The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-06

The county commissioners canvass
the county vote, and in cities can
vassing board composed of one MEM
Der of the city council from each ward
does the work. It is the business of
the canvassing board to see that the
judges and clerks have made their
tabulations correctly and that the tally
sheets are prepared in proper form.
The returns of the canvasSing boards
will show the whole number of votes
cast for each candidate, and a copy of
the returns must be delivered to the
chafrmen of the various county and
city central committees. The county
canvassing boards must also send to
mail copy of the votes cast in
the county for each candidate not
voted for wholly within the limits of
the county. This applies to repre-
sentative, senatorial, judicial and con-
gressional districts which include more
than one county, and to the state
ticket. ...-...
The meeting of the state board of
canvassers is set for August Is, and
this board will inspect the returns
from the various counties. and ascer-
tain exactly how many votes the state
ticket received. and how many votes
were received by representatives,
state senators, judges and congress-
men whose districts include more
than one county.
Within 80 days thereafter, the Sec
retary of state certifies to the various
county clerks of the state the names
of the party nominee as determined
by the state canvassing board. The
various canvassing boards are author
lied by law to determine tie votes by
lot.
The law says that the various coun-
ty and city central committees shall
select their chairman and secretary,
but does not fix any date for this 1t
is presumably left for the old chair
man to call the newly elected COM
mittee together, whenever he sees fit.
Quickly following the action of the
state. canvassing board in determining
the names of the party candidates
comes the meeting of the various par
ty councils at Topeka on August 25
The party council is a device peculiar
to the new primary system, 1t replaces
the party convention, and is intended
to give the candidates a chance to make
their own party platform.
All four OF the party councils are to
be held in Topeka the same day, begin
ming at noon.
Other towns of the state say that To-
peka slipped Joker into the primary
law by fixing Topeka as the place for
the meeting. 1t must have been a very
smooth piece of work. because Topeka
didn't know anything about 1t when it
happened. 1t simply was the natural
and proper thing for the party conn
ellis to meet at the capital of the state.
ard the law provides that the secre-
tary of state and his deputies shall call
the various councils to order and start
them off doing business.
1t Is likely that the Republican party
council will met at the Auditorium,
the Democrats at Representative hall
the ProhibitioniStS at the senate cham
ber and the Socialists at the city coun-
Gil chamber.
Each party council is composed of
| the following:
Candidates for state offices.
Candidates for United States senate
and house.
Candidates for the state senate and
house.
United States senators and state
| senators whose term of office extends
beyond January of the year next en-
suing.
Chairmen of the party committees of
the various counties of the state
This will make a maximum MEM
bership of the party council of about
| 130. The Socialists and Prohibition
lists will not have that many. because
they have not nominated full party
tickets 1t is not expected that all of
the county chairmen will attend, be-
cause they have to pay their own rail-
way fare.
| The party council, after being called
to order by the secretary of state, will
| proceed to elect a chairman and Sec
I! retary and to formulate party plat
| form.
| Indications are now that w. r.
1 Stubbs' majority in Kansas over Cyt
rus Leland will be about $4,000. ]. L.
Bristow will have between go and 100
Republican candidates for the legisla-
j ture instructed for him.
The meager returns on the Demo