Show LEWIS WANTS TO BE MAYOR he sends the following signed statement to this paper at the solicitation ol 01 friends I 1 have consented to become a candidate for the republican nomination tor mayor although I 1 have been a resident of this city from boyhood I 1 have never bedfor been a candidate tor any office and in doing so now am yielding to the earnest persistent soli citations ot many business men of the city it I 1 shall be nominated and elected it shall be my determined purpose 10 give to the people ot this city the beat possible service that I 1 am capable of rendering with impartiality and free favoritism ot any kind M official conduct shall be as an open book which every citizen and er may freely examine with this plain statement ot my position and with these assurances it the delegates to the city convention feel that I 1 can bo of service to the parly and the city and see proper to support I 1 will endeavor to prove my belt worthy of their confidence signed JOHN S LEWIS |