Evening star., 1932-10-18
SMALL AND H0RNER
IN BITTER BATTLE
Fight for Governorship Of
Illinois SubordinateS All
Other State Races.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. October 18.-The battle
for the governorship, in which has
been matched political acumen obtained
in years on the hustings and in office,
has dominated the Illinois State cam
paign In this presidential year.
Heading the Republican ticket as the
partyS candidate for Governor Is Len
nington Small of KankaKee. chief ex-
ecutive of Illinois from 1920 to 1928,
figure of power in State Republican
circles for years.
On the Democratic ticket the can
didate for Governor is Judge Henry
Horner of Chicago. presiding jurist OF
the Cook County Probate Court.
Caused Intense Feeling.
The struggle between these two. and
those associated with them, has drawn
battle lines taut and created an in
tensity of feeling that has raised the
campaign to feverish heights.
Economy in government and pro-
posals for fastening prosperity have
been made the main issues In the con-
test. Small has pointed to increases in
the State treasury balance during his
former terms; Horner 10 the increased
efficiency and lower cost brought about
in Chicago's Probate Courts under his
jurisdiction.
As a direct economic measure, Small
has pledged himself to work for a sys-
tenn under which farmers could obtain
Federal Government loans at about 3
per cent interest. Waterway and high
way developments, to both of which he
rofarc in Iicnnccinn hic proyio1c forms
have been promised by him as employ
ment measures.
Horner has declared lower taxation
would solve many problems for both ag-
riculture and industry and toward that
end has pledged himself to trim every
dead limb from the State pay roll tree. u
For unemployment relief, he has pledged
every meritorious public works program
which the State can afford"
Charges and Counter Charges.
Both candidates have levelled charges
at forces and individuals they say have
allied themselves with each camp
Former Gov. Small has asserted that
Judge Horner is leagued with Mayor
Anton j. Cermak of Chicago, and that
if the Democratic candidate is elected
the needs of the State as a whole may
.
Judge Horner and his supporters have
trained their guns on the advocacy Of
the small fortunes by former Mayor Will
liam Hale Thompson of Chicago and
Mayor Cermak on the stump at Carlin-
vile referred specifically to such
charges.
Cermak denied all intentions of in
terfering In State affairs, adding every
man, woman and child in Chicago knows
there Is not living man or group Of
men that can control Judge Horner."
In campaign address at Decatur, Mr..
Small charged that if the Cermak
forces gain control of the Governor s
office and other State Offices at Spring.
field, the same blight of high taxes and
waste will be visited upon the State as
whole as is now being visited upon the
people of Chicago.
At Carlinville, Mayor Cermak as
serted he had brought Chicago back to
solvency and said: The things I have
done nearly caused a revolution among
Other Races Subordinated.
From the starting bell of the CAM
paign this Fall Illinois voters have wit
messed a colorful and dramatic political
play. Three million and a half voters
will ring the curtain down on Novem-
Der 8, Chicago alone supplying 1,514, 900
Democratic and Republican votes
The registration of both parties in
the State, including Chicago and Cook
County, is estimated at 100000 No
figures are ever announced as to DEM
ocratic and Republican registration as
such. but in the State campaign in
1928 the Republican candidate for Gov
ernor was elected by 1,709,818 votes;
the Democratic gubernatorial vote was
1,284,897
The vote on the Hoover Curtis ticket
in Illinois four years ago was 1,769, 9,14l,
compared to 1,313,817 votes cast for
Smith and Robinson.
While candidates on the rest of the
State ticket have campaigned Wig
orously, no struggles Of the warmth of
the gubernatorial fight have developed.
In addition to the presidential election,
Illinois will select Governor four-
year term, United States Senator, the
incumbent, Otis F. Glenn CRepublican) +,
being opposed by Representative at
Large William H. Dieterich of Boards
town; a full State ticket and 81 men,
berS Of Congress.