The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-27
JUST | DAY MORE
City Registration Books Close
Friday Night.
Office Is Open All Day, From s
A. M. Until 10 p. M.
TOPEKA is GROWING.
Many Newcomers Place Names
on City Books.
State Fair $4,000 Bonds Are
at Stake for Vote.
TOPEKA is GROWING.
This EVENING"
FridaVi

Friday!
These are the only times that the
people of Topeka will be able to reg
lister if they wish to vote in the com
| ing election and If they have enough
civic pride to come out in force to
carry the county election for the
$4,000 in state fair bonds
According to the figures compiled by
Captain Titus. city election commits
sioner, there are at this time about
$500 voters in Topeka who will not
be eligible to vote at the fall election
and at the bond issue election. Topeka
is ashamed of the fact that there are
$500 men who do not have the inter-
ests Of the -ity at heart enough to take
few minutes to register-and eventu-
ally help in the success of the State
fair.
At the rate the registration clerks
are placing names on the city books at
this time the total registration when
the books close Friday night will not
| be much over 10000. Topeka has a
voting population of at least 1880
and Election Commissioner Titus is
doing all in his power to drag the peo-
| pie from their homes long enough to
display municipal interest.
The books are open from 8 o'clock
in the morning until 10 o'clock in the
evening, including noon hours. This
gives the Workingmen a chance to reg
lister either at the noon Hour or in the
/
| Titus states that the registration aver
ages about $50 a day.
Many People Moving to City.
There is one feature in the registra-
terest to the people of the city who are
watching Topeka grow. Fully one-half
of the registrations in the last few
days have been newcomers to the city
people who have just moved to town
and who have never voted in Topeka
| before About 200 these pROnlR
have been placed on the books since
the first registration story came out in
the State Journal last week.
I'VE are in a position to note the
day. 1--WE find that there are an un-
usually large number of people NOV
ing to the city. They register for the
first time and tell us that they have
just made Topeka their home
The books show, also, that the peo-
moving day fever. About half of those
registered have been citizens who have
moved in different parts of the city
since they voted last.
/ This means that very few Topeka
voters who have not been on the books
tCfore are registering. Those who have
moved and those who are newcomers
to the city compose a big part of the
registration up to date.
There is another feature" said Cap
tain Titus, Il nave noticed tnat num-
her of women have placed their names
on the books since the prohibition fight
has been waged in the newspapers.
| They say to me that they intend 20
have something to say about the city
election next spring and they want to
be registered while the fever is on"
But it remains that there are only
one more full day to register-and the
registration means much to the city.
1t may mean the final success of real
state fair with an official state seal on
the show-a fair supported by the stare
of Kansas and for the people of the
state of Kansas
Here ar few registration rules to
follow:
"Au voters who were legally regis
tered for the city election held on the
: 9Th day of April, 1910, and voted at said
election or have registered since and
have not changed their residence ara
} legally registered at this time.
t'All voters who did not vote at tho
: last city election held April 5, 1910, and
who have not since registered will have
to register to become legally entitled t.
vote at any election whether a primary
or general.
Failure to vote at primary or spe-
cial election does not disqualify the
voters registration, as it does under
, the law governing general elections"