The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-24

With a, light morning vote, IOpeka
is today at the primary polls selecting
the most likely candidates from which
the officials who will guide the city
thru the next two years of municipal
reconstruction will be chosen at the
election April 1.
Two new factors served to add in
terest to the canvassed booths today.
One was the labor vote, injected in
the polls for the first time as an or
ganized unit. The other was the van
guard of the soldier vote from which
the office of health and parks COM
missioner is probably receiving more
interest than any other, in view of
the fact that two soldier candidates
are running in opposition.
The labor activities in the present
campaign have probably oyerShad-
| owed all other features. The unions
have full ticket in the field, headed
| by W. G. Tandy for mayor, and clyde
| o. Tresner, president of the Industrial
council, is running against Capt. w
| P. MacLean, better known Is the COM
mander of Topeka's famous Battery
| A and Robert D. Bob McGiffert
this city's hero of the battle of Cha
teau Thierry McGiffert served with
the marines and lost leg in the furi-
| Gus German drive which the Amer1-
| can doughboys turned. MacLean IS
| overseas. w. E. May is also cand1-
date for the nomination for the Of
! flee.
w. G. Tandy, the retiring street
| commissioner; Herbert J. Corwine. a
Red Cross worker and candidate at
the last election for the office; and
Frank NJ. Stahl. former chief of po--
lice, are competing for the office of
mayor. W. H. Wasson, the present
incumbent, w. A. Myers and Richard
Wilson are seeking the nomina tions
for commissioner of finance
| Considerable interest may also be
registered in the fight for commission
er of water and lights. Jesse Shaw,
superintendent of the water plant, un
der the Newland regime, is pitted
| against W. A. StanfieId. Shaw is an
in, while Stanfield is an out.
Shaw, however, was recently the
kicking post of the Newland-ad-
! ministration water pressure row.
T. B. Garrett. a union candidate, and
W. S. Hancock, a construction engi-
neer, are out for street commissioner
Garrett is a printer. but is at present
superintendent Of the city crematory.
AS far as numbers are concerned, the
scramble for board of education is the
largest free-for-all in .todays primary.
Eleven candidates. including union
men. are out. Four are to be nomi-
| mated.
Women Show Little Interest.
The vote in all parts of the city up
| until this afternoon was -Iight-eX-
tremely light. For the most part the
members of the election boards sat
with their arms folded waiting for
business.
Women. it is asserted. are taking as
little interest in abe primary as the
nen-and in a great many cases less
interest. Maybe the fact that Monday
is wash day accounts for the fact
anyway it is a blue Monday primary
| Information from the precincts il
widely scattered parts of the city
shortly before noon today was regard
!. ed as an example of the number oi
votes cast. The number of votes cast
together with the total registration. ir
the following precincts was as fol
lows:
First of first ward, SIS y Kansas
! avenue. registration 104, votes 13t
third of first, 1139 y. Kansas avenue
"a votes cast: second of second 401
Madison street. registration 35s. votes
80: fifth of second. auditorium. reg
| istration $50. votes Al; fourth of third
1901 East Sixth street registration AS
votes 55: fourth of third. 1404 Hun
toon, registration 3S4 votes 81: third
of fourth. 500 West Sixth avenue reg
istration 4S2. votes 81; first of sixth
Potwin school. registration 66S, votes
1877