The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-31

Tomorrow is April ALI Fools Day
and one-half of the candidates for cleo
ton to city hall and school board posi-
tions will be fooled Today every per-
son running for a municipal position
is confident that he will land the
largest vote-tomorrow part of this
confidence in the 10000 voters will be
shattered. In the closing hours of the
campaign this evening all the candi-
dates who have been conducting the
strenuous S-day solicitation for votes
have modestly ventured predictions of
victory. Here they are:
j. B. Billiard: II feel confident
that I will be elected tomorrow by a
majority of from 1,500 to 1000. I am
depending upon one-half the vote of
the eliminated candidates
r. l.. Cofran: IF tomorrow is a
good day and the voters turn out, my
election is assured"
Roy L. Bone: ''It is my guess that
my vote will go over the 10000 mark
tomorrow-this will be an easy VIC
toy"
Thomas r. Pope: It will receive
four or five times the vote 1 was given
in the primaries and my opponent will
not be nearly as strong.'
w. G. Tandy: II look for a vote of
at least $500 if the weather is good. L
feel assured of a much better vote than
1 received in the primaries
George W. Adamson: t'The out
look never was better than it is today.
1 am anticipating a big vote
E. B. Stotts: "I believe the voters
of Topeka are anxious for two more
years of the service they have received
from my departments
William R. Porter: "I am not
tn r. x,io
tory tomorrow, but L believe I will VIM
H. P. Miller: II am confident that
the people have had time to think over
some of the untrue statements regard
ing me and will give me a comfortable
ma jority.''
have responded gladly to the promises
of my platform and l am looking for a
majority at least as large as the lead
I received in the primaries
Margaret Bostic: Il will be one
of the new women members of the
school board
P. W. Griggs: '"The primary stand
ing will remain unchanged, L think"
L. NJ. Jones: Il expect to be re-
elected"
Annie D. Scott: 'I look for a
good vote and a victory
c. B. Van Horn: Il am in hopes
of leading the ticket once more"
Cut this list in two parts-tomorrow
evening part of them will be saying
Il told you so'' and the other gloomy
detected section will say as Dick Will
son explained today-'I was promised
more votes than the entire registration
but where those promises went when
the voters went into the polls-I don't
know
The Glooms and the Joys are about
to convene.
Watching the Clouds.
The anxiety of a man planning a
fishing trip doesn't compare with the
uneasiness shown by the candidates
today. Each man running for office
has an idea of the effect the weather
will have on his vote-and he is pray
ing for his favorite variety. From
the outlook today, it appears that the
weather will be one of the big fac
tors in the fight for mayor. Cofran
admits that he is in need of the new
vote and he is asking for sunshine.
Billiard will not recognize the predic-
tions of sunny Flora, but a bad day
undoubtedly will keep in hundreds of
women who would go to the polls for
Cofran.
The candidates after the primaries
were unable to feel the pulse of the
women vote on account of the COM
bination tallies not separating the
ballots, but it is known pretty thor
oughly that Mayor Billiard will not
receive a heavy female vote.
The worst blow to the outlook for
the mayor today came in an an
from Cofran headquar-
ters that a half dozen persons former
of Billiard, had offered to
loan their horses and carriages and
motor cars to the Cofran forces to
haul women to the polls tomorrow.
The mayor takes little stock in the
claim, however
Look For Record Vote.
If tomorrow is a duplicate of today
city politicians pre-
dict the largest vote ever cast in the
history of the city. This prediction