The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-25

This is the result of the primary city
election, announced officially by the
city election commissioner this morn
ing.
Billiard and Cofran were nominated
! for mayor.
Bone and Pope for commissioner
finance.
Tandy and Adamson for commits
sioner streets.
Newland and Miller for commissioner
lights and water.
Stotts and Porter for commissioner
parks.
The first named in each case received
the high vote.
All of the candidates for member
ship on the school board were nomi-
|, mated
Slightly less than 1900 voters cast
their ballots at the primary election
Monday-cloudy. chilly weather the
afternoon shut out hundreds of votes
The results were well distributed,
however, and the nominations were
fairly and generally won.
1t will be seen by the results that
the voters of Topeka stamped their
member of the present city commits
sion. Only H. p. Miller, for reelection
as commissioner of waterworks and
electric lights. failed to stand at the
head of the vote column. He was nom
mated, however, but stood second to
the vote cast for r. M. Newland
Another surprise of the primaries
was the nomination of r. L. Cofran
over ]. w. F. Hughes as an opponent
to Mayor Billiard for reelection. Up
until few days ago Hughes had been
chosen in all parts Of the city as the
second man in the race to be nomina-
ted with Billiard. Co4ran, in an unus-
ual squirt in the windup of the primary
campaign captured 1894 votes and was
given the nomination with a comforta-
Bile lead of 740 over Hughes
The invincible Billiard, winning over
bitter opposition from different sec
tions of the city, received as many
votes as he did in the primaries two
years ago-5,94S votes He was given
vote nearly as large as the total of
the ballots cast for Cofran and Hughes
combined.
The other candidates for mayor at
no time either in the campaign or in
the count were considered dangerous
by the three leaders. O'Neil received
1908 votes, a neat little compliment
to his campaign which was based on
the reorganization of the police de-
partment. The woman Socialist Mrs
May Taylor was given only 400 yotes
or little better than the normal vote
of the party in the city. Crichton re-
ceived his largest vote in his own
precinct-a totaol of IA. In all he
was given only 73 ballots.
All of the members of the present
city commission were renominated.
Billiard as mayor, and Stotts, Bone and
Tandy as commissioners stood at the
head of the leaders in votes. Miller fell
to second place but was given the nom
ination. Commissioner Bone received
the highest vote of any candidate-9.4 400
in all. His nearest competitor was able
only to poll 1,754 ballots. The leaders
by vote in the commission fight follow:
Bone -.--....-. ..-.........-.-. 400
Tandy -..................7,z7 ,z76
Newland ....................... .6197
Billiard -.--------..-..-.--... 94S
SIOttS -.---------------. $3.50. .4,Sz6
The three members of the school
board running for reelection were
nominated with the largest majorities.
Van Horn lead with 1871 votes, Jones
second with 1929 and Griggs third, with
6,S51. The two women, Mrs. Scott and
Mrs. Bostic polled lower with only g.
943 and 2,430 votes respectfully, to their
credit. The entire list of school board
candidates were nominated, however