The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-11-04
IN SHAWNEE
COUNTY.
Republicans Garry the County
BY Reduced Majority.
Is Likely to Be Much Less Than
1900.
IN THE SECOND WARD
The Shop Vote Deceived the
Republican Managers.
For That Ward Has Gone For
Uv.v~o~, ~-,I ooT
IN THE SECOND WARD
For That Ward Has Gone For
Bryan and Leedy.

Chairman Charles Gault of the Re
publican county central committee
went home at noon TO get some sleep
we viii carry the county by 1900, "
said he. 81 think Curtis viii run about
AOU votes ahead Of the state ticket and
VIII go out Of the county with about L.
900 votes to spare. Our returns are not
yet complete, but my estimate is not
far wrong
Mr. Gault seemed somewhat down
east he had told the Republican can
didates and leaders that there was no
danger that the majority in Shawnee
county would fall far below the old fig
ures, but they did not believe him. He
had worked almost night and day and
when the returns began to come i'm he
realized that what he feared had come
but he also knew that no chairman Of a
central committee could have turned
the tide in this county.
The big loss in our vote" said he
lis the result of the free silver dAfec-
ton The poll made by our committee
showed majority of 1, 500 in our favor
and that gave all the gold Democrats
and doubtful voters to the opposition.
The other members of the committee in
sisted that we would get all the gold
Democrats and part of the doubtful
got neither.
In Topeka alone there were ZOO silent
voters who would not be boiled Thev
would not say whom they were for but
tnem- While I am greatly disappointed
at the result in this county I can not
say that am much surprised The state
central committee insisted that we
would set enough of the gold Demo-
Gratis to make our majority 2700 and
those We're the figures given out
The result by wards in the city is as
loiloWs on the national ticket and there
IS but little difference between the state
and national tickets though the differ
ence is in favor of the Republicans.
Mckinley ..-- o.. O.. .. ...... .. ...... us
Mckinley's majority, 90.
Second ward, Fifth precinct to hear
Mckinley ...... ....... . ga
Dly an ----.--- 1900. .......... 500
Bryan's majority 1859
Third ward complete.
McIA1nley --.-.. ....-. .....1 90
McKinley's majority. 67s.
Fourth ward complete.
1 80 ,liis'S 1893
McKinley's majority. 434
Fifth ward complete.
Mckinley Observation-Disclosures. Ar
Bryan Observation-Disclosures. 916
McKinley's majority, 1s9
Ihe vote on the county ticket is about
the same though Judge Hazen Is ahead
and Dolman behind the ticket Judge
Hazen viii probably have more than
1, 500 majority while DOlman will 60 in
by about 1.200
Neither the middIe-of- the-road nor
gold standard Democratic tickets car
ried any strength Neither OF the tick
cts Will get 80 votes in the county The
gold standard Democrats voted for Nc
k1nley and there We're no gold standard /
POpulists in Shawnee county.
In Silver Lake township the RepubH- /
can majority was a and is usually 100 /
In ROssville the fusion ticket won by SIS +
votes which viii materially reduce I
kos
VIII be safe.
ID. A. Williams. the Republican candf- (
date for commissioner in the north dis +
trict is safely elected and he lead the T
ticket in nearly every precinct
There is no doubt of the election of (
Nick eever and Larimer, Republican I
candidates for representative in the (
Thin ty-sixth and hirty-seventh dis /
tricts, though the north district is some I
what in doubt The Republicans are T
confident, however. that Brooke win I
pull through. The O. NJ. b. vote did /.
not cut much figure on the representa- I
tive fight
While NIcKeever was scratched in the 4
three wards comprising his district he 7
viii not fall far behind his ticket and /
viii have several hundred votes to
spare.
Judge z. T. Hazen leads the Repub-
lican ticket in every ward in the city
and the indications are that he win
have the largest majority on the
ticket
Congressman Curtis vote is some
what Of a disappointment to Republican
managers as it was thought he would
run far ahead of the ticket. even in
case of a loss in the vote. While he
did run a few votes ahead his gain will
really amount to little in the city
The Republican detection in Topeka
is great surprise to the Republican
leaders They have claimed the county
from the first by the old time majority
Of more than 3 1000 and they realize now
1T-1 ont
Santa Fe shop vote which was thought
TO be for Mckinley turns out to have
been against him and the Second ward
is thought to have been carried for
Bryan and Leedy by a good majority.
Nearly every election board ia Topeka
STAYED UP all night counting votes and
at 9 o'clock this morning some We're
still counting