The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-11
GREEN IS AT HOME
Candidate for Mayor Has a
Slight Illness.
Physician Says He Will Soon
Be Out.
EVERYONE is BUSY.
The Ward Contests Are BecOm-
ing Exciting.
Mr.. Nipps of the Third and His
Good Record.

" hlidHI GreeH cdnQlddte Tor the
Republican nomination for the office
of mayor, is now confined to his home
at 921 Quincy street, with slight at
tack of pneumonia
A cold which annoyed him the
greater part of last week continued to
grow worse and on Friday developed
| into slight affection of the lungs
Saturday morning his physician. DR..
| L. M Powell, ordered him to his bed
! with the attendance of trained
| nurse. However, the slight congestion
| OF the lungs has been relieved and his
| temperature has become normal.
However, it will be impossible for
Mr. Green to leave his room for sew
eral days-too late to take any part
| in the campaign this week.
Dr. L. NJ Powell made the following
in a serious condition and he will be
| out in few days. He went home Fri
| day with a cold in the head and it was
followed by slight congestion of the
! lungs. Today he has so much i'm
proved that his temperature is normal
| and he is taking nourishment. He will
| be around in day or two"
Quiet in the Second.
| The fight to nominate councilman
on an independent ticket in the Second
ward has been called off. A cloud of
| ominous proportions started to gather
! on the horizon of the Second and it
| threatened to hover over and envelop
! the campaign of c. K. Holiday. The
Second ward Republicans had sent out
notices to a meeting Saturday evening
| at the Eagles lodge rooms and the
nomination of an independent candi-
date for councilman was to be taken
up.
This meant serious entanglements. A
cross fire fight would be sure to affect
Holidays vote. Peace and harmony,
this was the thing that must be secured
above all else.
Holiday and his supporters had to
swallow R. /. Jones as candidate for
councilman and it was bitter pill but
it had to be done. Probably there is
nothing that has occurred in the whole
Holiday campaign that has brought
more discomfortune with it than this
forced acceptance or the nomination of
Jones'
Jones was put into the race by the
avowed enemies of Joe Griley's candi
dacy for councilman These same enc
mics fought Joe Griley's attempt to get
on the ticket at this spring election and
resulted in his turning down at the
Republican city central committee
meeting. Griley is the campaign man
ager for c. K. Holiday. From these
facts it can be easily gathered what it.
really meant to Holidays campaign
management to accept Jones and work
for his election. But the welfare of
Holiday was endangered and the orders
sugar it was.
1t took considerable scoaxing and per-
suasion to keep the Republicans that
had gathered from making an inde-
pendent nomination for councilman but
it was finally done.
Mr.. Nipps in Third
Fred L. Nipps, of the Third ward. who
is a candidate for nominatio for his
second term. is receiving much encour-
agement and there is little doubt that
he will win. Mr.. Nipps has made an
enViable record in the city council Af-
ter a years service the mayor recog-
nizing his ability made him chairman
of the committee on streets and walks,
an honor seldom accorded to new
member. Though he has served less
than two years he is now president of
the council.
There should be no opposition to a
man like Mr.. Nipps who is willing to
serve the city in the capacity of coun-
Gilman. 1t is surprising that any one
should have attempted to defeat him.
He has nevertheless an opponent in the
person of H. B. Howard. The interest
in the contest has developed consider
ably and the indications are that Mr..
Nipps record in the council will be en-
dorsed by the people on Wednesday.
Charge of Extravaganza.
One Of the issues used against Holli- |
day is that he is extravagant. AS presi- |
dent of the Commercial club it is claim |
ed that the executive committee had to |
pass a resolution that all expenditures |
must receive the o. K. of the commit |
tee before they are to be incurred. As !
the story goes this action was necessi-
tated because Holiday had made ex- |
penditures of money that the club had |
not authorized and knew nothing of |
until the bills for the same were pre-
sented. The bills were incurred last |
year a this time in connection with |
booming the Semicentennial. A dele |
gate convention was held here and GER |
tain bills were encountered, such as an |
electric sign which cost 500, and ex-
penses for entertainment at the Elks
club which ran up close to $400. The
Commercial club had expected to spend |
some money but nothing to this exteEt.
When the bills came in from all sides
The money to meet these obligations
had 10 be borrowed from the banks.
One of the difficulties which Holt
day is running up against is the prom
ise of jobs with the city. James Ram
sew, street commissioner, is support
ing Holiday. 1t is very natural that a
large number of employees of the street
department are out
working for Holiday. They get their
cue from the head of the department.
If Holiday should get in he will have
TO remember those that are already
in office and can't very well oust them
in favor of his other workers This
IS a problem that is causing some wor-
ry. Those that haven't got jobs can't
be held to work so well if they are
not certain that they are going to be
taken care of. Some of the co1ored
workers have discovered this situation
and have switched to Green.
In connection with this a story is
being circulated with an idea Of hurt
ing Green's standing with the colored
people. 1t is said that Green does not
employ colored help and that he never