The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-28

Today has been one of the liveliest
twelve hours since the city campaign
| opened up the primaries. Charges
and countercharges, abuse and re-
proach-all have entered into the final
attempts of the candidates to land q
victory at the polls Tuesday.
The most spectacular feature of the
day is the public charge made by
George w. Adamson, candidate for
commissioner of streets and public i'm
provements against w. G. Tandy,
wherein Adamson blames Tandy for the
loss of $14,S50 caused by gas explosions
in 1910, for the 5000 waste in connection
with the construction of the Fillmore
street bridge, for the Twenty-first
street bridge "botch" causing the loss
of $22, ,173 in injuries and for aiding the
| boom" of ElElhurst and Kenwood ad-
ditions.
In all Adamson blames Tandy for a
direct waste of $4,000 of the city's
money. for the injury of a number OF
men, for the death of two city en-
ployees and for the indirect waste of
thousands of dollars in the opening of
Elmhurst and Kenwood additions.
Commissioner Tandy only laughed
when confronted with the claims of his
opponent tI4is morning.
! According to this idea, the mayors
and council of Omaha are to blame for
the cyclone that befell that city recent
| ly the mayor and council of Dayton
| should be recalled on account of the
flood and fire 1 hardly believe ]
would ask the newspapers to waste
space in defending myself against these
| silly charges-I think the people of To-
peka know better"
Mrs. Taylor Is Disguised.
Mrs. May Taylor, the defeated So
ciaIist candidate for mayor, explained
| her election situation in statement
! issued today. 1t has been predicted.
that Mrs. Taylor and the Socialists
would vote for no one-here is wnat
she says about it:
"It is contrary to state and national
/ laws of the Socialist party to vote for
anyone who does not belong to the
| party-if the Topeka Socialists vote
! for any of the candidates it Is their
| business-not mine. 1 do not Intend
81 have lived in Topeka % years
and never have seen a clean city ad-
| ministration. There always has been
bootIegging and joints and houses of
/ prostitution-they are allowed to pay
their way and run. 1t is because of
the graft behind the mayor and com
missioners that they haven't eradi-
I Gated these evils. AS long as we vote
/ in office those who represent the
moneyed interests we will have vice."
Despite Mrs Taylor's admonish-
ments, it is apparent that many So
cialists will vote at the election Tues-
, day:
OiNeiI viii Not Vote Tuesday.
The city politicians have been wait
| ing several days for the position that
e. L. O'Neil, defeated candidate for
mayor, would take in the mayoralty
/ fight In a sensational statement is
| sued this afternoon he says that he
! will support neither Billiard nor Cof-
ran and that he is against the can
didacy of Stotts and Miller.
Here is the position Mr.. O'Neil
you may say for me that do not
| expect to vote for either Of the nomi-
nees for mayor 1 have never sup
ported Mr. Billiard for anything, and
| would not do it this time If 1 knew
that everybody else in Topeka was go
ing to. If Colonel Hughes had been
/ the other nominee L could have given
him active and loyal support for 1
| know that he has fought for the cause
of good government in this town for
/ a decade
s.During all of my residence in To-
| peka 1 have never heard or known of
| Mr.. Cofran raising his voice in favor
| of law enforcement He is too sudden
a convert, too new in the ranks to be
made leader in such an important
| cause.
! II have no control over the good peo-
nile who supported me in the primary
DuI am WHINE " - N-,N ~ SAASh S0ASN
| of discrimination in selecting men to
serve the city
| MY reason for not supporting Mr..
| Cofran are purely personal, involving
business matters which need not be
| related.
while have nothing personal
against Mr.. Stotts and Mr.. Miller.
] am against them because they have
| always been too willing to lick the
| hand of the mayor. Mr.. Tandy should
be reelected by an overwhelming ma
jority because of the absolute integrity
| of the engineering department alone
4 and for many other good reasons. Mr.
J Bone has practically no opposition.
predict the election of strong, ener-
| getic, enterprising commission
! Miller Explains His Situation.
In straightforward statement
| backed by facts and figures, H p
Miller. city commissioner of waterworls