The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-06
Proposition Defeated by Major
ity of About 200.
Returns Show That Country
Was SOlidly Against 1t.
SMALL VOTE IN CITY.
Majority Was Only a Trifie
Over 500.
New Kansas River Bridge Levy
Wa Also Defeated.

The proposition to levy a tax to i'm
prove the fair grounds for state fair
in Shawnee county was killed in the
election in this county Tuesday
The country precincts, it develops,
We're almost solid against the state far
proposition. At Rossville the opposition
was strong. The proposition was de-
feated by a majority of nearly 200 votes.
In the Silver Lake city precincts the
fair grounds proposition had an oppo-
sition of 112 votes against SO for it.
Rochester was IS to against the prop
osition, and unofficial returns from
Oakland precinct show a vote of n to
59 against the proposition, Auburn
gave majority of 175 against the fair
Practically the same ratio exists in
nearly all the country precincts.
Promoters of the state fair who
gathered unofficial reports of the situa-
ton in the country precincts from the
clerks who returned the ballots to the
county court house this morning con-
cede the loss of the proposition by from
$50 to 200 votes.
Major t. J. Anderson, secretary of the
Commercial club. said at noon today:
4 very much fear that the proposition
has been defeated. The country was
more solidly opposed to it than 1 sup
posed. The fact that no memorandum
of the returns were made makes it un-
certain and we can not tell positively
until the vote is canvassed next Friday.
There are 25 country precincts and if
the average majority is 25 the PROPOSE
tiOn is lost.
The proposition to build bridge near
the old sugar mill is undoubtedly lost.
The county already has six bridges
across the Kansas river, and the people
thought that is enough. The PROPOSE
ton was defeated in the city precincts
by 100 votes, and the country districts
We're very much opposed to the propo-
SitiOn.
F. W. Harrison was elected county
commissioner for the Third district In
the two wards in the city where ballots
were cast for this office, the Fifth and
Sixth wards, Mr.. Harrison received
plurality of 230 votes. He ran far ahead
of the other candidates in the country
districts also.
The following is the way the vote of
the city is summed up:
FOR THE FAIR TAX LEVY.
First ward-First precinct. 10; second
precinct, 40; third precinct, rs; fourth
precinct, IA
ond precinct, 40; third precinct, 20;
fourth precinct, A; fifth precinct, 65.
Third ward-First precinct, Ill; sec
ond precinct go; third precinct. IS.
ond precinct, So; third precinct, 46;
fourth precinct, 81
Fifth ward-First precinct, 48; second
precinct, 109; third precinct, 60
Sixth ward-FirSt precinct, 43; second
precinct, 4e.
AGAINST THE PROPOSITION.
First ward-First precinct, 1S; second
precinct, So; third precinct, SO; fourth
precinct, 46.
Second ward-First precinct 9: sec
ond precinct 30; third precinct. 25;
fourth precinct, 43; fifth precinct, p.
Third ward-First precinct, 80; second
precinct, "a; third precinct. 40.
Fourth ward-F'irst precinct, 1S; sec
ond precinct, %; third precinct, 10;
fourth precinct, A.
Fifth ward-First precinct %: second
precinct, 26; third precinct, II.
Sixth ward-First precinct, 81; second
precinct, Il.
Total majority for fair grounds levy,
554
FOR THE BRIDGE
First ward-F'irst precinct, 3; second
precinct. p; third precinct, 21; fourth
precinct, 8.
Second ward-First precinct SO: sec
ond precinct, 33; third precinct, 9;
fourth precinct. q; fifth precinct, AZ.
Third ward-First precinct. rs; sec
ond precinct 62; third precinct. A.
Fourth ward-First precinct. 54; sec
ond precinct. 43: third precinct, 81;
fourth precinct, 36.
Fifth ward-First precinct, 35; sec
ond precinct, A; third precinct, 4S.
Sixth ward-First precinct, 35; sec
ond precinct, 81
First ward-First precinct, 21; second
precinct, 40; tnlrd precinct, of; Iourtn
precinct, So
Second ward-First precinct 10; sec
ond precinct "a; third precinct, "a;
fourth precinct, so; fifth precinct, SO.
Third ward-First precinct, So; sec
ond precinct, 40; third precinct, So.
Fourth ward-First precinct 33; sec
ond precinct, AZ; third precinct, 26;
fourth precinct, 5S.
Fifth ward-F'irst precinct. 90; sec
ond precinct, "a: third precinct, H.
Sixth ward-First precinct, So; sec
ond precinct. 20.
COMMISSIONER, THIRD DISTRICT
Fifth ward-F. w. Harrison, Repub-
1ican: First precinct, so; second pre-
cinct 96: third precinct, So. William
Quail. Democrat: First precinct, 10;
second precinct, 80; third precinct, 6. j.
w Wise, Populist: First precinct, 8;
second precinct 4; third precinct. 6.
Sixth ward-F. W. Harrison: First
precinct, 55; second precinct so. Will
liam Quail: First precinct. IA; second
precinct Z. ]. w. Wise: First precinct
6: second precinct, 1.
Fair grounds majority in city, 545-
Bridge proposition loss in city, 100.
Harrison's plurality in city, 230.