The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-02
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COontinued majority on tho Board of Estimate, the upper house of the City Legis. lature, which controls finances and patronage.
 Last Minute odds
 Last minute odds on La Quardin were boosted to 6 to l.
 La Guardlas supporters predict cd Q landslide, with c plurality Ot between 60O,OO0 and 7bO.OOO, while Mahoney's packers said that he would win by 460,0O0. Mahoney himself said that Democrats expect- cd one of their greatest victories" Every Policeman Out Every policeman in the five bor- ouahs, with thousands of private watchers were on duty today to pre- vent disorder and irregularity in New York's important city election.
 With the early weather brisk and sunny voters turned out in record breaking numbers for Q Inay0ralty election to decide between Mayor Fiorello H. La0uardia and Tam many Halls Jeremiah T. Mahoney. A Laouardia triumph was expected.
 The pollce--10,000 Of whom were on duty--held 2,076 warrants for use in event of attempts to cast illegal votes. The Honest Ballot associa- ton sent out more than 100 patrol cars, each carrying extra watchers, election struction booklets and chal- lenge lists totaling 4,600 names. A number of arrests were report. ed. Most of them were for minor attractions such as painting names on sidewalks, disorderly conduct and interference with voters of one kind and another.
 Worried Tammany
 Worried TamEnany office holders went from house to house before dawn today begging their friends to vote for Mahoney and save their jobs.
 Also up before dawn was Mayor LaGuardia for his annual personal tour of inspection of the polls. He made Q fast two-and.a. .half hour swing through the Bronx in which he was reprimanded by republican watcher who did not recognize him and in which he chid0i an election board for opening several minutes early. The Republican watcher apologized.
 Four years ago, when he was first elected, the mayor started @ fist fight with Q Tammany watcher half Q head taller because LaGuardia thought he detected an irregularity.
 Almost equal in interest and iin- portance was the contest between Special Prosecutor Thomas E. Dew- ey the 'rackets buster" and Har- old w. Hastings, Tammany candi- date, for district attorney of New York county. Dewey, promising to remove from the streets of New York the gangsters who would teach our children to do wrong," was 2 to 1 to win. Police Commissioner Lewis J. Valentine ordered a round up last night of "all known gang sters, crooks and racketeers," in an effort to keep them away from the polls.
 No National Issues
 Although Mahoney had the back ing of Postmaster General James A. Farley, chairman of the Democratic national committee, national issues, which were Q factor in the primar- les in September, did not enter the campaign. Both LaQuardia and Mahoney are supporters of Presi- dent Roosevelt. For the second city election in succession, former Gov. Alfred E. Smith, once a power in the local democracy and in Tam- many, took no part in the cam- paign. All anti-Tammany elements backed LaGuardia and Dewey. They were the candidates of the Repub- lican, American Labor, City Fusion and Progressive parties. Mahoney and his running mates also had the nominations of the Trades Union and Anti Communists, which were attacked as flake" organizat ations, but whose nominating positions were upheld In the courts.
 City Council First Time
 For the first time. voters chose a city councel--to replace the board of aldermen-and by the new pro- portional representation method, which had been used successfully in several cities.
 Impartial observers believed that the best Tammany could hope for was the election of two or three of It's candidates for borough presi- dent. Votes were cast for candi. dates for presidents of all five bor- oughs-Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens and Richmond. Bruce Barton, advertising execu- tive appeared sure of victory in his campaign to succeed the late U. s. Representative Theodore Peyser, Democrat. in the 17th congressional district. Barton ran on the Repub- lican ticket.
 Other N. Y. Elections Albany, Nov. 2--(UP)-New York voters elect the 1888 assembly, the members of 8 constitutional con- vention, three congressman and 50 mayors today in an "off-year" election party leaders believed would point the political trend in President Roosevelt's home state. Democratic and Republican lead- CTS predicted that an overwhelm- ing majority vote of the 5,52l, ,625 persons registered would vote.
 Chief statewide interest cCntered on the Democratic Republican fight for control of the assembly and convention. Democratic leaders were prepared to seize upon a con- vention victory as renewed endorse ment of the New Deal by MT. Roose- veit's home state. which gave him a 1000. 900 plurality in the l0S6 pres- idential election.
 ly ready to advance a party conven-
 Republican chieftains were equal- ton victory as a repudiation of the New Deal.
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