The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-09-09
VOTING SLOWLY.
Rain Interferes With City Hall
Auditorium Election.
Light Vote Not Confined to
South Side.
LITTLE OPPOSITION.
Guessers Say That 1t Is All
One Way.
Friends of Progress Confident
of Result.
LITTLE OPPOSITION.

notwithstanding the rain and a light
vote at noon today the friends of pro-
gress believe that the city hall prOpOsi-
tion win carry by a good majority. The
light vote was not only on the south
side of the river. but on the north side
as well, and many of the opponents Of
the proposition concede that this means
defeat for them.
The watchword of the friends of the
proposition is everywhere visible. Vote
for Progress" is seen on every street
car and on dozens of carriages.
Conditions were favorable during the
first part of the forenoon for a large
vote 1t was cool and while the sky
was overcast, the appearances indi-
Gated that it would clear off People
put off voting. however. and soon after
II o'clock the rain began to come down
There was more voting after the rain
commenced that before. In the First
precinct of the Fourth ward, at Rains
livery parn. there had been only ~
votes cast; at 1:3O there had been 49,
The registrat ton is 319.
In the Second precinct of the Fourth
at the city prison, there had been 6S
votes at Ills out of a registration of
3S5. At 80 this vote had run up to
1876, and as near as could be told there
We're very few votes against the pro-
position.
there were only "A votes cast out Of a
registration of $50 at 11:30. but this
vote was almost unanimous for the
proposition.
While only A votes have been cast"
said George W. Clark. Il think only
two or three of them have been against
the proposition
Out in the Fourth precinct Of the
Fourth there We're g. votes cast short
" before noon, and as near as could be
told by those who were keeping tab
on the voters not more than three or
four of them had been against the
bonds The registration in the precinct
is 470
In the Sixth ward, Potwin there had
been Al votes cast out of a registration
of 15S at Il o'clock. Only a few Of
these were against the proposition. but
it was said that there was opposition to
it in Auburndale which might vote
later in the day
The Fifth precinct of the Second
ward is showing up well. At 80 it had
cast $50 votes, and of that number not
more than 19 or 20 had been against the
proposition. This is the precinct in
which the new city hall will be built
It has a registration of 532 and VIII
give a big majority for the PROPOSE
tion.
The First precinct of the Second
ward had cast SO votes at 1:15. and the
Second precinct had cast SO. but il was
impossible to tell about the nature Of
the vote with any degree of accuracy.
The registration in the First precinct
is 321. and in the Second 331
The vote over in the First ward was
a great disappointment to the oppo-
nents of the new city hall at ! o'clock
At that hour out of total registration
of nearly l 500 less than $50 votes had
been cast, and it was by no means GER
tain that the opposition had a very
large ma ajOrity of these. The First pre-
cinct with a registration of $50 had
cast So votes; the Second precinct with
a registration of 489 has cast 72, ana
the Third precinct had cast 79 out of "a
registration of 524.
light vote in the First ward is IA
vorable to the proposition, and unless
the opposition makes a big effort to get
out their vote before the polls close it
means that North Topeka will not give
an overwhelming majority against the
proposition