Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-09-22
LANDSLIDE FOR
THOMPSON men
Chicago Mayors Ticket Sweeps
State by About 10000
Plurality.
DEMOCRATS CHOOSE LEWIS
Ex.Senators Ticket Sweeps the State
Regular Organization in Saddle
Staying, sIugging and Shoot.
ing at the Chicago Polls.

SbiNoSo, sept. WI
travelling in opposite directions met
head-on-that was Wednesdays Re
publican primaries. Downstate nli-
nois rolled up indicated pluralities for
the anti-Tammany ticket. Chicago reg
istered- large margins for the Lundin-
Thompson ticket. Which landslide
was the stronger will require more
complete returns TO determine.
Incomplete returns indicate that
Len Small of Kankakee, the Thomp-
son candidate for governor, carried
Chicago by plurality of $1,000 TO co.
600. This is on the basis of returns
from less than one-half of the pre-
cincts.
$4,000 Lead for oglesby.
Lieut. Gov. John G. Oglesby, the an
d-tiger candidate, came up to the Cook
county line with plurality indicated
by partial returns of $4,000. This is
on returns from about Is per cent Of
the downstate precincts.
0glesby's downstate lead swung
from $4,000 to $1,000, then back to g.
600, as patches of reports came in.
Smalls Chicago lead wandered from
5000 to 10000, then down to 10000,
then to $1,000, and back to $4,000.
With all these variations, it will re-
quire a fuller count to establish wheth-
er downstate outvoted Chicago or vice
versa, and whether Oglesbys lead out
side is sufficient TO overcome Smalrs
metropolitan lead. !
Smiths Chicago Lead $4,000.
On United States senator, Frank L.
Smith of Dwight rolled up a plurality
Indicated at $1,000 in Chicago. Con
gresham William B. Mckinley of
Champaign, the anti-Tammany candi-
date, is given an estimated plurality
downstate of $4,000 on the basis Of re-
turns from about 20 per cent of the
precincts. Here, too, were the same
fluctuations. Smiths margin in Chi
cagO swung back and forth over an arc
between 100000 and 100000. McKin-
iey's downstate pendulum hit points
between 10000 and 10000, swinging to
a different mark with each batch of
reports.
On candidates for other state offices
only a few fugitive reports are in, both
I'm Chicago and downstate. They indi-
cate that most of them will 60 up or
down with Oglesby.
The voting throughout the state was
apparently lighter than expected. In
Chicago apparently about 275,0OO Re
publican ballots were cast, where
100000 were looked for. The voting
was heavier in Democratic wards than
In the big Republican strOnghOlds. But
as the returns came rolling in they
showed Smith and Small and the rest
Of the city hall slate running strong
in residence sections like Englewood
and Hyde Park and Lake View.
MacIay Hoyne Defeated.
Maclay Hoyne, states attorney Of
Cook county for eight years, was de-
feated for denomination. This is the
one break in the Democratic state
county slate.
Michael L. Igoe, minority leader of
the last general assembly, won by a
plurality, estimated AT between $4,000
and 1900.
Lewis Is Nominated.
For the Democratic ticket 1t Is ap-
parent that the regular Democratic
state ticket, headed by former Senator
James Hamilton Lewis for governor,
has been overwhelmingly indorsed.
Congratulations were showered on
the former Illinois senator soon after
first returns showed the trend of DEM
OcTatic sentiment
The sentiment for the regular ticket,
which apparently nominated Peter A.
Waller for United States senator, car
ried with it Walter W. Williams for
lieutenant governor, Arthur w. Charles
for secretary Of state, James j. Brady
for auditor Of public accounts. and Will
liam Ryan, Jr., for state treasurer.
Regular Candidates Win.
James T. Burns for attorney gen.
eral was unopposed, as was George F.
Johnson for the office of clerk of the
supreme court. In the race for con-
gressman-at-large it was evident that
the organization Endorsed candidates,
WlllldiH ". bdltZ dud y. .. SCuDelueT,
were both successful over the third
contender, William Murphy. Matt
Franz was, unopposed in his candidacy
for clerk Of the appellate court.
Trouble in Chicago.
Staying, smuggling, shooting and kid
mapping marked the primary election in
Chicago.
A precinct watcher was shot to death
by a policeman; deputy sheriff was
locked up in detective headquarters
after being overpowered and disarmed
by the police, and dozens Of campaign
workers were bruised In fights.
Accusations OF kidnapping political
workers were exchanged freely among
the rival campaign headquarters. and
there were reports from many polling
places that bands of armed sluggers
were dashing through the city, intimi-
dating voters and workers
Michael Fennessy, the man who was
killed. was shot through the stomach
by Policeman Thomas +. Powers of
tho EnplpwoOd station In N diSnuta