Evening star., 1936-04-15
Chicago Publishers Ballot
331,993, Against PSI ,584
for Idahoan, With 5,241 of
7,426 Precincts In.
PORTION OF DELEGATES
EXPECTED FOR SENATOR
Personal Tribute to Him Is Seen
in Great Support, Although De-
feat Is Apparent - Horner
Keeps Edge Over Bundesen.
Democrat Poll Nearly !, 800, 900
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

~ W oOCAO A44NOOA4Ns
Col. Frank P. Knox, Chicago
publisher, led Senator William E.
Borah of Idaho in the Illinois
presidential preference primary
for the Republican nomination
by 80,409, in the returns this
afternoon from 5,241 out of a to-
tai OF 1926 voting precincts.
The vote stood Knox, 331, 1893;
Borah, 25l, l,584, according to the Asso-
ciated Press. Borah was stronger than
the Chicagoan in 101 downstate coun-
ties. Knox ran 10000 votes ahead of
Borah in Chicago, however.
Win or lose, the run made by SEN
ator Borah in Illinois, where he had
the Republican State organization
against him, is remarkable and a
tribute to him personally. If in the
final returns, Borah stands close to
Knox, Borah's influence and prestige
will have been increased.
Primary Not Binding.
NlCVOIy 1OI OOl. hLlUA SLlOulU 10
sure him the great majority of
Illinois 81 delegates in the Republic
an National Convention. The Illinois
presidential preference primary is not
binding on the delegates, but merely
advisory. under the law. It is pos
sible delegates from some sections
of the State which favored Borah in
the balloting may cast their conven.
ton votes for the Idaho Senator.
Defeat for Knox would have been
regarded as disastrous and as elm.
mating him from future serious con.
sideration for the Republican nomi.
nation. Knox and his friends have
worked for weeks in Illinois in the
primary campaign. Senator Baroh
made two trips to Illinois, one last
week when he campaigned down
State. The Idaho Senator's chief
support came from down State, al.
though he polled considerable vote
also in Cook County (Chicago).
Charl G. Bachmann, former Repre-
sentative from West Virginia, head Of
the Borah-for-P President Committee,
with headquarters here, said that he
considered the vote cast for Borah in
Illinois great personal triumph" for
the Idaho Senator.
Predicts Share for Borah.
Senator Borah had to run against
the Republican organization and
against large expenditure of money
to defeat him." said Bachmann. He
predicted that Borah would have a
share Of the delegates elected in the
primary yesterday. Illinois has IS
congressional districts. Two delegates
to the Republican National Commit
tee are elected from each Of "a Of
these districts and one from the re-
naming district, the eighth. Bach-
mann said that l22 candidates had
been entered for these 49 delegate
seats in the convention.
Thirty-nine Borah delegate candi.
dates were entered in 1S districts. In
Cook County Borah delegates were
entered in only 6 of the 10 districts.
It Is Bachmann's belief that a num-
Der of the Borah candidates will have
been found successful in territory
friendly to Borah.
Democratic leaders here were much
encouraged, they said, by the large
number of votes polled for President
Roosevelt in the presidential prefer
ential primaries In both Illinois and
Nebraska. They declared that the
vote in these States gave every evi-
dence of popularity of the President
IN the Middle West and that it indi-
Gated he would carry both these States
next November.
In the bitter contest between Gov,
Henry Horner and DR.. Herman N.
BundeSen for the Democratic guber-
material nomination, Horner had tbs
edge in returns from 5,063 precincts.
The vote stood: Horner, 529. .o43:
Bundesen, 5l7,472. Horner was max
ing big strides in the down State vote
and was expected to increase his mar
gin of victory when all returns are in.
Roosevelt Alone In Field.
President Roosevelt had the field to
himself in the Democratic presidential
preference primary. which rolled up
nearly 500, 900 votes. His vote In some
Of the Cook County precincts gave him
big lead over the combined Knox and
Borah vote. Cook County, however. Is
(See PRIMARY, Page 2.)