The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-18
LATEST RETURNS SWELL
GAINS L0WDEN'S Man;
M'KlNLEY VICTORY SAFE
290 Precincts Still Missing
268 in Cook County
Small Lessons Lead.

Springfield, III, Sept. 1S.-
(By the United Press.)-H
have been nominated BY It
/, least AOO41 Lieuteaant.G Gov.
ernof Oglesby declared. ~All
Of the Official returns We have
received from the county clerks
today add TO my total in each
county. The Increase per c0un.
ty runs from 80 to 1OO."
Chicago, Sept. 1S-By late re.
turns from s5 precincts. most
Of which were In Cook county,
Len Small, Thompson candidate
for the g0vernorshlN cut down.
the Oglesby plurality Of Sye4s
by 4S4 votes, leaving the Low.
den candidate q lead Of 3,S1S.
From a total Of a7S7, S4s6 pre-
c3ncts OF the state have made i.
returns, the bulk Of the miss.
ing figures being results Of tho
Cook county vote.
Chicago. Sept. 1S.-With only
290 precincts missing--22 down.
state and 268 in Cook county-John
G. Oglesby is leading Len Small in
the race for the Republican NOM
ination for governor by 3,21S votes.
In the senatorial contest, with
321 precincts missing-53 being
dOWnstate- B, Mckinley is
1895 votes ahead OF Frank l..
Smith.
The figures: Governor = Cook
county, 2,205 precincts, Oglesby
11O.194, Small 19l,645; downstate.
3,242 precincts give Oglesby 244&
BAT. Small 15S,67S. Grand total.
5.447 precincts give Oglesby 3s4.-
Sal. Small 3sl.323.
The United States senatorial
race: Cook county, 2,205 precincts
give Mckinley 116,667, Smith 1884,
674; downstate, 1921 precincts give
Mckinley 236.722. Smith l4S,72o;
grand total. 5,426 precincts give
Mckinley 353,3s9. Smith S33.394.
Missing Chicago Precincts.
AS most of the missing precincts
are in Chicago, where the Thomp-
son candidate received heavy plur-
alities. it is certain that the returns
yet to be received will cut heavily
into the McKinley-Oglesby leads.
On the basis of the average gains
made per precinct in Chicago it is
doubtful il Smith can win, although
Small could easily overcome Ogles.
by's lead.
On the rest Of the state ticket
Lowden candidates held a good
lead. Secretary of State EmnlersOn
has been renominated, his plurality
on present reutrns standing al
about $4,000.
Russell Leads johnson.
Andrew Russell. Lowden candi-
date for state auditor, was leading
julius Johnson by 10000 and Fred
Sterling has lead Of about $4,000
over w. H. Miller for lieutenant
governor.
/ Mason and Yates were nominated
for c0ngressmen-at-large by SUBJ
stantial pluralities. The vote in
1890 precincts gave: Mason, 281.-
449; Yates. 205,O37; Brown, 161.-
588, and Day, 172,269.
Waller Ahead.
Peter A. Waller held a lead ol
about $500 over Robert Burke for
the Democratic nomination for
United States senator with more
than 1000. precincts unreported.
Heavy Gain for Lewis.
]. Hamilton Lewis, Democratic
nominee for governor, continued to
show q heavy gain over Barrat
O'Hara in returns today.
Attorney General Returns.
Chicago, Sept. 1S.--Returns q
attorney general from 2,69O Of the
1924 precincts outside Cook coun-
ty give Barr 137,202. Brundage
187.776. In Cook county. 2,159 oul
OF 2.473 precincts give Barr 49,
991, Brundage $3.50. Grand total
4,840 precincts give Barr 281.193
Brundage 286.366.
Lieutenant Governor.
Chicago, Sept. 18.-Returns from
2,678 out of 1884 downstate pre-
cincts give for lieutenant governor
Miller, 1859; Sterling, 199,024
Cook county. 2.139 precincts ou
of 2,473, give:
Miller, l47,739; Sterling. S6,341.
Grand totals, 4.S17 precincts ou
of 5.737 in the state:
Miller, 261, PCS; Sterling, 2S5, ,365