The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-07
REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES.
PrecautionsTaken to Keep Silver Men
Off the Ticket.


The Republicans of Shawnee county
will hold a primary election under the
Crawford county Australian ballot sys-
tenn on Saturday, the 10th day of July,
1897, between the hours of l o'clock p.
and o'clock p. m, in the city of Topeka,
and the precincts of Potwin, Oakland and
Highland Park, and from ? o'clock p. m.
until o'clock p. m. in the remainder OF
the county, in accordance to the law COW
ering primary elections and the Austral-
ian ballot law to select candidates for
the office of county treasurer, county
clerk, register of deeds, sheriff, coroner,
county surveyor and members of the
county central committee for the various
precincts of the county.
The candidate receiving the highest
number of votes cast for the respective
offices will be declared the nominee for
the said office to be voted for at the COM
ing November election.
Any person desiring to have his name
printed on the ticket shall on or before
the 1st day of July, 1897, notify the secre-
tary of the Republican county central
committee in writing of the office for
which he desires to become a candidate.
No persons name shall be printed on said
ticket unless he gives such notice and
pay his assessment as made by the exc
cutive committee on or before the said
1st day of July.
The county central committee will meet
on Wednesday, the 14th day of July, at ?
O'Clock p. m. at the old court house to
canvass the returns.
The ballots must all be counted and
the result announced before the election
boards leave the polling places.
Under a resolution of the county CEN
trail committee, the judges are instructed
to allow no one to vote but known Re-
publicans who supported the national Re-
publican ticket in the November election
of 1896.
The supervisors hereinafter named viii
take charge of the polls and make their
returns to the secretary at the rooms of
the Republican Flambeau club, 627 Kan
sas avenue, Immediately after the count
ing of the ballots. with a certified poh
sheet showing the names of persons re
ceiving votes and the number received by
each, together with the sealed ballots
cast at said election and the defective
and unused ballots for said precinct.
The following is the name and location
of each voting precinct, and the name of
the supervisor:
Rossville township. City building; P H
Zickafoose.
Silver Lake township, HOLSTERS office;
G.. w. West.
Menoken township, Township hall; S. T.
Coleman.
Soldier precinct, eastern division, all
north of city and east Of section line, "
ing east of Rochester road
Kaw Valley. school house; Robert
Keith.
Western division. all north of the city,
and west of section line. lying east of
Rochester road, Shorey school house; G.
W. Belts.
Rochester precinct. Township hall; I.
H. Kingman.
A Rice.
Highland Park precinct, Highland Park
grocery; George w. Fisher.
Pauline precinct, PauTs store, south two
tiers of sections of Topeka township; w.
D. Paul
Oakland precinct, Whitmore's office; c.
W. Whitmore.
Potwin precinct, Aliens barn; J. E.
Larimer.
shunganunga precinct, Baughman's hall;
I. S. Curtis.
Tecumseh precinct, C. A. r. hall; G. s.
Rice
Linn Creek precinct, Disney school
house; Frank B. Baird.
Monmouth precinct, Lyon school house;
G. NJ Beard.
Richland precinct, Farnsworth's store;
B. NJ. Mckee.
North Williamsport precinct, Tice school
house; J. T. Hanna.
South Williamsport precinct. district
No. school house; c. w. Smith.
Auburn township, Padgetts store; A.
w. Padgett.
Kaw precinct, Valencia school house;
Geo. A. Anderson.
Dover precinct, Dover postoffice; John
Tomson.
Willard precinct, willard school house;
S. Pettitt
North Madison precinct, west side; r.
R. station; Charles A Houghton
south Mission precinct, Grange hall; J.
E. Mans
First ward, 1910 North Kansas avenue.
A c. Wallace.
First ward, second precinct. Gordon
street and Topeka avenue: w E. Stewart
Second ward, first precinct, all cast of
R R. track, Griffin's store; T S. VIII
liams.
Second ward, second precinct. all west
of R. R. track, Fourth and Madison; Ed
Halves.
Third ward, first precinct. all east of
Western avenue. H. II. Parlzer's store,
Tenth and Kansas avenue; c. S. Elliott.
Third ward, second precinct, all west of
Western avenue. corner King and Clay;
L. H. Greenwood
Fourth ward, first precinct, all east of
Polk street, Rains livery barn; S. Rain.
Fourth ward, second precinct. all west
of Polk street, livery barn, 525 Western
avenue; F. R. Waters
Fifth ward. first precinct, store, Seven.
teenth and Topeka avenue; N. ]. Bur-
dick.
Fifth ward. second precinct. Hoffman
house; c. A. Smith.
By order of the Republican county. cen
trail committee.
CHARLES E. GAULT, Chairman.
c. D. WATSON. Secretary.
The executive committee has been in
structed to interview candidates suspect-