The San Francisco call., 1909-11-02
CROCKFR PREDICTS
VICTORY BY 10000
Triangular Mayoralty Campaign
Closes With All Three
Claiming Success
Leland Expects. 10000 Votes,
While Mccarthy Says he
VIII Get 10000
Here are the inai ante-eIection pre-
aicticps of the leading candidates On
The result Of todsy's battle of .baiiotsi
Rv WILLIAM CROKER

bY @ILA4f14fA- nv
j.. During the last hours of the cam
paign. / have: been all over the city
and at every: poiht-l have met w'th :.
the hest spossiile receptions. am
more conadent or winning At THIS
hour than Al any. tins: curing tiie
campaign. The city. of san ffan-s f.s
cisco. in my opinion. wants a oQs1-
ness administration and q squa6e
: deal. I expect snT. vote to be So,pvo
NOT one less. That Is enough.to
win I snail not be astenished u 1
zet Is. 900. I=have made a clean.
= honorable. and upright fight .YllilS-
ing one. and am going TO give
. san Fra ncis SEQ q scfeans honest al
ninistration.-': =.
By DR.. 7. B. w. LELAND i
L am sure. to win because our
cause deserves TO win: We haze +.
supported ali moral Issues and nave
emphasized the great mateiFsfaI
necessities of. san Francisco, par
fici5lariy the IIetch Hetchy water
supply. In voting our ticket the
people are voting for Themselves
for ? san Francisco better morally
and phvsicallv. The issues are not
greatly di1erent from two wears
ago. when. Doctor Taylor was elect
ed. except that the sentiment for
the election of a clean. t5cket seems
more intense now than then. Doc
tor Taylor had the same nem4na-
tions that i have. He: won By
. nearly q. .00d VOTES. AS the feeling
on the same issues is stronger now
than then. +; with the same nQHii-
nations should receive a greater
majority. -" ..
BY P. H. MCCARTHY -:
. am confident that I viii. be
elected. TO the. effice. of mayor OF.
san Francisco tomorrow. The plat
form on W hielT 1 stand pledges me .
10 give San Francisco the best forpa
Of government il has ever had. and
my. opponents. who are. candidates
Of special privilege corporations,
can not hope 10 succeed by The
votes .ot those people whom these
public service corporations have
outraged. Due to the stand that
j have taken upon the issues in
volved. in this. campaign and 10: the
further fact that L represent. 80
per cent Of the people Of this CITY
and county more distinctly than
any other man now running. for
the Office of mayor: I viii receive
the largest number Of votes ever
cast by the resident voters of this
city for any man: seeking the Of
fee of mayor. Il: expect to receive
y at least 40 900 votes, and do. not
think my opponents. will: get. more
than $4,000 or %, 600 between them.
j feel confident that the entire
union labor ticket will be elected /:
by a plurality Of 10000 or $4,000
votes. - -. -.
By FRANCIS J.HENEY
Lord Nelson al the great naval
battle Of Trafalgar signaled TO: his
hest. the message, England expects
this day that every man shalt do
his dafN." And L expect that: this
day every honest voter of San
Francisco shall do. his duty. with
. that expectation in mind. 1 have no
doubt that T shall receive two votes
for every one that is given my. 'op-
ponent. -
By c. M. FICKERT
T. am confident .that + shall be
elected by. one of the Ia reest- plif-
rslities ever received by any candf-
date in San: Fra ncfsco. believe
my vote VIII exceed 10000. AS the
campaign has progressed.I have de
veioped strength. becausesthe +peo-.
pie who are: broad minded enough
10 come out and listen to me have
become. convinced that, l am in
earnest and will enforce the law.
impartisily. shall receive -. per
cent of the union labor and repub-
lican votes and about 40 per cent of
The democratic votes. The fact that,
all the statements made against
me by my opponents. have been
shown 10 be false has greatly en-
haneed my chances of election.