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Show I) Tomorrow is election day and when , final results are tabulated lato tomor-' tomor-' row night, it will bo known just what 1 influence the corrupt practices act has had on tho politics of tho city. It will bo known how closo ono can guess at I tho standing of any particular candi-! candi-! date. There is no conceding the election elec-tion to anyone at tho present time. Everyone seems to have a different opinion as to who will really be elect-' elect-' ed and what tho majorities will be. I Mayor's Statement. I Mayor Heywood, when asked for a J statement this morning, said that he i looked for a substantial majority at the polls tomorrow. Ho stated that he had run his campaign on a good square baala, and that he had not based It on maligning other people. "If re-elected," he said, "I will continue con-tinue to redeem the indebtedness incurred in-curred by former administrations as I fast as possible. Furthermore, It will be my aim not to incur any indebtedness indebted-ness that cannot bo paid out of tho ' current revenues. The different funds ' of the city hold notes for all money borrowed from them and those notes I will be redeemed out of this year's revenues. "During the past two years, the administration ad-ministration has redeemed $50,000 of outstanding bonds and It shall be my policy to continue retiring these bonds from year to year." Browning Claims Election. T. Samuel Browning, opposing Mayor May-or Heywood in the election, stated that . ' if tomorrow was a bright day there j would be a big turnout at the polls and i the bigger the turnout, the bigger his ,' majority. "There Is no question as ' to the outcome," he said. "It Is mere-l' mere-l' ly a question as to the size of the vote cast In my favor. The better the day, I the better the majority." I City Commissioner. In. the four-year-term commissioner, Chris Flygaro, the present Incumbent, is opposed by A. B. Weatherby. Both seem confident thoy have a very good chance of winning out Mr. Flygaro had thl9 to say as to tho election: "It looks very favorable for me, as far as I have been ablo to gauge tho situation. I will say that, it is one of the best campaigns in the history of the city. It has been fair and, so far as I know, thore has been no mud-slinging, mud-slinging, so prevalent In previous elections. elec-tions. It looks as though the people were very well satisfied with the present pres-ent administration and will express that satisfaction at the polls tomorrow." tomor-row." City Judge Confident. Judge George S. Barker, oandidate to succeed himself as municipal judge, slated that from the result of the heavy vote cast for him at the primaries, primar-ies, it looks to him as though the voters vot-ers approved of his record and endorsed endors-ed his re-election. LeRoy Farley made this statement: "I believe I'll be elected tomorrow. It looks to me as though the next administration admin-istration would Include Browning, Weatherby, Barker and myself. If elected, I will do all I can to reduce the expenses of the city auditor's department, de-partment, and I favor reduction as far as possible, of the expenses in all the other departments." Opposing him Is Arthur F. Larson, present city auditor. Ho stated that ho felt he had done, all in his power to keep tho expenses of the department at a minimum. He also feels that the heavy vote cast for him in the primaries primar-ies is a good Indication that he will be elected and he wants to thank his many friends for the confidence they have shown in him, expressing the opinion op-inion that he had aimed to do everything every-thing to merit that confidence. The Standard will flash the returns as fast as they are received tomorrow tomor-row evening. |