The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-08

When the returns were all in the ques-
ton of voting $65,000 for the improve
ment and enlargement of the city cleo
trio light plant had been answered af-
firmatively by 4.617 as aaginst 1859 who
were opposed to bond Issue, ma
iority of over two to one. AS the re-
suit of the action of the voters the
council will now proceed to issue bonds
to an amount which may be recon-
mended to the council by the board of
electric light trustees. The board does
not expect to use much more than half
of the $65,000 and the issue will there
fore not approach that sum but only
so much as may be actually needed in
the necessary improvements. Members
of the board believe that $35,000 will be
found sufficient to put the plant in
first-class shape for 500 lights. The
trustees will secure additional data
and figures to determine the best sys-
tenn of electric lighting that can be in
stalled. The estimate which they will
prepare for the council will carry with
1t the amount which it will be neces-
sary to ask for in the way of bonds.
About $500 votes were cast and the
fact that 6,576 votes were cast one way
or the other on the bond proposition
shows to what great extent the peo-
pie of Topeka were interested in this
phase of the municipal election.
Not a precinct in the city failed to
return a good majority for the light
proposition. The Edison company took
its first taste of the fruits that come
to the corporation that attempts to take
an active part in forcing through con-
tract against the wishes of live. wide
awake community. In the Third ward
where the hacks and carriages were
rolling around in the interest of the
Edison company the vote ran all the
way from to 1 to to 1 for the bonds
In the Fourth ward in the first and
second precincts where the same tao
tics were observed by the friends of
the Edison company the vote ran from
4 to to to 1 for the bonds. In the
third precinct of the Fifth ward where
the great majority of the colored vote
of that ward resides, and where hacks
and workers were sent with the hope
of stemming the tide that was setting
in for the continuance of municipal
ownership of the electric light plant in
other parts of the city. the vote stood
225 for the bonds as compared with SO
against, almost to l.
The colored vote went strongly for
the bonds as did also the male vote,
the women in one or two instances
showed a majority opposed to the
issue. This curious trait of the woman
voter was evidenced in precincts in the
First and Sixth wards.
Two New Councilmen Chosen.
The surprise of the election in gen.
eral was the defeat of Councilman c.
X Holiday, in the Second ward. and
MONTGOMERY In the FOurtn. Holiday
is completing his third term in the
council. asked for fourth term and
was looking with some longing to the
mayoralty chair in the campaign of
next year Anti-corporation feeling of
the voters in the Second ward brought
about Holidays defeat: this was the
opinion expressed by one of Holidays
leaders at the ward headquarters last
evening as the returns were coming
in There has been some anti-cor-
poration feeling gathering down here
FOR some time and Charley was made
10 bear the brunt of it," said this man.
A few minutes later when the news
came in that Holiday had lost the
male vote in the fourth precinct his
leaders threw up the fight and de-
clared themselves whipped.
Holiday carried four out of the six
precincts but his majorities were so
small that they could not even over
come the handicap of the majority of
the one home precinct of Miller, the
sixth. where his neighbors turned out
on all sides and voted almost solidly
for the Democrat. In this there was
3. bit of local feeling. The sixth pre-
cinct came into the city about two
years ago, in that time it has been
clamoring for lights. for water and
sewer mains. They blamed the lack
of these facilities on Holiday, and
voted accordingly. In the other pre-
cincts opposition developed towards