The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-11
old GUARD
RUSHEs AID TO
Sen. Nc KINLEY
Coolidge Fears Defeat
in Illinois Primaries

IN IILIHOtS ETIWQTIeS
The Coolidge administration forces
are becoming more and more worried
as the Illinois primaries on April Is
draw nearer. They fear that the
staunch, supporter OF the Coolidge
machine and the most service Iaekey
of Wall Street, Senator William 3.
Mckinley, will be defeated in the
open-shop republican party primaries.
Illinois Primaries First.
Senatorial elections will be held in
twenty-seven states. The primaries of
Illinois are held, in April. The pri.
maries of the other twenty-six states
will be held in September. The Coo
lidge forces fear a defeat in Illinois,
as it will throw panic into the ranks
of their machine supporters and re-
suit in a defeat of many that followed
the diction Of the Morgan banking In
terests and voted the United States
into the permanent court for interna-
tional Justice" Of the league of ma
tons. "a
Deneen Rushes Support.
Senator Deneen, one Of the staunch
supporters of the Coolidge machine, is
rushing to Chicago in a last hour at.
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liam B. Mckinley and to stave off
the defeat that menaces the Coolidge
machine. One of the first acts of
Deneen will be to instruct the Deneen-
Lundin forces in the various Chicago
wards to line up behind Mckinley and
work for his nomination. One of the
districts is expected to kick the traces
and refuse to follow the mandate Of
Deneen. That is the 10th ward in
South Chicago, where P. ]. Moynihan,
the Deneen-Lundin captain and a
member Of Gov SmalPs state com.
merce commission, is active in the
support Of Smith.
Labor" Endorses Union-Smashers
Candidate.
Labor" official publication of the
four brotherhoods and the railway
shop crafts unions, in its latest edi-
ton prints a cartoon on the front
page of a big fat general labeled Wall
Street shouting 9Tenshun," while Nc.
Kinley, Fall and a small teapot on the
end of a pole, Daugherty, Smoot,
Dawes and NeWberry are toeing, a
heavy line With big fat standard
bearer bearing. the banner "Old
Guard" 1t also goes into the labor
lrecord of Mckinley, which is as black
as that of any Of the open-shop repub-
lican party. Labor" indorses Frank
L. Smith, a candidate on the open
shop republican, party and supported
in Cook county by the union-smashing
Robert E. Grove Charles V. Barrett
William Hale Thompson alliance fac
ton.
Labor-Haters Support Smith.
Mckinley is dividing his time be-
tween Chicago and downtown cities
in the last few days of the primary
campaign. Smith is spending his
time addressing MONDAY meetings in
Chicago. Smith has spoken at many
meetings arranged by the Grove Bar
rett-Thompson machine. Tho the
Observation-Disclosures faction has
not endorsed either Mckinley or
Smith, it is well understood that
Smith is the one who is to get the
votes of this faction in the coming
primaries. It is also understood that
Mckinley is very unwelcome visitor
at the observation-disclosures head.
quarters in the Sherman House.
Raise "Wet" and "Dry" Issue.
George z. Brennan's supporters in
the democratic party primaries are
not conducting strenuous campaign,
as it is expected that the other candi-
dates will poll but light vote. Bren.
nan is now in Washington attending
the hearings on the modification OF
the Volstead act to permit the manu-
facture and sale OF light wines and
beers.
Brennan declares that If Smith OF
Mckinley are nominated on the re-
publican ticket he win make the "wet''
and "dry" issue the big point in the
senatorial election campaign.
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