The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-11-01
ALL CITY CHA|RMEN
SEE VICTORY FOR
THEIR CANDIDATES
Rim g h off Claims Three
Wards Sure For Demo-
cratic Nominee.
| l. IFF OPTIMISTIC
Holds National Election Fig
ures No Basis for City
Forecast.
.ILIFF OPTIMISTIC

Both Democratic City Chairman.
Frank Ringhoff. and Republican city
Chairman. Edgar Tiff issued state
ments today on the outcome of the
city election next Tuesday. Each
claims a victory for his ticket. Ring
hoff states that Farwig. the Demo
cratic mayoralty nominee. will carry
three wards by substantial pluralities
and will receive big vote in the other
five wards
Republican Chairman Tiff contents
himself with the optimistic opinion
that Mayor Zimmerman's good work
for all the people will be indorsed"
He also states that he is making no
guess on the result of the election for
that is as unsatisfactory as trying to
guess where a good fishing hole is.
The big majority OF Democrats in
Richmond are going To support their
ticket" said Democratic Chairman
Ringhoff. With what other votes Mr..
Farwig polls he will be elected by
good vote. We are sure to carry the
First, Fourth and Eighth wards and
we will cut in with a big vote in the
other five wards. Farwig is the next
mayor"
lifts Statement.
This was the statement issued by
Republican Chairman Tiff:
Guessing on elections is good
deal like fishing You look for the
placid wafer and there is no way TO
tell whether you are going 10 catch
fish or not. You will reason that the
kind of water. the situation and the
general appearance of the surround
! ings indicate a good days catch, but
YOU don't absolutely know. No man
does. He can only go on fishing
Men at times would give fortunes
to clairvoyants. soothsayers and for
tune tellers who could tell them alb
solutely what the result of an election
might be. They try in every way TO
4 get at the facts They take the poll
and the poll books fail. They take
straw votes and they fail They hur-
rah and spend money and send forth
astounding predictions. and they fail
IL is all as deep and mysterious as the
| placid waters, for the people are as
| Edmund Burke said: Do not think
because the grasshoppers chirp loudly
in the fence corners that they are the
! only inhabitants OF the field. Look at
the placid cattle silently chewing their
cud under the trees
II will not make any guess on the
vote Tuesday. | am only one man
and no one man can focus the entire
| field. | will say this. however. that
the Progressive vote of last fall cuts
no figure in this election. The Dem
ocratic vote of last fall cuts no fig
ure in this election. There were fac
tors in the vote OF last fall that are
not here now. There are factors In
this city election that were not with
us last fall. You might just as well
cast aside last falls election figures
for a basis TO guess upon. They are
absolutely worthless.
Il like fighting In politics. At the
same time there is no office | would
want or would have. and no office, no
hope of preference. no offer OF any
kind could ever put a paddock on nv
| lips and keep me from fighting face to
face, steel to steel and tell every man
to his face what ] said or would say
to his back.
| Il have absolute faith I'm the integ-
| rity and the intelligence of the people
OF Richmond. and Judging from a gen
eral ". so far as l as one man
could take il. | fully believe that May
or Zimmerman's past good work for
all the people will be indorsed and IL
will be found that the Republican par
ty is neither dead nor sleeping"
Chairman Howard Brooks Of the
Progressive City committee made a
statement yesterday claiming VIII J.
Robbins would carry every ward in
the city.