The Washington times., 1928-04-11
Thompson Admits Chicago Defeat
As Deneen s Slate Wins

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the office under the Deneen ban
ner, was successful over State Sem
ators John Daley cf the America
First" combine.
Ruth Mccormack Wins
Ruth n. Mccormick and Henry
R. RathbOne won the nominations
for COmgressI1aen.at.lnrg
Mayor. Thompson issued the fol.
Eve concede that Gov. Len Small.
John Daley and States Attorney
Robert re. Grove aKD beaten. How.
ever. the only serious loss from the
point az view Of the city afminIStra-
ton Is that 81 the States attOrney's
office.
while We concede that We have
heen beaten In these three offices, We
believe that we have won victory
IN the sanitary district trustees, the
municipal judges, the county a..
SCISSOR, and the county coroner.
seThe election has turned out =
fifty.fifty proposition. The people
have spoken. The candidates they
have beaten have been mainly
downstate men. We win stu fight
on for Chicago.
The completeness Of the Deneen
victory over the SMALL Thompson
Grove combine was emphasized IN
4 check OF returns from Mayor VIII.
liam Hale Thompson's homo ward.
In this ward-the fOrty-sixth-
Mayor Thompson ran Tor commit
teeman. He was Overwhelmingly
defeated by State Senator Herman
Haenisch, the Deneen candidate.
Haenisch's official majority Is 81.
pected to exceed 1000 votes.
Heaviest Poll Known
Emmerson, in winning the Re-
publican nomination Tor governor,
appears to have smashed all rec
ords of recent years, on the basis
Of today's incomplete returns, which
indicate he has carried an over
wheIrning majority Of the States
102 counties.
Figures from 1854 precincts out
Of 1894 in Illinois give:
Emnerg0n 3,SOs:
Small, 316138.
The outpouring Of voters was the
greatest In any primary election
ever held. Upwards OF 20 per cent
Of the total registration il believed
to have gone to the polls.
LOwden Vote Big
The names Of Herbert Hoover,
Vice President Charles G. Dawes,
and Mayor Thompson were written
on the ballots by some voters.
Frank o. LOWden, former gov.
ernor Of Illinois, and the States
"favorite son" in the race for the
Republican nomination for Presi-
dent, polled an enormous prefer.
| entail vote. His was the only name
that appeared on the Republican
ballot.
Lowden gained practically 80
delegates to the national conven-
ton from Illinois without contest
as q result OF yesterdays vote. He
is assured of IL more delegates at
large when the Republican State
convention meets April 90. q.
Gov. AL Smith, Of New York.
added at least So delegates from
Illinois In yesterdays Democratic
primary. He Is practically assured
Of eight additional delegates when
the Democratic State convention
meets.
Taking hold of the State and
SSuhbJ NoAApdAGA LWO WGCNS "9Vl
when 1t appeared almost hopelesSly
lost, Senator Deneen injected SUCH
vim and vigor into the battle that
sentiment began to grow almost
over night.
The change in public sentiment.
it is conceded, was FASTENED by
the killing Of Diamond Joe"
Esposito, DeneeR-Lleutenant In the
Twenty fifth Ward. and the bomb
ing of the Senator's and Judge
Swanson's home the night OF
Esposito's funeral.
Gov. Len, Small's defeat was at.
/ tributed more to the third term
jinx than public dissatisfaction with
his two administrations. Illinois
never has elected a governor for a
third successive term. Even Sena-
tor Deneen failed to make the hur-
die after spending eight years in
the Executive Mansion in Spring
field