The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-10
VOTE is HEAVY,
Interest in TOday's Primary at
Fever Heat.
Believed That Seven Thousand
VIII Express Preferences.
MANY BEER PARTIES.
They Are Used to Put CIincher
on "Ring's" Efforts.
Polls VIII Close at 2 This
Evening.
MANY BEER PARTIES.

1t is expected that 1000 votes will be
pooled in the Shawnee county Republi-
can primaries today The voting com
menced at one o'clock and will continue
until seven.
Despite the fact that the morning
dawned with heavily clouded skies.
presaging rain, and the weather fore
caster'a announcement indicated pre-
cIpitation and colder weather, the man
ayers OF the different candidates feel
confident that one Of the biggest votes
ever brought out in Shawnee county
vii be registered before tonight.
'The fact that both the southern and
western part of the state are threat
ened with rain and colder weather"
said Observer T. B. Jennings, means
that Topeka and this portion Of the
state will probably get q Wetting be-
fore the primaries are over. / thought
yesterday that the precipitation would
not come until probably Sunday, for
the storm did not seem to be moving
this direction rapidly enough. But the
cloudy condition this morning and the
Washington forecast mean rain before
the day is over"
Senator j. B. Belts, who is managing
the candidacy of his brother for sheriff,
said this morning. II feel sure that
fully e. 600 votes viii be cast before to-
night The interest is intense. The
rivalry between the different candidates
IS very keen. Everyone is on the alert.
Every candidate Is out fighting for
himself Even though the weather
should not just be at its best, the vOt-
ing viii be very heavy"
't-Chc voting will be very heavy" said
Edwin McKeever, who is handling
Gillulys race for county attorney. ut
win run away up. The fight Is red-hot.
We have more than 10C men in the field
working for our man today.
All of the different managers and can
didates are of Belts and AdcKeever's
opinion with regard to the heavy vote
that is to be po1ed. The peculiar situa-
tons which have arisen, make each diff
feTent fight a feature The cuuing out
of four candidates for sheriff and the
leaving of two. with the discards follow
ing different flags, and the old wet
and "dry" fight entering into the con-
test. make the situation complex. The
Ring and the prohibitiOn1sts have can
didates in the field in the county attOr-
uey race. and there is q middle-man,
one unpledged and free from factlonal
alliance. That is an odd condition in
Shawnee county race.
Five candidates are out for register of
deeds three for county clerk, three for
probate judge, Eve for county commits
giouer from the First district Strange
combinations and peculiar internal
fights, large number Of candidates, and
various other features attach themselves
to the primary this year, making 1t OF
unusual interest and very unsafe TO
forecast upon. For these various rea-
sons win the vote be heavy. The many
different interests which are entered
viii bring out all the different supper t.
ers with the result that practically all
of the Republican voting strength In
Shawnee county VIII be polled. The ~
terest in the country is as tense as in
Topeka
A Big Safeguard.
Even though registration was denied
the county by the Ring at the Shawnee
county Republican central committee
meeting recently, when the matter was
foored by means of gag rule still the
managers, candidates. workers and
voters who desire to see fair play and
q square deal. have a big chance to
shut off frauds by enforcing this rule
as announced i'm the official call on
March L
Supervisors in precincts of the city
of Topeka must see that all voters give
their name and residence and address
before receiving a ballot. The name
and address must be written on the
poll sheet by the clerks. Any precinct
failing to do this. the returns from said
precinct VIII not be counted
The fair play and square dear peO-
PIE have decided TO see that this rule
is enforced to the very letter. In years
previous q number Of precincts have
been guilty OF simply taking the nam es
of the voters and not their addresses.
OF course If repeaters give fictitious
names and fictitious addresses. unless
the board of its own knowledge knows
that they are fraudulent the votes
slip I'm. But if all over the city, it is
carefully seen to that all names and ad-
dresses are taken an irnm edlate subse-
Quent investigation will quickly reveal
Wrongdoing i'm any suspected pre-
eincts.
This point is not being lost sight of
today but the people who demand
clean primaries are going to demand
the careful taking of names and ad-
dresses and viii after the primaries
demand an investigation wherever the
validity Of certain voters is doubted.
frustrated Beer Party.
big 'spoudng' meeting at Chiles'
hah, and several beer parties wound
up the campaign in Topeka last night
one or the beer parties did not come
on. however as planned. Behind all
which lies a good story.
lt was billed for 1911 Kansas avenue
in vacant store belonging to Mrs. c.
s whitaker Just by accident did she
ind out about the proposed fest" She
happened TO go to the store on FRIDAY
afternoon. while she was out looking at
a number OF her properties. She found
the place locked uD and the curtains
drawn Through a back window. over
which the blinds had not been drav-r,
she looked into the store and saw
three big kegs of beer. At once she
called unOn her agent e e Rcude-
push hey tried to get the police Of
Hcefs 10 come and take the stuff away
and arrest the parties who placed it
there. But t1e police didn't act So
she and MI Roudebush in the pres
ence Of a number of spectators rolled
me kegs out on the sidewalk. smashed
in the heads and let the amber LIQUID
flow away In the gutter
4 peculiar coincidence in the matter
IS That the building in which the beer
was round once belonged to Carrie Ma
ton. The famous Home Defender"
bought 1t several years ago with the
Intention of converting It into a home