The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-11-21
AWARDED THE DOLL.
Mr.. John Waters Gets the Most Votes
but Mr.. Larimer's Supporters
Displeased

Ralph Moore decided Saturday night
that John Waters won the doll with sos
votes to Hagan's 451.
The whole affair was rather spOntan-
eous and nobody seemed to appreciate
that at the last minute there would be
a great rush and scramble by the back
ers of the different candidates to get
their votes in.
Early in the evening it was announced
that from 10 to 1880 the voting would be
done in the dark That the an
cast after that time would not be CIV
en- out and that the hackers of each
candidate would have to vote without
their knowing how the opposition stood.
Under these conditions the followers OF
James E. Larimer were prepared to
vote $500 or $3.50 worth for Larimer ana
on a pinch $50 or $25 worth more. When
Frank Sim found that the bauotinG
would not be in the dark as was first
agreed he refused to cast any ballots
whatever for Larimer and announced
that unless the bauoting would be in the
dark Larimer would not be in the race.
The contest was gotten up for the bene-
fit of the kindergarten and by not hav-
ing the ballOting in the dark the kim
dergarten is out $3.50 to $500 and per-
hapS more as the hackers of other cam
didates would have been forced to stand
by their choice and put in more money
and votes.
ballot to close, 1880, there was quite a
crowd packed about the ballot box.
Ralph Moore was standing with a. watch
counting off the time. Prof. Samuels
one of Lariner's hackers again request
ed a dark ballot but Charles K. Holli-
day. who had charge of the voting, re-
fused to allow the voting to be in the
dark He said it was only fair that it
be continued as it was begun. Then
Prof. Samuels again refused to vote
for I4arimer.
The mistake was made in not having
the arrangements perfected beforehand
and in having three disinterested parties
as judges. Mr.. Holiday was a sup
porter of Waters and could not be called
upon to decide a question impartially.
Ralph Moore was not in power to make
any decision and so Mr.. Holidays decis-
ion had to go. Somebody had to decide.
When Ralph Moore announced that
there were but ten seconds left in which
to vote, Frank Bennett stepped up and
voted 300 votes or $50 worth for Eugene
Hagan.
Almost instantly after Mr.. Bennett
dropped the money Mr.. Holiday drop
ped SIS worth of votes for Waters. The
vote had stood previously to that ISL
for Hagan and 300 for Waters. The
800 votes brought Hagan up to 451 and
the $50 votes brought Waters up to 450.
Time said Moore.
eve win by one vote,' said Bennett
Then a so cent piece and a five dollar
bill were discovered lying on the coun-
ter and the discussion arose as to
whether it had been voted in time OR
not. Moore could not keep time and
watch the money both and after a long
Wrangle he left it to a vote of those
present and the vote was that Waters
should have the doll. The hackers of
Larimer and Hagan, when they saw
that the outcome was so badly mixed
up, agreed that the voting might go I'M
til Monday noon and that judges should
be appointed to properly conduct the
contest. This Mr.. Holiday refused to
agree to. The five dollars and the so
cent piece were accepted by Moore
when the crowd voted Mr.. Waters the
doll and his vote then was sos
The followers of both Larimer and
Hagan are greatly displeased over the
outcome and both sides contend that
the contest was not carried on in a
manner fair to all The ladies of the
kindergarten are sorry that they did not
make as much money as possible out of
it, but are still glad and grateful that
they got as much as they did. AS it
was the doll brought $127.1O
The final standing of those who had
more than five votes was as follows:
John c. Waters, sos; Eugene Hagan
451; J. w. Gleed, III; James E. Larimer
80; Charles Lagerstrom, q; Tom King
z; Frank Lewis, z; Dean Low, 5; Walter
Burgess