The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-05
THE VOTEIS HEAVY
Great Interest Being Taken in
City Election.
MIR. Billiards. Friends Are Espe-
cially Active.
BUSY IN BIG WARDS.
This Is Taken to Favor North
Side Candidate.
Much Bitterness Shown on Both
Sides.
BUSY IN BIG WARDS.

Despite the fact thai q good part of
the day was rainy and disagreeable the
vote in the commission form election
was heavy and started out in the early
morning with a rush that promises a
much heavier vote than at the primar-
les
Practically every livery in the city is
cleaned out of equipment and all the
private carriages and automobiles are
filling the streets and going to and from
the polling places. The voting via con-
+eyance was much heavier this morn
1Tg than on foot. This afternoon vOt-
ing from every source is rushing and
when tie stores, shops and working
places close this evening the polling
places will be crowded.
The voting of the women today will
be one of the deciding factors in the
election. 1t is stated that if the wo-
men turn out in force today, William
Green will be elected. and that the cleo
tion of Mayor Green depends upon the
vote of the women. From the way the
ls.6iies are deserting their Tuesday morn
ing ironing and focking to the polls, the
prospects are that William Green will
receive his proper support.
Are Working Hard.
Both the Billiard and Green forces
are exerting every effort to haul the
voters to the polls-and the woman
who is so unfortunate as to find it
necessary to walk to her polling place
today will be an exception. Mayor
Green stated last night that he had
been volunteered enough carriages to
haul practically all of the voters This
does not include the efforts put forth
by the organized support of the
churches and the women behind the
mayor.
The last shot taken by the Green
forces came out in circular form early
this morning. AS stated in the State
Journal last evening, they were for the
purpose of distinguishing between the
e
the mayoralty race and in the COM
missioner race.
The circulars were about foot
square and were printed in green ink
They classified Green for mayor and
Jordan, Tandy, Bone and Bonebrake
for commissioners among the "drys"
and asked the people to vote that way.
Among the ''wets" they classified
''wets' and Holman as one who re-
fused to state just where he stood. In
other words, they placed Holman in the
wet class but not without a gentle
hint that he might do better.
The Billiard people have done moth
ing during the campaign for or against
the wet" and dry" campaign talk.
They have plastered the city with
wake Up and Vote for Billiard" and
keep Awake and Vote for Billiard"
bill board and card board posters and
have used their personal influence
with scores of enthusiastic supporters.
bOln are
Each candidate for mayor insists
that he will win in the race today and
Mayor Green has gone so far as to
state he will win by majority of
1000 votes-at 1900. Billiard prefers
to wait until tonight and make his
Statement at that time-after the votes
are counted.
There has been little trouble report
ed at the polls today. The lesson
taught the poll officials at the pri-
maries has served them in this cleo
ton and they are working faster,
smoother and with greater accuracy.
With this sort of service the voters
are able to secure their slips and vote
easier and faster. In some of the pre-
cincts in the west part of the city it
is reported that the officials are Civ
ing the voters fiat ballots. The law
says that they must be folded in order
that the officials will not see the
crosses behind the names of the can
didates. This practice was stopped at
once after It was discovered by the
election commissioner.
Chief Eaton of the police depart |
ment has assigned officers to different
sections of the city to keep order, but
the 'cops" have nothing to do but
walk around and act wise. It is far
different from the old time elections, |
when the police were a necessary ad- |
dition and attachment to the election |
polls in certain unruly wards in the |
city. Those were the times when peo-
pie didn't vote as they pleased.
Billiard People Are Active.
If one guesses on the result of the |
election today by the sentiment heard /
in and around the polling places, J. Be- !
Billiard will be elected. The Billiard |
forces are either noisy and the Green /
supporters quiet or the sentiment car |
not be judged by what is heard around |
the polls
In the First ward everything is Bill |
lard. for mayor and Miller, Fink and |
Rogers for commissioners. Holman |
and Jordan are not running as good in |
this ward as thought although there is |
nothing to be depended upon but talk |
First ward who voted for Kemper and |
Billiard seems to receive a majority of |
the men. If you talk against Billiard |
over he. you will wake up in the hos /
pital." said a North side man this |
afternoon. At 9 o'clock this morning |
the vote in the First ward was far |
above the primaries and it is expected |
that practically all of the registration |
viii be out to vote before evening.
In the Second ward the conditions |
are the same. Here the vote-or rather
the TALKS for Billiard, Miller, Fink
and Rogers with the fourth man
between the rest of the ticket |
The voting here is also heavy-very
heavy For instance, in the fifth and
second the vote at the primaries early
in the morning was heavier than at |
noon the year before. Today in the |
final election the vote at 9 O'Clock was
heavier than at noon in the primaries.
This is a good example of the intense
interest taken The Second ward in
cludes all of the shop vote. The shop |
men are enthusiastic over Billiard ants |
they are unanimous for him. The wo-
men are not voting in this ward 10
amount to ANYTHING