The Topeka state journal., 1908-04-08
} Vote on school Board.

a. p 6ooie, H--. .1,9ol co. A6ls
Vote Larger Than Two Years Ago.
Compared with the municipal election
or two years ago the returns show an
increase of close to 1900 votes. The
means the accepted vote. There is al
ways small percentage of votes cast
which are rejected as being defective
and this is not considered in the above
totals.
The Republicans strengthened their
hold on the First ward, Councilman
Jordan more than doubling the ma
when he ran against N. B. Arnold. AL
that time Jordan ran up a majority
of 120; this year it amounted to 272.
The Democrats cut down the Re
publican majority of C.. K. Holiday
of two years ago of 1893 and turned it
into Democratic majority of 80. Hol-
liday at that time secured lbs votes
against Mike Heery's 721.
In the Third ward Blakely, Republi-
can candidate for councilman surpris-
ed himself by receiving a bigger ma
jority than VIM. Green did when the
present mayor was running for coun-
Gilman in 1906. Green at that time re-
ceived 678 votes while his opponent Sc
cured SO. Green's majority amounted
719
In the Fourth ward Councilman
Montgomery did not poll as great a
vote this year in proportion to the act
ual vote cast as he did when he ran
for the first time, two years ago. When
he was up for election in 1906 he Sc
cured 581 votes against w. M. KEN
per's 474. Montgomery's majority at
that time was 96.
w. G. Tandy raised the standards of
the Republican party in the Fifth
ward by increasing the party majority
from 1870 of two years ago to 1868, while
in the Sixth ward Councilman Hughes
again demonstrated his fast increasing
popularity by tripling his majority of
1906. He had 121 in that year and had
357 last night.
The fight next spring for the mayor
atty chair-that is the Republican NOM
ination-will now probably lie between
Mayor VIM. Green, c. E. Jordan and
J. w. F. Hughes. Holiday is not in it
not next year.
The Socialist party may be a factor
to reckon with in a few years from
now in local politics but is not today.
The Socialists are slowly gathering
strength, however,. Two years ago
they cast total Of So votes for their
chosen nominees for councilrnen. Tues
day tn ey showed Ill - votes. The
stronghold of the Socialist party seems
to be in the Fifth ward where the total
count showed 26 with one of the light
est ward in the city as regards popu-
lation. The Second and Fifth are the
strong wards Of the Socialists.
The Democrats have three council
men out of twelve in the city council
now-Councilmans Lannan, Council
man-elect Miller and Councilman-elect
Fraser. The Republicans still have an
easy majority Of nine votes. The last
three elections indicate that the Re-
publicans are losing ground in the
Fourth ward.
The election was noticeable for the
great extent of the ticket scratching
done. In the first precinct of the
Fourth ward, for instance. there were
l42 scratched tickets and 130 straight
tickets voted, the great number of
these being men. In the first precinct
of the Second ward ITO tickets were
is a sample of the way things went in
the more densely populated wards.
No Blue Spots on Holiday.
"I am licked; that's all there is to
it, said Councilman c. K. Holiday
urbanely and with a smile. You will
have to give it to Holiday that he is
q game loser. II have got no kick
coming and there are no blue spots on
me. When l first ran and got elected
1 bucked up against Snyder and Gri-
ley, two Democrats. The old Second
ward has come back to it's own, it has
its two Democratic councilmen. I have
been connected with SO many things
here, Commercial club and all that,
boosting and pushing for everything
that they believed that I was working
for the corporations, when I was in
reality trying to do my best for To-
peka.''
TT didn't surprise me very much,''
said Councilman E. Montgomery.
speaking of his defeat.
''It didn't surprise me when I found
out what 1 was working against The
combined efforts of the liquor people,
Rigby had lined up all the crowd
against Sunday closing, charging me
Then I understand all those opposed
to the closing of the theaters on Sun
day were against me and working. 1
too, this morning that the
gas company was working against me
for the stand that I took on the
Hughes resolution. Taking in consid-
GRAFTON all these factions and the
der people I am not surprised at the
result The law and order people
were very Indifferent, some of them
even didn't know an election was on.
Several men didn't know whether this
was a primary or regular election and
a great many did not know that
had fight on my hands"
The New Councflmen.
Henry p Miller, who was elected to
the city council Tuesday after a close.
hard, uphill fight, has been a resident
of Topeka for a quarter of a century.
He was born in Hessen, Germany, in
1868, and came to this country with
his parents in 1888. They came direct