The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-02
Wednesday, April 2, 1924
Many Elections Are
Being Held TruOut
the United States

N(OMNluuG0 from ANW = ,
as returns from the municipal cleo
tions showed landslide for most
Of the candidates said to have the
backing of the Khan. The republi-
cans won nearly every office.
The Illinois primary elections
have been the hottest in the history
Of the state. Three republican fac
tions are tearing the hide off each
other. The big fight for nomination
for governor on the republican
ticket is between Small and Essing-
ton. The Chicago Tribune and
Daily News are for Essington.
Small is posing as a friend of la
Dor" and has the endorsement of the
labor takers, tho the governor was
placed on the unfair list by the Cen
trail Labor Council cf Kankakee and
is as contemplate a CRATER as ever
disgraced public Office. Essington is
equally bad if not worse. He is
openly on the side of the Chamber
of Commerce, while Small is Sc
cretly with the Big Interests tho
pretending to be man "of the
people"
Labor Takers Endorse Small.
The endorsement of Small BY John
Fitzpatrick has caused division in
the local Farmer-Labor Party. Fitz-
patrick is now lined up politically with
Umbrella" Mike Boyle and the gang
ster elements in the labor movement
ne replaced when he was elected to
his present position.
Ex-Governor Deneen is running
for the senatorial nomination
against Senator MediIl Mccormick.
Deneen has the backing of Hearst
and the rival gangs of prafters tell
the truth about each other.
President Coolidge is expected to
receive the endorsement of the re-
publican organization Cor president
tho Hiram johnson will have some
votes in the Illinois delegation. AS
first published in tho DAILY
WORKER about six weeks ago it is
now officially stated that the chew
ing gum King, William Wrigley. Jr.,
has withdrawn financial support
from Johnson.
Designation Conventions On.
Delegates to the nrring designat-
ing convention Of the republican and
democratic parties were elected in
New York today The conventions
will be held this month and will
elect delegates to the national con-
ventions. In the first district Ruth
Lett, an independent, is lighting the
designation of Theodore Roosevelt.
as a delegate to the republican con-
vention.
The present month viii show
whether Calvin Coolidge will he
nominated for president on an early
ballot in the republican national
convention in June.
Beginning with the Wisconsin
primary today, the month will be
crowded with primaries and conven-
tons for selection of delegates to
that convention.
April is the biggest month in Sc
lection Of convention delegates.
President Coolidge himself will
get into action when on April %
ne addresses an assemblage of edi-
tors in New York.
Month of Primaries.
Connecticut will hold its conven-
ton today, and the Merry Lincoln
johnson faction in Georgia will
meet. Other conventions during the
month include Maine. April g:
Washington, 5; Rhode Island, 4;
Illinois, 16 following a primary on
April 81; Florida, II; Delaware. %:
Oklahoma, %; Arizona, %; Mis-
souri,, 29, and the Phillips faction in
Georgia on April 80.
In the meantime these states will
hold primaries:
Michigan, z; Illinois, 8; Nebraska,
8; New Jersey, %; Pennsylvania,
%; Massachusetts,, 90; Ohio, 20.