The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-16
QUIET PRIMARY.
But Few Contests at the Polls
Today.
battle-ground, Third, Fourth
and Sixth Wards.
IN SLEEPS CLOTHING.
Mr. Wolf Is Hoodwinking the
Women Voters.
Making Strenuous Effort to Be
RenOminated.

being held. The polls opened at 1 :30
and will close at o'clock. It is probable
that by 10 o'clock the result of the fight
in the contested wards will be known.
Owing to the fact that the telephones
have been taken out of the old court
house, the city central committee has
arranged to receive returns at the city
prison.
The candidates for office in the vari-
Gus wards are as follows:
First ward-Council, L. A. Ryder;
board of education, c. C. Nicholson.
Second ward-Council c. K. Holiday:
board of education, the Rev. F. E. NAL
lory, C. E. Shaffer.
Third ward-Council. c. V. Wolf. NJ
Snattinger; board of education, Edward
Wilder.
Fourth ward-CounciI, Fred B. Gil
Colonel ]. D. Norton
Fifth ward-CounciI, Samuel T. Howe;
board of education, Charles F. Hardy,
T. E. Keith.
W. F. Hughes; board of education, E.
E. ROudebuSh.
Owing to the inability of a number of
the supervisors to serve today the fol-
lowing changes have been made:
In the second of the Second T. w
Shaffer.
In the third of the Second. E. Tremble
takes the place of L. B. Pechner who is
sick.
In the fourth of the Second. E. E..
Witchey takes John Alexander's place.
Alexander was obliged to stay at the
office of the election commissioner owing
to the sickness of Commissioner J. 3.
Williams.
In the second of the Fourth, Luther
Nellis takes the place of c. J. Wilson,
who is in quarantine.
In the fourth of the Fourth, C. B.
Hypes takes the place Of w. T. Cal
vim.
Interest centers in the Wolf -snattin-
ger fight for councilman in the Third
ward. Two years ago Snattinger was
the only candidate. The women evolved
a scheme to beat him, by writing in
the name of c. V. Wolf on the ballot.
1t was almost noon of election day be-
fore Snattinger discovered shat was
going on. By that time he was hope
1essly defeated. Yet he secured 398
votes 10 VOLTS $50, being defeated by
only 261 majority.
This year, Snattinger was persuaded
to go into the fight to regain MS old
place, and defeat Wolf. Mr.. Snattinger
has consistently refused to make any
campaign. He says:
81 was willing that my name should
appear candidate only on the con-
dition that I should not have to make
fight. I have made no fight, and
will make none. I will not buy any
cigars, or hire any workers, or rent any
carriages. I will not even ask a man
want me in the council, they can vote
for me. II am nominated and elected,
1 will do my best for the interests of
the ward"
many of the professional politicians
have expected that he would ''open his
barrel He has not done SO. Conse-
quently, the politicians, the whisky
men and the women have all united to
defeat him. The other day a politician
came to Snattinger and said:
wolf has been after me to support
him. but I am for you. Wolf offered
me S5 to work for him on election day:
I thought that -
Here Mr.. Snattinger interrupted him
with the remark that he was not MAX
ing that kind of a campaign; that he
would spend no money to get the NOM
ination.
A reporter for the State Journal ask
ed G. v. Wolf today how large his ma
jority would be.
ssAbotu five or six hundred" he said,
81 will get that much in spite of the
lies which the State Journal has been
printing about me. You knew they
were lies when you printed them. Well,
that's all right, every story you printed
about me has increased my vote"
Mr.. Wolf was very much excited as
he talked. 1t may not do much good
to tell the people a few facts about
Mr.. Wolf when those facts. are so VI
tally involved in the issue of the cam
paign But it is very funny to those
who know tosee how Mr.. Wolf has pulled
the wool over the eyes of the good wo-
men of the Third ward.
The Wolf people are making all the
fight that is being made at the polls
the well
organized and are getting out their
vote with carriages. The Snattfnger
people will get the big end of the men S
vote, but the women will go the other
way. 1t is thought that Snattinger
will undoubtedly defeat Wolf in the
latter's home precinct. but the west
precincts are likely to go strongly for
Wolf.
The women We're on hand and organ
lied most of the polls at 1870 o'clock.
OTHER CONTESTS.
In the Fourth ward, S. S. Rice is run
ming against Fred Gillette and will
probably beat him.
Two years ago w. F. Weber beat w.
B. Kirkpatrick by a majority of 201-
There was more interest in the cams
paign then than there has been this
year. Both sides were better organ
ized Rice and Weber stand for about
the same things. while Gillette is an
avowed prohibition candidate.
In the Sixth ward Colonel Hughes is
claiming that he will beat w. A. Myers
by very large majority. The gen.
eral c-ainion seems to be that Hughes
will vim
The fight between Rev. F. E. Mallory
and p T. Shaffer for member of the
board of education from the Second
ward is a bitter one. and has been
conducted considerably along personal
lines. The indications are that it win
be close. though the vote is likely to
be li=ht
There is practically no interest in. the
primaries in any part of the city ex-