The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-01

CorYine can whip into line a surpris-
ing increase in his vote among the
more than ten thousand Topekens
who did not vote in the primary.
his chances are uncertain against Pur-
ter. who is said to be whipping en-
into line" as rapidly as Corwine.
It is not the way the Pinney and
Eypes vote will be diverted that will
decide the contest, aitho the sup
porters of the two defeated candidates
for nomination registered a combined
strength of more than two thousand
But how important are those two
thousand in comparison with the vote s
of the 10,647 persons who did not vote
at the primary? 1t is obvious tina. the
man who can "delKer'' the largest
sane citizens will be the next mayor.
With Mayor Corwine listing by actual
names and addresses all those who did
not vote and making strenuous effort
t. land the vote of as many on the list
as possible. and with Porter said to
be using all his valuable political ex-
perience and that of a number of oth-
e~s to swing things his way, the cam
paign in it's. last days is not so apa-
thetic as it registered itself last week
81 Pinney Vote Anti-Corwine.
OF the 1,21s votes that j. G. B. Pin
ney polled in the primary, dopesters
generally concede that the majority
v
Pinney was in the campaign withsself-
announced luminosity toward Corwine.
Any votes he solicited personally
would naturally be decidedly anti-Cor-
| wine. George G. Hannah, said to nave
been Pinney,s chief campaign worker,
is bitterly 'sore on" Corwine for Cor
wines dismissal of Hannah as chief
of police following the recent investi-
CATION, forced tho it was upon Cor
wine. Any votes that Hannah may
have polied for Pinney are expected TO
be Porter votes in the election.
But if Porter does get the majority
of the defeated candidates votes he
will also have to capture a large part
of the mysterious ten thousand who
did not vote; for Corwine's hope is in
the absent vote.
importance of Third Ward.
It is an unusual fact that both the
candidates had their largest vote in
the same ward, the Third. In that
ward lies the largest un-polled vote.
according to the registration books.
'Corwine' received 4T0 votes in the
Third ward Porter had 706. The
registration list shows that 2,5oS IN
that ward did not vote. With Porter
having the lead over Corwine in the
primary in that ward, with d margin
of 236 votes, the Porter support would
seem to be great enough in that ward
to swing it TO him finally. In the
residence sections. from Eighth street
to the Douthitt line, west of Kansas
avenue.
In the Second ward where Cerwine
had sol votes in the primary and Por-
ter had 342, the registration shows
the next largest number of un-polIed
votes. Corwine's lead in that ward in
the primary may mean his final gain
there. But it was to be expected that
Corwine would lead in the Second
ward. The territory east of Kansas
avenue and north of Eighth street
constitutes the Second ward.
Didn't Need to Vote ut Primary.
Anyone who did not vote in the pri-
mary is eligible to vote in the-city
election Tuesday, April 5, providing
he voted in the November election and
has not changed his residence, Miss
Eta CovelB city clerk. emphasized to-
day. Many persons, are under the i'm
preston that the neglect to vote insthe
city primary forfeits the right to vote
in the final election. No vote may be
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