The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-01
GUARD THE POLLS
College Athletes Engaged as
Watchers in Chicago.
Eighty of Them SurrOund-th
Polls in TenderIoin Ward.
BATH HOUSE JOHNS.
Famous Alderman is Being
Made to Toe the Mark.
Mayor Harrison Changed the
Police All Over Ward.

Chicago April THE "om year
aldermanic election is being held here
today. The polls opened at o'clock.
and will close at o'clock. The early
vote was light. as has been expected.
The hottest fight has been waged ia.
the First ward. where Alderman
Coughlin. better known in many cities
as Bath House john" is running for
reelection against David l. Frank.
who has the support OF the reform or
ganizations. The Frank forces have
made many. charges of illegal regis
tration against the Coughlin campaign,
and on some OF them the grand jury.
has acted.
A feature of the day in the First
ward was the absence of the regular
policemen on their accustomed beats.
A complaint was made to the mayor
that the regular policemen were work
ing for Coughlin. Yesterday the mayor
issued an order transferring the police
men for the time being and bringing
into the ward policemen from the out
side districts who could have no affi-
liations with either camp.
BESIDES the vote for aldermen, the
citizens are voting for OF against the
within the city. The township governs
ments are relics of Chicago's smaller
days.
A separate ballot was provided TO
allow the voters to express their opin-
ion regarding municipal ownership Of
public utilities and the nomination oe
party candidates by direct vote Of the
people
Among the watchers" at the polls in
the First ward which includes the
"tenderloin" district, were 50 or more
college athletes. chosen by the mu-
nicipal voters league to head off any
attempts at Illegal election tactics
Among those who reported today ara
John z. Webb a former T. of c. tackle;
Right Guard Gibbons Flanagan, an
other Maroon athlete; Jimmy Shell
donE0 2. Atwood, Marcus Bedall, y.
Z. Perkins, Fred Speik and Kellogg
Speed, all football players. and others
from the midway Institution Among
the watchers" chosen from MOI H.
western university are the Deitz BROTH
ers, each weighing over 200 pounds
down town last night and were at the
polls early today. Besides the schools
mentioned they represented Northwest
ern university law school, Morgan
Park academy and the alumni Of all
these Institutions
VOTING IN MISSOURI
St Louis, April Charter elections
are being held in many municipalities
The weather is cold and threa tening.
WISCONSIN ELECTIONS.
Milwaukee, April Municipal cleo
tions are being held throughout the
state today. Great interest centers in
the contest in Milwaukee after per
haps the hottest campaign in the his
tory of the city. Mayor David s. Rose
Dem.) is striving for reelection with
Charles H Anson CRep.) and Howard
Tuttle -(SOcial Dem.) as opposing can
didates. Boards of aldermen and su-
pervisors and a circuit judge in place
Of Judge Warren D. Tarrant who was
appointed temporarily to succeed the
late Judge Eugene S. Elliott, are also
being ballOted for. The weather was
cloudy and cold. A heavy vote was
cast early. At Madison a heavy vote
is being polled and party lines are be-
ing cut to pieces.