The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-03
IN DANGER
Unless Friends Make a Rally
Looks Like Defeat.
Light Vote Bodies Ill to the
Park Movement.

The indications this afternoon are
that the park bond proposition is de-
feated unless its friends make a late
rally. The vote. is very light. but the
probability is that the proposition viii
not receive a bare majority, and it re-
qUires a two-thirds majority to carry it,
according to the option of City Attor-
ney Bird.
The opinion prevails generally that
the park proposition is likely to be de-
feated for two reasons: Many people
do not favor the purchase of Martins
Hill at this time, before anything is done
with interior parks; others think the
amount asked for now, $50 900, is too
much with which to begin The citizens
generally want parks, but they fear
scheme to unload real estate or too
much extravaganza at the start That's
the way they talk.
Outside of the First and Second
wards there is practically no interest in
the result, and even in those wards
where there is q. semblance of a contest
over councilmen there will be a light
vote on light registration.
There are scarcely any women voting
at this election, although it is the only
election curing the year at which the
women are permitted to vote. In some
precincts not a woman had voted at
O'Clock this afternoon. and the total fe-
male vote in the city at that time
would not reach 100.
| It has generally been understood that
| the First and Second wards would
| probably be against the bond PROPOSE
|. tion, and as it was expected that there
would be a heavier vote polled in those
/ wards than in the others the friends of
/ the park proposition have been fearful
! of the result but this afternoon the in
/ dications are that the Fourth and Sixth
wards also have voted against the
proposition.
In ha a,-I ~,
| seat in the city council is between J.
| w Blossom, Democrat and s. c. Mil
| Ter. Republican Mr.. Blossom seeks a
reelection On account of the light
| vote speculation as to the result is prac-
tically worthless.
The same is true in the Second ward
where d. S. Myers, Republican, seeks
to defeat A. P. Benson, Democrat, for
| reelection.
In the first precinct of the First ward
/ there had been only AZ votes cast up to
| ] O'Clock, and none of these were
women The registration in the pre-
| cinct is 173
In the second precinct of the First
ward there had been So votes cast out
| Of a registration Of 445, and Is of the
| number were Women
In the third precinct there was
/ heavier vote than in any other in the
city; 133, but the registration is also
large, $40. OF the votes polled 16 were
/ women.
1T lllt@ FDuIIn precinct OF the FIRST
ward there had been 40 male votes and
female votes polled out of a total reg
/ istration of 1872.
The First precinct of the Second ward
| with registration of 81 had poIled
only IS votes at 30 this afternoon, and
| 10 of these were women.
The SecoIid precinct Of the same ward.
with a registration of 324, had polled 81
male votes and 4 female.
In the Fifth precinct of the Second
ward, which has heretofore been one of
the heaviest voting precincts. at ?
| o'clock there had been only so votes ca st
out of registration of BAL. and there
was not a woman in the number
In the First precinct of the Third
, ward there had been ia male votes and
8 woman votes cast out of a total regis
tration OF BIO
The First precinct of the Fourth ward
at 2 O'Clock had cast only 60 male votes
and 3 woman votes out of a registration
of 2S5.
In The Second precinct of the same
ward there had been 60 votes cast out OF
a registration of 316, and of them were
women.
Shortly after noon in the Third pre-
cinct of the Fourth ward there had
been only II votes out of a registration
of 371, and in the Fourth precinct there
had been 26 out Of a registration of 27e
and not woman vote in either precinct
/ Both of these precincts were said to be
strongly against the park proposition.
The second precinct of the Fifth
! WdfQ, at seventeenth street and KAN
sas avenue. had polled So votes out of
a registration Of 300 and of them had
/ been women.
Potwin, the first precinct of the Sixth
ward, was also said to be strongly
against the park proposition. Out OF
a registration of 263 there had been
| only &c votes cast at 12 go
Many voters forgot to vote on the
/ bond proposition at all The PROPOSE
ton was printed across the bottom OF
the ballot and the squares We're placed
at the right. bringing them under the
independent column. which was en-
tirely blank, and as a consequence
many voters did not see them. Out al
business it was to show people how &c
vote. did this
The lack of a contest and the safe Re
publican majorities in all wards but tn,
First and Second, insure the election o
Mr.. Snattinger to the council from tn
Fourth; J. S. Warner from the Fifth. ant
J. w. F. Hughes and S. A. Szxendsol
from the Sixth All of these will be nev
members. except Colonel Hughes and MI
Warner, although Mr.. Weber was recent
. ! ly appointed to the seat vacated by Colo
mel Burgess in the Fourth ward.
1t is probable that all of the Republi
{ | can candidates for members Of the boar
= | of education will be elected. They are
T | First ward. J. F. Buck; Second ward.
| F. Mallory; Third ward. Edward Wilder
, / Fourth ward, A. A. Rodgers and p.
, | BOnebrake, Fifth ward. G. H. Matthews
Sixth ward. G. ". Daley and A. S. Elm
/ bree.
The new members among these will b
Rev Mr. Mallory. Mr.. Rodgers Nj
Daley and Dr. Embree.
The polls close at O'clock this even
ing.