The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-31
ENCOURAGED.
Registration Books Close With
Satisfactory Results.
Nearly 5000 People Can Vote
For City Hall.
LARGEST In HISTORY.
Never Before Have People TAX
en- Such Interest.
Enterprising German Gives
Good Advice to Shop Men.

The friends of progress are well
pleased with the showing made by the
registration books for the city hall
election, although the registration fell
a little short of what they had hoped.
There were 7 ,9O1 names on the books
when the Office of the commissioner OF
elections closed last night During the
afternoon and evening 400 men con-
cluded that they might want to vote
after all, and they rushed up to the
commissioner office to register. As
many more called to make corrections
in their registrations or to see that they
We're on the books all right
This shows that the people are
awakening to the Importance of this
election to the city of Topeka 1t
shows that they are beginning to re-
alize that If Topeka is to retain her
position in the state she must merit
it by building a modern city hall in
which state meetings can be held; she
must show that she is a live, progress
sive city, and not go backward as the
opponents Of progress would have her
do
The registration is within 90 names of
the number that the friends of the city
hall project thought ought to be regis
tered 1t is an extremely large regis
rratlOn considering that there IS no
state election on and no candidates to
be voted for. It is an increase of about
1900 over the registration of last spring
fall when every political party was
striving its utmost to get out full
vote and when state election increased
the interest.
7 think said Deputy Commissioner
George Wagner today, that this is the
largest registration ever had in Topeka
when there was not a state or national
election to get the voters OUT
1t will be several days yet before the
exact registration by wards will be
known, as the names have to be trans
ferred from the stubs in the receipt
books to the rolls of the various pre-
cinctS.
Now that the registration is con-
Guided the duty devOlves upon every
citizen of Topeka who wishes 10 see
the city grow, who wishes to see it
progressive, to say a good word to his
friends for the city hal proposition, in
order that Topeka may take her proper
the United States. A capital city with
out convention hall would be the
laughingstock of all other cities.
Vote for Progress!
A few days ago a weII-known German
citizen of Topeka was talking with a
number of his friends, who are en-
ployed IN the Santa F'e shops. They
had been made to believe that if the
city hall proposition carries, their taxes
would be increased and they will get
no benet1t from the city hall anyway;
that the only meetings that will be
held in it viii be meetings of people
from over the state, in which they will
have no possible interest; and that they
ought to be against the Commercial
club on general principles
Their German friend found out their
sentiments, and he said:
Shentlemen, if I vos working for a
railroat gOmbany I would see if dis
deposition would INCREASE der pizness
OF dot road and so INCREASE my york
As see it. if dot proposition CARRIES
It means dot the railroads will pring
many more beople TO Topeka to attend
der pig meetings Der rOats will hat
TO haf der cars to haul der people. Der
shopmen will get shOost dot much more
work IN building and rebairing cars and
engines. Der INCREASE in der amound of
work will mooch more than offset der
little INCREASE in der taxes YOU VIII hat
TO pay Shentlemen, I should be for
der proposition
His hearers saw the point and will
vote FOR the city hall proposition.
Vote for Progress!
There are some people in Topeka who