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Show Big Day for Off Year TODAY S election here in the early hours of voting gave little promise of breaking any records. The pre-election .campaign has been the dullest n the memories of old residents, attested at-tested by a total vote at the primaries of fewer than 24,000 ballots, or about 25 per cent of the registered electors. Political prognosticates yesterday yes-terday were setting artop limit of 55,000 on the . final preferences which will elect two city commissioners com-missioners and an auditor. If, during the day. an additional 25 per cent ef indolent citizens awaken to their -responsibili-ties and go to the polls, it will be surprising, significant sig-nificant and salutary. ( If they do not and the UpUsliin-ls I rallied ill' plui alHies) adding up less than a majority of'the electorate, it will disparage dis-parage all claims to high civic righteousness as a community virtue, discourage all who have hoped that sometime Salt Lake City would have a local government chosen by a majority decision, Elsewhere in Utah where elections are being held enthusiasm is running as high as from none to medium or fair. Possibly only In the new community of Central Park will there be anything resembling traditional election spirit. The big issue there is whether or not the town Should be disincorporated. But for an off-year election, this Is a big day here and there over the nation. Fifteen slates hold various elections, two of thrm for governors, fix for legislatures and four to fill congressional vacancies. Sixty citiea have municipal elections. Little will be told by these as to the waxing or waning of new deal sentiment, except unimportantly unimpor-tantly in New Jersey and to still lesser extent in Virginia. The battle In New Jersey between Senator A. Harry Moore, a former Democratic governor, and State Senator Lester H. Clee, his Republican opponent, ha been spirited and bitter, but chiefly on local issues. In a traditionally tradition-ally Democratic state, two nationally unknown figures. Democrat James P. Price and Republi- can J. Powell Royal!, are In a tepid contest. It is in New York that the duel to the death Is going on there this is truly a big day. In its outcome there is challenging national importance. Both mayoralty candidates are new dealers, but curious circumstances dull the importance of the fact. Tha big issue, as usually, is Tammany. It fights Mayor La Guardia, Republican, the fusion candidate, not alone to regain dominance in the local political scene, but also to recover its national nation-al potency through control of the Democratic national na-tional committeeman from New York state and ef "General" Farley's state committee. Both La Guardia and the Washington administration have made the tiger pretty thin with slim rations of patronage. In vain did the Democratic organization organi-zation try to get President Roosevelt to utter a friendly word for Democrat Jeremiah. T. Ma-honey: Ma-honey: and the indorsement Farley, much against hia will, gave him was an outstanding example of damning with faint praise if any praise at 11 could be found in it But after all is said and done, the Tammany interest chiefly is to get some fat back on its bones through Mahoney'a election pork pie and Juicy plums for the boys who have been politically politi-cally unemployed since La Guardia took over. Should the "Little Flower" be victorious. It will be the first time New York City has ever reelected "reform" mayor. From what the Test of the country has read about him and his honest and able administration, popular opinion la that ha deserves to win, particularly to inaugurate inau-gurate the city's charter and as reward for praiseworthy service. ' To further complicate tangled situation and to bear on national concerns, the resignation of Charlea D. Hillet as New York's national committeeman com-mitteeman has caused Kenneth Simpson. New York county Republican chairman, to aspire to succeed him. Not altogether to La Guardia 's liking, lik-ing, he has ingeniously put himself and potent friends behind him. He hopes this will land him on the national committee, but there is a large nd important congregation of Republicans who do not like the Manhattan lawyer very welL |