The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-03

easily read from across the street.
printed and circulated a handbilI
which read as follows:
"a Coward1y Lie. M
"a circular purporting to come
from the Good Citizenship committee
in behalf of John ]. Schenck. in which
he is represented as being against
Sunday baseball, clubs and Sunday
theaters has been circulated in be-
haif OF Tom Humphreys. This cir
cular is vile forgery. and is not
authorized by me or any of my
friends. There is no such organiza-
ton as the Good Citizenship
JOHN j. SCHENCK,
| County Attorney of Shawnee county,"
Shops Close at Noon.
In the second precinct of the Sec
ond ward $50 votes had been polled at
IL O'Clock, but it was a silent vote and
impossible to tell which party or can
didate was running ahead
ward 12S votes had been cast up to
II O'Clock, these going for Bryan in
the ratio of three to one. The Bryan
voters seem to be casting their ballots
for the straight Democratic ticket, at
least it does not take them long to
vote.
In the sixth precinct of the Second
ward, the banner Democratic precinct
| OF the city, the vote was 130 at IL
o'clock with the sentiment strongly
for Bryan. 1t is expected that this
precinct will also go three to one for
the Nebraskan, but there is a heavy
| silent vote being cast and it is hard to
predict its complexion with any GER
tainty.
In Oakland the sentiment is evenly
divided. At IL o'clock 1877 votes had
been cast in Oakland.
| The Democrats are making hard
/ f Oh for C4wr1v, Yr-l-
Schenck all over the city Schenck's
| friends are very active at all the poll
ing places and it is still confidently ex-
pected that he will receive hand
some majority in Topeka. Humphreys
friends claimed at noon today that he
| would carry Oakland.
| There Is quite a fight on Bergundthal
on the North side. He is Republican
candidate for representative.
| The Santa Fe shops closed down at
IL O'Clock today and the heavy vote
from this source began to roll in at
noon. 1T Is expected that 10000 votes
will be cast in Topeka today out of a
registration of 10,700.
Little Faulty Reg1stration.
The vote in the city of Topeka was
| more than half registered at o'clock
| IL the precincts in the Fourth ward, are
| to be used as criterions. Some one
started the report early this morning
| that the names of L. NJ. Penwell and
| A. M. Harvey, candidates for represen-
tative in the Thirty-eighth district. had
been left off of the ballots furnished
| the first precinct of the Fourth ward
and the friends of each candidate were
in a mood to mob someone.
| An investigation proved that there
| was no truth in the report and one of
| the judges suggested that the man who
| started the report had imbibed too free
| ly in red liquor, but as he drinks moth
ing but the bottled brew, this report
was wrong. There are 1892 votes regis
tered in the first precinct of the Fourth
ward and 204 of them had voted at
1915, indicating early voting in this
| precinct.
In the third precinct of the Fourth
ward where there is large vote and
a larger registration than usual. about
| half of those registered had cast their
votes at noon. Six hundred and ten
voters are registered at the fourth pre-
| cinct of the Fourth ward and of this
/ number 263 had voted at 1890.
But few votes will be thrown out on
account of faulty registration, though
| several hundred Topekans will lose
their votes because they moved from
one precinct or one ward to another
| after the registration period expired.
Everything has been quiet about the
| polls in the Fourth ward and the vot-
| ing has progressed as quietly a
church social Contrary to the usual
rule there has been but little cleo
| tioneering and scarcely any betting.
Heavy I'm the Fifth.
A heavy vote is being cast in the sec
ond precinct of the Fifth ward. AT
lis p. m. the votes cast numbered 453
out of a total registration S15 and vot-
ing was going on at brisk rate. There
| has been evidence Of a great deal Of
| scratching among the voters in this
| precinct because of the length of time
| they have remained in the booths with
their ballots. There has not been much
activity among party workers around
the polling place during the day and
i things have been as quiet as a silent
prayer meeting.
Still Voting Fast.
At 1870 O'Clock this afternoon $50
votes had been polled in the first pre-
ciuct of the Third ward, exactly the
, same as the total number of votes
polled in this ward at the election two
! years ago.
They vote on crutches in the sixth
| precinct of the Second ward. An old
| gentleman by the name of Fish, living
in the north part of this ward, was
taken to the polls this morning in u
| automobile, lifted 20 the sidewalk aud
then he bravely hobbled into the booth
on his crutches and cast mis- vote. He
is a supporter of John Schenck. Be
sides his extreme age he is suffering
from bad case of diabetes, but there
is still sand in his craw.
An ardent supporter of Stubs post
ed a life size chrome of the Repub-
lican candidate for governor within
! fifty feet of the polling place in the
sixth precinct of the Second ward this
. morning, but he had to take IL down.
, He claimed he was acting under in
structions from the state committee,
: but the special officer at this place had
instructions from the chief of police
| to see that all election laws were
obeyed today and the picture had to
come down.