The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-01
.FOUR-CORNERED ELECTION WILL BE HOT. BATTLE Political Wise-Acres Scan "Dope Sheets Trying to
 Pick Winner. ALL PARTIES SHOW
 GREAT CONFIDENCE Biggest Vote in Many Years Is Looked For in the City
 Tomorrow.

With less than 400 of the electorate having failed to vote at municipal election for the past six years, it is interesting to consider what percent age of the voters will go to the polls tomorrow. There are 19469 voters entitled to cast ballots for the mayor and other leading city officials at the election tomorrow. About 1S8 wom are entitled to vote for members of the board of education.
 At the municipal election in 1909 there were 1928 voters on the lists. In 1911 there were 17s808 male Vot- CTS In 1913 there were Is, 364 male voters and. at this election there are 19,469 men who are entitled to vote. For each municipal election for the past six years about 400 men have failed to/go to the polls
 Henry Dee, as a Republican, was elected over Denis Mulvihill, Demo crat, in 1907, by 579 majority Lee 6.ssO. In the same year H. J. Horse field, Socialist candidate for mayor, received 231 votes.
 In 1909, Henry Lee. again the Re publican candidate, was defeated by Edward T. Buckingham, Democrat by a majority of 2,943. one of the largest majorities ever given a candi-
 
 Buckingham received 8,109 votes, ana Lee got 5,066. The same year, Pat rick Cooney, Socialist candidate for mayor, received 457 votes.
 In, November, 1911 Clifford B. Will son. Repu b1ican, and the present mayor defeated John M. Donnelly in one of the closest elections ever held held here MT. Donnelly made won .derful run in view of the circum- stances preceding election Mayor Wilson had a, majority of 28O. Mr. Donnel1y had 5,33f votes and Mayor Wilson 5,611.
 Jasper McLevy, then for the first time candidate of of the Socialist par ~ty for mayoF,m boiled B. 3,S25--xotes, the largest vot eever secured by his par ty for the 4Tnayoralty.
 In November. 1913, Mayor Wilson de- feated Frederick c. Mullins for the mayoralty by majority of 2,o42. Jas per McLevy, again the candidate of, the Socialist party. received 1,783 votes. Horace H. Jackson, Progress siyeg candidate for mayor, received only 369 votes.
 The questions will be first on the machine. They will be Numbers 4 and 5. Number 4 will read:
 Shall a commission be chosen to prepare charter for the City of Bridgeport? ?''
 Number 5 will read: 'tConstitu-
  age of members of the General As- seTnbly.'' This means a proposed increase in the amount of mileage the members of the legislature shall receive. The Republicans being in power will have the top lever marked ttA.''
 ! The Republican candidates are: For. mayor, Clifford B. Wilson; city clerk, J. Alexander H. Robinson; tax collector, Howard F. Smith; town clerk, Joseph Schultz; treasurer, Moses w. Manwaring; board of edu- cation, Elmer H. Havens, Nathaniel w. Bishop; city sheriffs. Donate Della, Joseph Ka1afus, Richard Brown; se- lectrnen, James A. Turner, Charles H. Q1lintaI, Joseph L. Verre11o. For A1dermen-FiFst district, Jo- seph H. .stagg; Second district, Rob erts A. Mcbride; Third district, John Renchys Fourth district, William Blakeslee; Sixth district, Thomas Terpey; Seventh district, A.. w. Gros- sarth; Eighth district Harry ; M. Clark; Ninth district, Charles Roder; Tenth district, Wenzel G. Steigler; Eleventh district, Oliver c. Cole; Twelfth district, Vincent s. Whitney. Y
 The Democratic candidates will have the secohd lever marked ''B.'' The Democratic candidates are:
 For mayor, Daniel E, Walker; city clerk, George M. Coughlin; town clerk, William l.. Zepp; tax collector, John M. #Donnel1y: city treasurer, John w. Grant; board of education, John. J. Cullinan. James L. Sullivan; city sheriffs. Charles B. Mara, Thomas Lovely. John J. Doyle; se1ectmen, James F.. Griffin, Hugh Campbell, George Buckle.
 For Aldermen-F'irst district, James Huddy; Second district, John J. Ford: Third district, John B. Callahan; Fourth district. Thomas c, Carroll; Fifth district, Thomas H. Flynn; Sixth district, Thomas M. McNamara; Sev- enth district, Daniel E. Brennan; Eighth district, John A. Cornell. Jr.; Ninth district, Frederick Martin; Tenth district, John J. Scu1Iy; E1ev- enth district, James M Williams; Twelfth district. Daniel J. Connors.
 The Socialist candidates who follow will have the third lever marked "C.''
 Mayor, Jasper McLevy; city clerk, John Ryan; city. treasurer. Gustav Anderson; tax collector, Phillip Win lzinson; town clerk, Walter Snith;s board of education, Amy Hoffman, and Arthur Burke Cross; city sher- ifs, Charles Stout. John Sullivan and Julius Seyfert; selectmen, John Con- roy, Charles Cal1lin and B. Nichols.
 Aldermen-F,irst district, Joseph Martin; Second district, James J. Dunn; Third district, William Hoff- man; Fourth district. Frank Ander- son; Fifth district, John Jorgenson; Sixth district, Patrick J. Cooney; Sew enth district Phillip s. Magill; Eighth district, Joseph Whyland; Ninth district, Harry Webster; Tenth district, Charles A.. Kirlham; Elev- district, William R. Graham; Tenth
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