The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-30
BUT ONE PRIMARY
City Political Managers Plan to
Combine With County.
Much of the Expense Would
Thus Be Saved.
WILL MEET VERY SOON.
Executive Board to Consider
Proposition Early in January.
Expect That Primary Will Be
Early in March.

H. W. Page, chairman of the Re
publican city central committee, will
call a meeting of the executive board
early in January for the purpose of
making preliminary arrangements to
combine the city primaries with either
the county, state or congressional
primaries, and thus save expense.
Two years ago, it cost every candi-
date for the city council $40 to seek
the nomination. This was little more
than highway robbery, but it had to be
done to pay the expense of the voting.
Even the candidates for membership
on the board of education, who serve
without salary, had to put up So apiece.
This year, some of the people who are
talking about being candidates were
smart enough to make some inquiries
about the probable cost of chips in the
game, and now the Republican COM
mittee is trying to devise a way to cut
down the expense.
When the executive committee meets,
It will call a meeting of the whole
central committee. The executive COM
mtttee is composed of the committee
men at large from each ward. M. l..
Field, who died Sunday of appendicitis,
was the committeeman at large from
the Sixth ward. When the whole COM
mittee meets, it is likely that some
propositions will be ready to be con-
sidered for the combination of the city
OF congressional primaries. People get
terribly tired of primaries, and If it
can be arranged to hold all the prim-
aries at once it will save a lot of po-
litical worry and noise making, as well
as money.
The only officers to be nominated at
the city primaries are six cOuncilmen,
six members of the board of education,
and a member of the city central COM
mittee from each precinct and a COM
Ut aE1nh ard
All Of these are minor officers, and
would OF themselves bring out a small
vote. But if the city primaries can be
held on the same day with the county
primaries which have sometimes been
held as early as February, there would
be a lot Of interest and a good vote.
If it is too early for the county pri-
maries, the city hopes to fix a scheme
to combine with the primaries which
will have to be held to select delegates
TO the state convention and congress
sional convention.
VACANCIES TO BE FILLED.
Because of death, removals, changes
in residence and precinct lines, there
will have TO be a number of changes
made in the membership of the COM
mittee. The committee has the power
to fill all vacancies in its membership,
pending the election.
The vacancy caused by the death of
Mr.. Field will be filed. There are two
vacancies in the First ward, the in
cumbents having moved out of the
precincts where they have been living.
Out in the Third ward the change in
precinct lines has thrown Committee
man Lindsay out of the second pre-
cinct and into the third. w. c. Raj
ston now represents the third precinct
A new man viii have to be chosen for
the new fourth precinct in the ward
and a new man to take Iindsay's place
in the new second precinct
There are doubtless a number of Other
changes which will have to be made
when the committee gets together an6
finds out where it is at.
TIME FOR PRIMARIES.
Last year the primaries We're held