The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-15
VOTE TOMORROW.
The Republican City Primaries
Will Be Held.
Only Interest Is in Three of the
Wards.
LIVELY IN THE THIRD.
Effort Being Made to Force Re-
nomination of Wolf.
Close Contest Looked faR In
Sixth Ward.

except the calendar, this is the day be-
fore the annual Republican city pri-
maries to nominate six councilmen, six
members of the board of education and
a new Republican city central commit
tee.
The polls will be open Wednesday
from l D. m. to Z p. m. The vote will
be light, except possibly in the Third,
Fourth and Sixth wards. Returns will
be received at the city Jail by the Re-
publican city central committee.
Indications are that S. S. Rice will
defeat Fred Gillett for councilman in
the Fourth ward. Gillett has been out
of town for some time and has not
made an active campaign. Rice, on the
other hand. has the backing of most
of the Fourth ward politicians, and has
been very active.
The fight in the Sixth ward is likely
to be close. with the chances favor1ng
the defeat of w. A. Myers by Col. ].
w F. Hughes. Myers has been sup
ported by S. A. Swendson and Geo.
Tincher, and the fight is rather be-
tween Swendson and Hughes than
Myers and Hughes. Hughes has made
an extensive house to house canvass
even in the Lowman Hill and Auburn
dale districts, where his opponents
i live.
Things are very much mixed in the
| Third ward. Under ordinary conditions
| there would be no opposition to G. "
| Wolf for a second term. but the de-
mand was so strong for good, trust
! worthy business man as a representa-
| tive from that ward that M. Snattinger
! consented to run in opposition to w off.
| W. S. Fulton, who left Topeka two
years ago, is back in town to do some
ward heeling for Wolf Wednesday af-
/ ternoon. He hopes to get the job of
| city engineer in case of a change in
/ 2 n c Fulton M4rRAT0f
! Hill McCarter and others have been
hard at work lining up the Third ward
women for Wolf.
This is one of the political Dheno-
mena of the day. Wolf does not pro-
fess to be prohibition man, either in
personal habits or principle. Yet he
has the Third ward feminine machine
supporting him as a temperance" can
! didate.
VOLTS cards, announcing himself as
candidate for councilman, were print
| ed at Al Bauer's nonunion print shop.
This has aroused the Indignation of a
| good many Third ward union men, who
vow they will not support a 'sscab.
! A WHISKY STORY.
Mark Mason, who was a clerk for the
| flood relief committee during the work
/ at the Auditorium, said today
/ Fred Jewell and l were in charge of
/ the blanket supply in the dressing
| room at the left of the stage. Wolf
came in the day after we commenced
to distribute blankets, with young
| man named Davis. Wolf had bottle
| of whisky, wrapped up in a pink paper.
| He invited us to step down under the
stage and take drink. Fred Jewell
went down and drank with them. !
stood at the head of the stairs and
| watched Wolf drink. When they came
up, Wolf said, For Gods sake, don
tell anybody about this. 1t would ruin
me with the law and order people.
The next day Wolf and Davis came in
again with a large bottle of whisky
Both of them had been drinking. They
went down under the stage. and drank
| When they came up, Wolf said to me
I wish you'd take that bottle and hide
it. It's in behind those ballot boxes
and I've got all 1 can hold. Don't lei
either Davis or me have any more ol
it, After he left, [ went down ane
found the bottle and hid it under a pile
of blankets. The witnesses to TINS Were
Fred Jewell. Lee Carter and young
Davis 1 don't know where Davis il
| now, but Jewell and Garter Will MAKE
affidavfts to the truth of these state
ments I am willing to sign such al
affidavit myself
There are SO many of these indisputa-
BILE stories about Wolf drinking that h'
has ceased strying to make people be
lieve that he is a temperance man II
practice. All he contends now IS tina
he wants the prohibitory law enforced
because it is on the statute DOCKS
.
1 temnerance support was an ordinance
which he pushed through the city coun
Gil last fall. This ordinance provided
for a tax of $50 year on every pflllart
table in town. It was preposterouS OF
its face. but the law and order eoun
cilunen were afraid to turn it down
Consequently Wolf got his ordinance
through, amid great applause from hi
law and order constituents. The bill
Hard hall men took the ordinance int,
court, and knocked it out in jig-time
The city paid the costs and lost all bill
lizard licenses for six months. That is
specimen of VOLTS law and order
USEFUL INFORMATION.
Under the law, the Republican com
rnittee has appointed a supervisor il
each precinct, who will be in charge 0
the voting place. The supervisor VII
organize the polls at 1 o'clock. All peo
pie present have a right to vote on tn
election OF judges and clerks to eonduc
the election.
The following are the voting places
ard the names of the supervisors;
FIRST WARD.
First precinct-S14 North Kansas
avenue; E. H. Hall, supervisor
Second precinct-Marsha1Ps shop
West Norris street; ;. G. Miller, super
Third preeirct-1o2O North Kansa
avenue. d. G. Page, supervisor
Fourth precinct-1334 North Kansa
: avenue. c. E HearIDufS, supervisor.
SECOND WARD.
First precinct-303 East First street
L. H Reeves supervisor.
Second 2recinct-Santa Fe house. 40
Madison street; R. T. Shaffer,- super
: visor
Third nrecinct-s1s East Fourtl
street; L. B. Pechner, supervisor.
Fourth precinct-1202 East Sixt
5 street; J. A Alexander, supervisor.
D Fifth Observation-Disclosures Ernes
r. Simon supervisor.
) THIRD WARD