The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-08
OFFICIAL COUNT.
Mr.. Drew Gains Al, Making His
Majority 1904.
He Received Seven-Eighths of
the Women Vote.
74O VOTES WE'RE CAST
For Mayor and For No Other
Officer, Showing That
Many People Didn't Care or
Didn't Know How to Vote.

The city council met as required by
law last evening and canvassed the re-
suit of Tuesdays city election. The
work of most of the council consisted in
sitting around till two or three members
had checked over the poll books, and
then signing their names to the report
which had been previously made out by
City Clerk McFadden.
Every member of the council was
present when Mayor Fellows raped on
his desk at 8 o'clock and had the roll
called. COuncilmen Roundtree and
Warner were appointed as tellers to
check up on the figures as they were
read from the poll books City Clerk
McFadden had prepared a table giving
the unofficial vote as it had been report
ed to him, and the tellers changed the
figures on that when any changes &C.
CURED, which were not frequent.
The male and female vote in every
precinct for each candidate was kept
separate in the table, something which
has never before been done but which
will show exactly how the women voted
for each candidate.
1t was expected that the canvass
would be completed in hurry, but the
council soon discovered different. The
names of the candidates were not al
ways in their proper order on the poll
books. and III some of the precincts the
total male and female vote had not
Deen separated, ana the CanVaSSlnS
board had to separate it. AS result it
was after 10 o'clock before all the poll
books had been checked up. After that
had been done the adding of the totals
was left for City Clerk McFadden to do
today, but as there was no doubt over
any office the members of the council
all signed a report as a board of can
vassers, certifying to the election of
the successful candidates.
The official count shows that the total
vote for the head of the ticket was s.
944, and of these 4,473 were men and l.
All were women. The figures also show
that MayOr-elect Drew received ap-
proximately seven-eighths of the votes
of the women, and three-fourths of the
male vote.
Mr.. Drew's total vote on the official
count was 1924, a gain of Al over the
unofficial count. Mr.. Clemens vote re-
main unchanged, 574, while DIR. Taylor
lost 5, making his official vote 746. This
makes Mr.. Drew's majority over both
candidates 1904.
There were 740 more votes for mayor
than for any other office, showing that
many people voted for the head of the
ticket and nothing else.
The official vote on the principal Of
fees is as follows:
MAYOR.
Drew-Men, 1865; women, 1855; total,
1924.
Clemens-Men, 497; women, n; total,
574.
Tay1or-Men, sos; women, 1873; total.
746.
Drew's majority, 1904
CITY CLERK
Squires-Men, 1929; women. 964; total.
1898.
Collins-Men. 294; women, 81; total.
1926.
Shreves-Men, 743; women, lab; total,
$50.
Squires' majority, 1882.
CITY ATTORNEY.
Bird-Men, 5000; women, $50; total,
1850.
Herald-Men. 2ss; women. AZ; total
342.
Rosen-Men, 1877; women. 1872; total.
SS9
Birds majority, 2,731.
CITY TREASURER.
Hale-Men, 1893; women, 924; total,
Dietrich-Men, 271; women. 80; total.
301.
Chase-Men, 675; women, 124; total.
799.
Hale's majority, 2s57.
COUNCILMAN FIRST WARD.
Betts-Men, 56S; women, 3O5; total,
s73.
Han1ey-Men. 2s4; women. pol; total,
695.
Belts majority, 17S.
COUNCILMAN SECOND WARD.
Mergan-Men, 7O3; women, 230; total,
933.
Adams-Men. BIZ; women, Al; total.
1858.
Mergan's majority, SIS.
COUNCILMAN THIRD WARD.
Elliott-Men, I'll; women, 172; total,
sS3
Hart-Men, "A; women, 8; total, So.
Case-Men, Sc; women, 4; total, so.
Elliotts majority, III.
COUNCILMAN FOURTH WARD.
Chaney-Men, 64S; women, 1876; total,
1888.
Robbins-Men, So; women, 6; total. SO.
Hitt-Men, 50; women, 9; total, 1O4.
Chaneys majority, 620
COUNCILMAN FIFTH WARD.
Roundtree-Men, 267; women, 10; to-
taI,. 81.
Thoznas-Men, 120; women, 10; total,
13g.
Roundtree's majority, 23S.
JUDGE OF CITY COURT.
McCabe-(Men only vote for court Of
ficers) 2,949.
Ward-807.
McCabe's ma jority. 2,142
CLERK OF COURT.
Good-2557
Burdge176.
SpiVey-S11.
Goods majority, 1.570.
MARSHAL OF CITY COURT.
Stonestreet-2,094.
JenkinS-1590.
StonestreetS majority, 504
AUDITORIUM BONDS.
For-Men 2 3S1; women 64S; total, 1929
Against-Men, 800; women, 249; total, l.
149.
$50.
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