The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-05
Regis

Everything indicates that the total
vote for each candidate viii be very
close. unless there are unexpected
changes i'll the second and third pre-
cincts. The people out in the fourth
precinct expect a total vote of about
AGO. The Green people expect to get
$50 out of this. and possibly 200
The first precinct is said to be going
about 4 to / for Green. Green is also
getting a good vote in the other two
8 recinots,
There was some difficulty in the
fourth precinct of the ward this morn
ing, when P. r. Mitchell failed to show
up to discharge his duties as clerk of
the election The board went ahead
and did business minus one clerk for
while, and then elected John Pat
tersOn, a Wolf man, to fill the vacancy.
Some of the friends of VIM. Green pro-
tested against this, but it was allowed
to stand.
So far as known there have been no
fights or trouble at any of the voting
places.
out in the fourth precinct, there are
indications that liquor is being used.
Each side vigorously denies that they
know anything about it, but there are
mysterious visitations to certain
houses in the neighborhood which in
dicate that something is on tap. When
Wolf was running for county commits
siOner, his campaign beer bill was $113.
1t is possible that he is trying the
same campaign methods in his race fer
councilman. There are a good many
people around this voting place who
seem to have found the place, all
right.
This afternoon the hard fight will be
made. Both sides are getting ready to
rake the ward for voters, and each
side realizes that half a dozen votes
may be enough to turn the scale.
Second Ward Quiet.
The campaign in the Second ward
has not stirred things up as much as
the Third ward tight, and the voting
was not very heavy during the morn
ing. Business viii pick up this after
noon, however, as the rival candidates
have q. lot of carriages employed and
are only laying back for the walkers
to come in. When the early fringe of
the vote has arrived, then the car
riages viii get busy, and the rush viii
commence.
Everything in the Second ward seems
favorable to Holiday. His majority is
now the only thing which the polite
tans are guessing about. 1t is various
ly estimated at from 200 to 500, but
may even go above that if the vote is
heavy. One of the leading Democrats
in the ward this morning said he con
cedes Holidays election by 200. The
Democrats have not shown as much
fight in the Second ward as was ex-
pected.
Quiet in the Fifth.
The great Democratic uprising in be-
half of ]. S. BehIer has failed to ma
terialize in the Fifth ward. The vote
is light, and the Democrats have not
been doing much this morning
Councilman Howe's friends are not
taking any chances, however. They
have several carriages at work in each
precinct Councilman J. c. Sinner is
driving q Howe carriage in the second
precinct
In the First Fourth and Sixth wards
1t would be hard to discover from anv
outward evidence that an election is IN
progress.
Pay for Boards.
City Attorney Charles F. Spencer
said this morning. in speaking of the
question of whether the election clerks
and Judges viii be able to collect double
pay for their services, once for the gen
eral election and once for the school
BOND election, which are proceeding
simultaneously.
THE question is the same that was
up last year. There are no new nointe
involved. The situation simply is that
there is no statute fixing the compensa
fion for judges and clerks for bond cleo
ttOns. The question is not mentioned a.
all. I held last year that the citv in
the absence of any definite provision III
law, should pay the members of the
board a fair and reasOna biz. sum for
co'lntf-g the bond election ballots. The
city council therefore gave each roer,,
Der of the board a certain sum fo, bis III
services in counting the bond ballots
The Judges and clerks will not get as