New Britain herald., 1928-04-10
(By United Pre0)

(By United Press)
 For the republicans, these issue
 are at stake:
 1.-Shall delegates friendly t,
 former Governor Fyank o. Lowdel
 be sent to the national convention
 at Kansas City 50 as to assure Low i den Of tho backing Of his own stat. for the presidential noinlnation: 0, shall Mayor Thompson Of Chicago bitter enemy of Lowden-be ir
 control Of the Illinois delegation
 thus embarrassing Lcwden when he
 appears at Kansas City without the
 endorsement of his home state
 Lowden h the only president ntiai as-
 ptrant whose name appears on the
 ballot. but Thompson hopes to have . delegation elected which will be willing to follow his leadership on the floor Of the convention. He ha,
 raised the insistent cry of Draft Coolidge" but many believe his chief hope is to be able to deliver the Illinois delegation wherever he sees fit.
 Small Question Up
 2-Shail Gov. Len Small be the republican nominee for a third four year term or shall the nomination go to Louis L. Emmerson, now sec- retary of state? Smalla eight years in office have been filled with charges of corruption. He was tried and acquitted of charges of em- bezzling state funds and settled a civil suit out of court by agreeing to refund the state of Illinois more than a half million dollars. But he has been exceedingly popular in downstate Illinois because of the great network of paved roads built during his administration and he has now patched up hts differences with Mayor Thompson and hopes to gain . majority in Chicago, where his personal hold is considered weakest Emmerson has been in public life for many years and is known as one of the greatest vote winners in the state. In 1s2l-when the republican ticket swept the state by great majorities-Emmer son led the ticket by more than 100000 votes. Many political ob- servers believe Emmerson has a better chance than any of the other candidates of replacing those al- ready in office.
 U. S. Senator
 S.-Shall Frank L. Smith, twice by the United States sen- ate because Of the public utility 'slush fund" scandal. be retained 'nce more to the doors of the sen- lte or shall the party nominate in lis place Otis Glenn. former tate senator? Smith has appealed 0 the voters on the grounds that ,e was illegally kept from his seat n the senate and has asked the 1 'oters to assert themselves by l lecttng him again. Glenn. mean while. has capitalized Smiths re- ection by the senate, has told the 'oters Smith will be rejected again, nd has told the voters that to re- lect Smith would mean Illinois must be represented by only one nan in the senate
 4.-Shall States Attorney Robert ,. Grove be nominated as his par y's candidate for a third term or hall he be discarded in favor of udge John Swanson. a close politi- al friend of Senator Deneen? rowe. who was elected to his sec nd term Immediately after his igorous prosecution of Nathan eopold and Richard Loeb in 1924,
 said by many to be the most pow rful member of the Crowe- Thomp- on-Small machine. His office as rosccutor in Cook county-most of hich Is Chicago-is important. 30 nrortant in fact that Mayor thompson has threatened to resign
 Grove Is not nominated today y that Thompson means that his , ower would be so crippled by hav- g an unfriendly states attorney in lice that it would be useless to at- , mpt 10 carry on. h
 Holds Upper Hand Because it is already in the sad I e. the Grove Thompson Small $ achine Is generally believed 10 ! Old the upper hand. It has been rough other campaigns and has > zen successful. It has friends in 8 :, altitude of appointive positions The opposition is dominated by nator Deneen, who has assembled ound him all the political pow 4 8 unfriendly to the machine in :, 'wer. They have not all been c iendiy one with the other, but f eneen has tried to weld them into solidif1ed unit against their com. |