The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-06

Parkdale and in the northern pre-
cincts Of the Second ward, where a
good many of the Santa Fe shopmen
live, and although the voting was not
unusually heavy during the noon hour
! the workers at the polls believe that
1 in these wards the full vote Will be
polled before nightfall, as the Santa
! Fe shops Will close at five o'clock this
afternoon so that all of the men will
/ have ample opportunity to vote.
In the various precincts in these
/ two wards the workers, both Demo-
cratic and Republican, would hazard
no guess as to how the voters were
marking their ballots on the state
I ticket, although many of them admit
1 ted that a good many men who had
( heretofore been hide bound Repub-
( leans were avowedly voting for Har-
ris and Overmyer and some of the
other Democratic candidates on the
state ticket.
/ AS to the voting on the county
ticket they seemed more certain in
their predictions and the Democrats
were gleeful over what they said were
facts that Frank Foster the Repub-
was running way behind his ticket and
( the Republicans admitted that this
was so, and it seemed as though
good many of the Republican work
ers we're pleased with this condition
Of events.
Said one of them over in North To-
peka Foster is certainly between
the devil and the deep sea. That cir
cular signed by his name, which he
claims is a. forgery, was the strongest
sort of an argument for the rigid en-
forcement of the prohibitory law, to
say the least. He has been looked
upon as the rankest sort of law en-
forcement man, and his denial Of the
circular seems to convey the i'm
preston that he is not in sympathy
with its tenor, and therefore the voters
have not a great amount of confidence
in him. AT least that is what it looks
like to me from the talk I have heard
around this morning"
It was unusually quiet around all of
the polling places in the First and
Second wards with the exception of the
second precinct of the First ward. A
great majority of the voters in this
precinct are negroes and during the
entire morning the Rev. w H. White,
pastor of the r Street Baptist church
delivered a continuous stump speech
within a hundred feet of the polling
place at No. sol North Van Buren
street in the interests of the Demo
cratic state ticket. He had a crowd of
from twenty-five to fifty around him all
the time. and when he was not dellY-
ering an eXhortation for the Demo
cratic ticket he was busy with argu-
nents with his hearers One CT the
clinaxes of his speech which he reach
ed every five or ten minutes was in
words like this: The Republicans
freed the negroes from slavery but
they have done nothing but make
promises to them ever since. John
Brown kissed a niger baby once. And
the Republicans kiss you every election
day and after they get your vote. they
tell you that they are sorry but condi-
tions are such that they can do nothing
for you. The Democrats are your real
friends"
In this precinct 113 votes had been
polled at 1870 o'clock out of regis
tration of 371, and it was stated that
when the votes had been counted to-
night Schenck would have a majority
over Foster in the precinct Of at least
rs. It was also stated that Judge Hay
den, the Republican candidate fer pro
bate Judge, and John Wilkerson. the
candidate for sheriff, were being
scratched by negroes who heretofore
were always straight on the county
ticket As to the state ticket it seem
ed to be the opinion that Harris ana
Hoch would break even in the pre-
In the first precinct of the First
ward, the voting place being at $50
North Kansas avenue, 4S votes had
/ been pOiled at II o'clock out of reg
istration Of 1872 Things were unusual
ly quiet around this voting place and
1t was said that from the length OF
time the voters were taking IN the
booths it was evident that lots OF
/ sGEdt ttIltlR WIS 6OlllE tll-
Up to 11:15 O'Clock not one-quarter
of the vote had been registered at the
/ third precinct of the First ward, only
/ 90 votes having been polled out OF
( registration of AIS. In the fourth pre-
cinct at No. 113 East SayWeH street
not one-third of the vote had been en-
rolled by 1880 O'Clock.
Voting in Second Ward.
Voting the Second ward was also
! light during the morning hours, espec-
Z ;o11- W, I1nr a orprinPFE but
the workers there say that they are
I going to get the full vote out. Even IN
+ this dreamy section of the city, Where
Joints are scarcer than hens teeth and
+ where law enforcement is taken as a
I matter of course because no one seems
l to have a disposition to break the avs,
particularly the prohibitory one, the
+ sentiment against Foster was found to
be strong. and on all sides one could
/ hear of old time Republicans who We're
+ going to vote fer Democrats for the
first time in their lives.
Down in the first precinct cf the Sec
4 ord ward at 233 jefferson street. SO
votes out Of a registration Of 3S1 had
+ been p0lled by the noon hour It was
said here that there was not much
/ scratching except on the local ticket.
+ This is a stronghold of the Democrats
and it was stated that Schenck would
carry the precinct by a good majority
/ The voting was more brisk in the
second precinct of this ward. 121 votes
having been polled out of a registration
Of AL by 12:15 o'clock and it was pro-
4 portionately as large Is minutes later
in the Fifth precinct, with the voting
place at the Auditorium. where 133
votes had been enrolled at 1890 o'clock
out Of a registration Of 422
At this voting place the judges and
clerks were trifie plutocratic. having
a large table set up in a room off from
the voting place. at which their dinners
/ were served from a nearby restaurant.
and where their suppers and probably
tomorrow breakfasts viii be served,
for they expect that the task Of count
ing the votes viii be one of long dura- =
ton in view of the evident wholesale
scratching which is going on.
Candidate Net Registered.
At the first precinct of the Third ward.
III votes had been cast ct noon. out 81
a total registration of f6z The registra-