The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-09-14
REPUBLICAN PLURALITY
GREATEST IN HISTORY
CONTINUED from page H.

| admitted the severity OF the DIV.
.The democrats have suffered q
severe beating" 1t said. Tnere 70
no comfort in the result for them.
/ They went into the contest leeuiy
/ organized and gather from It's con
/ clusion a CORRESPONDENCE ieeple
satisfaction. 1t appears that auoul
half of the potential woman Voae
! has been polled, which shouia m
crease the total vote over iSlo =.
fiftv percent. Yet the total demo-
cratic vote is running even with or
behind that of 1916, when ordinarily
III would be running fifty per-
icent ahead. as is the case with the
Republicans
/ Plurality Of 66,5oo.
/ AUGUSTA, Maine, Sept. line
republican plurality in yesterdays
state election probably will be 66,5oo,
| IT was estimated today. Omcla's
awaiting returns from more than
forty towns and villages, believed !.
would be several days before the final
vote is known. !.
| Almost complete returns from the
Estates twenty cities gave the repuo-
llicans a plurality OF 1929 as against
40 in 1915. The G. o. P. carried
every county in the state yesterday.
In the last presidential year election
the party lost two counties.
| 1t was estimated that the vote for
Frederick n. Parkhurst, republican
governor will reach $4,000 and
1.-THE vote for Bertrand g. Mcintyre,
I70,5O0.
The total vote will be more than
$4,000 greater than any previous vote
| In the state.
One Hundred to One.
| CASTLE HALL, Maine, Sept. IL
| Democrats in Castle Hill are more
Tor less like the proverbial hens
teeth This little village registered
100 votes for Frederick H. Parkhurst,
republican governor elect, and enc
for Bertrand G. Mcintyre, the demo-
Icratic candidate in the state election
yesterday.
Illinois Votes Tomorrow.
/ CHICAGO. Sept. 14-Control Of
the republican party in Illinois will
he the chief issue at the state pri-
mary election tomorrow.
/ William Hale Thompson, mayor Of
Chicago. and his followers are fight
ing the faction headed by Governor
Frank O. Lowden for domination Ut
the state ticket
Republicans, democrats and social
lists will name candidates for United
States senator, governor and other
state local officers tomorrow.
One congressman at large and
TWENTY-FIVE district representatives
will be named in Illinois at the No
iyember election.
One feature of the congressional
fight is the battle being waged by
Uncle joe Cannon for denomination
In the eighteenth district. Cannon
tis q candidate aT Ge teI-tg TtTst
flsna. f.. r. CaoIla. Of DaaviAs y
ioppoainE him.
The Isow'dea and Taonpaor FAC.
,tfafis hase IEsrlela states. Nililani
lB. McEjnley heads the Lowden ticket
as candidate for United States soma
ltcr. He ID opposed by Frank "a
ISmith.
In the race for the nomination for
igovernor on the republican ticket,
lien Small, Thompson candidate. IS
composing Lieutenant Governor John
tG. Oglesby, backed by Lowden.
Tt. democrats have a warm ngnt
lon for the nomination for governor
talthough it has not aroused the
voters as much as the republican
snuabble James Hamilton Lewis,
former democratic whip in the United
Estates senate is opposed by Barrat
IO'Hara
For the democratic nomination for
tTnited States senator, Robert b.
IBurke is opposed by Peter A. Waller.
Colorado Primary Today.
} DENVER, Colo, Sept. IA record
vote was expected today IN Colo-
radios primary election WIN pros
poets excellent for an ideal DAY SO iar
"a weather is concerned. For the
d, third time in the states history, mere
will be watchers at the poils' 1oilo"-
! ling an appeal to the supreme court
: by Samuel D. Nicholson, repuplicah
r candidate for the senatorial nomina-
r ton. who charged illegal practices.
, interest was centered in the sena-
| itorial and gubernatorial contests in
!, both parties in which candidates
r have waged a heated fight
8 Louisiana Democrats.
NEW ORLEANS, La, Sept. IA
: T ouisjana democrats in state prl-
c ir,aries today were to select two can
!, ididates for the United States senate
I and eight for the house of represen-
tatives. The democratic nomination
D is tantamount to election in this
state.
. / Il CONGRESSMAN J. Y. Sanders, Donel-
son Caffery and E. S. Broussard are
senatorial candidates.
:. In three of the eight congressional
3 districts there were no fights
Split Of Republicans.
CHICAGO, Sept. 1.-THE split be
!, tween the Thompson and Lowden
: forces in Illinois was conceived in
the bitter fight for the republican
= presidential nomination.
:, The Illinois governor. hoped to be
, able to go into the republican ma
= tional convention with the backing
OF the solid Illinois delegation.
A letter made public during the
present campaign, written by the
] governor to Fred Lundin, Thompson s
? ri obt-hand man shortly before the