Evening star., 1924-04-09
ILLINOIS, NEBRASKA
SWING TO COOLIDGE
Senator Mccormick Gaining.
Small Carries His State
Ticket to Victory.
JOHNSON 10000 BEHIND
Rathbone and Yates Far Ahead of
Mrs. Huck in House Race.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, April 9.-Illinois in
dorsed President Coolidge, renominated
Gov. Len Small, republican, and
produced battle for the republican
nomination for senator between
Senator Medill Mccormick and former
Chicago, in the primaries yesterday.
Senator Medill Mccormick was
cutting down the lead of Charles S.
Deneen for the republican senatorial
nomination upon latest returns. In
1870 precincts of 5,66S, Deneen had
223,s61 and Mccormick 217,20s.
On the democratic side W. G. Nc
Adoo was unopposed for presidential
preference, but the organiZa ton slate
of mo preference" delegates at large
TO the national convention and opposed
! to McAdoo swept the state. Likewise
the organization state ticket, headed
by A. A. Sprague, Chicago, for senator
and Judge NJ L. Jones. Carr olltoE for
governor, won by huge pluralities.
johnson Falls Behind.
Although Senator Hiram Johnson of
California made a gallant fight for the
presidential preference in Illinois, where
he announced his candidacy, and where
in 1912 he was nominated for Vice
President on the Roosevelt progressive
ticket. Coolidge led by $4,000. with
about half the state heard from. John
son led in the early counting, but Cool
idge gradually forged ahead. The fig
urS from 3,025 of the states 5,66S
, precincts were: Coolidge, 257, ,06S; John
son, 216,515.
The governorship nomination on the
republican side was most bitterly fought,
but with Gov. Small $4,000 ahead of
State Senator Thurlow G. Essington
with three-fifths of the precincts heard
, from unofficially, interest switched to
the senatorship nomination.
Deneen Holds Lead.
Former Gov Deneen's lead was at
tributed to Senator McCormick's opposi-
ton to Gov. Small, but the senator still
hoped that the remainder of the down.
state returns would wipe out Deneen's s
lead. The vote from 3,11O precincts
was: Deneen. 207.951; Mccormick
199,931.
With 3,53S precincts heard from, Gov
Small led Essington 32S,655 to 29S,9S7.
The governors strength apparently
carried most of his followers on the
ticket to victory, Oscar Carlstrom lead
ing Attorney General Edward ]. Brun-
dage by $4,000 majority for the repub-
lican nomination for attorney general
with three-fifthS of the precincts heard
from.
Mrs. Huck Defeated.
Mrs. Winnifred Mason Huck, daugh-
ter of the late Representative Will
liam E. Mason, who succeeded her
father as congressman at large from
Illinois. was running far behind
Henry r. Rathbone and Richard
Yates, incumbents, for the republican
nominations for congressman at
large.
While only the name Of ,McAdoo
appeared on the ballot. for democratic
Mayor William E. Dever of Chicago
and Gov. Al Smith of New York. were
written in by a few thousand voters.
For the democratic nomination for
United States senator the returns
from $3.50 precincts of 5,668 in the
state gave William Mckinley 51,-
631 and. A. A. Sprague, 124. .7S0.
For democratic governor 2.760 pre-
SaS beer candidate5, 55,s74: jones', se .1os,o aso
OILS. -
For the democratic presidential in
dorsement, 2,062 precincts in Cook
county gave McAdoo 1920; Mayor
Dever 5,358, Gov. AL Smith 1884 The
last two names were written in.
COOLIDGE FAR AHEAD.