Evening star., 1940-04-10
Roosevelt Leads
Garner 6 10 |
In Illinois
Dewey Well Ahead
Of Vondenberg in
Nebraska Race
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

AS result of the Illinois and
Nebraska primary elections yester-
day, President Roosevelt and
Thomas E. Dewey today stood out in
bold relief as the prospective choices
OF the Democratic and Republican
parties for President.
The President trounced Vice Pres
ldent Garner in the Illinois prefer
entlal primary, 6 to l. He was I'M
opposed for the presidential prefer
ence vote in Nebraska.
Mr.. Dewey, New York's racket
busting district attorney, continued
his victory, begun in the Wisconsin
primaries week ago. over Senator
Vandenberg of Michigan, by running
ahead in the Nebraska primary. In
Illinois, Mr.. Dewey rolled up a large
vote-approximately 80 per cent Of
the total Republican cast in that
State. He was unopposed in that
State for the preference.
Roosevelt Far Ahead.
According to the Associated Press
returns President Roosevelt's vote
in the Illinois preferential primary
was more than the combined vote
for Mr.. Dewey and Mr.. Garner. The
vote stood:
Roosevelt, 813.064 in 5,741 of the
States total 1886 voting precincts.
Garner, 131, 1863
Dewey, 491 ,460, in 5 5,144 precincts.
Mr.. Dewey's margin over Senator
Vandenberg in Nebraska was not as
impressive as it was in Wisconsin.
1t was, however, substantial in view
OF the fact that IS per cent of the
Republican organizat alton leaders of
the State backed Senator Vanden-
berg. With slightly more than half
OF the voting precincts reporting,
Mr.. Dewey had a 21,0OO-vote lead,
as follows:
Dewey, 84,170 in 1,640 precincts out
of a total of 2,033.
Vandenberg, 81 ,298
The vote in the Nebraska primary
for President Roosevelt in the same
number of precincts was 93,569.
Burke Trails. Cochran.
The combined Republican vote Of
Mr.. Dewey and Senator Vandenberg
was 145, ,468, lead of 51899 over the
vote cast for President Roosevelt.
Senator Burke, Democrat, seeking
denomination conceded his defeat
by Gov. Roy L. Cochran. The vote
in 1,543 precincts gave Cochran
65,545 and Senator Burke 46,452.
Senator Burke opposed President
Roosevelt's court bill in 1887 and
number of other administration
measures, although he has supported
the President in his foreign policy
since the beginning of the European
war.
Significant of the Republican tide
running in Nebraska was the elec-
ton of Hyde Sweet, Republican, to
the House seat left vacant in the
first congressional district by the
death OF the late Representative
Heinke, Republican. Mr.. Heinke
wrested this district from the Demo-
Gratis in 1888 by narrow margin.
Mr.. Sweets victory yesterday over
his Democratic opponent, Charles
Dafoe, was by a larger margin.
The bitter Democratic intra- party
fight waged in Illinois between the
Horner Kelly Nash organizations
and an insurgent group headed by
1t. Gov. Steele was won by the Or
ganization.
Machine Rolls Up Vote.
1t was the HOrner- r-Kelly-Nash or
CARNATIONS which placed President
Roosevelt's name in the presidential
preferential primary without the
written assent of the President And
it was these organizations which
turned out to roll up an impressive
vote for the President. 1t is no secret
in Illinois that the heads of the Chi
cago organization, Mayor Edward
Kelly and Democratic National
Committeeman Patrick Nash, feel
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