The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-21

the majority by which Councilman
Green took the Third ward away from
a. NJ. Harvey
Harvey failed to carry precinct in
the ward and lost by majorities which
ranged from So to 191. The closest fight 4
between the two candidates was in the
FIRST precinct Of the Third which re-
turned ia votes for Harvey and 172
for Green. This is the precinct in which
Mr.. Green resides. In the third precinct,
which is HarVeys voting place, Green
votes were registered at ratio which
approximated close to three to one for
Harvey This was coming back with
a vengeance for Harvey's aggressive
work in Green's home precinct.
Proba bly, no one was more astOnished
with the outcome Of the returns fnan
William Green himself He went home
after the closing of the polls at 80 last
evening fully confident that ne was
beaten. 81 thought sure that he had
won it," he said this morning There
were Harvey rigs in every precinct,
Just plenty of them. They had things
systematfzed so that they moved just
like clock work. AS soon as one car
riage was there to unload its load OF
voters another was whipping up to
leave. While we had only few rigs
engaged and scarcely any one seemed
to be coming in to- vote of my follow
ing. i went home fully confident that 1
was beaten. When I heard the way
things were going in the fourth pre-
cinct. however, later in the evening, /
knew that I had the ward won
"It was sentiment that won the day
for Green said A. M. Harvey Ihe
vote was light but 7 didn't expect
heavier one. We had a pretty good
organization. Green had none what
ever. But in some way / couldn't get
my people out while those who sup
ported Green just tramped through the
weren't prodded up The friends OF
Mr. Green just turned out and helped
him win out. ] have nothing to offer
in the way of objection to the way In
which the primary was conducted
The primary was quiet in Dotn
wards. The only excitement of conse-
ouence occurred over in the Third pre-
ciuct Of the Fourth ward. F. G. Dren-
ming, city attorney. had secured the
printing of some sample pink ballots
with the names of 2. Montgomery.
councilman, It. F. Carver committee
man at large. and the names Of each
of the committeeman in each precinct
endorsed by the law and order crowd,
crossed. These ballots were dis
fributed to the voters as they entered
the voting places. The great objection
was made to the fact that the words
"Oncia1 Ballot We're printed at the
head Of the ballot. To the uninitiated
and Ignorant it meant that they were
Influenced to mark their ballots exactly
similar to the ballots distributed by
Drenning. Councilman Rice, who was
running for denomination, discovered
the ballots shortly after o'clock. He
raised a roar Immediately. Here you
have got to stop that" he called out
to Dreuning who was handing them
out at the Third precinct. 81 am not
going to stand for anything Of that
kind. That's stealing the nomination
You pose as q law and order man." q
Montgomery appeared just at this time
and Mr.. Rice addressed his remarks to
him Mr.. Montgomery agreed imme
dfately that the distribution Of the bal
lots should cease. He said that he had
so knowledge that they were being dis
fributed and knew nothing of them un-
tn AIr. Rice called his attention to it.
"That was the most underhanded
thing that I ever heard Of" said COun-
Gilman Rice. They went to work and
handed out those sample ballots, and
they were printed exactly as the ball
lots which were used to vote with
only they were pink instead of white
and had these names crossed I'm the
square All the people had to do was
TO 20 In the booths and put down the
sample ballots and cross the names
off on the regular ballot just as they
appeared on the sample ballot. OF a
large number of women it would
seem to indicate they would have to
gured me that he had nothing to do
with 1t, and that MT Drenning had got
the scheme up"
eft was entirely new to me" said
Mr.. Montgomery MT. Rice first
called my attention to them. and
fs-essd 20 stop them. and did. went