The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-06
Defeat of Councilman Snattin-
ger Creates a Stir.
Trick Deplored by Business Men
and Party Workers.
STRANGE MIX UP.
Complication Arises Over Spell
ing Name of sc Wolf"
Talk of an Independent Candi-
date in Third Ward.


the Third ward 4s hours ago, is now a
seething, sizzling cauldron, and there is
one of the biggest fights on which the
ward has ever seen. The friends of
Councilman Snattinger are not back
ward in denouncing the trick by which
he was beaten for the Republican nom
ination as councilman as unfair, and
some go even further than that.
Indications are now that Councilman
Snattinger will be nominated on an in
dependent ticket and indorsed by the
Democrats. The almost universal con-
demEation of the means taken to defeat
cellent chance for election.
1t is also claimed by the friends of
Mr.. Snattinger that even now his defeat
is by no means certain. A most peculiar
state of affairs was discovered today.
There is a &c. V. Wolf and a &C. V.
Wolfe'' in the Third ward. The former
is of the firm of Wolf Brothers & Cole.
The other is a street car motorneer,
and lives at 1878 Lane street. 1t is inn
possible to tell which one of the
''Wolfes" received the most votes, but it
is certain that there was no uniformity
in writing the name on the ticket. Pro-
vided the division of votes between
Wolf and Wolfe was exactly even,
they would have 92915 votes a piece.
Mr. Snattinger'S total vote was 1898. and
he would therefore be nominated over
both of his antagonists.
OF course no record was made of the
number of votes received by Wolf and
the number received by Wolfe No
one can tell anything about it. The Re-
publican city central committee will
meet to canvass the returns next Fri
day. Pending that recount, the bal
lotssare locked up in. vault at the old
court house.
Several lawyers and politicians are of
the opinion that if the recount shows
that Mr.. Snattinger received more votes
than either Wolfe or Wolf, he will have
good title to the nomination.
In connection with the Wolf and
wolfe controversy it will have to be
taken into account that a large num-
ber of the ballots were written simply
Wolf or WOLFE" and others were
&c. V. Wolff It is another nice ques-
tion to decide who is entitled to these
votes.
c. v. Wolf, the hardware man, is no
doubt the one who thought he was get
ting the votes, but according to the
forces, it was "C.-V. Wolfe who was
successful.
Mr.. Snattinger has been sick for sew
eral days, and was not able to be about
on election day. and could not be seen
today. His friends say that he Will ac-
cept nomination on an Independent
ticket, He would not run against the
Republican nominee" said Abe Stein
berg this morning, except in case of
this kind where they slipped up on him
and stabbed him in the dark
Many of the prominent Republicans
of Topeka, and especially those in the
Third ward, are emphatic in their ce-
nunciation of the manner in which
Wolf or Wolfe, was nominated.
1t was one of the smoothest tricks
ever heard of in politics. said Election
Comm issioner T. S.Williams today, but
it was undoubtedly a bad thing for the
Republican party, from political
standpoint. 1 am sorry it happened
hoped that Snattinger would be renom-
mated. He has made an excellent coun-
Gilman"
City Attorney Chas. Spencer said: ''Mr.
Snattinger has made splendid coun-
Gilman. No one who is familiar with
the amount of time he has put in can
doubt that 1t will be loss to the city
to have him out of the council"
John McManuS says: Il have never
mixed up in politics. L try to vote for
the best men, irrespective of party. IL
this scheme had been worked by some
of the whiskeyites, it would have called
down the wrath of every minister in
town L am surprised that our best
people and the intelligent gentlewomen
of Topeka, should resort to such meth
DDS. If Mr.. Snattinger had been a man
of bad repute, 1 suppose some such
method might be justified But every
body admits that he is valuable man
in the city council, a thorough gentle
man and business man, and highly re-
spected by everyone who knows him.
think that Mr.. Snattinger can be cleo
ted yet"
Abe Steinberg says: 1--WE can get up
a petition as long as from the Third
ward to the river, asking Mr.. Snatting
er to rum. 1t was aodirty piece of poll
tics which beat him. These women as
much as admitted that Mr.. Snittinger
had made a satisfactory record, and
that he ought to be retained in the
council. and then they conspired to beat
him. The business men of Topeka want
Mr.. Snattinger back in the council, and
if he will consent to run on an 1nde-
pendent ticket, I am confident that the
Democrats will not nominate anybody
in the Third ward"
d. H. Morgan, jailer at the city
prison, and secretary of the Democratic
city council committee, says: The
Democrats of Topeka will mold their
convention on March IL, and / am GER
tain that if Mr.. Snattinger will accept
the Democratic nomination for council
man from the Third ward, he can have
it. We believe that Mr.. Snattinger is
good man for the ward to keep in the
council, irrespective of the fact that he
is a Republican"
John W. Gardiner, life long Repub-
lican, and now a resident of the Sixth
ward says: LAS / look at it, Snat-
fingers opponents took a mean advan-
tage of him, and did him sneaking
trick. I do not believe that he would
feel under obligations to abide by such
a primary election as was held in the
Third ward"
Al Bauer, one of the leaders in the
Hughes organization, says. "One is at
first inclined to laugh at the shrewd-
ness of the women, but I believe that
it is bad thing for the party to have
such thing occur
Scores of other business men in the city
are freely expressing their opinions on the
methods employed to nominate Mr.. Wolf,
that the trick was one which will not be
countenanced by the Republicans of To-
One Third ward Republican says: 81
think that Mr.. Wolf should contribute the
$50 that he saved to Col. Jeltz- 1t was Jeltz
who was the author of the plan. of saw
ing campaign assessments by asking his