The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-13
YOUR LAST DAY
Registration Books Will Close
at 10 O'clock Tonight.
Women Seem to Take More In
tereSt Than Men in Primary.

Today is the last opportunity to reg
lister for the city primary, which will
be held March a. The registration
books will close at 10 o'clock tonight.
w. H. Kemper, commissioner of cleo
tions, says that Tuesday 10 per-
sons registered. OF this NUM- Der, 449
were women and PSI men. Judging
from the registration, the women are
taking more interest in the campaign
than the male voters.
Many persons have moved since they
last voted and there has been a large
influx of voters into the city. For ex-
ample, from the first precinct of the
First ward there have been SO new
registrations, and in the second pre-
cinct of the same ward As new ones.
The election commissioner is now COM
piIing figures concerning the registra-
ton The commissioner is of the opin-
ion that there are several thousand
persons that have not registered.
Wednesday the registration was
sos, of which number $50 were wom-
en- and but 34S men.
Extra. help is employed at the Of
flee of the commissioner or electlons
today, as he anticipates that at least
a. thousand persons will register.
rush after the supper hour tonight is
expected. 1t is usually the case that
scores of personS-eVen hundreds or
them-wait until the eleventh hour,
so to speak.
Commissioner of Elections Kemper
has found that a number of persons.
who are under age have registered
He intimates that he expects that
there has been an organized effort to-
get out vote of this kind.
1t appears that the majority of
those who have been suspected as be-.
ing under age are young ~colored girls
]. w. Clark, assistant city attorney.
was given a list of the names of thirty
persons today for investigation In
the school records Mr.. Clark found
several names that correspond to the
names given him to investigate, and
they were not yet of the proper age.
The investigation will be carried fur
Their.
well prosecute any person or per-
sons sending these girls in to register
to the fullest extent of the law, pro-
vided we procure sufficient informa-
ton. Well kill off this fake repre-
sentation."
Up to noon today twenty two can
didateS were actually in the running
for positions in the city hall and as
members of the school board; that is,
that many had filed their petitions.
They follow:
Cofran, Ed O'Neil and Mrs. May Tay-
For commissioner of finance and
revenue-Roy L. Bone and Thomas r.
Pope.
public mprovements-E. B. Stotts,
William R. Porter, William Bolinger,
J: A. Ramsey. Richard Wilson and
Mrs Ida Burkhart.
For commissioner of streets and
public mprovements-W. G.. Tandy
and George Adamson.
For commissioner of water and
light-H.. P. Miller, F. NJ Newland and
Guy L. Bradford.
For mem berS board of education
(three to be elected)-L. NJ Jones,
Dr. c. B. Van Horn, p w. Griggs,
Mrs. ]. A. Bostic and Mrs. Anna Doug
las Scott.
Several other candidates will file
their petitions before the office of the
city clerk is closed tonight.
Candidates for office are in attend
ance this afternoon at a meeting of
the Good Government club in the Y.
w. c. A. building. The members of
the organization are quizzing them.