Evening star., 1920-09-16
LATE RETURNS CUT
LEAD Of THOMPSON
. FORCES IN ILLINOIS
Complete Count Believed
Necessary to Decide All
State Contests.
SMALL AND SMITH AHEAD
OF LOWDEN CANDIDATES

Mayor Sweeps Chicago Precincts,
| But State Vote Is Expected to
Overcome Big Start.
! By the Associated Press.
! CHICAGO. September 16 - Returns
! this morning from the Illinois pri-
marIes yesterday gave leads to the
republican candidates favored by
Mayor Thompsons faction, but did
not decide the contests
Ben Small received 195.Oss against
io,5S3 Tor Lieut. Gov. John C. Ogles-
by for governor. in returns from 1920
preclncts in Cook (Chicago) county
and 1920 outside
Representative Frank L. Smith led
Representative w. B. Mckinley for
! the nomination for United States sem
ator. 1S5.596 to 170.455 B. NJ. Chiper-
neId was third with 29,2S2
Inese returns were nearly all from
city precincts; with country precincts.
strongholds. yet to report.
Returns from 1,620 precincts ont Of
S,264 in Illinois outside of Cook coun
ty. for governor. give:
! Republicans:
Oglesby. 107,741
Small, 6S,201.
Returns from 3s1 precincts out of
3,264 in Illinois outside of Cook coun-
~ Tor governor give:
Democrats:
Lewis, $50.
OHara, 2.124
Returns from 1850 precincts out OF
S,264 in Illinois, outside of Cook coun-
". Ior United States senator give:
! Republicans:
/ Chiperfield, 23,664
| Mckinley, 1o2,343.
| Smith, 6l,597
Returns from s44 precincts out OF
o,1o4 IN Illinois outside Of Cook coun-
" ior United States senator give:
4 Burke, 5,So7.
Waller, 5.601.
Cnnaon Wins Again.
| For congressman n-at-larpe easa
precincts of the 5,TS7 in Illinois. in
cl1ulng I.625 Ehieago precincts, gave.
On the republican SIDE. Brown. r.,
W, yoo, Lay 1s,446; Mason, 173.4e6;
On the democratic side 1851 pre-
cincts of which all except 226 were
| icm chicago. gave Baltz, 39,312; Muir.
ply, 3S.11S; Schneider, 39.1S6.
returns from yesterdays primary
| IN the various downtown congression-
al districts, in which there were con-
tests follow:
/ Tenth district (republican), 1873 pre-
cilcts out Of $50 give Chindblom. H.
| eot' JUDY, 1904: Cook. 1883: John
sen, 1850. and Collins. s72.
Eleventh district (republ:can). 1O7
precincts out of 100 give Copley. 90
Al; Mccarthy, 1866.
Fourteenth district (republican), Is
on. OF IA precincts give Graham. g.
sixteenth district (republican), 1Os
out of 214 precincts give Ireland. g.
$40; Lynch, 3,SS4
Seventeenth district (republican). 81
out OF ls5 precincts give Funk, 1859;
Fort, 2.096.
! Eighteenth district (republican). 90
out of 211 precincts give Cannon. 6.1
AL; Cooleyfi 1854.
Nineteenth district (republican), 151
out of 267 precincts: Moore. I0,023;
Byers, 2,915: Henson. 5,375; democrat
| ic), 10 precincts out of 267 give Cava-
naugh. $50; Peermon, 20S Martin, $50;
| Wiley, IS.
/ Twenty-first district (republican), 81
out of 220 precincts give Wheeler, 3,76s:
Butler, 1.7I9. tdemocratic) SO out Of
22S precincts: Jarrett, 36S; Masters
! 542; Major 13S.
| Twenty second district (republican),
50 out of 25S precincts give Modem
burg. 2.61S; Brenholt. 1,719. Demo-
cratic, 20 precincts out of 256: Nc
Casland, 104: Gustin, ~.
| When LIZA precincts of the 3,264
outside Cook county had been <tabu-
lated today on yesterdays promary,
| the vote stood:
United States senator:
| Republican-Chiper 2S,63S: Nc
kinley, 1850; Smith, S4,601
Democratic-(364 precincts) Burke.
5,251; Waller. 5,745.
| Complete Count Necessary.
The close race between the Lowden
and Thompson candidates will make
4 N An l~t@
votes to determine the result Sup
porters of Mayor William Hale
Thompson swept Chicago. winning all
county and city nominations for their
men. but the adherents of Gov. Frank
%. Lowden carried the rest of the
state by large majority, leaving the
political scales wavering.
Early reports from Chicago showed
an average plurality of better than
forty to the precinct for the Thomp-
son men, but this average slumped
when returns from nearly half of the
2.21O Chicago polling places had been
counted. Downstate the Lowden plu-
rality averaged only fourteen TO the
creased until it averaged twenty
three when half of the 3.264 voting
districts outside Chicago had reported.
On the democratic ticket. j. Hamil
ton Lewis. former senator: won
+gubernatorial nomination. but the
race for the Senate candidacy was
close between Robert Z. Burke and
Peter Waller The democrats also
had a tight fight for the nomination
of a states attorney for Cook county,
the incumbent, McClay Hoyne. trail
ing Michael Igoe on incomplete re-
turns.
One-Hnlf Registered Vote.
Only about half of the registered
vote in Chicago was cast, about the
same proportion of men staying away
from the polls as women.
Returns from 2,979 precincts, in
GLIDING 1.456 outside of Chicago. gave
Frank L. Smith. Thompson candidate
for United States senator. 1880. and
William B. Mckinley, Lowden candi?
date, 1877, 500. In the 1.123 Chicago
precincts recorded, Smith had S7.7S2
and his opponent 44.1Ss. Slightly
fewer than a fourth of Smiths Chi
cago votes were cast by women, while
more than a third of McKinley's bal
lots were marked by women.
Returns at the same hour from 1856
precincts. including 1896 outside Chi
cago. for governor gave Small 15e.172
and Oglesby. 1856. In the 1.163 Chi
cago precints recorded. Smith bad S9.-
020 votes and Oglesby, 40,9S6
The lead Wayered during the night