The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-27
VOTING is HEAVY.
Topeka Breaks All Early Morn
ing Vote Records.
Nearly 10000 Cast at 2 O'clock
This Afternoon.
WOMEN COMING OUT.
Largest Female Vote in History
Of Topeka.
Billiard Leading-McNeal, Lux
and Hughes Together.
WOMEN COMING OUT.

AFTER two stormy, dfsagreeable days
the sun came out this morning and
with Old Sol hundreds of Topeka
voters appeared. Already the morn
ing and early afternoon records at the
polls have been broken and the judges
predict the smashing of all previous
Vot1ng recrods in this city. 1t is a
ree guess that the 10000 mark will
be passed. This will leave 1900 voters
at home-but this number Is small
compared with past elections
Every precinct reports a big vote this
afternoon At nine o'clock this
morning the judges reported a larger
vote than registered at noon last year.
At O'Clock this afternoon the polls
were filled with vOters-mostly women
1t is figured conservatively that at 2
O'Clock this afternoon the vote in the
CITY mad reached the 10000 mark This
is indeed record-and sign that very
few votes will be left at home
II Is time honored custom in To-
peka-and other cities-to keep at
least one policeman at the voting
places. This is relic of the old days
when booze and old man John Barley
corn played an important part in city
eiectlons Inc chief of police has as
signed his bluecoats to the polls today
put like the peaceful voters, they are
standing in the sun talking of the high
cost of living and waiting for the
whistle 10 DlOW.
Despite the horray-boys talk over
the wet and dry issue there is
nothing but peace and harmony at the
voting precincts. Not a bottle in sight,
not drunken man to be arrested and
not even campaign Stinkerino cigar
can be found.
why, there is more disturbance at
home rocking the baby than guarding
the polls" said a big cop this after
noon as he squirted quart of tobacco
juice from his mouth at stick ten
yards away. 81 have never seen such
quiet election-even though more
people are voting and the competition
is stronger than ever BEFORE
Voting Began Early.
At 8 o'clock this morning nearly
every precinct in the city reported a
vote of 100 or more. This is signifi-
election last spring and the election
last fail the average at the polls at 8
o'clock in the morning was so votes.
OF course many precincts have a vote
the Fourth. the third and fourth of
the Third and the first and second of
the Fifth for instance. In the First
and Second wards with the vote of the
laboring classes a big vote was regis
tered before z o'clock.
Beginning at II O'Clock this morn
ing, the women of the city follow ed
the instructions of Election Commits
sioner Titus and went in swarms-or
would you say f1ocks ?-to the polls.
This was the 1ull between the male
vote and the noon hour and the female
vote took practically all of the time of
the judges and clerks.
In the Second, Third. Fourth. and
Fifth wards the woman vote runs
above the thousand mark. The poll
ing officials state this afternoon that
a big part of this vote will be placed
on the books. In the Third and Fifth
wards the women are combining for
Tom McNeal for mayor and in the
Second and Fourth wards the general
woman vote is for Billiard. This is one
of the surprises of the election. Bill
lard, in the registration time. hauled
hundreds of women to the polls in his
support.
Outside of the campaign limit the
candidates are busy bunch today. All