The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-04
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COUNTY VOTERS
To VISIT POLLS
Politicians Predict Record
Turnout in Local Pri-
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congressional races.
2. Whether City Hall Democrats
will retain control of the party in
Marion County or whether that
control will be shifted to the Mar
ion County Courthouse.
On the Republican side Of the
primary, aside from the headline
races, is the struggle by the Marion
County Reorganization Committee
to name sufficient precinct commit
teemen to select John H. Bookwalter
as county chairman. Frederick E.
Schortemeier, former secretary of
state, has been petitioned to accept
the post by another faction in the
party.
Out-state the election interest,
after local races are determined,
will be whether seven incumbent
Democratic congressman become the
partSs nominees and who will OPP
pose them on the Republican ticket.
The opposed congressional incum-
bents are: Samuel B. Pettengill,
South Bend; James I. Farley, Au-
burn; Arthur H. Greenwood, Wash
ington; Eugene B. Grove, Bedford;
Mrs. Virginia E. Jenckes, Terre
Haute; Louis Ludlow, indianapolis;
William H. Larrabee, New Palestine.
Six Are Unopposed
Unopposed congressional incum-
bents on the Democratic ticket are:
William T. Shuttle, Hammond;
Glenn Griswold, Peru; John w.
Boehne Jr, Evansville; Finly H.
Gray, Connersville. Charles Halleck,
Republican incumbent, Second Dis
trict, also is unopposed and so is his
general election opponent, Hugh A.
Barnhart, of Rochester.
Closely linked to the interest in
these races is the selection of 1881
delegates to the Democratic state
convention on June Is and the 1873
delegates to the Republican conven-
ton on June 3.
The delegates selected at the polls
tomorrow will determine whether E.
Kirk Mckinney, Lieut.. Gov. M. Cliff
ford Townsend, Pleas Greenlee or
"a dark horse" will be the Demo-
cratic Party's gubernatorial nomi-
nee.
Six in G. o. p. List
They will determine whether
Glenn Hills, Kokomo; Eliza Rogers,
Lebanon; Raymond S. Springer,
Connersville; George Hill, Michigan
City; Mayor Samuel Beecher, Terre
Haute; Mayor Clare Bangs, of Hunt
ington, or a clark horse" will lead
the Republicans.
The delegates also will name the
state ticket for each party.
Tomorrow's election also will de-
termine the parties nominees for
the 1887 General Assembly.
Marion County is to ballot for Il
state Representatives and five Sena-
tors. Five Democratic Senators and
three state Representative are seek
ing denomination.
They are: Senators E. Curtis
White, Jacob weiss, E. Leroy Port
teus, Leo x. Smith and Harry Hill
and Representatives Charles Lutz,
Edward P. Barry and Henry j. Rich
ardson Jr.
Minor issues seen in the cam
paign are Strength of retailers in
electing representatives and State
Senators who favor repeal of the
gross income tax law; and the
strength of the Indiana Anti-Saloon
League, which is seeking to name
solons favorable to a stricter local
option law.
Politicians will attempt to read
from the vote tomorrow whether the
Democratic or Republican Party will
be successful in the fall election.
They will try to guess whether the
States electoral vote will be cast for
Republican or Democratic Presi-
dent of the United States.
Marion County had 246,204 regis
tered voters in 1894; an estimated
100000 are eligible to vote tomorrow.
1929 Voted in 1884
The 1884 county primary vote was
SO, 229. Election officials believe
more than 100000 voters will go to
the polls tomorrow-if it does net
rain.
All county voting will be by bal
lot. Machines can not be used in
the primary.
Because the Australian ballot will
be used, election officials estimate
that the first election returns will
not be received before or 9 p. m.
with the majority of returns sched-
uled to begin after midnight.
Democratic and Republican county
headquarters will obtain unofficial
returns on contested races.
County candidates who are I'M
opposed are: Democrat-Herbert M.
Spencer. incumbent prosecutor;
Harry Hill, Edinburg, incumbent
joint state Senator, Marion and john
son Counties. Republican-Hazael
Oris Blackwell, joint state Repre-
Sentati Marion and Johnson