The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-03
HOLIDAY IN LEAD
Second Ward Voting Apparently
FayOrs Him.
His Supporters Muster Their
Full Strength.
is QUIET ELSEWHERE.
Vote Will Be Light Except in
Second.
Polls viii Close at Six O'Clock
This Evening.
IS QUIET ELSEWHERE.


ward is going largely for c. K. Holli-
day. though the polls will remain open
until O'Clock this evening and it is
impossible to give anything like q guess
on majorities. Up to noon Holiday
was getting two votes to Heery's one
apparently.
In most instances the vote was light
just active enough to keep the election
boards from doing something else. The
total registration in the Second ward
is 1858 and at noon a total of about 200
votes had been cast in the six precincts,
less than 20 per cent. The heavy vote
in the Second ward, especially in the
first, second, third, fourth and sixth
precincts. comes after II o'clock. during
the noon hour when the Santa Fe shop
people go home to dinner
Close at Tonight.
This is practically the only time when
a large number of them have time to
vote, since the poles close at o'clock
this evening. The fourth precinct which
the managers of Holiday had believed
would be for Heery sprung a surprise
and is voting heavily for Holiday. I'm
less conditions change the fourth pre-
cinct will cast as heavy a majority for
Holiday as the third.
Holiday seems to be drawing from
two distinct elements-he has both the
church people and the liberal element
llIGQ up We'll DOWH III the 1ISl anu
second precincts where there is a large
predominance Of those who vote for
liberal platform Holiday had his or
ganization we'll In hand and the ma
jOrity of the voters were instructed for
him. while over in the third and fourth
precincts where law and order has its
strongest hold practically the same con-
ditions prevail.
I'VE haven't got the fight won by
any means though said G. E Jewell,
can't tell about this vote business until
the books are closed and you are count
ing.
9It's too early in the day to talk. I
only hope that this rain won't continue
and interfere with the vote"
IT haven't anything to say" said
David Williams. manager for Heery-
Williams Was down at the second -Sre-
cinct and put in most Of his time cir
culatfng between the first and second
precincts. I'VE don't expect to carry
this second precinct" he continued.
This is right down IN Al Bauer's coun-
try and we are not trying to do very
much" The second precinct is where
Heery lives.
The Democrats objected to Joseph
Griley acting as clerk of the election
board in the third precinct and f. M.
EtzeI was named instead. Griley stay
ed outside and assumed charge Of the
carriages which Holiday had engaged.
The women played a very important
factor in this precinct They acted as
nurses to the women voters who mad
babies and who could not leave their
homes without someone to watch their
babies and small children, they went
out with the carriages and hacks and
got out their friends, they made out
lists of the voters and saw that they
were properly instructed
The Republicans had plenty of funds
distributed in the Second, there were
enough rigs in every precinct, from
two up to four and five.
White ribbons were the emblem
which the Holiday carriages carried,
the Heery vehicles had none. The
fourth precinct had the best allotment
Of Heery carriages.
At each of the voting places the vot-
ers had to run gauf-sc-I Of Holiday
workers, colored and white. All evil
dences that the Republicans had plenty
of funds.
As evidence of the way in which the
votes We're coming in during the fore
noon the following figures are illustra-
tive.
At II o'clock SO votes had been cast
in the first precinct and of these 36
were women votes, in the second pre-
cfnct 105 votes had been registered, in
the third precinct there were 12S with
65 Of these cast by women, in the fourth
precinct a total Of 122 were cast, in the
nILn precinct OZ ana III the sixth pre-
cinct r. At each of these places the
election boards claimed that on4a guess
they would place the vote as going two
to one for Holiday.
There were few changes in the cleo
tions boards in the Second. In the third
precinct, Leroy CI4rrier was selected as
Judge in place on Chas. Miller and J.
M. Etzel acted as. clerk in place of
Griley In the fifth precinct G. E.
Butts was appointed judge in place of
{ RanHloff
appointed clerk in Splace of BeR NJ.
Scobee.
! On the whole the election has gone of
3 or personal encounters The vote m the
] First, Third, Fifth and Sixth wards is
/ very light indeed and It is also light in
! the Fourth. In the First precinct of the
Sixth WalNs but fve votes had been cast
! three hours after the polls opened. a rate
1 of about one vote for every forty-five
minutes.
At noon the vote in the Second precinct
/ Of the Fourth ward had run up to A.
while in the. First precinct it had reached
! "a. 1t was claimed that THE First precinct
/ was stand-on between Kemper the
/ Democratic candidate, and Mont tgon cry,
. the Republican nominee, for councilman.
The hours set for the election have
caused some criticism. The hours set are
I from 6 o'clock a. m. till O'Clock p. M,
which is the time prescribed by law In
/ the first place it is a hard knatter to or
j fanize an election board at S o'clock in
! the morning and several of the boards
4 had considerable difficulty in this partic-
ular. and secondly in closing at O'Clock
in the evening a large number OF voters
/ who are unable to vote at o'clock in the
morning lose out with the polls closing al
! s O'Clock, since their working hours are
/ not over until o'clock.
Temperatures in Large Cities.
Chicago, April 81 a. m. tempera
lures: Boston SO: New York 81: Phil
adelphia ss; Washington 80; Cineinna Il