The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-17
GOOD FOR WOMEN
Their Power in City Elections
Greatly Enlarged.
Nay Vote on All City Bond
Propositions.
ALSO FOR A JUDGE.
Given the Right tOYote on Police
Magistrate.
Two Important Bond PROPOSE
tiOns Before the People.

Women will take a more important
part in the election of April then
they have ever before taken in the city
of Topeka. They viii have more vot-
ing to do.
Under the new city charter act, pass
ed by the legislature which has just ad-
journed. women are for the first time
given the right to vote on all PROPOSE
lions 10 issue city bonds. There are
two such propositions to be voted on
April Z. one is the proposition to issue
bonds for the purpose Of building more
school houses The other is the city
ownership of waterworks proposition.
Women are also authorized to vote
for police judge, the office which under
the new law is made elective instead of
appointive.
The provision of the law giving wo-
men the right to vote on bond PROPOSE
lions is as follows:
Article III, Section "A: In all cleo
tiOnS held for the election of city OF
school officers, or for the purpose OF
authorizing the issuance Of any bonds
for school purposes or other public inn
provements, the right of any citizen to
vote shall not be denied or abridged on
account of sex, and women may vote
at such election the same as men, un-
der like restrictions and qualifications
For the information Of voters, and
for women voters especially, the fol-
lowing statement is given concerning
the two bond propositions:
WATERWORkS BONDS.
The issuing OF bonds to buy the
wateTWoTks plant. and operating 1t as
a city institution as the city electric
light plant now is, has been pending for
a long time The city once voted $4,000
to build a new plant, but it was claimed
that the election was invalid, and moth
ing was done. The proposition which Is
now submitted to the people IS the re-
Z c,17 ri 4cH a between
the city officials and the owners of the
waterWOrks. The lowest price which the
water company would accept was $780,
00o, which price is in the nature of a
compromise between the price asked
and the price offered
The proposition is to issue $3.50, 900 in
) per cent. bonds. and for the city to as
sumo 500 600 Indebtedness which now
be paid off until the year 1926 This
makes a total of s6@00 600.
1t IS probable that the city ownership
proposition will carry though there are
d few who claim that the price asked is
too high. and that the city would do
better to engage in lawsuit with the
/ coraany and try to force it to accept
terms more advantageous to the city.
MORE SCHOOL BONDS.
The second bond proposition is to is
sue S1a1 500 in bonds for the purpose Of
building new school houses This plan
originated With the board of education
and has passed through the various
legal channels which brings it up be-
! fore the voters for final settlement. The
proposition which the board of educa-
ton wants. and which viii have to be
accepted entire or rejected entire. is as
4 follows:
+ Tor the payment OF the remainder
due On contract for the purchase
CT site for an additional high
SCnGoi -----.-.-- .----.-----. ......-..--S $500
For q supplemental high school
with provisions for manual train
ing, to accommodate the pupils
Of the new and old buildings 6S, 200
For the erection of a brick build
ing Of y rooms in the First ward.
in which only those rooms immedi-
ished .......... ....................... 10000
/ For the purchase OF a suitable site
posed building .......,... s. - $500
I F or the erection of brick building
Of six rooms in the First ward. 9. 900
/ For the purchase of a suitable site
in the First ward for said proposed
building .------.-.- fOl
{ For the erection of an eight room
brick building in Parkdale, in
/ which only those rooms inmedi-
ately necessary shall now be I'm
I For the purchase of a suitable site
building -. ............ -, 1,2oc
/ For the erection of a four room adj
dition to the Potwin building ...... 10000
Total -...-. -.......--......--..s 131. 500
ELECTION OF POLICE JUDGE.
Women can vote for the newly created