The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-09
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1.-The outcome of the primary seems
to please a good many people in To-
peka. judging from the telephone calls
have been receiving this morning.
The people who have called me Up are
the very best in town, and am glad
to have their support Even my
friends told me that I could not pos
sibly get the women's vote, but I have
insisted all along that I would get
strong support from the women. The
result of the election seems to Justify
me in this opinion.
What about Stahl? Well. Stahl is
nice man; I have a great deal of
respect for him, but he is not the kind
of man for chief of police, and he
ought to realize that himself. But I
am not making any appointments
yet" sfs-
BergundthaI Doesn't Care.
w. S Bergundthal was at his office
at the usual time this morning, and
received almost as many callers as did
his successful opponent. He made the
best of a bad matter. and admitted
that it was all a great surprise to him.
I'm not especially sorry, after all,
that 1 will not have another two years
to serve as mayor" he said. Il can
spend my evenings at home, and will
be relieved of an immense amount of
worry and anxiety. 1t means a good
deal of bother to be mayor of Topeka,
and there is no profit in it.
1.-The only explanation have to Of
supporters were over-conf1dent. We
did not realize what we were UP
against, and the necessary effort was
not made to Get out our vote. The
women failed to vote as we expected
they would; they seemed to think that
it was all settled and they could stay
at home and let the fight take care Of
itself We did not have much money
to spend, while the other people seem
ed to have unlimited quantities
I have no apologies to make for
my course while in the Office of mayor.
What I have done has been nnisrepre-
sented, but if I should be mayor again
would follow the same course. I
have tried to hold down the taxes by
putting stop to the reckless extern
sion of pavements, and succeeded in
doing this last year.
Spencer Is Relieved.
Charles F. Spencer, who pretty nearly
everybody thought would be elected civ
attorney, had reason to feel pretty
sick over the hollow manner in which
his young opponent, T. G. Dreaming
walked on him. Mr.. Spencer said this
7 feel like a man from whom a big
load of responsibility and anxiety and
work has been lifted I am glad that if
l was going to be turned out it was
done in a good. decisive manner. When
went to bed Tuesday night was pref
ty sure I was busted, and if I had
walked up in the morning to find that
ndd just managed TO get through by the ]
skin of my teeth, it would have been
more agreeable to me to be beaten. I |
am not sore about the result though
of course I did not expect it; thought |
| had sure thing. and everybody that
talked to seemed to think the same
thing.
I did not make any fight for the Of
hce; was too busy with my work as /
city attorney 1 made two or three
speeches, and that was all asked
dozens of people to give me their candid
opinion as to the effect of the energetic !
circularizing campaign which my oppo-
nent was making, and they all told me
that it was not going to amount 10
anything, and that he was simply vast
ing his money. It seems that they were
fooled and so was L
I shall resume the practice Of law
in the city; I win hunt up good loca-
ton for a law office as soon as 1 get
time"
Lindsay Blames the Women.
L. P. Lindsay. who was beaten for
the office of police judge, gives this ex-
PLANTATION of the result of the mayor
fight:
The women did not vote for Der
gundthal because they thought he had
betrayed them. They put Bersundthal
in there TO enforce the prohibitory law,
and instead Of doing what they expect
ed, ne waited for a year before he could
be forced to put Stahl in as chief That
satisfied them until the State Journal
came out with that story about what
Harold Chase found on his tour of in
vestigation, and the conviction became |
general among the women that both