The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-03

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s2s. the largest ever given a mayor {
this city. Every man on the indie
pendent ticket won.
AT CHERRYVALE.
The Republican candidate for may
II or and four of five councilmen wer
defeated by the Citizens ticket heade
8 by d. r. Young:
AT MANHATTAN
The city election resulted in tn
8 election of the entire Republican tickle
with the exception of one councilman
u ]. J. Paddock, Republican. for mayor
carried the city over r. r. Clemens
Civic Union candidate. by 2O9. Tn
Republican authorities treated tn
Civic Union to a surprise. When tn
ballots were distributed they founC
that the name of their ticket had beer
changed to Independent ticket" ant
no circle put over the ticket, making
it impossible to vote straight tickle
other than the Republican withou
marking each individual name.
AT GARNETT.
A hotly contested city election wa:
held here. Two tickets, Republican
Q. McAfee. Republican, was defeated
for reelection for mayor by S. c. By
bee by sixty majority. The city coun-
Gil is mixed; ,
Mayor ]. P. Harshas Republican
was reelected for the fifth term by
700 majority His entire Republican
average majority of 700.
AT EMPORIA.
J. P. Glotfelter was elected mayor
by a small vote over Frank Mccain.
| The city council is evenly divided, two
| dates elected. Glotfelter is profess
sor in the State Normal school. A fight
was made on him because of this. the
| two south wards voting solidly against
| him. Mccain is Democrat and a
AT CHAPMAN
! T. c. Sage was elected mayor over
! P. Scanlon by votes: 7. J. Foley, po-
lice judge; j. Carroll, NJ. p. Sanborn.
James Mcneil, G. Miller, Clyde Grigg,
councilman.
AT HAYS
Yesterday was city election day.
Only 265 votes were cast, about one
half of the usual vote. There was no
contest and only one ticket in the field.
Mayor, Henry Schwaller; clerk, Chas.
Hardness, and police judge Miles H.
Mulroy.
Election here resulted the election
of the following: Mayor. DR.. C. ".
Haggman; police judge, F. A. Sorick;
A L. Isaacson and A. J. Riley. The
ticket is considered dry and was
elected practically unanimously out of
1S2 votes cast.
The election was not exciting. DR..
j. c. Entz was elected mayor; c.
Johnson, police judge; T. H. Palmer,
]. s. Meek. c. Weideman, J. M. Ketch-
the old administration and it had little
opposition.
AT MANCHESTER
This was the first election since
class. The citizens ticket won by p
in vote of 112. DR.. c. w. Bethel
was chosen mayor; Thos. Lacey, police |
judge: VIM. Edwards, Robt. Boyer, J. |
T. Swartwood, H. Flora, T. Bender, |
AT LARNED.
The entire citizens ticket with the |
exception of one councilman, was |
elected here in the city election. Mayor |
E. E. Frizell. was reelected after one |
of the bitterest fights ever made for |
mayor with majority of sixty votes.
The issue was sewer or no sewer. May |
or Frizell is in favor of the construc-
ton of the sewer and consequently the |
fight was made against his reelection.
AT CONCORDIA.
Less than 700 votes were cast here
The campaign was between the Repub-
leans who elected w. c. Whipp navor
vote. and the Socialists, backed by the
Democrats. The free library PROPOSE
ton had small majority.
AT SOLOMON
There was no contest in the city cleo
ton here and orly 20 votes were cast.
A. Carpenter was elected mayor; w Z.
olson, police judge; I. 3: LAS. w. NJ.
Devices, r. s. Morgan, w. Butcher, F.
Henderson, councilmen.
AT ENTERPRISE.
The election was quiet, 80 votes being
,ast. o. V. Lotto was elected mayor
opposition; ]. F. Ruhrer police
Judge; E v. HOFFMAN, A. ]. King, E.
:. Kragbill. c. P. Peterson, T. Sand
luist, councilmen.
AT JUNCTION CITY.
The Liberal party, which has been in
control of the cifV affairs hfa
past IS years, was defea+ II by the
Local corporate inter-
.sts and the opposition to a $4,000 sew
II system won the election. The indie
PENDENT candidate for mavor, w. z.
defeated the present
mayor, DR.. F. w. ODonnen, by III
-otes out of 3,415 votes. The entire
LIBERAL ticket with the exception of one
mayor of the school board was de-
Gated.
AT HOLTON.
w. G. Kuhn, the present mayor. was
e-elected yesterday over Albert sar-
ach by 103 majority. There as no :
pecial issue except the personality Of :
he men, both being prominent business /
Republican. F. H. Scott was elected
olice judge, A. D. Farley, city treas
rer, and ]. P. Moore, trsa C1 the :
pard of education. There vas 10
he Third, where c. ]. Hal lin was :
lected councilman, and in the Second, :
there Bide Hurd was elected member :
f the board of education over w. H. l
This is a victory for Prof.
lotion, of the city schools, whose re- =
lection was the issue. 7
AT CLAY CENTER.
The reelection of George w. Hanna II
) mayor yesterday over F. L. Williams =
v an overwhelming majority after v
ne of the bitterest fights in the his .
Dry of Clay Center was a great victory T
IT municipal ownership, which was d
lie great issue in the campaign. This +
the fourth time the issue has been f.
ought out and each time municipal il