The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-19
NOW WARNS up.
The City Campaign Is Fairly
Under Way.
A. Burkhart Withdraws from
Councilman Race.
CLEAR FIELD FOR RICE
Mr.. Padgett Will Also Quit in
Third Ward.
Lively Time Is Anticipated in
the Second.


date for councilman in the Fourth
ward. has resigned the nomination.
and his place will not be filed by the
Democratic city central committee.
This leaves a clear field for S. s. Rice,
the Republican nominee.
J. NJ Padgett, Democratic candidate
In the Third ward, offered to resign,
but the Democratic committee decided
that it would be better for him to stay
on the ticket until it is certain that
William Green will be the independent
candidate. If Mr.. Green accepts the
independent nomination, Mr.. Padgett
will withdraw.
The Democratic committee, at its
meeting last night, decided to concen-
trate its efforts on the campaign in
the Second ward A tremendous EFFORT
will be made to elect E. B. Snyder over
Charles K. Holiday. The fight prom
Uses to be a close one. The Democrats,
II they spend all their campaign fund
in the Second ward, will be able to
give Holiday a hard race, though peo-
pie in the Second ward are independ-
ent and don't care much for party poi
itics in city campaigns.
Tuesday evening the committee VIII
meet again for the purpose of making
UP a list of Democratic judges and
clerks to serve in each precinct.
Councilman Joseph Griley, the other
Democratic Second ward councilman,
seems TO be taking an active interest
IN Mr.. Snyder's campaign. He says
that Snyder can hold the solid Demo-
cratic vote. though he comedies that
the ward is normally Republican by
about 100 majority. He expects shy
der to pull through by means of Re
publican votes, but Mr.. Holiday Will
probably get more Democratic votes
than he will lose among Republicans
The Democrats have already started
in an energetic registration campaign.
From now until March rs, they Will
keep carriages running all the time
hauling the Democratic voters to the
registration books. There is some rea-
son to believe that the Republican city
central committee will neglect Holll-
days interests in its wild scramble IN
behalf of Wolf in the Third ward II.
G. Larimer and his friends will do no
more for Holiday than they can help,
in spite of the fact that he voluntarily
contributed double his regular assess
ment to the campaign funds. If Holt
day wins it is probable that he will
have to conduct his own campaign, and
hustle out his own registration.
REPUBLICAN MANAGERS MEET.
Friday afternoon, the executive COM
mittee of the Republican city central
committee met and levied an assess
rnent of SIS on each candidate Tor
councilman, and IS on each candidate
for the board of education. Chas. K.
Holiday, the candidate in the Second
ward, will pay $50, instead of $40, as
he offered to double whatever assess
ment was made.
It was decided that the committee
would have to put forth its best efforts
to pull Wolf out of his hole IN the
Third ward. Wolf himself realized that
he will need every possible assistance
to get him past defeat. 1t will cost him
even more for the campaign than did
the primaries, and even in the prl-
maries he probably spdlt more than
his salary as councilman for year
would amount to. The people OF the
Third ward will have a chance to get
away from partisan politics and elect
q responsible business man.
At the request of H. G. Larimer,
chairman of the committee, 7. 5. VIII
liarns. the election commissioner, has
agreed to keep the registration books
IN the Second, Third, Fourth and First
wards for Monday and Tuesday of next
week Wolf also came to Williams and
urged him to put the books in the Thir d
ward and Griley wanted them down in
the Second. The following will be the
location of the books on Monday and
Tuesday;
First ward-Monday at James &
Campbells store; Tuesday at 1884 North
Kansas avenue.
Second ward-Wilson's drug store.
Third ward-Payne's store. 800 West
Twelfth.
Fourth ward-Jas Wert's store, Sixth
and Topeka avenue.
While there may be some reason for
giving additional time for registration
in the Second and Third wards, where
there are contests. it IS not easy TO
understand why the city should pay
the expense of keeping the books out
longer in tho wards where there is no
fight on. The city has already paid for
keeping the books out in the various
wards for an entire week at cost OF
about So
RUSH OF REGISTRATION.
It is expected that between now and
March 25. when the books close. the
present registration will be about
doubled
AS nearly as can be estimated the
present registration is about 1000 men
and l 600 women. OF this number only
about 1900 are at the office of the cleo
ton commissioner. The rest have not
been returned from the clerks who
have the slips out in the various
wards
William Green's nomination as an in
dependent candidate will have to be By
petition. and of course the people who
circulate the petition will see to it thai
everybody who signs the petition is
cordially invited to register withou
fail. The plan is to keep on circulating
the petition. even after enough have
been secured to place the name on th'
ticket. so that 1t will be sort of {
canvass of the ward. It ought to hell
out considerably in Mr.. Green's cam
paign in the Third ward.
At the same time the Wolf people
backed by the Republican city centra
committee, will be working day an;
night to get out their people to regis
ter. Snyder and Holiday will both b.
turning in a stream of registration
from the Second ward. The registra
ton from the Second and Third ward
VIII probably be about as full as i
was for the mayor fight last year.
MANY BALLOTS NEEDED.
The election law of 1908 reache
about the climax of absurdity in som
of its provisions. 1t looks as though {
had been drawn by a job printer.
The law requires that the city clerl
shall have printed and sent out Il
each voting place, 100 ballots for ev
cry SO votes or fraction thereof cas-