The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-26


How Will Socialists Turn?
The Socialist vote, although not more
than 300 or 400 as a party in Topeka
is claimed by Mayor Billiard. Mrs. May
Taylor, defeated candidate for mayor
on the Socialist ticket stated this morn
ing that majority of the members
of the party would not vote-it seems
that this is a belief in the ranks of
the Observation-Disclosures for a Socialist
or none Mrs. Taylor said she did not
intend to, vote for any of the candi-
dates:
Il have been in Topeka, venty
years. she explained, Tin all this time
1 have not seen a city administration
that was not. guided. by the money in
terests-I see no improvement in voting
either for Billiard or Cofran-I will not
vote
From the Socialists who vote, how
ever, Mayor Billiard believes he will
be given a large majority. Commits
sioner, Miller, who needs every vote
he can muster, also anticipates this
support-the support of the laboring
classes.
Miller and Stotts Hard at Work.
Commissioners Miller and Stotts
have a hard week ahead of them Mil
Ter is facing problem of overcoming
a lead of 615 votes and acquiring not
only large part of the 983 votes cast
for Bradford but bringing out to the
polls hundreds of new voters-voters
that did not vote at the primaries.
Newland is making a wonderful
campaign. Miller, in his years as a
councilman and commissioner, has
naturally been burdened with scores of
enemies-al public officials have
them. Miller is unfortunate in one
reSpect-hiS stronghold. his home, is
in a part of the city that is practically
sewerless and waterless. Forgetting
the state laws governing the building
of sewers and the extension of water
l.. -f,,rr
these privileges, blame Miller. A
thousand other little things that have
happened in the commission cham
Der, approved by the entire commits
have come home to him in the form
of opposition.
Stotts for re-election-or a second
TERMS also having troubles. His
enemies take delight in spreading fear
full stories of his personal habits and
his cruelty to his family-stories that
in many instances make friends for
the commissioner because persons
know the falsity of the statements.
Good Lead for Stotts.
Stotts has a comfortable lead over
Porter but he has a big vote for other
candidates to attract into his ballot
column. The defeated candidates
have refused to take sides in the
Wilson, third man in the race and a
strong candidate, said today that if
his friends wanted to know just how
ne desired them to vote he would tell
them on request-but he would not
get into the campaign 81 am back at
work--trying to make up for lost
time" he said.
Tandy and Bone have leads that
Will be hard to overcome. Bones
election is practically assured. Tandy
still has a little tussle but political adj
visers say the work is settled.
German Paper Explains.
The German newspaper that pub
lished the advertisement supposed to
have been written by R. L. Cofran, !
stating that a victory for Cofran was
a victory for liberal citizenship" ex-
planned to the State Journal today in
a letter written by the editor, Carl
Gleeser, the entire proceedings and |
business transactions in connection
with the advertisement
The letter reads:
My attention has been called to an
article in your Monday evening edi- !
ton in regard to the advertisement of |
Mr.. r. L. Cofran as mayors candi- |
was sent in and paid for by Mr.. |
Conrad Mayer of your city. and 1 am
unable to say how or why he should |
take that step on his individual mi |
tiative. The substance of the adver- /
tisement was supplied at the time of
iginated with Mr.. Cofran, who should
be proud OF the character ascribed to-
him, and he surely would if he could
sense the spirit in which it was writ /
ten. This writer well remembers the
time when the two words. liberty
and Kansas were accepted as practi-
cally identical. Mr. Cofran may rest
assured that no harm was intended on
our part, and we hope the time is not