The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-09-16
ILLINOIS RETURNS give LEADS TO THOMPSON
FACTION CANDIDATES; CONTESTS UNDECIDED

CHICAGO, Sept. 10 Returns this
morning from the Illinois primaries
yesterday gave leads to the Republi-
can candidates favored by Mayor
Thompson's' faction, but did not de-
eide the contests.
Len Small received 195,0SS against
170,399 for Lieutenant John
G. Oglesby for governor, in returns
from 500 precincts in Cook (Chicago)
county and 1920 outside.
Congressman Frank l.. Smith led
Congressman w. B. Mckinley for the
nomination for United States Sena-
tor, 1855 to 170,455.
B. NJ. Chiperfield was third with
29,282. These returns were nearly all
from city precincts with country pre-
cincts, believed to be Lowden faction
strongholds, yet to report.
Thompson Men Sweep Illinois.
Mayor William Hale Thompson
swept Chicago, winning all county and
city nominations for their men, but
adherents of Governor Frank O. Low
den carried the rest of the state by
large majority, leaving the political
scales wayering.
Early reports from Chicago showed
an average plurality of better than 40
to the precinct for the Thompson men,
but this average slumped when re-
turns from nearly half of the 2,21O
Chicago polling places had been
counted.
Down state the LOwden plurality
averaged only IA to the precinct at
averaged %, when half of the 3,26i
Vntipo a ciI boI
reported.
On the Democratic ticket, J. Ham
ilton Lewis, former senator, won
handily over Barrett O'Hara for the
gubernatorial nomination, but the race
for the Senate candidacy was close
between Robert E. Burke and Peter
Waller.
The Democrats also had tight fight
for the nomination of states attor-
ney for Cook county, the incumbent,
MacLay Hoyne trailing Michael Igoe
on incomplete returns.
Only About 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.
The lead wavered during the night
from hour to hour. After the Chicago
precincts had kept the Thompson
candidates in the van for some time
because of earlier returns, the state
figures pushed the Lowden slate 10
the fore. the Chicago counting halt
ing for a time after about a third of
the vote had been counted.
Thompson Again Ahead.
Then returns from some 300 addit-
ional city polling places were tabulat-
ed, and the Thompson men once moro
stepped ahead Of their opponents for
a time.
Belated reports from down state
then began to come in, showing as
high as rs plurality to the precinct
for Mckinley and Oglesby.
Among the congressional contests
was that of Joseph G.. Cannon, OF Dan
vile, in the 10th district. He was in
the rear on early returns, but finally
forged to the front for victory.
Wins Election Control.
Regardless of the final outcome in
the state contests, Mayor Thompson
won possible control Of the election
machinery in Cook county by nomin-
ating his candidate for county judge.
The contest was equally close for
all state officers on the Republican
ticket but still was uneven enough
to make possible the nomination of
some men from both sides to the in
tense campaign that was waged.
NEW YORK, Sept. 16-Special
elections were held in greater New
York today to fill vacancies in the
State Assembly caused by the expul-
sion of the five socialists at Albany
last spring.
were ousted after a long trial on
charges of disloyalty sought vindica-
ton at the hands of their constituents
by appearing as candidates for re-
election.