The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-20
VOTING IS LIVELY.
Contest for Councilman in Two
Wards Exciting.
All Of the Candidates Appear to
Be Confident.
EXPECT A BIG VOTE.
Registration of Women Has Not
Been Large.
Polls viii Close at 1880 This
Evening.
Expect A BIG VOTE.

L lllQ ana r. urln WarQS at the AepuD-
lican primary which opened up this
afternoon at o'clock and which viii
close at 1880 this evening.
The contest in both wards promises
to be close with the interest centerfng
most strongly on the outcome of the
Third ward struggle for coun
In the Fourth ward the fight to
nominate members to the city central
committee is dividing interest with the
councilmanic nomination. The present
members of the city central committee
from the Fourth ward are fighting to
get back against nominees put up by
A D. Bauer. This is the only contest
on members to the city central com
mittee existing in the city.
Both candidates for the Republican
nomination for councilman from the
Third ward-WiHiam Green and A. NJ.
| f1arvey-are claiming that they will
/ sweep up the victory.
Major Harvey has his forces well
organized and in hand-he is a shrewd
and active campaigner and from this
standpoint has probably the best of the
{ Green forces who are not so we'll or
gained. The large personal follow
ing, and as one man expressed it aptly,
| the following based on sentiment is
the one which Green controls.
Il am confident that will win out"
said Mr.. Green this noon. This
weather is favorable to my nomination
D
/ ting out a large woman vote. think
4 that I stand a good show of carrying
/ the First and Third precincts. I hard
/ ly believe that I Will carry the Fourth
/ and / believe that have a good chance
/ to carry the Second.
From every indication believe that
7 viii be returned to the council
Both candidates have carriages out
and viii make strong feht to get out
4 all their voters to the rolls. The WC-
men have Endorsed Mr.. Green through
the Woman's Municipal league, and
| this factor viii carry a great deal of
/ weight with the woman vote. Two
I years ago Councilman Green carried
the Third ward in TIE bitterest sort Of
a fight against c. v. Wolf by d plurali-
ty OF los. Mr.. Green carried the First,
! Second and Third precincts. losing the
/ Fourth 10 Wolf. In the First and Sec
ond precincts Mr.. Green had handsome
pluralities, in the Third precinct it was
close. The total vote cost for Greea
was S79, for Wolff no.
tireen was then running, handtapped,
| by being on an independent ticket.
while Wolf was running as the regular
Republican nominee. dications al
present point towards Green carrying
the Third precinct and the First with
I a contest on in the Second.
Harvey who staa1s in we'll with the
negroes and who cartrois a heavy per-
centage of the negro vote VIII carry the
Fourth precinct beyond doubt.
Things look certainly very good to
me-" said Major H rvey at noon. 4
strong personal friend Of Harvey thinks
that Harvey will win out in the First
Second and Fourth precincts. conced-
ing the loss of the Third precinct
]Iarvey's own precinct.
Green lives IL the First ''The race is
going to be close. said he. ut either
viii be that or else Harvey wins by 400 -
The friends Of Harvey think they
have the better on the registration.
About Is per cent of the names on
the hooks over there are 70 good - said
one of the men. I'VE know because we
have kept tab just about Ii per cent
of tbs names are no good because there
is some defect in their registration
they have either moved since the last
election or failed to vote at the last
election AND when they come to vote
they will find this out to their sorrow -
In the Fourth wand. Councilman s. S.
Rice believes that he will carry the
First, Second and Third precincts Hz
comedies the Fourth precinct to Mont
gopery.
Il think that viii win out said he
II viii get the majority Of the men
vote though the women vote viii pro
baby be more for Montgomery. I look
for a close contest and large poll. The
weather is good and I believe this will
tend to bring out the voters. I have
my organization pretty well in hand
and have carriages and men at each
voting place.
E. Montgomery. who is opposing
Rice said: II think that I have the best
of the registration on Rice. We have
kept mighty close tab on this registra-
ton problem and I can't figure it out
but what I have got the women vote
by far and that ] have enough of the
men to offstand anything that Rice may
have"
The women are well organized in the
Fourth for Montgomery. They have
carriages and have supplied them with
lists of all the women voters and their
place Of residence.
The fight for committeeman in the
Fourth looks very much Ike it would
result in favor of the law and order
faction though the Bauer people are
expected to land two out of the five
The polls VIII close at 7:so this even
! ing,
: Commissioner of Elections Titus shows
the following registration in the two
! Third ward-Male, 1857; female, $50
! Fourth ward-Male. 1880; female. 8a1
Total 2.4e1.
The votes cast two years ago at the
primary in these same wards was as
Third Third ward-C. V. Volt. 7o5; NJ
= Snattinger. 662 Total, 1867.
Fourth wards. s. Rice, ssS; Fred
: Gillette, 364. Total, 997.
The following are the voting places
3 in the Third and Fourth wards:
Third ward-First precinct. 93l
Kansas avenue; second: 5o7 Yves
Tenth avenue; third. 1890 Western
avenue: fourth. 1898 Lincoln street
G Fourth ward-First precinct, 205
: West Seventh street; second, 33s
4 jackson street; third. Sumner schoo
: building: fourth, 1921 West Sixtf
= / avenue.
G The candidates in the two wards II
j which primaries are being held are a.
e follows:
a CounciIman-WiiIia Green, A. N
j Board Of Bdueation-E. H. Ander
son