Evening star., 1936-10-01
DoWn-State Swing Since
Primary Held Favorable
to Republicans.
NEW REGISTRATION LAW
is FACTOR IN ELECTION
Aftermath of Row Between Hor.
ner and Kelly-Nash Machine
May Hurt Roosevelt.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

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CHICAGO, October Last April,
at the time of the primary elections in
Illinois, this State looked hopeless for
the Republicans. The number Of
votes cast in the Democratic primary
exceeded the number in the Repub-
lican primary by half a million or
more. Today the State looks. at least,
debatable ground, with the Repub-
licans apparently gaining strength.
Whether they will be able to gain
enough to carry the State for Lam
don depends upon a number Of inn
portant factors, some for and some
operating against the Republicans.
The change in the situation marks
a gain for the G. o. p. Since Gov.
Landon of Kansas was nominated for
the presidency in June, there has been
a marked swing back to the Repub-
lican fold in down-State Illinois. In
Cook County, which includes Chicago,
the bitter strife which has existed be-
tween the Kelly-Nash Democratic ma
chine and Gov. Horner. Democratic
candidate to succeed himself, has
been CLOSED over. But the bitter feel.
ing continues.
These obvious and less obvious rela-
tions between the Kelly-Nash Demo-
cratic organization in Chicago and
Gov. Horner operate in two different
directions, both seemingly to the ad-
vantage of the Republicans. In the
primary campaign this year, Mayor
Kelly of Chicago and Patrick Nash.
the Democratic national committee
man. decreed the political execution
OF Gov. Horner. They did not like
him for number of reasons, one Of
which is sufficient. He would not let
them sop up all they wished; he would
not play ball. Horner went to the
mat. He made himself out a martyr,
the object of attack by a corrupt Chi.
cago machine. He told down-Stats
Illinois that the Chicago bosses in.
tended to dictate the nomination Of
the next Governor.
Sectional Rivalry Intense.
For years the rivalry between
downstate Illinois and Chicago has
been intense. The voting strength
Of the one section is about equal to
the voting strength of the other.
Downstate Illinois took up the cudgels
Tor Horner. Horner is a Jew and the
large number of Jews in the State,
many of them in Chicago, rallied to
his support. Some Republicans went
into the Democratic primary in order
to help beat the Chicago bosses.
Horner triumphed over the Kelly.
Nash candidate by considerable
margin.
Now, with the apparent reconcilia.
ton between Gov. Horner and the
Kelly-Nash outfit, Horner no longer
looks to the downstate voters quite
the same. And, at the same time, II
reports be true, the Kelly-Nash OUT
flt would not be averse to sticking q
knife into Horner's back. This row,
therefore, may have a very definits
effect on the outcome of the election.
not only for Governor. but also for
President.
In Chicago. which has so large a
proportion Of the States vote, an
election is no pink-tea affair. The
political deals" and corruption have
been almost unbelievable in the past.
No such thing as party loyalty or
keeping faith has been known in
many Of the wards. Republican ward
leaders and committeeman have sold
out to the Democrats. and vice versa,
Political bandit leaders have flour.
ished.
Five Women Sentenced.
Only yesterday three women poll
officials in the twentieth ward in last
April's primary were sentenced to q
year in Jail and two others to six
months. Three of the women were
Democrats and two Republicans.
They were found guilty of ballot
frauds-and they we're judges at the
polls-after IA persons had testified
in court that they did not vote, all
though the poll books showed them
to have voted. and handwriting ex-
pert had said 26 ballots were marked
by the same person. All these 26
ballots were marked for President
Roosevelt, for Bundeson for Governor
(the Kelly-Nash candidate) and for
John M. Bolton, candidate for State
Representative, who has since been
murdered. In addition to the women,
five men have been held for the grand
(see LINCOLN, Page A-5.)