The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-16
Friends of TOpeka's Progress
Are Not Active.
Registration Books Show a
Small Number Registered.
WHAT THIS MEANS.
City May Be Retarded by the
ObstructiOnists.
If You Believe In Greater To-
peka-Register.

An inspection of the registration
books of the city reveals the fact that
the friends of the city hall project must
wake up and see that their names are
placed on the books so that they can
vote when the time comes. 1t is the
history of every election that before the
polls close on election day a large num-
Der of men are mad at themselves be-
cause they forgot to register. They
meant to do it all along, but they kept
negIecting it until the books had closed.
Then when their attention is called to
the issues on election day they are mad
because they can not vote.
There will probably be a good num-
Der of that class of people when the
city hall proposition comes up, but you
should make it a point to see that you
are not one of them. It is quite prob
able that you are not registered. Only
a small portion of the voters on the
south side have attended to that duty
this year. Don't think just because you
voted at the primaries last spring that
you are entitled to vote at an election.
You don't have to be registered to vote
at primary but you do to vote at any
election in a city of the first class.
The voters of the first ward are regis
tered far better than those on this side
the river. This is not because they
have been registering more lately, but
because they had a sharp contest on
councilman in that ward last spring,
while in all the other wards there was
scarcely any contest at all A large
number of people voted at the primaries,
but the vote at the election was very
light, except in the First ward where
is the strength of the ObStructiOnists.
Here are the figures on the registra-
ton as it stands at present in all pre-
cincts in the city:
First precinct, First ward .554
Second precinct, First ward. ..455
Third precinct, First ward. .... 5O0-15o9
First precinct, Second ward. d....268
Second precinct, Second ward. .321
Third precinct, Second ward. =. 339
Fourth precinct, Second ward. .401
Fifth precinct, Second ward .427-17O6
First precinct, Third ward ......26S
Second precinct, Third ward 300
Third precinct, Third ward. 506
Fourth precinct, Third ward 343-1417
First precinct, Fourth ward 24S
Second precinct, Fourth ward .311
Third precinct, Fourth ward =. 3O8
Fourth precinct, Fourth ward. .309-1176
First precinct, Fifth ward......389
Second precinct, Fifth ward. .419- sos
Sixth ward NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 80
Tbe % first tbine fo,. the f,a,,li f t,e 100
city hall proposition to do is to regis
ter. After that they will be in a posi-
ton to vote when the time comes. The
only way in which the proposition can
DS ue1SdteO tS luTOuSn apathy on the
part of the people Of the south side who
want to see the city hall built but who
think that there will be enough votes
without theirs, and they will therefore
neglect to register. This is the very
thing that the Obstructionists are bank
ing on They are hoping that the pro-
gressive element of the city will believe
itself SO secure that few will put forth
any effort in behalf of the proposition.
They. figure that if this is done the
matter will go by default and only a
small portion of the people who are
really anxious for the new building will
turn out to vote. Then they will mass
all of their forces on election dav in the
hope of defeating the proposition.
The moral of this is that vou sbOu1d
see that your name is on the registra-
tion books today. Don't put it off untiI
some other time. And see that the man
VINO lives next to you is registered, and
also the one who has his desk next to
yours in your office.