The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-07
NOTHING TO BE DONE.
c. v. Wolf Will Be Declared Nominee
in Third Ward Tonight

! Great interest centers in the canvass
of the vote of the Republican primaries
| which will take place this evening at
| the old court house. There is likely to
be a delegation of the friends of Mr..
| Snattinger present who will try to have
the committee investigate the condition
of the ballots in the Third ward
T. S. Williams, chairman of the COM
| rnittee says: II do not believe that the
committee will pay any attention to the
| ballots. They will simply take the re-
turns as certified to by the judges ard
clerks of the poll books. 1t is doubtful
in my mind whether the committee can
go into the question of whether or not
Wolf or Wolfe received the greatest
number of votes. ] suppose that by go
ing into the courts the committee can
be forced to go over those ballots. But
unless majority of the committee
votes to go into recount of the ballots
in the Third ward, the certificate of the
judges will be taken as final"
Mr.. Snattinger himself is sick abed
at home, and will not be out for several
days. The meeting of the streets and
walks comm ittee of the council set for
this afternoon has been postponed ow-
ing to Mr.. Snattingers' illness.
A committee called upon Mr.. Snattin-
ger Thursday afternoon, and asked him
under what conditions he would consent
to make the race in the Third ward
against Mr.. Wolf. He told the commit
tee that he did not propose to make any
kind of a fight for the place.
One of the members of the committee
said today: Il believe that if Mr.. Snat =
finger makes the race at all. it will be
in response to a strong petition from
Third ward people. He will not accept
a nomination on the Democratic ticket;
that is certain. He is too loyal a Re-
publican for that. But he realizes that
he was beaten by a trick, and 1 think
that if it is shown to him that the peo-
ward
in the council, he will agree to run as
an independent candidate"
If Mr.. Snattinger absolutely refuses
to run the Dem ocrats will nominate
either r. L. Cofran or Captain r M.
Spivey. They believe that the dissatis-
faction among the Republicans of the
Third ward over the trick played on
Snattinger is strong enough to give a
Democrat a good chance for success.
Protests against the action of the wo-
men in defeating Snattinger by a trick
are getting stronger than ever. The
following has been received by the
State Journal:
''To the Editor of the State Journal:
am opp9sed to al scheme mel in , politics
which was used to defeat Mr.: nattinger.
cinct Of the Third ward. When II O'clock
came we called time on him, but his crowd
W Wn r6u 1ii was littie soW When his
crowd came we organized and the polls
were opened at Il rs. When Mr.. Wolf call
ed his congregation to order l was nomi-
mated for one of the judges, but a murmur
of dissatisfa ction passed around the Wolf
circle. A blind man could have seen that
there was hen on so I asked to be ex-
cused. Mr.. Wolf safd he would gladly .ex-
clan backed up in his corner, a sigh of re-
lief once more passed around the Wolf cir
Gle If this scheme had been executed by
the so-called liberal element of the city
it would have called down the wrath of
every home defender in town. / under
stand that there is a secret political or
ganization in this city making a house to
defeat WEIGH. L
opposed to that kind of politics.
"W. r. KUYKENDALIA
st1005 Kansas AVenlle