The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-02
VOTE IN KANSAS.
Municipal Election Results of
Tuesday.
The Voting Was Light With
Little Interest.
TANGLE AT EMPORIA.
Tickets Printed Late and Bal
lots Became Mixed.
Prohibition and Anti Prohibit
tiOn Often an Issue.

of the smaller towns. The only officers
elected in the larger towns were
councilman and member of the school
board In each ward.
TANGLE AT EMPORIA.
Emporia. Kas, April "A very quiet
election was held here, there being vir-
tually only one ticket in the field and
only one side to the proposition to vote
$4,000 in city bonds for an up-to-date
electric plant However, it may all re-
suit in a big April fool" so far as the
bonds are concerned, a series of mis-
haps having possibly made it a ques-
tionable election. In the first place.
tickets We're not printed until the last
night, and the ballot law requires that
they shall be printed and in possession
of the city clerk five days previous to
the election. and in the hands of one of
the judges of election for each precinct
at least twelve hours previous to the
hour fixed for the election to begin.
Late in the afternoon another trouble
was unearthed, when it was discovered
that in the First ward all the women
had been allowed to vote on the bond
proposition and that their ballots had
been deposited in the same box as those
of the men 1t was impossible to tell
which was which The city attorney,
J. H. Firth, on learning this had the
box closed and sealed and another box
substituted.
The entire Republican ticket was
elected, as follows: For councilmen-
First ward, W r. Griffith; Second
ward, J. W. Weyler; Third ward, for
full term, J. E Pearson; Fourth ward
]. D. Allen. Board of ation-First
ward, DR.. Charles Gardiner; Second
ward, E. P. Bruner: Third ward. Her
man Retsehlag; Fourth ward, c. f. Ire
land
SMALL VOTE AT LAWRENCE.
Lawrence, Kas.. April 2.-Less than
800 votes We're cast at Tuesdays cleo
ton for the selection of cOuncilmen and
members Of the board of education. The
opposition to the regular Republican
nominees was in the Second ward.
where Democratic candidate was de-
feated for councilman. The election
resulted as follows: COuncilmen, 3. w
Mcfarland, F. NJ. Bennett, A. A. Ellis,
0. B. Gardner, G. N. Lindsay, Grant
Garrett; members board of education,
George v. Kumler, George lines.
Liberal" TICKET AT LARNED.
Larned. Kan, April 2.-The city cleo
ton here resulted in the election of the
Liberal ticket by a small majority
and means the repeal of the Sunday
closing ordinance, which was passed by
the present council two months ago, and
which operated to close up every kind
of business on Sunday, including drug
stores, restaurants and cigar stores.
EUREKA DEFEATS BONDS
Eureka, Kan, April 1.-THE following
officers were elected in Eureka Council
AlEllf Il 4L5L WdL4s h r. lGlcnRIaOeE
Second ward, NJ. A Miller Board of
education, First ward, D. 3. Fuller;
Second ward. J. D. Clark; Third ward
F. r. Stilwen; outlying district, VIM
Sweeney. An attempt was made to elect
councilmen to defeat the occupation tax
ordinance The $4,000 school bond pro-
position was defeated.
FOR THE LIBRARY AT OTTAWA
Ottawa, Kan, April 2.-The vote was
exceedingly light here. Besides two con-
stables and ward officers. there was the
Carnegie library proposition The whole
Republican ticket is elected and the L.
brary proposition carried by at least
three to one. Very few women voted.
DIVIDED AT Ell DORADO.
FL Dorado, Kan.,April 2.-The election
passed in this city quietly The Repub-
licans elected two cOuncilmen and two
mem erS Of the school board and the
Citizens " and city Improvement
tickets elected one councilman and one
member of the school board each.
ONE POPULIST AT ABILENE
Abilene, Kan, April 2.-Thls town had
the quietest election and smallest vote
in ten years G. @. Sterl, T. NJ. Jones
and II. L. Humphrey, Republicans, were
elected councilmen without opposition
r. H. Kane, Populist, won in the First
ward. Only fifteen women voted in the
city
GARRETT STRAIGHT REPUBLICAN
Garnett. Kan. April AT the city
election held here the Republicans made
a clean sweep of the board of education
and elected two of the four counciImen
A citizens ticket opposed the straight
Republican organization.
ONE INDEPETD DENT AT CONCORDIA
Concordia, Kan. April 2.-The city
election passed of quietly. The entire
Republican ticket was elected, except in
the Third ward, where one Independent
councilman was elected.
PARSONS GOES REPUBLICAN.
Parsons. Kan, April 1.-THE city cleo
ton passed off quietly, the election of
four counciImen and members of the
school board being the extent. The only
contest was in the Second ward, where
=. II. Green, the regular nominee of
the Republicans, was opposed by E. A
Bodweu. the present councilman, who
bOlted the nomination and ran indie
pendent. the latter was supported by
Mayor Bucky and Editor Tusk. Green
won by 40 votes.
BIG VOTE AT OLATHE.
Olathe. kan. April 2.-The Republican
ticket by the biggest majorities in many
years losing only one councilman. T.
w. Snepp was elected councilman on
the Citizens ticket in the First ward by
a small a1Ority.
LIVELY CONTEST. AT SALIVA.
Salina, Kan, April 2-The city election
here was conferred on the contest in the
First ward, where every effort possible
was made to prevent the reelection of
Taylor Miller to the council, but with
out success, and he was reelected by
a majority of SO over his opponent. d. S.
Thompson. Miller has been a member
of the council for seventeen years. F.
J. Strife was elected in the Third ward.
William Mcdowell in the Second and A.
W. Stevenson in the Fourth Miller in
the First was the only candidate on the
Municipal Ownership ticket that was
elected.
QUIET AT NEWTON.
Newton. Kas., Apsil 2.-The city cleo
ton here passed off quietly. The new
members of the city council are j. G.
Ii. Ill