The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-25
Brooks DisintegratiOn in the
Fifth Ward.
RESENTING JOBBERY.
COlored People Remember the
Effort to Defeat ROundtree.
Friends of the City Should Not
Neglect to Vote.
Polls Open Until Seven O'Clock
This Evening.

The cause of the people is in danger.
The WaterwotI1s people are more des-
perate than the people even supposed
they would be. A deliberate effort was
made this morning to capture the or
ganization at every polling place in the
city. In only two or three places was
the effort successful. Whites and blacks
of the lowest class cluster around the
voting booths crowding out the decent
people. Repeaters are busy and they
are the usual class from the slums of
the city.
Every worker that money can buy
is at work in the interests of the water
company. No one knows to what ex
tremes these people may go in their des-
peration. With favorab Bile weather there
would be no doubt whatever of the re-
suit. The death struggle of the New
Jersey corporation has commenced and
the people should see that it is contin-
ued.
At noon today the Brooks crowd had
polled nearly all its strength, say the
ward workers, and at that hour it was
conceded that Brooks had the best of
the vote in the west precinct of the
Second ward. the west precinct of the
Third ward and the east precinct of the
Fourth ward though the latter place
the city the friends Of Mr.. Drew claim
big majority of the vote.
Everything hinges upon the late vote
TINS afternoon and evening. The Brooks
people hope that the rain will continue
for their only hope of success is that the
mass of the people of the city who are
conceded to be for Drew will not vote.
Every available carriage has been
pressed into service on both sides and
the people who are willing to vote will
find conveyances at their call.
But people should not wait for car
rlages, No one should neglect to vote
II ne has the interests of the city at
heart. Remember that the opposition
has everything that money will buy in
an election and that it is your duty to
vote.
Mounted police are on dutv all over
the city and the repeaters will be care
fully watched and arrested when found
An eHort IS being made to not allow the
good people of the city to be overawed
and brOw-beaten by the crowd that all
the polls.
The supporters of Brooks, who have
the JOINTS on their side, did not print
the aftidavits they had collected. They
We're AFRAID OF rebuke from the decent
people of the city. Instead of these
documents the statement was made
that the joints had been heIping along
DreWs campaign. This was coupled
with an arraignment of the Good Citi-
zensh1p league, which the Brooks sun
Drew. e
A more absurd proposition than these
Two conplned can not be imagined The
fact is that the Brooks people have at
teInpted 10 make their campaign on the
open saloon issue and they now want to
prejudice the other class against the
opposing candidate
!he people see but one great issue in
TINS nght-the waterWorks-and thew
will not be wheedIed and whinned INTO
thinking anything else.
Inc Brooks forces endeavored to or
saHlze the board at each of the two
precincts of the First ward without CON
sulting anyone. In each case tbev I,ere
defeated and Drew men were given an
equal representation
AT the voting place of the second pre-
SIhcl, Marshalls shop, the Drew men
round the board just ready to Oreanize
When they arrived, but when Super-
visor r. G. Stoner announced that it
was time to organize the Rrool~s ,,,a,1
were defeated in their atternnt 70 80
the organization - "A
Al the voting place of the first pre-
JiIct, Slz North Kansas avenue. the
Drew forces found the doors Ioo1eal5
when they arrived, but tbev der,sn6oCi
au1nlttance and defeated the Brooks
men TO control the organization.
DeSplte the rain large crowds are as
sembled around both voting places snd
a heavy colored vote was cast nm 70 10
o'clock. and the Brooks suD6orters
claimed the largest part of the vote
Ns~f7N' OOI bileAT strength seemed TO be
ABOUT spent and a steady stream of
Drew voters commenced shortly after
noon. The women's vote was fair CON
sidering the weather N0
o. D. Skinner, who has been around
the polls in the First ward since tbaI-
opened. said: The vote is for Drew
1here IS no question about his election ,;
In the Second ward there is little
ooubt that Mr. Drew will receive a hand
some majority The Brooks workers
cohcede that .the east precinct of the
Ward IS for Drew. In the west precinct
the election board is divided but at
noon the Brooks faction probably had
the best of the fight The Santa Fe
shop men had not voted to any extent
up TO noon but they are Interested in
the questions involved and thev will
vote this afternoon. There is absoI11teIv
no question about where the ma iority
OF the Santa Fe shop men stand on the
questions at issue e-i0
In the Third ward it is possible that
Brooks will carry the west precinct b11t
tne workers claim that the women vote
this afternoon will more than even
things up in this precinct This pre
clnct is a Brooks stronghold and It is