The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-02
ONE MORE DAY.
The City Election Takes Place
on Tuesday.
Principal Issue Is the New Park
Proposition.
FORWARD OR BACK.
Question Is One of Keeping Up
With Procession.
List of Polling Places and
Clerks and Judges.

A0--AO4AOW t1AG city GACCllOA Will NC
held. There is little interest in it aside
from contests over the election of coun-
Gilman in the First and Second wards,
and the park proposition.
The election is of great Importance
to the city on account of the proposition
to vote $4,000 for the establishment Of
park system. If this carries it viii
be great step forward for the city of
Topeka; if it is defeated it will be
corresponding setback for the city
The registration has been very light
and every friend of progress, every
voter who wants to see Topeka move
forward instead Of retrograde, and who
is registered, should go to the polls and
vote for the park proposition. Only
men can vote on this proposition;
women are not allowed to vote on bond
propositions of this nature
The proposition is printed across the
bottom Of the ballot, SO do not overlook
it. 1t ] eads as follows:
Shall the mayor and council of the
city of Topeka borrow $50, 900 and issue
the bonds of the city of Topeka for said
amount for the purpose of purchasing
and condemning lands for public parks
for the city of Topeka, and for park
development and improvement, which
bonds shall mature in twenty years
from the date of the issuance of the
same, and bear interest at the rate of
per cent per annum, payable semi
There is a contest over the election of
councilman in the First ward. J. ".
Blossom, the present member from the
First ward, IS a Democrat, and he is op-
posed by y &. Miller as the Republican
nominee. There is more interest over
the outcome of this contest than there
is in any other ward in the city.
A. P. Benson, who is a candidate for
reelection in the Second ward, is also
4 Democrat, and the Republicans are
running D. $. Myers against him. Mr..
Myers is a Santa F'e shopman and will
probably win
In all the other wards the Republicans
have such a majority that the election
is not even interesting.
There are eight members of the board
of education to be elected-one regular
/ ly from each ward, and vacancies to be
filled in the Fourth and Sixth wards.
/ Members of the board of education are
/ voted for by the entire city, but they
are selected from their respective wards.
/ The Republican candidates are:
First ward, J. F. Buck; Second ward,
/ +. r. Mallory; Third ward, Edward
/ Wilder; Fourth ward, A. A. Rodgers
/ and p. 1. BOnebrake; Fifth ward G. H.
! Matthews; Sixth ward, G. W. Daley
and a. S Embree.
The Democrats have nominated no
one in opposition to either Mr.. Wilder
or Mr.. Rodgers. The other Democratic
/ and Populist candidates are:
First ward, r. S. Plummer; Second
ward, w. J. Whittekind; Fourth ward,
! W. a. Roberts; Fifth ward, H. A.
/ Ruble; Sixth ward, NJ. NJ. Stebbins and
C. S. Ogilvy
This is the first election held since the
/ changes were made in the ward boun-
daries and new precincts established. In
some of the wards the polling places
have been changed altogether.
In the First ward there are now four
precincts instead of three.
The Second ward has the same num-
raH ,raf- er1+1
between Seventh street and Eighth ave-
nue. has been added to the ward, but
the polling places have been changed tic
q. great extent.
The Third ward has lost one precinct
and now has only three. The polling
place at Clay and King streets is
abolished. This is where Lowman Hill
people voted, and they are now in the
Sixth ward.
The Fourth ward remains unchanged
in its precincts and voting places, al
though 1t has lost strip off its west
side.
The Fifth ward has gained a precinct
and the new voting place is located al
Seventeenth and Buchanan streets. Thi:
is where the residents of Martin & Den
mis- addition vote.
The Sixth ward gains a new precinct
and the voting place IS at S35 Brigham
avenue, where the Lowman Hill people
now vote. The polls open at a. m. anC
close at s p. m.
The voting places by wards and pre-
cincts, and the judges and clerks Of tbs
election will be as follows:
FIRST WARD.
First precinct-Xoting place. s12 Nortl
Kansas avenue. Judges-R E. Jones, J
J T. Bartel. o.. d. skinner Clerks-A. E
? Rugger and S. w. Miller.
shafts shop SOS North Van Buren,
Judges-J- P. Berry, NJ. F. Gamlo wsld
Z John Marshall. Clerks-John Durkin
Third precinct-voting place, zoos Nortl
Kansas avenue. Judges-F- S. Stevens
T. g. Dennis Z. Holcomb. Clerks-M. I
3 Kelley, II. Clay Bowen.
: ,,. Fourth precinct-,Votin place, Drol
: avenue. Judges-R. c. Wallace, Ere
) Marks, JOS. Allen. Clerks. NJ. Bryan
) NJ. A. Blanchard.
SECOND WARD
FIRST preeinet-Voting place, Cope
= commission house. l1Sls Kansas avenue
: Judges-John Langen, A L. Benson, Jc
3 sseph Jones' Clerks-Jesse Persley, Der
oa Tfha pgFsdas4olRg pPs sTke 9o4 5 Ea
3 Arms trong, Ed Halves. Clerks-Geo. Ber
. SON Frank Ellison jr.
8 Third precinct-Voti place. Sheehan'
3 store. us East Fourth. Judges-Davi
Close, ]. ]. Jewett. NJ. G Mccormack
. Fourth precinct-Voting place, Randall
= shop corner Sixth and Chandler. Judge
. Fisher Clerks-J. c. Yohey. T. T. Jones
Q Fifth precinct-Voting place. Veal
nall. J. F. Carter. CIerks2Ed WiIco1
y THIRD WARD.
. First precinct-Voting place, g33 Kansa
Q avenue. Judges-J NJ Hart. J. Barrett
Q .. X Swayze. Clerks-W. B. Wayne
9 second precinct-voting place. SOC we.
= rehR2 avenue; gudges-H- w. Craig, !:
9 Aehenback. De r. .Jetrnore
= third precinet-V citing place, corns