The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-01
1T IS VERY QUIET.
Not Much Excitement in Coun-
cilmen Contests.

It will probably cost $25 to run for
the city council, IS to run for the board
of education, and 81 to run for member
of the city central committee, at the
Republican city primaries to be held
March 16
These assessments will not pay the
full cost of the primaries. and it has
about been decided that the committee
will have to levy an assessment on the
mayor, city attorney, city clerk and
other city officers to pay the bills The
tax ON the city officeholders will be
made by the executive committee OF
the city central committee, in proper
ton to the size of the salaries received
by those officers. 1t will probably pro-
duce a great roar from the officers,
for it is the first time that the city Of
ficers have been taxed to pay for prl-
mary election in which they have no
interest whatever.
more candidates for councilmen than
there are now, it cost each candidate
$40 as his share of the expense OF con-
Quoting the primaries. It would cost
them at least $50 if the same plan was
adopted this year. and the committee
men think this is drawing it a little too
hard for a job which pays only $500 q
year. A meeting of the executive com
rnittee of the central committee will be
called within a week to decide these
points.
SNYDER'S MACHINE READY.
City politics are warming up. This
is indicated by the fact that Council
man Bert Synder is no longer con-
ductor on the Washburn college car
line. but is back on his old East Sixth
beat. where he can assist the Second
ward ladies to climb off and on street
cars. and keep in touch with the po-
litical situation.
Snyder is Democrat, and he is
pretty certain to be reelected to the
council. He is well liked in the Sec
I'd Fsn ton n
be to leave we'll enough alone. Dave
Myers is the candidate most talked OF
by the Republicans, though James Glib
bons and Richard Wilson are men,
toned. Myers was a member of the
council two years ago, and did not
cover himself with glory. Wilson is a
Santa Fe engineer, prominent in Y. NJ
c. A. work. He lives in the wrong part
of the ward for the present contest. 1t
is the people west of the tracks who
are entitled to a councilman this year
as those on the east side of the tracks
already have one. Gibbons is Santa
E'e employe. and is a great lodge man
FIGHT IN THE FOURTH.
IN the 5ourth ward the fight viii
probably be machine" and ''anti-
machine" The anti-machfne people
claim that Councilman Weber has a
machine in the Fourth ward and that
he Will try to use the machine to nomi-
nate his successor. The candidate
whom the Weber people have in mind
IS Sam Rice. the well known ex-groeer
Weber will not be a candidate.
The antl-lnachine faction have two
candidates to choose from. They are
Tom Sheard Ind Fred Gillette. If the
Weber crowd puts forward a candidate
at the last minute, either Gillette or
Sheard will withdraw, so that the vote
will not be split between them. There
IS also talk of making Mrs F. E.
Whitaker a candidate.
MRS. MCARTER TALKED OF.
There is strong sentiment against
the nomination of Councilman G. V
Wolf in the Third ward. and some OF
the former supporters of Mr.. Wolf are
Margaret HIN McCarter is being very
Eavorably talked of. but she has not