The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-18
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ticket in the fusion column and for
Stebbins and Stahl in the independent
column. The Prohfbftionfsfs will want
TO vote their state ticket and fer SteD-
bins and Stahl on the Independent
county ticket The Socialists are about
the only ones who will vote a straight
ticket as a party. and it is doubtful if
g. c. Clemens. who is the big end OF
the Socialist party. will vote in the
circle
The fact that the township ballots are
separate from the state and county bal
lots VIII probably keep a good many of
the latter from being invahdated In
the township election year ago 1t was
necessary to write in name on the
township tickets. as is always the case.
II the voters wrote name in a wrong
place or wrote one which was already
printed on the ballot it caused the en-
tire ballot to be thrown out That is
what caused such a large number of
poor ballots last year. The same thing
will probably happen this year in re-
@pect to the township ballots. But a
voter may vote his state and county
ballot all right. because he will have to
do no writing on that; then if he in
validates his township ballot it does not
AnValidate the other. which will be in
another box.
The separate ballot ARRANGEMENT will
also cause much larger vote on the
constitutional amendments. They will
De on ballot by themselves, which will
attract the voters attention to them.
Ae VIII have to return all ballots to the
judges whether he votes them or not,
30 he is likely to express himself for
Or against the amendments.
William Stryker. fusion candidate for
superintendent of public instruction.
complains in his paper. the Wellington
Voice that the buying of new school
at he L
tall is very hard on poor people and
that it is due to the fact that the Re
publican state text book commission
arbitrarily changed the books in use in
the state If Mr.. Stryker should press
this matter it might be more fittingly
charged up to the state text book law,
Tor the passage of which he claimed a
generous amount of credit six years
ago. The law is a good thing, but the
change in school books cannot be
charged up to the Republican party
Some of the changes may not have been
for the best, but taken as a whole the
change is considered a good one and it
will not be such great hardship on
most people after all.
Governor Stanley will close his CAM
palgn at Wichita on Monday night,
November 3. Then he can vote early
the next morning and return to Topeka
Senator Burton will close his campaign
at Abilene also the night before cleo
ton. c. c. Coleman will close at his
home, Clay Center; Congressman Scott
at his home, lola; Congressman Ions
at his home, Medicine Lodge. There are
otners who viii not be so fortunate
Henry Allen and W. T. Vernon will
close at Fort Scott, Congressman Curtis
Rt Hill City, T.. A. McNeal at Garden
City and James A. Troutman at Larned
Spring Hill New Era:
The Kelly organs think they are making
good hit for the embezzler candidate by
ticket by simply making a cross CH) in
names This would be an right If we hal
an honest man as a candidate for state
treasurer in place of Kelly. But in the
esty in office. Tom Kelly must be defeat
ed, and this can not be accomplished by
voting a straight ticket. Hence Pepubl-
cans should not use the circle this year as
you can not vote against Kelly and mark
IN the circle. But the newspapers support
him by talking about how easy it is to
vote 'er straight" by simply making an
NN) IN the circle Don't do it, unless you
want to endorse thief like Kelly.
Eolton Recorder:
For the benefit of those who think that
the nomination of T. T. Kelly for state
treasurer was an outrage but are thinking
atty, we clip the following good sound cd
vice from the Mail and Breeze. one of the
Hbiest and most consistent Republican pa
rs man ever justified in scratching his
UcketE' asks a reader
Certainly he is
mo party obligation can bind man 10
vote for a candidate on his ticket whom
he has every reason to believe will not do
his duty if elected
"A party has right to put up a can
uidate who is either incompetent or dis
honest and then ask the members of the
party to vote for him as a matter of party
loyalty.
"A party has no right to nominate man
who will persistently disregard his official
oath and insist that such candidate s
entitled to be voted for just because he is
on the ticket
But the man who starts in to scratch
his ticket ought to give the matter very
serious attention before he makes up his
mind to scratch. Party discipline is as
necessary to success as military discipline
Is to an army. There must be party leaders
and commanders and their suggestions
must be followed if the party is to sue
coed Every Tom, Dick and Harry cam
not start out to run campaign according
to his own individual ideas. That sort of
business would result in decentralization
and defeat
"A member OF a party has no right to
refuse to support a candidate simply be-
cause that candidate was not his personal
choice. He has no right to scratch the
name of candidate on the ticket because
the candidate is disa greeable TO him in
either a local a business way. If the
candidate on your ticket is competent and
honest you ought to vote for him and you