The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-09-16
1T is TIGHT RACE
LOwden and Thompson Candi-
dates in Illinois Close.
Takes Complete Returns From
Primary to Show Winner.
ONLY HALF VOTE WAS CAST
Just as Many Men as Women
Stayed From Polls,
Uncle Joe Cannon Wins Again
by Cut Majority.
ONLY HALF VOTE WAS CAST

Chicago Sept. ia close race be-
tween the Lowden and Thompson can
didates today made necessary a COM
plete count of the votes cast in yes
terdays primary to determine the re-
suit. supporters of Mayor William
Hale Thompson swept Chicago, win
ming all county and city nominations
for their men, but the adherents of
Gov Frank o. Lowden carried the rest
of the state by a large majority, leav-
ing the political scales wavering on its
fulcrum.
Early reports from Chicago showed
an averag y e plurality for some time
of better than forty to the precinct
for the Thompson men, but this aver
half of the 2,210 Chicago polling
place had been counted. Down state
the Lowden plurality averaged only IA
to the precinct at first, but gradually
increased until it averaged % when
half of the 1884 voting districts out
side Chicago had reported.
On the Democratic ticket, J. Hamtl-
ton Lewis won handily over Barratt
O'Hara for guberna torial nomination
but the race for the senate candidacy
was close between Robert E. Burke
and Peter Waller. The Democrats
also had a tight fight for the nomina-
ton of a states attorney for Cook
county, the incumbent. Maclay Hoyne,
trailing Michael Igoe on incomplete
returns.
Only Half Vote Cast.
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
Guiding 1,456 outside of Chicago. gave
Frank Smith. Thompson candidate for
United States senator S7.7S2 and
I a MnT} 1axr II Ian a
date, 1880. In the 1923 Chicago
precincts recorded, Smith had S7,782
and his opponent 44,1s6. 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 females. Re-
| turns at the same hour from 2.756
precincts, including 1896 outside
Chicago, for governor gave Small 1885,
172 and Oglesby 1885. In the
1,163 Chicago precincts recorded
Smith had 1872 votes and Oglesby 49,
| 9s6.
Country Vote Is Late.
The lead wavered during the night
from hour to hour. After the Chicago
| precincts had kept the Thompson can
| didates in the van for some time be-
| cause of earlier returns, the state
| figures pushed the Lowden slate to
| the fore, the Chicago counting hating
for a time after about a third of the
/
from some 800 additional city polling
places were tabulated and the Thomp-
son men once more stepped ahead of
| their opponents for time.
| Belated reports from downstate
then began to come in, showing as
high as IS plurality to the precinct
for Mckinley and Oglesby. AS the
night wore on and the balance
wavered, Mayor Thompson issued
statements that the city would give
his candidates from $4,000 to 100000
plurality while Lieut.. Gov. Oglesby as
serted that he would carry the state
outside the metropolis by 10000,
both contending that the regional
victory of the other would be over
| come.
Cannon Wins Again.
Among the congressional contests
was that of Joseph G. Cannon. of Dan
| vile, in the Nineteenth district. He
was in the rear on early returns but
finally forged to the front for a VIC
tory.
| Regardless of the final outcome in
the state contests, Mayor Thompson
won possible control of the election
machinery in Cook county by nomi-