Evening star., 1939-03-01
Kelly and Green
Win in Chicago
Primary Elections
Democratic Incumbent
Polls More Than Half
Of All Votes Cost
By the Associated Press.

Of All Votes cast
By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, March 1.-Mayor Ed
ward ]. Kelly, backed by a powerful,
smooth working Democratic organ
ization, polled the largest primary
election vote in Chicago's history to
win denomination yesterday.
The 62-year-old Democratic lead
er easily met the challenge OF State S
Attorney Thomas j. Courtney, who
entered the mayoral primary with a
reputation as a tremendous vote
puller.
Mayor Kelly not only received a
majority of nearly 100000 over Mr..
Courtney, but also rolled up more
than so per cent of all votes cast in
both the Republican and Demo-
cratic primaries.
His opponent in the April elec-
ton will be Dwight H. Green, for
mer United States district attorney
who gained wide notice as the prose-
cutor of Al Capone and other
gangsters.
Mr.. Green captured the Repub-
Ican nomination by defeating Will
liam Hale Big Bill" Thompson, a
veteran of Chicago politics who was
thrice Mayor. Mr.. Green's victory
margin was better than to l.
Green's First Race.
The Republican nominee, backed
by the regular party organization, is
making his first bid for elective Of
flee. Twenty years the Mayors
junior, Mr. Green promised vigor-
GUS campaign to smash the Kelly
Nash machine" p A. Nash is Dem
ocratic national committeeman.
The unofficial count from all but
16 of the 3,648 precincts was: Kelly,
607 7,180. and Courtney, 319.169. with
two minor candidates polling less
than 5000. Reports from all except
13 precincts gave Green 211, 1855 and
Thompson 62.352.
All primary records were shat
tered by the outpouring of approx
imately 100000 voters. The Demo-
cratic total of more than 100000
surpassed previous primary marks
and compared with approximately
10000 for the Republican candi-
dates. Compared with the 1888
primary the Democrats gained
$4,000 votes and the Republicans
$1,000.
Republicans Are Satisfied.
The first major test of political
trends this year found Chicago Re-
publican leaders satisfied. They
pointed out that the late A. j..
Cermak polled approximately Mr..
Green's total in the primary and
then defeated Mr.. Thompson in the
election of 1881.
Edward H. Moore. Republican
county chairman, said it was "a
wonderful day for Republicans on
the basis of gains over the 1888
primary. G. o. P. chieftains said
the defeat of the Kelly-Nash Or
ganization in April would greatly
enhance the partys prospects for
q State wide victory in 1910.
Prosecutor Courtney wired con-
pratulations to Mayor Kelly less
than two hours after the polls
closed.
Your administration has been
approved by the voters" his mes
sage said.
Mr.. Thompson, too, saw early re-
turns predict his defeat and COM
mented:
THE Republicans have spoken.
Let. their will be DONE"
Mr.. Green Immediately invited
Mr.. Courtneys support in the April
election. The latter, like Mr.. Green,
conducted a campaign against the
'Kelly-Nash machine" asserting the
city administration had allowed
syndicate gambling to flourish and
had hiked the tax rate to a new
high.
Kelly Ignores Rival.
Mayor Kelly ignored his Demo-
cratic opponent and confined his
stump speeches to recital of his
six-year record. Commenting on his
victory he said "the people showed
again that they know how to meet
their civic problems through the
use of the ballot"
His young Republican opponent
declared the real fight has just
begun. 1t is a fight to the end be-
tween the ruthless monopolistic
Democratic machine and the people"
Mayor Kelly vas selected chief
executive by the City Council in 1888
after Mayor Cermak was fatally
wounded when an assassin fired at
President-elect Roosevelt at Miami
the previous year. He was elected
to the office in 1885.
Mr. Thompson's defeat marked his
second unsuccessful attempt to re-
establish his political fortunes since
he left the mayors chair in 1881.
The colorful politician ran poor
third as a candidate for Governor
in 1896 on the Union Progressive
Party ticket.
Mr. Green, native of Ligonier,
Ind, starred at football at Wabash
College and later attended Leland
Stanford University and the Univer-
sity of Chicago. He served in the
Air Corps during the World War.
Horner Took No Part.
Gov. Henry Horner teamed with
Mr.. Courtney in defeating the Kelly
Nash organization in the 1898 State
wide primary but took no part in
the recent mayoral campaign. The
Governor has been i'll in Florida for
three months.
National issues were brought into
the campaign only indirectly but one
group of Mayor Kelly's supporters
regarded the election results as
victory for the New Deal. This view
was expressed by the Executive Com
mittee of Labor's Non-Partisan
League of Cook County.
Mayor Kelly carried Mr.. Court
neys ward and was the apparent
victor in all but three of the city'A