The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-12
LONG Line AT HALL
Many Responding to Mayors
Registration Day Call
Thousand Persons Expected to
Become Voters Today. =

Indications were this morning that
the Registration Day campaign of
Shawnee county candidates would get
satisfactory results. Shortly after s
o'clock men and women began stream
ing into the office of City Clerk Co
veil, where seven registration clerks
hurried them thru the formality of
becoming qualified voters. 1t was pre-
dicted that today's registration figures
would exceed 200. The books will be
open until 10 O'Clock tonight.
Every ward and precinct in the city
were represented in the applicants
who were brought to the city hall in
automobiles. The cars engaged by the
candidates to haul voters to and from
the city building were not idle a mo-
ment. For the first time Topekans
appeared to take more than a passing
| interest in the coming election, and
there was no doubt that this would be
the largest day for registration this
year.
City Clerk Coyell issued a statement
that foreign born citizens who wish to
register will save ii,ns ty bringing
with them proof of their citizenship. as
! demanded by law. In the case of
minors. the citizenship papers of their
parents will be sufficient.
! So far only about 1000 persons
have registered. Today's registration
should bring the total up to- Is. 90.
But even this is regarded as several
1
strength of the city. The new state
laws require that everyone living
within the city limits who wish to
vote must be registered. no matter
how often they have voted before or
how long they have lived in the same
house The new law wipes out all
previous enactments and compels the
voters to start all over again.
Registration for the primaries closes
July %.
So far the oldest Topeka woman to
register is Mrs. N. J. Stevenson. 1924
| Monroe street, who is still interested
in politics at the age of go. A man
who gave his age as 81 registered
recently. and with this exception, Mrs.
Stevenson is the oldest person VIII ose
name appears on the books.
Primary Polling Places.
The polling places chosen for the
August primary. as announced by City
Clerk Covell. follow:
First Ward.
Precinct 1, Mcclure. SIS North Kansas
avenue precinct ?. community house pre-
residence, 1880 North Kansas avenue.
Second Ward
Precinct 1, barber shop. 200 Monroe
street: precinct .. Santa Fe house: precinct
3. Third Presbyterian church: precinct &
broom factory. e21 East Sixth; precinct 5
auditorium; precinct 6. State Street school
fire station No 6.
| Third Ward.
Precinct 1. ConwelI's. POI East Eighth
precinct 2, Central Y. NJ. c. A: precinct 3
Bethany. 913 Polk precinct 1. Westminster
Presbyterian church: precinct 3, Central
Congregational church; precinct G. Polk
school; precinct {, Robbins electric, 1125
Kansas avenue
Fourth Ward.
Precinct 1. Harrison school; precinct ?
Provident association; precinct 3. Bass &
Linton. COL Topeka avenue; precinct 4
Bucks secondhand store: precinct ). Helm
Il residence. 224 buchanan. precinct g. Sum
ner school.
Fifth Ward.
Precinct 1, Central Park school: precinct
. Cellar residence. 1920 Kansas avenue
precinct ;. Riding's. 12 Jefferson: precinct
J. Bray's. 1725 Kansas avenue: precinct 5
Euclid Avenue N. z. church: precinct S
Van Buren school.
Sixth Ward.
Precinct L West Side Christian church
| precinct ,. Potwin school: precinct g. Col
lege avenue garage. 910 College: precinci
I. Lowman Memorial NJ f. church: pre-.
cinct 5, Houser grocery, Grand and Munson