Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-23
THOMPSON VICTOR
IN CHICAGO FIGHT
Former Mayor Wins Repub-
Iican MayoraIty Nomination
by Record Plurality.

| BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, February 23.-William
Hale big Bill Thompson. carrying
his banner of America First" has
charged through the Republican pri'
| mary on the crest of the largest plu-
/ rality ever registered in mayorallty
| contest, to become Mayor William +.
Dever's opponent in the Aprii cleo
ton.
The wartime mayor rolled up a
landslide plurality of more than lSo,-
600 over Edward X. Litsinger, mem
Der of the board of review, and the
Senator Deneen-Edward Brundage
pick for mayor, beating his nearest
rival better than two to one, ana car
rying all but one ward. Mayor DeFer
had only minor opposition on the
Democratic ticket.
Plurality Exceeds Former Record.
Breaking all records in Chicago, the
Thompson plurality exceeded the l4',-
Ar lead with which the former mayor
won his election in 1915, at that time
a record breaker. Thompson rolled up
342,279 votes against Litsinger's TO-
GAS. in returns from all but two or the
city's 1882 precincts. In the missing
districts the ballot boxes were stolen
With no fireworks in the Demo,
cratic primary, Mayor DeNer received
149,422 votes to 1890 for Martin
Walsh, his only opponent. DeVer won
1863 900 votes in the primaries Iour
years ago, when he had no oppossl,
ton. and polled 390.4l3 votes IN the
election. or nearly $4,000 more than
Thompson received yesterday.
AS the returns piled up, a primary
vote of phenomenal size was shown.
The Republicans cast 506.30l votes
compared with $50 900 in the Repubh-
can primaries last Spring, a bilster-
ing factional battle. The total vote
was 66S,9S9, out of q registration Oh
100000.
Three COrnered Battle.
With the primary out of the way,
tho two leading candidates plunged
today into perhaps the most furious
battle Chicago ever has seen over
MAYOR. They will be joined Tor a
three-cornered battle by DR.. John ON
Robertson, West Park commissioner
who withdrew from the Republican
primary to run as an independent In
April.
This move was seen by some as a
stem by Fred Lundin, the poor
Swede." once a power in Chicago pol
itics and erstwhile hacker of Thomp-
son, to hurt his former political any
by dividing the Republican vote In the
election. Lundin is the hacker OF
Robertson. Since he split with Lun'
din and Robertson, Thompson has
been particularly bitter to the TWO
and in his campaign speeches has de-
scribed DR.. Robertson as a man who
gets egg on his whiskers, soup on
his vest and who never takes bath. y
Thompson's victory was a triumph
for the Republican faction of State S
ATTORNEY Robert E. Grove and the
head of the ticket along the rest of
the factions slate for city offices, al
though the votes of the minor candi-
dates did not approach that registered
by Thompson.
Democratic Coup Charged.
This was taken by Democratic chief.
tains as indicating that despite the
urgings of Mayor Dever that Demo
Gratis stay in their own primaries, great
numbers of them crossed over to vote
for Thompson, because they deemed
him the easier man for Dever to beat
Dever himself predicted he would
be reelected in April with a total
count of more than 100000 votes, dou.
BILE his estimate of the Thompson
strength.
Il have no doubt now what the
results will be-" he said. II believe
can almost give you the figures.
Probably 125,000 of the Litsinger
votes will go to the Democratic can
didate. Add these to the total polled
yesterday plus the 100000 who didn't
vote and We'll have a 100000 Demo-
cratic landslide"
Enthusiastic predictions of victory
also came from Republican ranks,
and Thompson, in a statement. said
I'VE go forward to the greater victory
which we will win in April for the
principles which will make Chicago
first among cities and will hold
America first always among the ma
lions of the world"
In the aldermanic election, "a of
AZ seeking reelection were victors,
were defeated and 10 failing to
receive a majority will enter a run
off April 6. Thirty eight of those re-
elected or running first were Demo-
Gratis. Among unsuccessful candi-
dates was John Dingbat) Oberta,
protege Of Joe Salts, gang leader,
and who with his chief, faced a
charge of numbering a rival beer
merchant few months ago. "Stay
out of politics-thats my advice, y
was Salts comment after hearing
the returns