The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-28
IT'S NOT SO DULL
Interest in City Campaign De-
vel6ping at Last.
Workers Holding Meetings to
Discuss Situation.
HUNTING FOR VOTERS.
Line Parties to Stimulate In
tereSt of Women.
Mr.. Holiday Makes Rather
Startling Claims.

The city campaign is warming up
at last. The Third, Fourth, First and
Sixth wards are claimed by Mr..
Green's supporters and they believe
that the Fifth ward will show also
marked majority The Second ward is
conceded to c. K. Holiday. This is
| the way Holiday figures the contest
this morning: 81 am going to carry the
Second ward by two thousand major
ity, enough to offset any majority that
Green may get in the rest of the city.
L Will carry the First Second and
Fifth wards and Green better look
sharply to the Fourth ward for / will
get that too. The Sixth ward will go
for Swendson. Mr.. Green will get the
Third ward 1 tell you that Green
hasn't got look in. Swendson is go
ing to get more votes than Green. 1
think l know more about Mr.. Swend-
sons campaign and Mr.. Green's cam
pa1gn than either one of the gentlemen
know themselves and I know that
Swendson is making an underground
fight that is getting him a lot of votes.
Swendson will poll more votes than
Green You mark my words. 1 have
had this city canvassed thoroughly for
thirty days"
Though VIM. Green comedies the
j second ward to- Holiday he claims
that he will carry the sixth precinct
peculiar features of the campaign is
the entry of Frank B. Simms, ardent
Democrat into the councilman fight
over in the First ward. Simms is
working for Swendson with might and
main SwendSon is calling particular
attention in his Campaign to the fact
that he has been a staunch Republican
all of his life, that he never voted any
thing but the straight Republican tick
ct. He has made partisan politics one
issues feh RI he
Republican nomination, but of course
he could not refuse the support of a
good Dem ocrat.ee a--
The foliowers-of Swendson will hold
day night. One of the arguments
which Mr.. Swendson will utilize to
persuade voters is a comparative state
ment which he will publish shortly
showing what each of the three can
d1datesT has accomplished while mem
bers of the city council, the prepon-
derance of the 9showing is supposed to
be of course in favor of Swendson
Line parties is the novel suggestion
made to get women voters interested
enough to register. The suggestion was
made at the meeting of 100 of ward
and precinct workers for VIM. Green,
at the rooms formerly used by the
I. A. A. at 623 Jackson street.
Women unless some special induce
ment is held out are disfncfined to
come down towp and register in the
bad weather. 70 overcome this and
give some degree of interest the line
parties of from ten to fifteen women
VIII be formed to register in a BODY
Registration was the main theme Of
the meeting of last evening. The need
of getting the voters properly qualified
was emphasized at every turn.
Substantially the reports of all of
the ward workers agreed on this need.
w. S. BergundthaI stated that the
First ward would give a heavy ma
Jority to William Green and that no
concessions were being made G. E.
Jordan endorsed the claim. Rev. H
E. Wark reported that the Fifth ward
was largely for Green. John v
Abrahams claimed. that work had
been done in every precinct EXCEPT the
second in the Fourth ward and that
every precinct showed W well. Peter
He'll urged that more work be done in
the first and second precincts of the
Third ward, while Clac Hamilton, rep
reSenting the Sixth ward. claimed the
north end for Green and urged that
more workers be sent to the south end
where Mr.. Swendson lives.
The meeting was attended by some
of the most prominent business men in
the city, James A Troutman Captain
A. M. Fuller, w. S. Bergundthal Cap
tain ]. D. Norton and c. G. BIakely
making short addresses. DR.. w. S.
Lindsay presided and H. Ward Page
acted as secretary
A number of Santa Fe shopmen met
at the Holiday headquarters at 40
Kansas avenue last evening and or
ganized a Holiday club. James Null
Inns was elected as president of the
organization. A large majority of the
men live in the Second ward.
Determined effort is being made to-
day to get a heavy registration. Hacks
and private carriages are being used
to convey voters to the office of the
commissioner of elections at the city
hall.
Holiday has got out several hacks
working both in the First ward and
the Second ward, while a number of
private carriages are being used by
Green together with one hack which is
being used almost exclusively in the
Second ward.
The registration for Tuesday was
271, Wednesday it ran over the one
hundred mark, slumping down on &C
count of the rain, but the indications
point to a large registration today. The
books close on the Sth of March, next
week, Friday.