majority, 32,714.
No. 4. Requiring signing Of re-
call petitions at place of registration
(vetoed by Governor). - Leagues
count, 51,577; official total, 54,096;
uninitialed, 1908; duplicates, 1856;
apparently good, 50,S47; majority,
31.746.
No. S. Election bill directing
party conventions and platforms
(vetoed by governor). - Leagues
count, 51,2s2; official total. 53,744;
uninitialed, 3,151; duplicates, 80;
apparently good, 5o,5S1; majority
31,430.
No. 6. Anti-picketing bill
Leagues count. 35.140; official total,
1928; uninitialed, 2,717; dupli-
Gates, 80; apparently good, 34,464;
majority, 10,So5.
No. Z. Certificate of necessity
bill.-League's count. 37,O97; official
total, $3.50; uninitialed, 2,S29; du-
plicates. 80; apparently good, &c.
321; majority, 1920.
No. 8. Port commission bill
Leagues count. 36,494; official total.
38,6O5; uninitialed, 2,721; dupli-
Gates, "a; apparently good, $780,;
majority, 1919.
No. 8. Establishing budget sys-
tenn for all taxing bodies of the state.
Leagues count, 36,O65; official
total, 38,O45; uninitialed, 2,766; du-
plicates. Al; apparently good. 3d.
238; majority, 1917.
With the success of the petitions
assured, the advocates Of the refer
endum will now undertake a cam
paign to defeat the laws at the next
state election.