The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-09
LATETO REGISTER
Books for Republican Primary
Close Last Evening.
Total Registration Is Over Eff
teen Thousand.
HOLIDAY COMPLAINS.
He Criticises the Commissioners
of Elections.
Things Warming Up in All
:. the Wards.
HOLIDAY COMPLAINS.

A roast OF considerable proportion
was handed out to c. H. Titus, COM
missioner of elections, by c. K. Hol-
liday in his address to voters of the
First ward at Lukens' opera house
last evening.
In a characteristic campaign speech
before some two hundred voters.
majority of whom were colored, Hol-
liday made reference to the statements
that have been circulated about in
the Second ward that the commission
er of elections had been closing his
Office at O'Clock in the evening in
the. faces OF people who desired to
register
There's a man down there in the
office of the commissioner of elections
who thinks that he is the whole
blooming thing" said Holiday. He
imagines that he is running that ONCE
and that no one else has anything 10
say about it. Unless a laboring man
wanted to quit work and lose his time
it has been impossible for him to reg
lister: The office has closed at
o'clock and the laboring man has had
small chance to register. tell you the
people have something to say about
such things as these. They are not
going to stand for it. You mark my
words they are going to make show
ing on next Wednesday, March IL.
Bitterness against Titus exists
among supporters of Holiday in the
Second ward, especially among Santa
Fe shopmen, who do not quit work
. can't get down town to register until
late in the evening They claim that
Titus has aimed to strike a blow at the
laboring forces in the interests OF
some other candidate whom he may
be supporting.
Titus says the whole thing is
falsehood and an outrage. II have
stayed in my office as long as anyone
presented himself for registration on
said he. 81 have gone out just before
. closing time. for that matter ana
, locked up and down the street to see
if anyone was coming before locking
up to make sure. That's the worst
,, piece of politics I have ever seen
played
The registration books were open
last evening until 1880. 81 tried to get
the office to remain open longer IN me
evening, but 1 was unsuccessful l
could not reach Mr.. Titus but l had
talk with his deputy who told me that
it was impossible for them TO keep
open later. am sorry that it was SO, "
said William Green.
| in better shape than at any other pre-
vioHs time said Titus There is no
reason to complain. No one has been
forced to wait to register"
The registration for the Republican
primary is now over. The total regis
tration last evening was 15,261; rms
| is one of the heaviest registrations IN
| years. OF this number 1,25l were
registered yesterday, the record day.
About 300 women voters were
/ registered. Denizens of the half world
| painted and in their cheap hnery
drove down to the commissioner or
elections office. in large numbers yes
| terday afternoon. They rode IN HoI-
| liday carriages and were escorted by
/ the waiting workers with elaborate
politeness to the place of registration
! few
| days the demi mondaine have regis
! tered but not to the noticeable extent
of Friday afternoon. The drag net
was thrown out and everything Ina
could be caught was brought IN
From now on the efforts that were
expended in getting out the reg1stra-
ton will be devoted towards rlpplng
up the forces and make inroads upon
the voting strength of the opponent:
This evening Green will hold
meeting at Lukens' opera house.
| Some of the Republicans from the
| Second ward will also hold a meetlIe
at the Eagles lodge rooms TINS even
! a Swendson meeting will be held to-
night at Security hall. All three of the
candidates therefore will nave ralles
HoIliday has revised his figures and
the claims that he makes now are, two
precincts in the First ward, all OF the
second with the possible exception OF
| the Fourth precinct Inc III u
cinct of the Fifth ward and possibly
the second precinct. He is hoping
that his Second ward majority viii
more than Offset the majorities which
Green receives. in the rest of the city.
Swendson is claiming some strength
in the Fourth precinct of the Second
ward. the, Fourth precinct in the
Fourth ward, where there Is neaVy
swedish vote. and the Sixth ward.
Green workers claim the First ward
the Third. Fourth and the Fifth wards
! with the possible exception of the
Third precinct in the Fifth ward the
| First precinct of the Sixth ward, the
Fourth precinct of the Second ward
and possibly the Sixth precinct of the
! same ward.
F. G.. Dreaming, the present city at
ltorney. who made such a spectacular
race for city attorney two years ago,
has not done very much yet though II
is exDected that he may make a Whirl-
| wind finish. Spencer has been very
active on the other hand. C. B. Burge
is making a unique speech making
tour of the wards in his campaign for
CITY clerk He says that he simply
| Quilted" into 1.-THE race for city clerk
and that no one has asked him to run
Squires is being represented by his
son, Ralph Squires. Sol. G. Watkins
the only colored man running for Of
fee. city treasurer. has been making
an active canvass for votes among his
own people. An effort is being made