The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-15

runs for nomination In the Fourth
ward there are two, Mrs H o Garvey
and James CUthbert- In the Fifth
ward Josiah Joriou Is in the race and
in the Sixth s. 4 SWeusou is the only
man Under the old law each ward
would have nominated their member,
thus leaving one of the candidates out
OF II IN the Fourth But the new law
says that the candidates shall be writ
ten down in a row and be voted in this
manner. This would mean that Mrs
H. o. Garvey and James Cuthbert
would each be members Of the school
board and they both reside in the same
ward. This Is not right-ouly one per-
son from each ward Is permitted
Therefore the law IS lighting itself
City Clerk Burge, under whose JuriS-
dictton the ballots are prepared and the
candidates fled and their papers ex-
amined. has taken it up with Attorney
General Jackson and he has decided
that there shall be but one candidate
nominated from the Fourth ward and
in the First ward where there IS no.
name on the ballot the people viii have
TO write down somebody's name and the
man who receives the most votes VIII
be considered nominated. For instance,
IL John Doe received two votes and Jim
Dumps received one vote from the First
ward Mr.. Doe would be the man TO &C
cupy the school board poSICl0It-aT1O
reap the benefits This is a nav law
constructed by the city clerk and the
attorney general for the accommodation
o. I0pEkH-- BEFORE the LeslS azure IlGrA19
any more election laws they had better
try out in this city ard they VIII
witness q thorough test because every
flaw that possibly could have been
found has appeared since the cam
paigu started
SHINING it all up-in the Fourth
ward Il Is between Mrs H o Garvey
and James CuLhbert- The one receives
and James CUthbert- The one receiving
the uOminatiOn-but II Is only posslo4e
10 vote for one. In the First ward the
man who IS nominated the most num-
Der OF times by his friends Is the one
TO be elected. regardless Of his race
color and family history The result
viii be interesting because 1t Is posi-
Bile for any man OF woman TO become
a. member Of the school board from his
ward
City Engineer Rogers has created
riot at the city hall among the nock
of paving representatives who are con-
tinuaIIy swaruTfEg around the man
who means dollars and cents Win
them Since the paving allowances Ior
1893 have been made and the con
tracts are about 70 be allowed natural
" the contest for contracts IS nerce
There are representatives here from
every city in the middle west including
Chicago and Cleveland Edch man has
his own ideas and the ideas o. the
company at a tongues end and they
are always on hand TO make their
speeches known This year the Dig
fight is whether the pavements sh2Il
have an asphalt filler or a filler Of
pitch
The companies pushing these two
filters all have the most technical and
radical IDEAS for the choice Of their
filler. Each man has a. new advantage
Of some kind to make known and they
besiege the city engineer from morn
ing until night
Now there are as many disad-
vanta Ees 10 the asphalt and pitch filler
as there are advantages. In the
asphalt filler the moisture collects and
the oil runs away leaving the pave
Tuent along in the middle of the street
70 crumbIe and become corrugated
The pitch filler becomes hard IN the
winter time and cracks away, leaving
the brick in the same condition. This
means thai both fLIerS are inadequate
in q certain sense of the word and the
city is between two fires
But the city engineer Is fnStituting a
new idea that has caused q volcanic