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

the few. evidently who had not been
seen by the friends of others whose
names appeared on the ballot. He
was marked for slaughter by the
friends of other candidates in case he
attempts to vote anything but a
Democratic ballot at the elections and
he has always been known as Re
publican.
The ratio of votes cast was the same
In the third precinct of the First
ward where 236 voters have registered
their intention of voting: Nine Demo-
Gratis had voted at 1 o'clock In this
precinct two ministers had voted. one
of them voting a Republican ticket
and his fellow worker capling for a
Democratic ballot. The first colored
man to vote during the morning voted
a Democratic ballot
The vote in the third precinct of the
First ward was lighter proportionately
than anywhere else in the ward, less
than one-fourth of the 800 voters
having voted at 1 o'clock. The vote
at this hour in this precinct included
twelve Democrats and one Prohibi-
ZIONIST
There was a noticeable absence of
ward heelers and politicians at or near
the polls and the voters were not
compelled to wade through a long
line of these pest in order to get a
chance to cast his ballot. The voting
III tie llIst precinct Ol Ine SlAl1 Wdr u
was rather brisk during the early
morning hours and again at noon and
at 1880 22O of the 326 voters register
ed had cast their ballots, including
seven Democrats and one prohibition
list.
Voting Slow i'm Second.
In the Second ward, at the first pre-
cinct at IL O'Clock 65 votes out of
registration of 345 had been cast; at
the second precinct "a out of a total
of 332 registered. thirteen were were
Democrats: at the fourth precinct 100
votes were cast at 11:15 out of a reg
istration of 472, thirteen OF the voters
were Democrats and one Prohibition:
in the fifth precinct. 104 had voted out
of a REGISTERED number of 1858 at 11:3O,
there were twelve Democrats; in the
seventh precinct, just created, out OF
a registration of 29 votes eleven were
cast at 1870.
In the Third ward, first precinct. 10Y
voted at IL o'clock out of 423 register
ed. but five Democrats voted here: in
the second precinct out of a reg1stra-
ton of 35S, 159 votes were cast at 1880
and of this number 25 were Democrats,
one a Prohibition and one a Soc1anst,
in the third precinct 1S4 voted at l2:lo
out of a registration of 49, eight Dem
ocrats voted; in the fourth precinct loz
had voted at 1890: this is about so per
cent of the registration, seven Demo =
Gratis voted.
In the Fifth ward: First precinct
at o'clock 2s5 had appeared at the
polling place with registration OF
$50: eight Democrats had voted; In
the second precinct at IL o'clock 81
had voted out of ZIG registered with
ten Democrats counted.
One of the heaviest votes polled was
in the fourth precinct of the Fourth
ward where 220 of the 4S4 voters reg
;eta t,od aSf their 2
O'Clock This vote included 16 Demo-
Gratis. not a Prohibitionist or Socialist
In the third precinct of the Fourth
ward 149 of the 37S registered voters
had cast their ballots at o'clock.
Fights of this number were Demo-
Gratis three Socialists and not an In
pendent or Prohibitionist. In the sec
and the third precincts of this ward
about the same ratio prevailed.
The registration Is about rs per cent
of the voting strength of the city and
the vote cast today will probably reach
90 per cent of the registration.