The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-31

ner hall last night, that he did not know
who John Seaton and u. B. Sharpless
would vote for, for senator. in case of
their election.
Probably one of the most fruitful
sources of Illegal ballots will be the
marking of squares after the words mo
nomination" It has been ruled by the
attorney generals department that such
a mark will invalidate the ballots. but
hundreds Of voters will doubtless make
who are trying to teach voters how to
vote are doing that very thing.
The Pratt Union this week publishes
three columns of the official ballot to
show fusion voters how to mark their
ballots so as to vote the fusion state
ticket in the Democratic column and the
fusion county ticket in the Peoples
column. The fusionists made no nomi-
nation for county commissioner and the
space for that office is flied by the words
no nomination al the Bottom of the
fusion county ticket. The Union places
a cross in every square which it in
structs fusion voters to marlx, including
the one after mo nomination. for coun-
ty commissioner. Every voter who fol-
lows this instruction will have his vote
counted out. Be careful not to vote for
mo nomination
In Kaw township over in Wabaunsee
county no township candidates were
named by either party There will be
for that township with all the party
headings and emblems. but six of the
columns viii be filed with the words
no nomination" The seventh or last
column will be blank. and each voter
will have to write in the names of the
persons for whom he wishes to vote for
township offices.
A Kansas City paper has been pub
fishing communications from Atchison
on its first page asking why Bailie Wag-
gener wants to run for the legislature
and attributing sinister motives to him
Waggener is going to close his cam
paign in Atchison Monday night in the
biggest hall in the town, and advertises
that he will tell why he is running Cor
the legislature. 1t is expected that the
entire town will turn out to hear him
James a. Kimban of Salina, has re-
signed as secretary of the H. d. Lee
mercantile interests in that town, and
his action has set politicians to guessing
He is a member of the Republican state
central committee and an active friend
OF Mr. Bailey, and the politicians are
guessing that he is to have a good lob
under Bailey's administration, though
just what it will be no one seems to
know Mr.. Kimball's resignation has
been in the hands of his company for
two months, but was not made effective
until November 1. He says that he in
tends to engage in ~'other business but
does not specify what. Kimball has
been at the head of the United CONNER
clal Travellers of Kansas and WAS at
one time imperial potentate of the Mys.
| tic Shrine. He is noted in Salina as
a man of unusual executive ability.
| The story has been published on J. D.
Botkin, fusion candidate for congress-
man. -at-large, that he once joined the
old citizens alliance which was a
branch Of the farmers alliance. and
took VOW never to vote either the Re-
publican or Democratic tickets. In view
of the fact that he is himself on the
Democratic ticket this year the Repub-
| licans have been asking what he pro-
poses to do about it.
Mr.. Rotkin today issued a signed
statement in refutatiOn of the story. He
says he never took such an oath His
statement is as follows:
My attention has been called to a report
gong the rounds of the papers to the ef-
| feet that I at one time Joined the National
| Citizens Industrial Alliance and took an
\ oath never to vote the Democratic or the
/ Republican ticket Permit me to saw that
1 never belonged to this organization or to
any other whose oath carries any abridge-
ment whatever of A members political
freedom. 1 know nothing of the n. C. l.
! A. except that such an organization was
said to have existed about ten years ago.
am not opposed to secret organizations
as is evidenced by the fact that 1 am a
member of the Ancient Order of United
/ Workmen, the Modern Woodmen of Amer
! lea and several other fraternaI Insurance
/ orders. I shall vote the Democratic ticker
4 this year because that party in Kansas
/ advocates tax reform. public ownership
and direct legislation; and because the
men that party nominated are earnest pro-
moters of these great reforms. 1 shall
vote that ticket for the further reason
that it contains nine men nominated by
the regular Peoples Party convention and
for the still further reason that under the
! Republican ballot law this is the only pos
sible way of uniting the reform forces
against the boss-ridden. trust, ruled Rep1lb-
licar party. which is chiefly distinguished
this year for its efforts to 1isfranchise a
large portion of Kansas citizens.
J. T. BOTKIN
paa4.eRaa Rohhed Of 81 enn