The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-23
A FULL VOTE
is Being POlled at the Republi-
can Primaries
Friends Of Candidates Are Busy
and Confident.
CONTESTS ARE CLOSE
On a Number of Offices and Can t
Be FOrecasted.
Judge Hazen is Sure of a Tr1-
umphant Majority.
CONTESTS ARE CLOSE

The voting at the Republican city
prfnary. commenced this afternoon at
o'clock. and one of the most exciting
contests in the history of the city IS IN
progress.
An unusual number Of workers are
But. Notwithstanding the fact that they
are kept 100 feet away from the polls
and the voter gets his ticket from the
Judges The effectiveness of the work Of
the +heeler" has been almost destroyed
but he is still present. He always gets
more than he is worth
One Of the prominent candidates told
a Journal reporter that he had been
harrassed almost to death
81 never saw anything like it," said be
IT have not had much opposition. but
hundreds of fellows, both white and
black have been to me They always
extoued themselves and told me how
many votes they could control and said
they wanted to deliver them to me- but
wanted a couple boxes of cigars or So
to buy a zeg of beer for the boys IT
was the most exasperating thing I ever
experienced.
PIE are hard up has had much to do
with the matter. do not ike to ask Tor
votes. 1T is not q pleasant thing to do.
but 5tlu il seems that man cannot run
for OfnCe now without doing it, or hlr-
ing some one else to do it for him. To-
paEa is certainly the worst place in the
state i'm which to run for office.
A candidate estimates that there are
500 people in Topeka VINO would accept
money for their influence OF course
there are many more who want pr0mIs-
es Of positions or help OF some kind. so
that the life of a candidate is by no
means an easy one.
The heavy rain last night VIII have
the erect of bringing out large vote
in the country Farmers are not able
TO work and they VIII consequently
come out and vote. There is hardly q
candidate in the field who does not
claim that this fact VIII help him. The
contest is principally i'm the city and
the country vote viii figure principally
in cases where the vote in the city is
close.
There are two county contests that
ere surrounded with a great deal of
doubt and political prognosticators all
admit that IL IS difficult to tell how
they viii go They are the fights on
county attorney and probate judge.
However in the south representative
II g. Larimer and Col Hughes and in
fhe north district it Is close between III.
e. Holman and T nj. James
1T is thought that Tfllotson win car
ry the country and the rain viii prob
ably strengthen his chances. A1cCabe
has considerable strength in the east
ern portion of the county and his stock
mas Deen gong up for the past two or
three days. lit is said that many Ger
man voters have left Jetmore to sup
port McCabe in the past day or two
because of the report that has been
industIiously circulated that Jetmore
signed @ statement that he is q radical
prom bluonls1 and viii see to 1T that
the prohibitory law is enforced Peo-
pie IN the city are guessing on all three
sides of the question todav though TIL
1otsOn's friends claim that he has gain
ed more strength than any of the other
candidates in the past week and viii
be nominated
Probate judge Wood hopes to have
Nhe support Of the country and is de-
pending largely upon it, but DOIman's
friends say that the country vote viii
De divided Politicians are doing a
great deal OF guessing, but there is no
unanimity OF sentiment on the result
It is generally conceded that Judae
HaZen VIII be renominated by a hand
some majority
1t is claimed today that a great deal
OF money is being spent i'm the citv
representative district in the interest
o1 burLOn and that votes are being
changed on every side Whether the
changes have been made by the use of
money or through promises Of prefer
ence 1T is difficult to say
me German vote is divided between
Eaher and y eale and there is little
9oupt tnaL AcAeever VIII be nominated
Dy handsome majority. The MYSTIC
brotherhood hopes to cut some figure
In this contest. and Police Commits
are seven lodges south of the Kansas
river in Topeka. In the fourth sf0qv
OF Crawf0rd's Opera House there was
meeting of the o. NJ b. last nisht
and Mr. Holiday says that 1853 rnerq-
bars were initiated This lis in the room
occupied by a drinking club Colonel
Neale viii get almost the unanimous
support of these people, it is claimed
1t has developed today that the state
adTnln1s ira tlOn is trying to capture the
central committee which viii be named
cit the primary this afternoon The
central committee VIII have control Of
the date and manner of holding the
primary to elect DELEGATES to the state
convention and the administration
hopes with the right men on the com
Illtee and the power to manipulate
Things they VIII be able to turn the tide
81 opposlllon and bring the county into
line for Governor Morrill,
The opposition has been sIeapfne and
the admlnistration has taken advant-
age or the opportunity and will prob
ably carry their point in most of the
precincts
"a list Of the precincts and voting
places viii be found on the fourth Daoa
Of today's issue
The returns viii be received at the
6epu9llcan Flambeau club over the
Wlgg1n-E Harding store tonight The
polls do not close until o. M
+. M-Ihe voting is progressing ran
idly There is the most excitement at
the First precinct of the Second ward
where 1T is charged that the VeaIe men
are attempting to vote Democrats.
Many challenges have been made nv
al the opponents of Col Veale This is
Neale's home precinct. and q strong af-
fort is being made 20 carry it with "a
strong probability of success Col
Neale is doing personal work here Nick
CmLdss who is one of the most active
workers In the ward, is working for
@esla and he stands ct the door ana