Show WHAT IS A PETITION we are wondering if 1 an article on petitions would not be a good thing therefore we ask what la Is a petition Is a petition really the wishes of the people at large or Is it simply signed to get a name on a sheet of paper or on the other hand do people simply sign a petition merely to get rid of 0 the person who approaches pro aches them and have not the courage to tell that same person that they do not faro care to sign their petition or why do they sign several of the s me papers for the same pir icse all they would have to do would be to toll tell the person that they would prefer not to sign the same the person who la Is refused haa ro no right to demand any reasons for the fhe party not signing ile he may ask but that Is an american citizens P privilege arh to sign or not to sign no phife lit lc compelled to give any ce certain r ta III reason for signing or not signing and it la Is a great deal better in cadies cli ies where there are several petitions in the field tor for some purpose and several persons getting the signed for their own purposes purpose to not insist upon a person signing NO should be enough tor for nine times out of ten it they do not sign it right off the bat and are persuaded to do a so that it if someone else comes along with a petition tor for the same purpose tho the person that was persuaded will sign for the other person also that Is also an americans privilege t to sign I 1 g all the papers he or she wishes 6 but when that petition Is presented and several others are presented none of them hold any weight we have known this to be a fact in many instances that Is tho the reason we do not go a great deal on en petitions we do not censure the person tor for signing the several petitions Petition si as it Is a mighty hard matter tor for some to say no we have also found during our career in this world that the person with a petition in hla his hands cm get signers for almost anything from having baying a man hung to taking things away from people and there aro are people who will sign almost anything to get the thing over with when in reality it if they the had giver given the matter i careful consideration they would have refused 0 do anything 0 of the kind think this over and when you are arc approached ask yourself whether or not your signature will villi bear any weight and it you do not care to sign them why come out flat footed and say aay no it ILIs it la a worthy cause caus 0 sign the petition and let it go 50 at that j |