Evening star., 1931-04-05
REPUBLICAN FOES
OPPOSE THOMPSON
Leaders, Seeking Control of
Party Machine, Swing
Strength to Cermak.
This is the fnal article in a series Of
three on Chicago's mayoralty Campaign
and the impending election, which takes
place next Tuesday.

This is the anal article in series of
three on Chicagos mayoralty campaign
and the impending election, which takes
place next Tuesday.
BY PAUL r.. LEACH.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHICAGO, April 4.-(NANA) As
Mayor Thompson says in his speeches,
politics here Is "all mixed up"
If Anton j. Cermak, Thompson's
Democratic opponent, is elected next
Tuesday, as appears likely, political
writer's in the East, particularly the
Washington gallery, will regard that as
forecasting Democratic successes in next
years Illinois State and Presidential
Whatever happens nationally between
April 7, 1881, and November /, 1882,
even Democratic municipal landslide
like that which sent James Hamilton
Lewis to the Senate last fall, retiring
the Republican, Charles S. Deneen,
cannot be taken wholly as middle
Western trend toward the minority
party.
Urges Party Solidarity.
Thompson, in addition to his usual
campaign of ridiculing his opponent,
which he regards as his most powerful
publican party solidarity, in his final
week of speaking Other Thompson Re-
publicans, notably Mrs. Baur, national
committeeman for Illinois, have been
saying in their speeches that a vote
against Thompson will be a vote for a
Democratic President next year.
Despite that threat, none Of the ma
jor Republican leaders In Chicago, who
jumped onto Thompsons band wagon
four years ago, after a bitter primary
and helped elect him, is with him now
Either publicly, or under thin covers,
ali but the job-holding ward commit
teemsn aligned with the Thompson City
Hall organization are giving aid to Ger
max.
An appeal for Republican anti
Thompson votes has been made by a
powerful independent Cermak organiza-
ton, well financed, as is the regular
Democratic organization, while Thomp-
son has been crying hard times.
Reversal Of Tradition.
the usual procedure, for the Democrats
traditionally are broke" locally as well
as nationally, and the Republicans have
oodles of money.
If Cermak is elected, it will be by
votes borrowed from the Republicans,
who maintain that by throwing support
to the Democrat they are attempting to
rid the Republican party Of Thompson,
whom they regard as a liability.
Thompson factions of the G. o.
P. hang their irregularity argument on
the fact Thompson ordered his organ
ization last Fall to support Lewis
against Mrs. Ruth Hanna Mccormick,
Republican nominee.
That OY6oy yrpoc SS{rnnkaI
at the colored wards Of the city. totaling
around 125,0o0 possible and $4,000
actual votes. Strangely, the only wards
Of the city's so carried by Mrs. McCor-
mick were the three principal Negro
wards.
Scramble Expected.
Defeat of Thompson is desired by
several Republican leaders to get rid
Of his domination of the party organ
ization. II he is whipped and put out
Of control there will be one grand
scramble to see who can whip the ele-
ments into line for solid front In the
1882 primary and election campaigns.
County officers are to be elected next
year; so are State officers, from gov
ernor down, and the Thompson
leaders who have been helping Cermack
will have q year to bring about re-
Of their own party.
Judge Lyle, lifelong Republican and
certain candidate for prosecuting attor-
ney Of Cook County in the primary next
Spring, Is working tooth and nail for
Cermack. Former Senator Deneen, who
fought Thompson in the 1927 primary,
then helped elect him, says he will not
utter one word for Thompson this time.
His Is the principal Chicago Republican
outside of that controlled
by the city hall, and at least half OF his
ward leaders are passively aiding Ger
mack. Z
Emmerson Aids Cermak.
Former Attorney General Brundage,
George F. Harding, former county
treasurer, and Charles v. Barrett, all
of Gov. Emmerson's Chicago machine,
controlling 1900 State jobs in the city,
and even Bernard v. Snow. chairman
of the Cook County Central Commit
tee, are "off" Thompson. Gov. EN-
merson has diScreetly remained silent,
but his lieutenantS in Chicago have
passed the word to their organization
heelers to support Cermak.
An interesting twist in the 1882 State
campaign outlook has driven Emmer-
son into the Thompson camp.
is the threat of a comeback by Len
Small, who Emmerson defeated in the
1928 primary for Governor. Small,
continually under fire during his two
four-year trims, was an ally of Thomp-
son, and to him Thompson gave vali-
ant support in previous campaigns.
Small appeared on the platform at sew
sral Of Thompson's recent meetings, and
the word has gone out that If Thompson
Is reelected Small will have his Cook
County support for Governor next year.
With Thompson dominating the Chi
cago and Cook County party machinery
his favor would be worth something a
year from now. With Thompson out
and an Thompson alliance In con-
troll of the party Small would be sunk
and Emmerson's chances-regarded as
none too bright now-would be en-
hanced for denomination.
Copyright. 1881. by the North American
Newspaper AIiance)
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