Evening star., 1927-03-28
SENATE SEAT FIGHTS TO FEEL
RESULT OF PRIMARY CANVASS
Figures Showing Prediction Contests
Decided IL Out of % Races to Be Used
In Smith-Vare Contests.

eight Democratic States. In the ag-
gregate the Il States settled the cleo
ton in the primaries-where they cast
over 100000 votes for Senate candi-
dates as against less than 100000
for the respective party nominees in
the general election. The senatorial
contest in II of the 20 States having
senatorial primaries was transferred
to the primary.
Among the striking examples of
the power of the primary in settling
senatorial contests the following are
interesting:
Senator Caraway of Arkansas was
nominated in the August primary by
2208l votes and elected in November
by a political gesture of 28.16S votes
"Georgia's Democratic primary re-
nominating Senator George brought
out 190.190 voters, of whom only
1886 returned to the polls in
November
Senator Smiths primary contest
brought to the polls 160,262 South
Carolina Democrats, but when Novem-
ber 2 came around, only 1850
attended the Fall ratification.
THE nine Republican States named
had something more than d nominal
gesture in November-there We're con
tests in name, though the main fights
were settled in the Springtime pri
mary. Evidence that voters looked
upon the primary as the main election
is shown by the comparative Repub
lican vote at the two elections.
Pennsylvania Figures Cited.
"In Pennsylvania, 1,451,577 voters
cast their ballots for Republican SEN
atorial candidates in May, against
1922, ,1S7 for the Republican nominee in
November. The May Republican vote
was larger than the November by
$4,000. or rs per cent.
I'm Illinois, the primary vote for
Republican candidates for Senator was
1,146,79S, against S42,273 in November
"a loss of 100000"
In the senatorial contests in Penn
sylvania and Illinois. however, the
discrepancy between the primary Re.
Republican vote is due to the revela-
tions made by the Reed committee
and to the wet and dry issue. The
total vote cast in the general election,
both Republican and Democratic, in
Pennsylvania, was 1904 ,696, as com
pared to 1,616,704 in the primary, or
about 100000 less.
A large number Of Republicans who
voted for one of the three Republican
candidates for the nomination in the
Pennsylvania primary swung over to
the Democratic nominee, William B.
Wilson, in the general election. This
was partly due to the fact that Wilson
Is a dry and Ware a wet" and
partly due to the charges of corrup-
tion growing out of the investigation
of the Republican senatorial primary.
Situation in Illinois.
Out in Illinois, the total vote cast
in the general election was 1,797,359
both Republican and Democratic, as
compared to l 1,433.083 in the primary.
Hugh Magill, Republican independ
ent, entered the contest in the general
election, because of the charges made
against Smith, and Brennan, the Dem
ocratic nominee, running as a wet,
also drew from Smiths Republican
vote in Chicago.
The Iowa primary contest between
Brookhart and Cummins polled nearly
5000 votes more than the Republi-
can vote for Senator In November"
Mr.. Michelet says.
THE Wisconsin primary contest
brought out 1877 1000 more votes than
the victor polled in the general elec-
ton.
"In Oregon and North Dakota, the
primary contests brought out a Re-
publican vote of approximately 40 per
cent larger than the Republican vote
in November.
California and Washington polled
a heavy vote in November, but less
than. at the primary. Senator Dale of
Vermont clinched his election at the
primary by a vote 20 times that Of his
Democratic opponent"