The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-15
FULL UNION TICKET
Farmer-Labor Party to Enter
City Campaign.
Mass Meeting Held to Select
Candidates.
CHAS. H0VATTER FOR MAYOR
s. A. Weaver in Race for Park
Commissioner.
j. @. Stevic Nominated for
Finance Commissioner.
CHAS. HOVATTER FOR MAYOR

CITY LABOR TICKET.
Mayor-CharIes o. Hovatter.
COMMISSIONER parks, and public build
ings-S. A. Weaver.
water commIssioner-H. p. Miller.
Street commissiOner-Cred Morse, auto
salesman.
Finance commissioDer-J. o. stevic.
School board members four to eiect-
IL. Martin. Erred Rousch,. Jessie Kebble, e.
w. Hutchins and Frank Brown.
A full union ticket was selected at
meeting of the Shawnee county unit
of the Farmer-Labor party at 708
Kansas avenue Monday night. Charles
Hovatter. a linotype operator for The
State Journal, was named as a candi-
date for mayor. Hovatter stated to-
day that he did not attend the meet
ing, had no official notice of his en-
dorsement and therefore had not made
up his mind whether to accept the
nomination or not.
Sol A. Weaver In Race.
Sol A. Weaver, a carpenter in the
Santa Fe shops, was placed on the
ticket as a candidate for commissioner
of parks and public property to run
against Robert D. McGiffert, who. is
Tresner, now assistant to Capt. w. P.
MacLean, OF the boys industrial
school. Tresner was formerly chief of
detectives and one time president of
the Topeka Industrial council.
For finance commissioner the labor
party named j. o. Stevic, former labor
leader and president of the Industrial
council, now working on a Nonparti-
san league paper in Salina. Altho
working in Salina. 1t was explained
that Stevic still maintains his resi-
dence in Topeka and that his family
is here.
HI. p. Miller Endorsed.
IT (DotaN AFilior 81 q
barber shop on Seward avenue, was
chosen for water commissioner against
w. S. Hancock. who is asking a second
term. Miller is a Democrat and was
a candidate for county commissioner
at the county election last year.
The names of eight men were placed
on the list for school board members.
Altho only four board members are
to be elected, the additional names
were mentioned in order that substi-
tutes might be available il the fav-
orites refused to run. Labor, appar-
emily, intends to make a hard fight
to place some union men on the school
board. The eight men are o. S. True,
n carpenter; Sam Carroll, assistant
state superintendent of insurance; Joe
Lolt.e, car man; Fred H. Martin and
Fred Rousch, railroad men, Jessie
Kebble, broommaker E. w. Hutchins,
secretary of the BARRIERS union, and
Frank Brown. publisher of the Kan
sas Trades Unionist. Lortie, Kebbie,
Hutchins and Brown will be the prob
able candidates for school board Of
fices, labor leaders predicted today.
Total Of II, 900 Votes.
The union leaders point out that
there are about $500 members who
can muster at least two votes each.
This would make a total of 1900
labor votes, exclusive of the four rail-
road brotherhoods. These figures.
however, do not tally with the number
of men and women eligible to cast a
ballot. At the last general election,
1908 votes were cast. Since then
$50 persons have registered. But the
number that have moved or become
the number eligible down to about
1900. AS the number of voters al
ways falls below the number regis
tered, there is little prospect of more
than 10000 persons voting at the COM
ing primary. If the union claims are
true, this would leave only 1000 nom
union votes.
Several of the men selected as can
didates said today they did not attend
the meeting last night and had no
knowledge of their nominations until
they heard of them today. Among
the more conservative element there
seemed to be little enthusiasm for the
idea of the Farmer-Labor party In
placing a union ticket in the field.
1T will say emphatically," Sam Car
roll said today, that my name is not
going on any city ticket If can help
it,
Union leaders predicted that labor
would hang together" this year if II
never did before because of the fact
/ that a complete union ticket is avail
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