Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-04-11
DEMOCRATS HAIL
ILLINOIS PRIMARY
See National Program Vim
Dictated in Success of
Rainey and Others.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, April ll.-Leaders OF
organized Democracy in Illinois, whose
candidates won nomination In yes
terday's Statewide primary almost a.
they pleased. labeled 1.-The tremendous
Democratic vote" today as q tribute
and o compliment to the Democratic
administration, both national and
local"
The significance of the election lay
largely In the fact that 1t was the
first in which an entire State was
afforded opportunity to register its
opinion, Of its Congressman since the
Democratic landslide of 1882.
Henry T. Rainey. Representative
from the twentieth district and
Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives. scored five-to-one victory over
James Kirby. q State representative.
The national administration was not
a direct issue, the Democrats having
been content to campaign on local
issues, with little more than perfume.
tory reference to the new deal"
Church Leads Simpson.
The possible nomination Of q Re-
publican candidate in the tenth dis
trict came closer to having admin
stration significance, perhaps, than
did the wide victory Of Speaker
Rainey. That was the apparent sue
cess of Ralph E. Church, who con-
tested for the Republican congress
sional nomination against the incum-
bent. James Simpson, jr. Church was
endorsed by Roosevelt cabinet mem
Der, Harold Ickes Secretary Of the
Interior. who said Simpsons polo
playing did not qualify him for Con-
gress. Returns, however, were far
from complete, and Church's lead was
slender.
Oscar De Priest, only Negro member
of Congress. was renominated by Re-
publicans in the first district.
Michael Igoe, long a figure in Chi
cago and State Democracy, was nomi-
mated for Representative at large, to-
gether with Martin A. Brennan, in
cumbent. The Igoe victory was scored
at the expense of an incumbent Rep
resentative, Walter Nesbit, who for
years has been prominent in Southern
Illinois labor circles.
G. o. p. Halls Results.
Republicans viewed the primary
with an optimism that equaled that
of the Democrats. Chairman Weber
of the Republican Cook County (Chi-
cago) Central Committee, said the
vote was gratifying particularly to
Republicans who believed In a re-
habilitated Republican party. No spe-
cial effort was made to get out the
Republican vote, he said.
With the exception Of Simpson In
the tenth, Republican incumbents ap-
peared safely nominated.
c. Wayland Brooks. former as
sistant Cook County prosecutor, and
Milton E. Jones Of Williamsville were
Republican winners for Congressman
at large.
Representative Fred E. Britten. P.
H. Maynihan. Leo E. Allen and Everett
M. Dirksen were renominated by the
Republicans.
Renominated by the Democrats
were: Edward A. Kelly, Harry P.
Beam, A. ]. SABBATH, Thomas ].
OBrien, Leonard w. Schuetz, Leo Ko-
cialkowski, Chester Thompson, lie Roy
Adair, James A. Meeks, Donald c.
Dobbins, William w. Arnold. Claude
v. Parsons and Kent E. Keller.
A close Democratic congressional
fight IN the twenty-second district, in
which Representative Edwin M.
Schaeffer of Belleville, a first termer,
and E. E. Campbell of Granite City
battled without advantage Of declared
organization support. was apparently
being won by Schaeher. He edged
away from his leading rival in returns
from about third Of the district.
In Cook County the Democrats, on
the basis of incomplete returns, polled
an indicated vote of around 400, 900.
or slightly less than double that OF
the Republicans. Downstate the in
dicated vote was 100000 for the Dem
ocrats and 100000 for the Republic
ans.
If these figures are not overturned
by additional returns they indicate
the Democrats polled about twice as
many votes as in the last of year
election in 1890, when their total vote
was 327,312, but far below the 1892
figure when they rolled up the huge
figure of 816.773. If the ratio is
maintained until the final vote is in,
it was indicated that the Republican
vote for the State at large would run
about half the 1880 and 1882 figures.
OF the II new deal" Democratic
Congress incumbents the IS regarded
as having organization support swept
on to victory.
Park Issue Carried.
Chicagoans voted nearly to 1 in
favor of consolidation Of the city's
parts. on the basis Of three-fourths
! of the returns.
Representative A. j. SABBATH cast
his vote at the polls despite the chal-
lenges of his brother Rudolph. This
year Rudolph filed a petition for
Democratic committeeman. the posi-
ton held by his brother, but 1t was
disallowed by the Board Of Election
Commissioners because Of technical
tiles.
Representative SABBATH appeared at
the polls despite the announced in
tention of his brother to challenge his
vote, produced an afidavit Of resi-
dence and was allowed to vote over
the protest. Rudolph had charged
that his brother resided outside the
ward.
Cook County's election was described
as the most peaceful and orderly in
its history. There were only seven
arrests.
There was virtually no violence.
There was a single report Of gunplay,
in which no one was injured.