Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-19

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| FOR SENATORSH|P
On Unofficial Returns Wins
Nomination Over Thompson
Candidate in Illinois.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHICAGO, Ill, September 1S.-Rep-
resentative William B. Mckinley on
unofficial returns has a substantial
lead over Representative Frank L.
Smith for the republican nomination
for. United States senator. While
Lieut.. Gov. John G. oglesby is run
ming a little behind Len Small for
governor. the contest is so close that
Oglesby is believed to have good
chance of winning. Oglesby claims
his nomiation. The count is full of
errors. The city hall appears to have
won one state victory, E. E., Miller
being in the lead Of George Keys for
1t will be fully a week longer be-
fore the republicans Of Illinois will
be over the political headache that is
now worrying them, and they can
plan the battle lines of the future.
Regardless of the final outcome Of the
state primary, and it probably will
take the official canvass to decide
whether Small, the Thompson candi-
date. has been named for governor, or
Oglesby, who was backed by Gov.
son and Lowden factions Of the state
will go right on. The leaders have
enlisted for the war, and the primary
is regarded as only a preliminary
slSirmish.
Thompson to Continue Fight.
Already Mayor Thompson an
nounces that he will gather his CO.
horts in Chicago and march on the
state convention to be held at Spring.
field next week. His special purpose.
particularly il Small has been NOM
mated. will be to make another at
tempt to jam his so-called socialistic
platform down the threats of the
down-state republicans He will have
more votes than he had before.
down-state strength. that was given to
Small and to Representative Frank
L. Smith.
Mayor Thompson and his leaders
are responsible for the delay in an,
nouncing the vote of Cook county,
which might settle the state contests.
The mayor ordered the police to bring
the election returns to his office in
stead of turning them over to the
newspapers for public consumption as
in the past.
The result was that the newspapers
had to resort to devious ways. tele-
phones. special messengers and ward
They are still shy 2s7 precincts out of a
total of 2.210 in Chicago. and the vote
In the missing precincts may change
the result in several contests. The
city hall organization tried to cele-
brate their victory and tabulate the
vote at the same time.
The throng attracted to the city
hall by a, jazz. band made it, difficult
for the policemen to get, through the
crowds, which included several pre-
scription writing physicians. 1t is
believed that many policemen must
have thrown. their. reports over the
transom. rs the city hall machine ap-
pears to have broken down in it's
tabulations. and no results are forth
coming from that source.
Thompson Loses Onfside. Chicaxo.
In the state at large there is no
question of the sweeping victory
scored by the enemies of Mayor
Thompson. Every anti-Thompson cam
didate op the state ticket was elect
ed. with the possible exception of
governor and United States senator.
and they carried the state outside OF
Cook county by margins of nearly
100000 This means a growing preju-
dice OF the down-state republicans
against Chicago. and will render it
dimcult for Chicago to get any big
state positions in the future
The Legislature lis strongly anti
for prohibition.
While the Chicago victory Of the
there, were several bitter doses for
it. A furious opposition was made
to Representatives William w, viii
son, Nils JUL and Carr r. Chindblom
The latter won out over Edgar J.
the only johnson delegate elected BY
Illinois to the republican national
convention. $50. :.
Representative JUL was defeated
by M. A. Michaelson. who is one Of
and who the city hall leaders hope
will be able to make an impression
in Congress and help the mayor re-
gain his standing in the nation. Jude-
ing by the way the republicanSjof
Illinois outside Of Chicago repudiat-
ed Thompson. his activities VIM have
to be confined to Cook county for a
number Of years.
The two representatives at large.
William E. Mason and Richard Yates.
| probably have been renominated by
the republicans and their election
| will follow. They are favorable to
| Thompson.
| The defeat of Representative
| Thomas Gallagher in the eighth dis.
| trict was not a democratic surprise.
1t is big Polish district and the
organization backed Stanley H. Kunz.
a Pole with proclivities for race
horses and stump speeches.
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