New Britain herald., 1928-04-11

To Senator Donc"n, who returned from Washington s">eral days hc- i fore tho election to conduct the cam | paign in behalf of his slate. ycstrr- i days vote indicated that 'th. peo- i pie appreciate fully the political con ditions which obtain in our city and county.' ! Those. classes of our community | which are in chronic rebellion against the law and all authority sought yesterday 10 control both ! raaior political parties. he sad.
 "Thcir influence and power h4N' | i."cn felt in all dcpaF' mcnts oi onr government. Tn" vote yesterday VIII restore law and order and VIII 't"- >atc the standa rds oi. public service. ll vas Senator Dcn""n last nlgh' who. when delays in reporting "cr" noted in several wards, went to County Judge Jarrcki in charge o' elections and urged drastic steps 10 prevent fraud. His complaint led tc the sending Of several hundred policcmcn to the several precincts from which returns had not been received.
 There was no contest for prcsl- dential preference on the republican, lballo, which carried only the name of Illinois war governor Frank Q. lowdcn There was, however Draft Coolidge" campaign fostercd hv Mayor Thompson. whose aNowed effort was to win the Illinois dele ca,ion to the Kansas City conNen- ton. \ large I.owden vote, how ever. defeated this sentiment al . though several thousand Noto's wrote in the name of President Cool idge.
 Drowsy Affair
 Tn the democratic primary. which was a drowsy affair in romparlson , with the strenuous republican bal lotting. the names of Gov. Alfred t- Smith. of New York and Senator , Reed of Missouri were written in by many democrats desiring to give an expression Of their presidential pref
 crence. The division between these two was SO close that incomplot" re- , turns early today failed to show which had been favored.
 /, The. well advertised expectancy Of :, vote day thuggcry and. terror failed
 to materializc in full measure. Thcr'
 was a daylight staying Of this type which has come to he called typl- cally Chicagoan-a speeding auto mobile carrying gunmcn whose wca- : pons pour death through curtancd o sides-and there were numerous
 sluggings and a few kidnapings of |. candidates.
 N Negro Slain
 The sAin man was 0CtaNius Q Granady, negro candidate for com !, mitteeman against Boss Morri, u !, Filler Of the ooth ward Granady u an attorney. was riding with two . aides in an automobile when anoth ' CT machine. carrying seven men
 sped past and revolver and machine W gun bullets were fired into Granady'' body. His drivcrlcss ear, wjtl U Granady slumped over the wheel ., careened crazily 10 a halt agains ," the curb.
 Grsnady was a nenccr candidate
 like Diamond Joe Esposto Nh'
 three weeks ago fell before assas
 sins shotguns-5s slugs in his body
 Rob Votes
 IT Four men with revolvers held IT M eight men and women, judges an ' clerks of election in the 43rd Nart
 carly today and escaped with 4
 republican ballots and the entir
 
 on which Chicago voted. The me ly represented themselves as spccis he police from the office Of the electio d, commissioners. The patrolman d. e. tailed to guard the ballots wa. tenn r. porarily absent from the ro|ln re place when the ho]dup occurred e. The bond issues, calling for wide h. spread improvements, were oppose
 by several civic association. who ot 4; iected not SO much to the bond i. ,ls sues themselves as 10 placing contr, nd Of such a sum In the hands of off he cials at this time. Mayor Thom, e. son and the America First canl
 dates for Chicago offices urged cI ho rroval of the bond issues.
  on ination as congressman at Jar. "A. Ruth Hanna Mccormick. wife Of Il ,n- late Senator Medill Mccormick ar as daughter of the late Mark Ham nd topped the field of eight candidate in Congressman Rathbone apparent ,n- had been nominated for the oth
 congressman -at-large. with Eepr ,ey sentative Yates. who did not car uc- raiRn, third. The figures, with 70 m. Of the states e.es4 precincts cour TO- cd were:
 inc Mrs. MtSOrmick Ahead tor Mrs. Mccormick 2o31eo; Rat
 bone 1s0.2Ss, Yates 144c5c. Of Another hot local fight, that atc nomination to the hoard of revie for apparently had been won by Edwa 'rol Ltsinger. the man who npsuccc' cen fully opposed Mayor Thompson 1 and the mayoral nomination year 3, in" 1t was Litsinrcr in the final week ,lds the campaign who hurled ,iolt the rhilippics against Thompson, scr and ing sharp darts into the Amer ,jnc First" standard bearers. titsinge np- America First opponent was f
 mer Judge Barasa, an active Thon
 sonlan.
 was Although Illinois is his ho F state. former Gov. Lowden rema ,oro cd as retiring in the mater ot be- n1nE voter approval as ne mas En- other states where hls name mas ,an- noared on the ballot. The res man Of yesterdays voting appeared init, have given him control of the ct pre- ing state republican convention,