The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-12
Emmerson'S Majority Near
100000; Grove Also
Overwhelmed
"BIG BILL" WILL STICK
Chicago Mayor Gets Some
Slight Cheer Out of
Vote Result.
BY G. c. NICOLET
United Press Staff Correspondent

CHICAGO, April 12.-Defeat of
the powerful Thompson-S Small
Grove political machine was COM
plete today, final tabulations in
Tuesdays Illinois primary serving
only to increase the margin Of vic
tory of the allied forces of United
States Senator Charles S. Deneen
and former Governor Frank o.
LoWden.
Governor Len Small and States
Attorney Robert E. Grove of Cook
County suffered overwhelming de-
featS and other administration can
didates for State and major Cook
County offices we're overturned.
Louis L. Emmerson defeated
Small for the gunernatorial nomi-
nation by a majority which seemed
likely to reach 100000, and Otis +.
Glenn defeated Frank l.. Smith, who
was elected and appointed twice to
the United States Senate, but
never has been allowed to take the
oath of Office.
Judge John A. Swanson, whose
nome was bombed during the pri-
mary campaign, swamped Grove III
the race for the nomination for
States attorney of Cook County.
The record primary vote COM
pletely wrecked the political ma
chimes Of Grove, Small and Smith,
and greatly weakened the power of
Mayor Thompson.
From the confusion Of the pri-
mary there stood out today several
important results:
Democratic leaders in the State
saw important gains for their
party in the wide Republican
breach, which they believed could
not be healed by November.
Supporters of Frank o. LoWden
claimed the primary gave the for
MGR Governors presidential candi-
dacy new strength.
Thompson to Stick
Mayor Thompson, although SUI
fering a severe blow by defeat of
his organization, announce he
would not resign. He had been
quoted during the campaign as say
ing he would resign if Grove were
defeated for the States attorneys
nomination.
The primary victory served to
strengthen the Deneen organization
for Senator Deneen's campaign for
reelection in 1880.
Possibility of a grand jury inves-
tigation of the terrorism and al
legged fraud and ballot box stuff1ng
in Tuesdays primary, and an
nouncement of inquiries by election
officers of County Judge Edmund X.
Jarecki and the Chicago Bar ASso-
citation.
Mayor Thompson put an end to
all speculation over his promised
resignation when he announced he
would not relinquish the Office to
which he was elected last year.
LOwden Is Safe
Il will say definitely that I will
AAOO ANoA6AlS AAAOlAlhloOAl odlNs 4 Will
majority of the ward committee
men and the sanitary board. You'd
think I'd lost the whole fight. Why
should 1 resign?"
Nearly complete returns assured
Lowden of almost solid support Of
the Illinois delegation in the ma
tional Republican convention. Dele
gates pledged to his presidential
candidacy were victorious.
The Republican State convention
at Springfield, April TO- will be conS
trolled by Lowden forces, and the
delegates-at-large, it was conceded,
will be Lowden candidates.
Possibility of a grand jury inves-
tigation of alleged terrorism was
based on the charges made to Attor-
ney General Oscar Carlstrom by
Senator Deneen before the latter
left for Washington yesterday.