The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-29
Will Organize Tomorrow Tor
Purpose of Defeating Billiard.
Declare They Want Green for
Mayor and "Order.'
AFRAID OF OUTCOME.
Women Claim That Billiard
Means "Wide Open Town."
Week Promises to Be a Lively
One.

The first call for battle against ]. B
Billiard for mayor has been sent out
and tomorrow afternoon the women in
the city of Topeka who are for Flaw
and order and who prefer the election
of William Green rather than that OF
J. B. Billiard will gather together and
launch their campaign for the benefit
of the former.
The old leaders of the ex-municipal
league, one of the old-time strong
women organizations in the city, have
called the meeting and will consult
with all of the women in the city for
the purpose of defeating Billiard. The
meeting has been called for 2:30 at
the gymnasium of the Central Young
Mems Christian association building
Ninth and Quincy streets.
Since the announcement today that
Billiard and Green were the nominees
for mayor under the commission form
of government and Billiard was leading
Green by over 1000 votes, the women
have kept their telephones screaming
all day and their decision fell upon the
meeting tomorrow afternoon.
The women believe that the election
of Billiard will mean a wide open town
and some of the old conditions that ex-
listed many years agO-in spite of the
state laws. They believe that the NOR
ality and the cleanliness of the city in
the past will be destroyed by the in
coming of Billiard administration sup
ported, as it was. by such a liberal and
So called wet vote.
With these things in mind and the
grinding of their favorite views into the
dust the women have deserted the
school board trouble and will 'twhoop it
up for Green. At the meeting tomor-
row afternoon they will make all plans
for thorough and systematic cam
paign and If they are as successful in
their work as they have been in the
'insurgent" school board fight, Green
may depend upon walkaWay.
But the women are not expecting an
easy time of it. 1--WE believe that the
Billiard forces are so well organized and
connected so closely that it will be al
most impossible to defeat him unless
we get everyone out for the election
and wake up the law and order vote"
said one of the women today. They are
depending upon the total vote of the 50
called "drys" of the city to win for
Green.
There is considerable talk in political
circles as to what candidate the Kem-
per vote will go to. Kemper has 2,074
votes to distribute to Green and Bill
plums. The Billiard people are depend
ing upon at least 1000 But it is not
thought that they will secure this
much. However, if the Billiard sup
porters are able to get 500 of the 1000
Kemper votes they will still be able TO
defeat Green at the election.
In an interview this afternoon H. B.
Howard. defeated candidate for COM
missioner, stated that the reason he
lost out and the reason Green was so
poorly supported was because the law
and order people went to sleep and
did not either register or vote. He said
they were allowing the world to
wag without their assistance. eff Bill
lard is elected thew will have to take
their medicine" said Howard.
Mayor Green is also stirred up. He
realizes that ne has a strong opponent
and admits that it will be one of his
hardest political battles. He will do
an immense amount of campaigning
this coming week ard with such a
strong ally as the women of the city
he claims victory.