Evening star., 1928-04-11
Politics at Large
By G.. Could Lincoln.

Ever since the death OF the late Sen
ator William b. Mckinley of Illinois
in 1925 that State has had but single
representative In the Senate of the
| United States. Charles 8. Deneen. In
| yesterdays primary elections In Illinois,
| the Deneen ticket recorded q sweeping
| triumph, showing under the Small
| Thompson Smith Grove faction. 1t
was remarkable triumph for the forces
OF law and order. 1t places Senator
Deneen in a dominant position in the
State. 1t presages the ousting later OF
Mayor big Bill" Thompson Of Chicago.
| Senator Deneen, formerly Governor OF
Illinois, has been aligned generally with
the so-called reform forces in the State.
He has stood for good government. His
| ticket was defeated in the Chicago cleo
tionS in 1926 at the same time that
Frank l.. Smith was nominated to the
Senate over the late Senator Mckinley.
| The uprising of the voters in Chicago
and the entire State yesterday against
the forces of crime and corruption was
to be expected. The American people
will stand just so much and no more.
The defeat of Frank L. Smith for the
senatorial nomination by Otis Glenn re-
lieves the Senate of the necessity OF
considering the Smith case again.
Twice the Senate has declined to seat
| Smith because of alleged corruption
In his primary campaign in 1925, when
he accepted upward of $l25,000 from
Samuel insult for his campaign ex-
penses, although he was chairman OF
/ the Public Utilities Commission OF 1lli-
nois and insult Is a public utility mag
nate. After his second rejection, earlier
| this year Smith announced he would
resign and go to the voters for vindi-
cation. He has failed utterly to win
| such a vindication. When he was
elected to the Senate in 1925 over his
Democratic opponent, George Brennan,
| the Democratic boss of the State. he
had the support OF the Anti-Saloon
League and Of many citizens who pre-
ferred Smith to Brennan.
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| The results in Illinois, and partic-
ularly in wet Chicago, yesterday. can
scarcely give hope to those Democrats
who believe that with Gov. Al Smith OF
| New York, or some other wet candidate,
they can carry the State against the
| Republican nominee next Fall. The
State is overwhelmingly Republican.
With Smith In the race, the probabil-
| ties ar that 1t will continue to be over
whelmingly Republican. Brennan, the
wet Democrat and Smith lieutenant,
| failed to carry the State In the Senate
election in 1926, running against Frank
| L. Smith, after the charges OF corrup-
| ton had been made against his Repub-
| lican opponent. The chances Of Gov.
Al Smith in Illinois appear no greater
| than we're those OF Brennan IN 1876,
and not as great.
| In the Illinois primary. however. Gov.
Smith viii pick up probably AZ district
| delegates, and later will have the dele
gates at large, according to the re-
ports. Brennan dominates the situa-
| ton and is for Smith for President first,
| last and all the time. This gain of
delegates In Illinois still further in
creases the lead of Gov. Smith in the
race for the Democratic nomination.
| There was no entry in the presidential
preferential primary on the Democratic
| side but some of the voters wrote in
the names of their favorites. 1t was
n .iceable that the name of Reed of
Missouri appeared on nearly as many
OF the ballots as did that Of Gov. Smith
of lew York. There is large Lutheran
| group in the State. many OF them
strongly opposed to the nomination OF
Smith.
| On the Republican side of the fence,
| former Gov. Frank O. Lowden Of Illi-
nois Is assured of at least 80 district
delegates He may have more. depend
| ing upon the final returns IN Cook
| County, Chicago, where Mayor Thomp-
| son placed delegate slate In the field
| against Lowden. with President Cool
idge as their candidate for the RepuoIi-
can nomination. There are 10 con-
gressional districts in Chicago. each
with two delegates. II Lowden wins in
some of those districts, he will be so
much the gamer. II Thompson loses
| in .~Ine of those districts. just so much
dors his plea for the denomination Of
Pre- ident Coolidge suffer. One thing
the primary yesterday apparently has
settled. and that Is the supposed presi-
Dental aspirations of Big Bill" Thomp-
son himself II has been limited more
/ than once that he would like himself
TO receive the vote of the Illinois dele
CATION In the Republican national con-
yention.
The defeat OF Smith I'm the Illinois
| primary yesterday for the senatorial
| nomination is not calculated 10 give
| any great hope to William S. Ware OF
| Pennsylvania. who, like Smith. has
| been barred at the door of the Senate
| because of alleged corruption in his
| nomination In 1926. However 1t must
| be said tor Mr.. Ware that his case dif-
| fers from that Of the Illinois man.
since he received no contributions from
| public utility magnates while in office
as public utility commissioner. MFR. Ware
was a member of the House when he
| sought the senatorial nomination, Mr..
| Wares case lis stali hanging fire, while
| the ballots I'm the senatorial election
are being counted by the Senate COM
mittee. under a contest brought against
him by William b. Wilson, former Sec
retary of Labor III the Wilson admin
istration.
Senator Brookhart OF Iowa, Progress
sive Republican. Is not satisfied with
Frank o. Lowden of Illinois, nor Vice
President Dawes. for the Republican
presidential nomination.. nothwittstand~
ing their support Of the principles OF
the McNary~ ~Haugen bill In the Sen
ate yesterday he charged that supporters
of that bin were preventing farm re
lief legislation a. this session oa Con-
gress for the purpose oil keeping the Is
sue alive and aiding the candidacy ~
either Lowdea or Dawes. or both. Sem
ator Norris Of Nebraska Is the choice
of Senator Brookhart for the nomina~
tion, The Iowa delegation 10 the Re
publican national convention Is favor
Ing Lowden, except two district dele
gates chosen from the district IN which
Secretary Herbert Ho0ver was born.
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Southern Democrats are making much
OF the fact that eolored employees of the
Department OF Commerce are working
alongside white employees, attacking
Secretary Ha0ver far failing ta eaep