Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-06
DENEEN IS FAVORED
AS PRIMARY VICTOR
incumbent Believed to Have
H. Advantage Over Mrs.
Mccormick in Race.
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O Senate investigation in 1925 by the
Reed slush fund committee that pre-
vented Frank L. Smith ever being
sworn in as a Senator, although he was
nominated and elected on the Repub-
ican ticket in Illinois. Smith is today
q candidate for Representative at large
and counted a formidable candidate
in q field of %.
So many cross currents are running
in the Republican senatorial contest
here that 1t makes prediction of the
outcome more than usually difficult. In
favor of Deneen are, first, the Deneen
organization which seems to be func-
tioning strongly: second, the fact that
he is lin" and has the control of Fed
eral patronage and good deal of the
patronage in the city of Chicago and
Cook Comfy, of which Chicago is part;
third, Deneen has always been on the
side of the reform element and this
element cleaned up the City Hall
crowd in the primary in 1928 and elect
ed 9 States attorney by 226,000 votes;
fourth, the Methodist ministers, through
their organization have Endorsed him
because of his stand for the World
Court I'D for S%2hibition; fifth. many
of Chicago's most influential business
whether the fact that Mrs. Mccormick
is woman will operate against her
chances in a race for the Senate. 1t
may, although it did not do so in her
contest for Representative-at-large in
1928.
In favor of Mrs. Mccormick are the
following factors: First. she has made
a favorable impression in most active
campaign throughout the State; second,
there are lined UP behind her prac-
tieally all Of the anti-Deneen factions;
third, she has through the Illinois
Womens Republican Club a powerful
organization which she has built up I'M
til it is said there are 100000 members,
located in all parts of the State; fourth,
she has for years run successful and
model farm on big scale and Is re-
garded as a friend of the farmer; fifth,
she has taken the anti-World Court
issue as her main issue and it has been
popular in Illinois and particularly in
Chicago; sixth, she may receive some
Democratic support in the primary
largely because the Democrats would
rather have her for an opponent in the
general election than they would have
Deneen.
Both Run as Drys.
As between Senator Deneen and Mrs.
Mccormick the wet End dry issue has
not been raised in this campaign. Both
are running as drys, although wet senti-
ment Is strong in the State, particu-
larly in Chicago. Both have been given
a good word by the Anti-Saloon League.
jenkins declaration with regard to
prohibition leaves him III a position to
Jump either way, although he is labeled
dry In some quarters. There is one
vet candidate for the nomination, Abe
Lincoln WISER, an investment broker,
q graduate Of Harvard and fl years old.
The nth candidate is Adelbert Nc
Pherson, a telegrapher, who has been q
candidate many times before for nomt-
walton for the Senate or House. Sem
ator Deneen voted for the five and
ten" Jones law and Mrs. Mccormick
did not, perhaps because she was not
In the House at the time it was passed.
Here in Chicago newspaper support
Is divided between Deneen and Mrs.
Mccormick. The Chicago Daily News
and the Chicago Post have declared for
the election of Deneen. The Chicago
Tribune and the Hearst papers. the
Herald-Examiner and the Chicago
American, are for Mrs. Mccormick The
Tribune has declared that 1t does not
like the stand of either Mrs. Mccormick
or Senator Deneen on the prohibition
issue, but that it prefers Mrs. McCor-
mick for other reasons. The Tribune
has consistently fought the city hall
crowd in the past and Mrs. Mccormick
Is on the ticket put forward by these
factions today, which rather compli-
Gates things.
Although only two days intervene
before election day, the candidates
are going as hard as ever. Senator
Deneen came into the State for his
campaign five weeks ago. He travelled
300 miles a day for three weeks COW
ertng the downstate counties. The rest
of the time he has spent in and around
Cook County. Mrs. Mccormick has
been at it longer. coming out here from
Washington January ID and remaining
in the State with only a few hurried
trips to Washington. Tonight the can
dtdateS and their managers are putting
out statements which declare their be-
lief IN their own victory and outlining
the points they have made in their
campaigns. The statement from the
Deneen camp, issued by Roy o. West,
former Secretary of the Interior and
Republican national committeeman for
Illinois, who has been running Senator
Deneen's campaign, said:
Deneen Statement.
In 1924 Senator Deneen carried 81
out Of 102 counties. He carried the
city OF Chicago by $4,000 votes. These
results were obtained against powerful
Federal and State organization, REIN
forced by strong Cook County organi-
zation. Now we have the precincts and
counties of the State organized with
active men and women and we expect
MIN to carry minimum of 80 counties
ana the city OF Chicago by large ma
Jor1ty. In my Judgment, he will be
nominated by decisive vote"
From Mrs. McCormick's Headquarters
the following was put forward:
w, n, James nrPSidnnt If fha VXYae&
PARK board and county manager for
MRS. Mccormick at the Headquarters.
IL East Monroe street. estimated on
saturday that Mrs. Mccormick would
lead Senator Deneen in Cook County
by minimum of $4,000 votes. He
reported that his Information from the
rapidly improving sentiment toward
rapidly improving sentiment towards
Mrs. McCormick's candidacy, and that
he expected it would be necessary to
revise his figures before election day.
No figures on the probable vote outside
OF Cook County were available at the
Mccormick headquarters, but the pre-
diction was made that the vote outside
Of Cook County would substantially in
crease the advantage Of Mrs. Nc
Cormick"
Senator Deneen put out statement
for himself, in which he argued that
Mrs. Mccormick had not been con-
vincing on the World Court issue and
had shown herself inconsistent. He
SA..sd attention to Mrs. McCormick's
reported reply to Q question asked her
when she was speaking at the University
"She was asked" said Senator