Evening star., 1928-04-08
ILLINOIS WILL co
TOPOLLS TUESDAY
Thompson and Deneen Forces
War for Republican
Control of State.
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Tuesday to settle one of the most Bit
trriv fought elections III its political
history Forecasts of any degree OF
Soun6neSs are out of the question, so
thoroughly is the situation mudoleo oy
the deht between the forces Of Mayor
William Hale Thompson and those OF
United States Senator Deensn for re
publican control of the State,
Presidential politice has been lost
sight Of. although tied In with the Re-
n0blican State Shindig is the attempt oS
T,nmpSon's followers TO take 10 OF the
States rs districts. those located IN
Cook County. plus few oownstate
T.,ampSon seeks a delegation which ne
can take 10 Kansas City pledged TO
Draft CoolidSe" on a platform OF
America First VETS Against World
Court Drys" The incongruity az that
Platform. running President Coonoge'
Republican platform enforcement orN'
end advocate Of American adherence 10
the World Court protocol. as an
America First Wet" has caused httie
more than a ripple OF amusement III
Chicago. Nevertheless the slogan is s
vote-Cetter, despite its oddities. for. Ike
Thomnson's Anierica First drive. II was
devised "a draw into the Thompson foio
the Irish American. German American
and other hyphen- American groups
which dominate many Of Chicagos
wards.
Religion Made Issue.
Religion has been dragged into the
campaign. Pineapples - the wartime
dourhtov's name for q hand grenade.
which has been adopted in Chicago as
the title of the bombs which have been
fnsSed SO freouently-S0 since. January
I-are an issue. Crime is an issue. The
World Court is an issue. Prohibition is
an issue. In fact. there are all sorts OF
issues except those which one would
ordinarily expect TO be applied 10
county or State campaign.
Thompson Is not candidate LOT
Office. Neither is Deneen. Thompson
heads the now dominant faction IN
Cook County which seeks State control
Deneen. stripped Of power when Thonp-
son was elected mayor 3 year ago. IS
fighting for a comeback. Aligned with
Thomrsoa is Robert 6. Grove, States
attorney for Cook County. candidate
for denomination against Judge John A.
Swanson. Deneenls candidate. Thomp-
son supports Len Small for guoernato-
risl denomination. a third term. and
Prank L. Smith for the Senate seat,
which Smith has twice been refused.
Deneen's candidat for governor is
L. L. Emerson secretary Of state. his
candidate for Senator is Otis Glenn,
little known in State politics as Swan
son has been little known IN Cook
County politics.
without Job Holders.
Except for the little Federal patron
ere that Deneen has. he is without the
powerful ally OF Job holders. The
Thompson Small -Crowe-Smith group,
Of which William Lorimer. another
TIlinossan kicked out Of the United
States Senate. is regarded as the prin-
cipsl factician. has not only State
patronage. but Chicago and Cook
County as well. Thompson and Small
and Grove have built political ma
chine that is powerful through these
patronage jobs-and the job holders
must deliver votes 70 hold their Jobs.
tiaev have the churches Of the State
with them. that they viii carry their
full State ticket through to victory
end defeat Grove in Cook County.
They are even more certain OF success
tr the national contest. asserting that
they win lose no more than 6 Of the
90 down-state delegates from the
Iowden ticket. and gain at least a
like number Of votes out OF the 10
districts OF Cook County. -Four OF
Thompson's Cook County delegates
have been reported as serving notice
that they would not oppose Lowden al
Kansas City.
such a result would give Lowden "a.
Thompson is votes in the delegation.
In addition TO the so district delegates,
Illinois has Il delegates az large TO the
Republican convention These are 70
Be chosen April 20 IN State convention
2. Spring1eld. the State capital the
I,owoen- -Deneen forces say they viii
dominate the convention and elect
their full slate Of Il. with Senator
Deneen as delegation chairman.
Loom a. Delegates.
In the event OF success Of the
fowden- -Deneen forces. EnmerSon, VIC
forsous for Goyernor-he managed
Low0en's campaign inie20-Roy O.
West. Senator Deneen, Emerson ard
others prominent IN the Deneen faction
would be named as delegates at large.
West. secretary Of the Republican ma
1ional COMMITTEES, is slated 70 succeed
Allen p. Moore Of Monticello as ma
fioflaI committeeman, Moore man
sge1 Smiths senatorial primary cam
"a IN IN 1925 and accepted the &l70,-
O00 ia cash contributions by Samuel
znsuiI ard tao other public utility
cnieftzinS for Smith use.
LoWden's name is the only one en-
tered for presidential preference.
Alfred f. Smith was not entered by
George z Brennan. Democratic leader
% the State and the Democratic State
committeeman, because there was 10
contest. A fulI Smith delegate slate
was entered however. end u - un-
cD0osed except for q few scattering
independents VINO assert they are for
tne New Yorker for President Bren~
mans State and Cook County ticket,
also. are InOppose6 IN the primary.
a movement was started Thursday
b. Martin O'Bnen, chairman OF the
Cook County central committee. 10 win
greater prestige for Al Smith in the
gllnolg primary than that which would
come from election of an unopposed
delegate slant oy obtaining an opinion
from the election commissioners that
4 B9lj Ds legal for voters 70 write in
Coy Smiths narle for presidential
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