The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-03-17
OVER ONE THOUSAND
Registration Yesterday Was
"a Record Breaker.
WOMEN BEAT THE MEN
Both Committees Will Try to
Beat the Record Today.
WOMEN BEAT THE MEN

The people OF Wichita have awakened
to the responsibility of their duties as
citizens.
Yesterday many people came to the city
building in response to the effort set
forth by the Eagle to get out the regis
tration OF the city. The election Of mayor
and other officers has awakened the peo-
pie 10 the importance Of registering and
yesterday the citizens, including many
ladies, came out in full force TO register
their names 50 as to be able 10 vote on
the day Of election.
The poll clerks We're busy yesterday
from o'clock until O'Clock placing the
names Of the residents on The books. Sew
eral OF the wards were evenly contested
for the largest number Of registration and
before the polls closed had figured up the
largest days register that had been made
OF any day thai had been known in years.
At O'Clock last night over 1000 persons
had been TO the city building and added
their names TO the :, 500 that had already
gone TO the city building.
The registration stands today about
one-half as many as should vote at the
coming election.
Today an extra effort vii lbe made to get
out as many as viii volunteer to register.
The election Of Mayor Ross opponent
would be followed by a long line of costly
experiments in city government Wichita
during the last few years has become a
city Of home-owners. Every other man in
Wichita owns his home. He got it when
property was at bedrock. BY the build
ing OF sidewalks, the improvements of
streets, the conscientious care Of the city's
affairs, Mayor Ross has increased the
value of every foot of property in the city
of Wichita. He has made thousands of
homes saleable and Of appreciate value.
If less careful man had held the reins
during the past two years things would
have been different. With a city not i'm
proving as he has improved it, houses
would not have been built as they have
been built, additions would not have gone
up as they have gone up, residences would
not have been painted as they have been
painted, affording artisans in Wichita
work, and giving the city the upward
movement it had waited for so long.
The city of Wichita suffered after the
boom from malevolent reports in the east.
Capital was afraid Of the city. afraid TO
invest, afraid to touch single enterprise
In the town. It has taken ten years to
persuade the east and investors that
Wichita is all right, stable, sold and pro-
Gressive.
1t has already gone out over the coun-
try that Wichita has a hard municipal
fight on. The turning down of Mayor
Ross means the inauguration of a number
OF experiments which Will be- in due order. |
spread broadcast over the east. revivinc
old stories against the city and creating
new ones, which viii be bound to be det- !
rimental to the progress of Wichita.
1t is not political talk. It is horse
sense that the defeat of Mayor Ross under
the present conditions means a serious |
hurt to the city. a positive injury to every |
hcme-owner in Wichita.
good many people who are negecting |
to register are inclined to look upon the |
coming city election as a good deal of a |
Joke It IS avery serious affair. as some |
of the men who are vitality interested in |
the progress Of the city may learn. if they |
do not register and at once. and get their |
friends to register.