The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-02
AT WHITE HEAT.



and see the best friend the Second ward
ever had fighting his battle single
handed and alone. I know there are
hundreds of Democrats in the Second
ward who believe in making Topeka
great, Democrats who are progressive,
energetic and up to date, and who
when it comes to ward elections have
the good sense to cast party politics
aside and vote for the man who can
do them and the ward the most good
I therefore call upon all my friends to
take off their coats, roll up their
sleeves and vote for Mr.. Holiday on
Tuesday next. as I intend to do. 1 be
lieve Mr.. Holiday can do more for the
Second ward in the council than Mr..
Heery. At any rate you will never ind
Mr.. Holiday appearing before the coun-
ell and saying that $50 IS TOO MUCH
for a laboring man to receive for q
days work as did MT. Heery in 1897.
If any one doubts this, let him look
at the report Of the council proceed
ings published in the Capital and State
Journal August 10, 1897.
yours for deceney, fair play and the
laboring man.
JOSEPH GRILEY,
Councilman Of the Second Ward, .
Mr.. Rice's Surprise.
The astonishing development of the
day, however, was the support which
Councilman S. s. Rice tenders w. H
Kemper, the Democratic candidate
against E. Montgomery. the Republi-
can nominee who won the nomination
away from Rice.
Mr.. Rice says that party lines have
nothing to do with his change of heart,
that it is based on the tricky methods
adopted by the other side in their cam
order,' said he. "Mr. Kemper is a law
and order man. Furthermore, his
campaign methods are clean and I
wish to take stand for that sort of
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part"
Mr.. Rice's statement follows; ITO
my friends of the Fourth ward who
favor a clean election: Just before the
recent city primary election our city
central committee adopted n rule re-
curing all voters to register in order to
vote. This was done for the purpose
of having a pure and honest election
When the primary came on March 10
an attempt was made by an evil-mtnd-
ed dishonest person, to steal by mis-
leading and dishonest scheme the vote
IN my precinct and would have sue
ceeded had he not been discovered and
stopped. Now in order to carry out
the idea of the city central committee
and to show our contempt for and to
rebuke such unlawful and dishonest
schemes as this we should turn out and
give our support to ". H Kemper for
councilman. Not as a Democrat. tut
one who stands for law and order. A
man who IS a successful business man
and enterprising citizen. and above all
one who believes In an honest election
Yours for an honest elections. S.
Rice"
'"rhat is quite surprising to me- .
said w. H. Kemper. 1T is very grati-
flying. I don't expect to win, but / Will
make a good fight
The only contests which will interest
to any degree will occur in the Second
and Fourth wards. In the remaining
wards It will be waiiaway for the
Republicans
Lively in the Second.
With feverish activity the Democrat
ic and Republican Second ward man
ayers are endeavoring to line up the
vote in the Second for their respective
councilmanic candidates. A house to
house canvass was started early this
morning. down in the first and second
precincts. The Republicans started IN
at $50 this morning changing the
front door bells. The Democrats are
adopting the same tactics. It IS in fact
race with duplicated features. The
Democratic headquarters was rather
quiet this morning. only David VILE