The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-11-02
THE LOCAL
SITUATION.
Excitement of the Campaign Is
About Over.
Nearly All the Bets Are Made
That Will Be.
FIGURES GIVEN OUT
On Shawnee County By Chair
man GauIt.
Silver Forces Main Struggle to
S'Keep Down. Majority.


in Topeka. There are a few speakers
who have not returned, but the greater
number are at home from the last meet
ing of the campaign They are standing
around today and telling their friends
just what the result Of the election to
morrow will be-
They base their opinions upon the
meetings they have held in different
parts of the state No matter whether
ne IS Republican, POpuliSt or Democrat,
he insists that the state will be safely
carried by his party. A man who knows
nothing about the unrelability of anti
election predictions might be confused
at what he hears today It is part of
the education of a practical politician
to claim everything.
The allied silver forces practically
closed their campaign with their rally
Saturday evening, but the Republicans
viii not close theirs until tonight when
they viii have a love feast at Hamil-
ton hall Maj j. K. Hudson will pre-
side and there will be speeches of five
minutes each by various local orators.
The silver forces profess to be suspic-
1Ous that an attempt viii be made to
cast fraudulent votes, and they are pre-
pairing to watch every polling place
closely-They have even provided watch
ers with cameras to photograph men at
the polling places who are suspected of
being ''repeaters''
One of the judges of Rochester pre-
clnct came to County Clerk McCabe to-
day and asked if when a Populist who
did not understand how to vote asked
for instructions it would not be all
right to direct him to the middle of the
road ticket2
Clerk AIcCabe said that such a pro
ceeding would not be fair, and that the
man should be told in such manner
that he would carry out his original in
tentiOn and vote the regular PEOPLES \
Party ticket. Il am as anxious as any
one to get Republican vOtes'' said he
but l do not believe in defeating the
Will Of the voter by such methods"
Chairman Gault of the Republican
county central committee SAYS he is
confident of carrying the county by
big majority. He gave a Journal re-
porter the following figures on ma jori-
ties.
congressman Charles Curtis. 5000 to
8, 800; Gov. Morrill, 2 roo to 1000. McFir-
ley, $500 to 300; county ticket. :. 500 to
5000; representatives A L. Brooke
400 to 500; ED. A1cKeever 1 400 to / 500.
f. G. Larimer 500 to zoo; Senator w. E.
d. c. Tiuotson Of the silver committee
said when asked what his figures are:
The county campaign has been as
favora BILE as we could ask. Our meetings
have been much more successful than
those of our opponents The meeting
last saturday evening was the greatest |
pOHIlcal demonstrate ever seen here
in county campaign Every indica-
tion points to our carrying this county
tomorrow We are putting enthusiasm
and organization against money L re-
allze that II means to overcome 5000 |
majority, but we are going to do it.
have no figures to give; if we win BY
one, it is enough.
There has been little betting TODAY
Bryan money has gone begging on /
Kansas avenue and there have even
been some offers Of odds without any
takers a lew bets were made at Fa- /
gle's Saturday evening but about $50 /
of Bryan money on Kansas has been |
posted all forenoon
Several bets on maiorities in Shawnee /
county have been made. As a rule tbe1
are that the Republican ticket will NOT /
have 2, 500 plurality in the county. There /
are a few other bets posted on Ne /
braska, Illinois. Ohio and Nichigan 90
ing for Mckinley but no disposition to /
take them Neither are any bets being I
made on the general result even with /
the odds of to offered by the Ne !
kinley supporters.
The list OF irregular voters register
ed, given out by the silver committee /
has been found to be, in many cases
simply the mistake of the commissioner
of elections in putting down the num- !
bers and in other cases the party in |
question has moved but not moved ont /
of the ward. Robert Austin of us JEFF
ferson street denies that he has regis
tered three times. He says if his name |
appears three times on the books some /
one else put it there.
The size and complicated arrange
ment of the ballot in Shawnee county |
will make the returns very slow in |
coming in In very few precincts Will !
the count be completed before morn
ing. A Topeka business man said that (
there were 20 people in his place of /
business on Saturday and not one of /
them understood just how the ballot /
should be marked. They did not un-
derstand whether they might mark in |
different places on the ballot if they did :
not wish to vote straight ticket. It l.
was difficult to explain to them that /
they might vote for any man on the /
ticket just so they did not vote for two
candidates for the same Office. The /
chances are that most voters are intel
lgent enough to mark their ballots !
correctly.
The polls viii be opened promptly at [
O'Clock tomorrow morning and they |
will he closed as promptly at 6 D. N.
Following is the list of polling places
and of the judges and clerks who will
be in charge.
FIRST WARD
First Precinct.
Judges-TI. c. Bowen,
N F. ConlLle,
J. L. Beverly.
Clerks-Vr- F. AICntieth,
David Ward
Polling place. NO SO Kansas avenue.
Second Precinct
Judges-F. c. Bowen.
Oscar Bischom.
w. z. Stewart.
Clerks-George Allen.
Geo W N White,
Polling place Strongs lumber yard Of
Third Precinct.
Judges-N c. Holman,
David Gregg,
John J. Schencks
Clerks-C- L. Greggs
Harry Pence.