The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-29
NOT A RIPPLE.
First District Republican Pri-
mary a COlOrless Event.
No Interest Is BEING Taken
Anywhere.
ONLY ONE CANDIDATE.
ID. Il. Anthony Has a Clear
Field.
Single Voting Place in Each
Hard Here.
lily ONE CANDIDATE.

Today the First congressional district
IS in the t1roes of a primary election for
the purpose of choosing a Republican
candidate for congress to succeed the
present United States Senator Charles
Curtis.
Proba bly, not one person in ten will
remember that there is a primary be-
Ing held. and still less will take the
trouble to vote. over in Leavenworth
1T is said that there will be good
sized vote polled as a compliment to
d. r. Anthony, the editor of the Leav-
enworth Times, and the ''favorite SON.
of Leavenworth county.
If you have money to bet, 1t is safe
10 place IT on Anthony to win today,
because he Is the only candidate At
the time the Republican congressional
committee met to talk about the
method for choosing the Republican can
didate for congress. there were some
who favored the convention plan. They
said that there was no law to govern
primary election, and that in case of
a hard fight and close contest, it would
be impossible to prevent fraud. 1t was
generally admitted that a primary
would be all right when there is no con-
test. The committee went ahead and
decided TO hold a primary, and then,
IN order to make it sure there would be
no trouble about it, all the candidates
against Anthony withdrew. Anthony is
being nominated just as Charles Cur
It's was nominated two years ago.
In the city of Topeka there has been
one voting place opened in each ward,
instead of one in each precinct as is
usual. Even one voting place in each
ward is rather superfluous. One for the
whole town might do about as well.
Throughout the district a similar ar
Yangement prevails. Each county COM
mittee has arranged for the primary
with as little expense as possible. 1t is
a mere formality, and no one has any
disposition to make it any more expen-
eive than necessary for Mr.. Anthony,
being the only candidate, will have all
the expense TO pay. Even arranged on
the most economical basis possible, it IS
likely that the fun today will cost Mr..
Anthony a thousand dollars or so. But
ii Is equivalent to an election to con-
gress, and Mr.. Anthony will be delight
ed to pay the bill.
The polls are kept open today only
from to p. m. and the voting in each
county is in charge of the respective
county central committees. w. I. Bid
die. secretary of the congressional COM
nittee has been in general charge of
the arrangements, but he has done his
work through the Republican county
committees.
Chairman Arthur Capper said this
morning: "Of course there is no spec
ial interest in the primary. and there
viii not be much of a vote cast, but we
are obliged to go through the fornality
Each county central committee will
open up the polls as provided in the call
for the primary, and the Republican
voters throughout the district will be
given a chance to vote"
Reese VanSant, chairman of the Re
publican county committee in Shaw
nee county, has charge of the primary
here.
The following is a list of the places
IN the county where the votes are be-
ing cast in the congressional primary
this afternoon:
City of Topeka wards:
First ward-1002 Kansas avenue
north.
Second ward-C. E. Jewells Office,
Sixth and Kansas avenue
Third ward-Copeland hotel
Fourth ward-401 Jackson street
Fifth ward-Shimers coal office.
Sixth ward-I1owman Hill school.
Country townships:
RoSsville-Cfty of Rossville.
Silver Lake-Silver Lake city.
Menoken-Township hall.
Soldier-A. Q. L. w. hall, Shorey;
Rochester school.
Topeka-Mcore's office. Oakland
Highland Park school.
NiSsion-Grange hall
Dover-Odd Fellows hall. Dover:
city of Valencia.
Observation-Disclosures hotel.
Monmouth-G. A r. hall. Richland.
ecumseh-Tecumseh school house.
Auburn-Auburn school house.