The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-31

to be very much dissatisfied with the
way he was treated by the Democrat tic
city central committee. One of Mr..
Deitrich's friends said:
1T was put-up job to rob Mr..
DIETRICH of the honor of running for
the office of councilman. DIETRICH was
the nan Who was noa714s. ted.
H P. Miller says. L was secretary
of the meeting where the Fifth ward
nominations were made Elder was
nominated for council and DIETRICH for
school board That is the way 1 got 1t
on my notes."
State Journal the day after the meet
ing referred to that DIETRICH was the
nominee for councilman and Elder for
the school board, but he now says that
he was mistaken, and that his notes on
the mee&ng showed it to be the other
The Regular Republican nominees in
the Third. Fourth and Sixth wards will
doubtless win without much difficulty.
The Fourth ward people are looking out
for a still hunt against Weber, and the
Third warders are a bit suspicious that
something unexpected may be sprung
in behalf of Spivey. George Tincher,
in the Sixth ward, is the only candi-
date who is really resting easy in his
mind.
NEW STYLE OF BALLOTS
This is the first election in Topeka
at which the new style of Australian
ballots will be used. The directions for
marking the ballot are very compli
Gated and unintelligible and it is prob
able that in no other state besides
Kansas could a majority of the voters
get through the tangle of instructions
without running afouL
The official instructions given on the
ballot are as follows: This ballot
should be marked in one of two ways
with pencil having black lead.
First, to vote a straight ticket, n AXE Il
cross mark within the circle below one
of the devices or emblems shown there
on, and not elsewhere on the ballot. The
second way is not to make any mark
within any circle. but to make a cross
mark in the square at the right of the
name of each candidate for whom you
desire to vote. To vote for a person
whose name does not appear on the
ticket, write the name of such person
under the title of the office in the blank
column, and make a cross mark in the
square at the right of his name" 1t is
further provided, however, that if yo-
ter marks cross in the circle, and also
in all the squares of the same ticket the
vote shall be counted.
VOTING PLACES
The following is a complete list of
the polling places, revised by the COM
N issioner of elections:
First ward-First precinct, S14 North
Kansas avenue; second precinct, Mar
ShalPS carpenter shop; third precinct.
1912 North Kansas avenue; fourth pre-
cinct, 1884 North Kansas avenue.
Second ward-F-irst precinct, 303 East
First avenue; second precinct, 300 East
Fourth street; third precinct, 918 East
Fourth street; fourth precinct, 1908
East Sixth street; fifth precinct, Audi
torium.
Third ward-First precinct. 931 Kan
sas avenue; second precinct, 507 West
Tenth street; third precinct, corner
Huntoon and Lincoln.
Fourth ward-First precinct, 211 West
Sixth street; second precinct. city pris-
on; third precinct, 334 Taylor: fourth
precinct, 5Z5 Fillmore street.
Fifth ward-F,irst precinct, 1701 Bu-
chanan street; second precinct, 1900
Van Buren street; third precinct, 1905
Washington a-enue.
Sixth ward-First precinct, Aliens
carpenter shop; second precinct 961
Spruce street.
THE CANDIDATES.
The names of the opposing candidates
at the election Tuesday are as follows:
For the city council: First ward, S.
C. Miller, J. W. Blossom; Second ward,
Geo. Elliott, E. B. Snyder; Third ward,
C. v Wolf, r. NJ Spivey; Fourth ward,
w F. Weber; Fifth ward, Samuel T.
Howe, I. s Elder; Sixth ward, Geo.
Tincher, J. w Tucker.
For board Of education: First ward,
Russell Barber, j. 3. Billiard: Second
ward, F. E. Mallory, w. ], Whittekind;
Third ward, Edward Wilder, A. NJ Har-
vey; Fourth ward, A. A. Rodgers; Fifth
ward, E. E Kieth. Robt. DIETRICH: Sixth
ward, Emmett Roudebush, d. H. Nor
gan.