The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-09-17
ILLINOIS RACE IS CLOSE
LoWDEN ANDTHoMPso ARE
NECK AND NECK
Chicago and Cook County Won
BY Mayor With State
In Doubt
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch,l

ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch,1
Chicago, September IA close
race between the Lowdsn and
necessary complies cDunt Of tho
votes cast in yesterdays primary To
determine the result. Supporters Of
Mayor William Hale Thompson swept
Chicago, winning all county and city
nominations for their men, but the
adherents of Governor Frank o.
Lowden carried the rest of the state
by large majority, leaving the poll
tical scales wagering on its fulcrum.
ed an average plurality for some time
Of better than forty to the precinct
for the Thompson men but this
slumped when returns from nearly
half of the 2,210 Chicago polling
places had been counted. Downstate
the Lowden plurality averaged only
fourteen to the precinct at first, but
gradually increased until 1t averaged
twnty- three when half Of the S,2s4
reported.
J. Ham Lewis Lead.
On the democratic ticket, ]. Ham
ilton Lewis won handily over Bar
raft O'Hara for gubernatorial nom1-
nation, but the race for the senate
candidacy was close between Robert
E. Burke and Peter Waller. The
democrats also had tight fight for
the nomination Of states attorney
lay Hoyne trailing Michael Igoe on
incomplete returns.
Only about half Of the registered
vote In Chicago was cast, about the
same proportion Of men staying away
from the polls as women.
The lead wavered during the nigW
from hour to hour. After the Chi
cago precincts had kept the Thomp-
son candidates in the van for some
the state figures puched the Lowdsn
slate to the fore, the Chicago count
ing hating for a time after about
third of the vote had been counted.
Then returns from some three hun
dred additional city polling PLACES
were tabulated and the Thompson
men once more stepped ahead Of
their opponents for 2 time.
Both Claim Victory.
Belated reports from dovnstAfs
then began TO come IN. showing a.
high as seventy Ave plurality to the
precinct for Mckinley and OsleSby.
AS the night wore on and the balance
wayered, Mayor Thompson issued
statements that the city woald give
his candidates from $1,000 to 100000
plurality while Lieutenant Governor
Oglesby asserted that he would car
ry the state outside the metropolis By
l5o 900. both oontending that the re-
gional victory Of the other would be
Among the congressional centasts
was that Of Joseph q. Cannon OF
DanviIie I'm the nineteenth district.
He was in the rear on early returns,
but finally forged to the front Tor
victory.
the state contests, Mayor Thompson
won possible control OF the election
machinery in Cook county by nomi-
mating his candidate Tor county
judge.
all state offices on the republican
ticket, but still was even enough to
make possible the nomination OF some
men from both sides In the intense
race for congressman at large Wf1-
lam e. Mason, incumbent, supported
by Thompson, had large lead, with
Richard Yates and Stephen Day next
in order while John j. Brown was
fourth.
No Party Hold Lsad.
Denver, September 16.-With both
leading candidates for republican
nomination for United States ssna
able today that an official count
might be necessary to establish the
result. Returns compiled by the
Rocky Mountain News from 1,120
precincts of the 1882 in the state
gave Karl C. Schuyler, Denver, q
lead of 2,37S over Samuel d. Nichol-
SON of Leadville. Most Of the miss
ing precincts are in outlying districts
sear favorable ioa tho 70
league in the democratic primaries
was indicated with nearly complete
returns from the principal cities and
scattered returns from over the state.
In Denver, eleven Of the twelve dem
ocratic candidates for the legislature
are Nonpartisan leaguefs, as are
three candidates for the state sen
ate James M. Collins, Nonpartisan
league candidate for democratic nom.
1901 votes In two thirds Of the pre-.
cincts. Judge Tully Scott OF the
oniy 1851 over w. r. Callicotte,
Nonpartisan league candidate for the
democratic nomination Tor United
States senator, with half the pre-
cincts tabulated. Ed Anderson. state
federation Of labor OFFICIAL and can
didate of the Nonpartisan league and
labor party, is leading Franklin Car
ringer for the democratic nomination
for lieutenant governor by 5000 with
a plurality both in Denver and over
the state.
The official count Of the Denver
vote began today.
Chicago. September 16.-Wheat
prices declined today in the absence