The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-04-09
THEY MARCHED UP TO THE
POLLS IN KANSAS YES
TERDAY.
NEGREssES TAKE A BIG DISH.
Two Democrats split the Vote of
Their Party in Chicago and
tho Result.

poiled, ~ noon three quarters of tn
registered vote was cast. AS was TO be ex
peatej, ~ Wv of the many sided anc
headed coute SITS, there were numerou!
fights in the Gougher wards. In an alter
Cstjou ii ,hc First ward, this afternoon
one man vas shot and dangerously
wounded Al understood ticket peddlel
FOR E'mer Washburn lent frontier air to
tue polling piace at which he was stationed
by appearnr With huge revolver strapped
outside OF h,s ,oat. Early in the day one oi
tae haeierg tJr the opposition candidate sci
upon him and destroyed his tickets.
Two hundred and 'eighty-three precincts
ont d ,o.ai of 547, give Cregier, Dem.
N,26l; HARRISON, Dem, 22,477; H. Wash.
buIne, Rep 81, ,49O; E. Washburne, citi
zens', ta,152 Horgan, Socialist, 654.
Comptrpuer Onahan has the following
igUres w1'Jb indicate the election OF
Il douh. irree hundred and sixty-nine
pIecincg VIII 1853 to hear from, give
II, Ws51hyfne 1857: Cregier, 31,9l0;
Harrgo. :" 5}5 Elmer Washburne, 1886
yH u ELECTION IN KANSAS.
r1ArEs." aHAf, AUIll were
held il kansas today in all cities of first
and seGorO cssses. Although without gen.
eral poliuosI significance, the results of the
election 81. r.garded with considerable in
terest for Two :easons.
First -Bec:lse the Citizens Alliance
has tickets IL the field and is fighting all
she old parGej.
The Ciuzeug' Alliance is really branch
of the Farmers Alliance. 1t is organized
or the same tasis and has the same bJects
N view. IL IS composed of that element in
cities which would join the Farmers Alli-
snce but for the fact that the constitution
g. the latter organization will admit none
hQL farlOers. This element has been Or
gani Led In cities mostly since the Farmers
4 !iiGnCe land 4lide last fall, and this cleo
ton is itg rsJ opportunity of showing its
Ienrrh &lch interest is manifested in
ths result on his account,
The orler e lemeI.. "a the ell, ction whicn
8tfaohaa interest to it is the fact that women
under tue .lV of the state of Kansas are
siigwed equel suffrage with men in muni-
Cipal elections. 1t has been predicted that
after ore Or wo experiences at the polls
me novelty o the thing would disappear
and wi.r H. woman's municipal politics.
This preii-'on has not been fulfilled. On
he eoyusre he women's interest in poll
tics alC 8ct5' ty at the polls have increased
with aacb ection. The registration Of
goiueu T. the present election exceeded any
former 81 alton.
At E.uaa City, Kan, the increase in
regl5r.n54 smaller than in other less
lne,-ogc,itaa cities of the state, being only
IS. At Itgeia the registration lists were
sug.nerte5 ay about 400 names of women.
At Wichit. the increase was about 300,
nd Lea. 81 na rtb, $50 and at Atchison 200
At kansas G,tT, Kan, 1915 women were
registered, 9a Leavenworth 274S, il Topeka
274g, IN Wi,hita 2200 and Atchison about
1900. In baasas City, Kan, all the Candi
date, provided carriages to take the women
10 the pc. About two thirds of the female
vote vas Cas'. The women confined their
interest TO the election to voting.
In on,, ieW cases did any of them
resort 10 actical activity at the polls.
This act yl.r was confined to few citizens,
aiisuCe far ale leaders and number of
1pgresse5 II at voted in Kansas City were
most not os. They marched 10 the polls
with as much if not more pride than their
white sisters and exercised their right of
suffrage with the satisfaction peculiar to
heir ,gge.
Dispa ohes from others of the large cities
cf Es..as Indicate that the vote of the
wompg, rou pared to registration, was pro
pcrtio1a,e % the male vote. Most of the
women ; I1 Ghelr tickets prepared at nome
or as o aces )f meeting, and their presence
OF the 1o,'5 vas only long. enough to per-
nit ba.a o dispose of their ballots.
CrIy te7g female candidates appeared
on 0us d, e tickets, and these few were
up 'er cia ion for no higher office than
membership . on the school board.
KANSAS CITY, KAN.
Kas,ss lTY, Mo-, April I'm Kansas
0irv Eal. ;oday the women are voting
more aesr.ly than before. The contest
yety.est G. Stout, DEM, and Thos.
VspHar gep., for mayor, is very close,
god eg.s erable excitement is manifested
sboul .ha polls. On some of the street
r1rne.- inen can be seen discussing the
Telat 5e tits of the TWO candidates. A
,irufl.-u oman was seen at one of the
o0Iliq~ h.. .ces which is close to the Mis-
sour 'de She was cheering loudly for
one pfra. andidates.
MILWAUKEE,.
B,ag-E gE, Wis, April THE election
soia7 is so. associate justice ofthe supreme
court, ana or judge of the newly created
sur yerior urt in this city, For the first
plase 3. b. Piuney will undoubtedly be
chcfal and the chances are that John G..
ludwig ii Milwaukee lawyer, will take the
lsJtgf yrizs. Both are Democrats. The
gigC N one OF Cne quleteSt ever nelQ.
IN 2. roDn but 3416 votes had been cast
oGse re istered vote of about 10000
ST. LOUIS.
r. Iovs, Mo-, April The day has
ggey clear and warm. and this, together
gttr t4t act that there were three tickets
81 III. ito vested the election with more
ma lary interest. Although the
fickgt urised every candidate for the
CIV ltv,ln ADDITION 10 the Republic
reI n nCciatsc tickets, the Iudspead-
enl. d to enter the f&c|, aud SO enter
.hfif YF st against the bQOdllng winch II
3 alec lss entered largely into the lsDOrs
,f theS mbly, Young passed on quietly
here | 2 no disturbances at the polls