The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-13
Both Hodges and Capper Nerv-
ous and Uncertain.
WHAT Will BILLIARD DRAW?
Will He Take More Votes
From Hodges or Cappery
Third GubernatOrial Entrant
Makes Dopesters Guess.

The entrance OF ]. B. Billiard OF To-
peka in the gubernatorial contest as
an independent candidate. has occa-
stoned busy week of speculation
among political observers and dop-
sters. The record of the Billiard race
in the 1912 primaries, the figures from
the Topeka-Capper contest in the
November election and comparison
Of the Hodges vote with the one ne
received in the race against w. n.
Stubs in 1910, provide some interest,"
ing facts for political fans.
In the primaries two years ago. Bil .
lard pollrd 2O,5O5 votes, against
1882 cast FOR Hodges and 1O,7Ol Tor
A. NJ Jackson of Winfield. The heavy
Billiard majorities came from What IS
commonly known in politics as the
'wet" counties. He carried Atcnlson
county by SCI, Barton by 267. Craw-
ford 313. Ellsworth 112. Leaven-
worth 1871, Marshall LAG, shawnee
2.13O, Wabaunsee 2O2, washington
40. Wyandotte 1884. In other words
Billiards. big showing was made In
three counties in the First district, one
each in the Second, Third, Fourth,
Sixth and Seventh districts and two IN
the Fifth. He did not carry any coun.
ty in the Eighth. Sedgwick, the wei
county of the Eighth, gave jackson
1910. Hodges 500, Billiard 3sS.
Dopcsters on Result.
Rasinp their arguments on the 1912
primary returns, political dOpesters
have figured many results OF the bil,
lard entrance in the guDernatorlai
race 1t has been argued ana con-
tended that Billiards. candidacy means
the Hodges campaign will be wiped
off the map. 1t has been further
urged that Billiard will gather sucn
Democratic voters as would not nave
returned to the Hodges fold and thus
increase the standing of the Demo
n
ed that Billiards. candidacy will not
draw sufficiently from either party to
materially affect the showing OF either
Hodges, Capper or Allen. Yet the only
record on which claims can be made
are the returns from the Billiard fight
in the primaries two years ago and the
Hodges campaigns Of 1909.
With the Billiard returns freSn IN
mind. there are some facts regarding
the two Hodges races.
Hodges Carried First District.
In 1910 Hodges carried the First
Notwithstanding Atchison. Leaven-
worth and Shawnee counties-by 1921 5.
That was IN the race against W.. r.
Stubbs. In the race against Arthur
Capper, Hodges lost the district to the
Topeka publisher by 316, or loss IN
the district of 4.215.
Hodges carried Wyandotte county
by 1928 in 1912 and by 244 in 1910.
Yet in 1910, Hodges lost sufficiently
in the dry counties to give Stubs the
district by 2,O47. Two years ago he
carried the district by 234, gain OF
1880 in tho district. or 896 more than
the gain made in Wyandotte;
Third district in Crawford county.
losing Cherokee to Hodges in the pri-
maries by 80. In 1910, Hodges car
ried these two counties over Stubs by
1886. The same counties were car
ried over Capper by 1,674. Outside of
Cherokee and Crawford counties,
Third district to Stubs by 2,173. He
carried the same territory over Cap
per by AZ.
Fourth the Dry District.
The Fourth district is rated as the
real "dry" district of the state. Aside
from Wabaunsee county, and possibly
POttawatomie county, there Is not a
county in the district that is presumed
to cater to the liquor element. Billiard
carried wab-unsee by 202 and Potta-
watomie by 55. In 1910 Hodges car
ried Wabaunsee over Stubs by 100,
and in 1912 carried it over Capper by
rs. Outside of Wabaunsee, Hodges
lost the district to Stubs by 1902
Two years later he made a gain in
these nine dry counties of 2,O63 and
carried the territory over Capper by
161.
Marshall and Washington counties
are rated as the political wet coun-
ties of the Fifth district. The remain
ing eight counties are on the dry list
Including all of the ten counties Of the
district. Stubs carried the district by
1880 in 1910. In 1912, Capper car
ried the same territory by 81, or a
loss over the Stubs showing Of 1,349.
Ellis is the only county strongly
credited to Billiard in the Sixth dis