CHICAGO ELECTIONS

Hokitika Guardian, 12 April 1928, Page 3

CHICAGO ELECTIONS

(United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) NEW YORIv, April 10. The Chicago “Primary” elections ended with hut little of the expected violence. The shooting of one negro is the only death reported at present. It is also said that there have been six kidnappings and other scattered acts of violence. Oil the basis of tiie present returns, it appears that Air Kmmcrsoii is leading Governor Small bv approximately two to one, hut it still too early to give a definite estimate of the result of the voting. LATER.

The defeat of Governor Small is now apparently certain. It is therefore clear that “Big Bill” Thompson (Mayor of Chicago), has suffered n political rout. Senator Deiieen's ally is AH' Kmmer■son. He now seems assured of the Republican Party',s Jiominaton for the Illinois Statu’"Governorship. Mayor Thompson’s boast was that lie would have twenty delegates to support Air Coolidgc for the Presidential nomination. This is empty, as only eight such delegates are being elected. while fifty-three delegates elected to support Air l.owder have been chosen. Colonel Frank Smith, who was elected as the Republican Senator from Illinois State in 1920. and who twice has not been permitted by the Senate to take 1 1 is seat, due to his overlarge campaign expenditures. was again running for the Republican Senatorial nomination, hut lie apparently has also been deleated liv Air Olis Glenn. Thus again Alavor Thompson has been set hack.

It. is interesting to note, moreover, that Alavor Thomp-un. who himself was running tor appointment as delegate to the Republican National (\uiventon. was also defeated. The fate of Air Crowe is as yet uncertain. He appears to have been defeated for the nomination as the State’s Attorney by Judge Swanson, hut should ATr Crowe yet prove to have been successful, if will mean that Alavor Thompson will have saved something from an obvious wreck of his political fortunes.

THOMPSON'S DEFEAT. (Received this day at 9.30 n.m.l NEW YORK, April 11. News from Chicago says with the victory of Swanson over C'rowo now practically certain, the former issued a statement saying he interprets the vote tts an indication of the fixed determination on the part of voters to change the standard policies and principals of office of the States Attorney. AVhile the newspapers demand that Thompson should full'd his threat and resign, the Chicago “Tribune’’ in a leader says: “Less than a week ago .Mayor Thompson said' he would re-

sign if Crowe were deleated. Crowe has been defeated. The defeat of Crowe is the defeat of Thompson with all lie represents of ini-govern-ment. The victory is the work of outraged citizenship resolved to enu corruption, machine gunning. pineappling and plundering.” NFAY YORK. April 11.

A message from Chicago stateelm raeterised as the greatest upheaval of .Illinois political faction. Governor Lon Small, Alavor Thompson. States Attorney Robert Crowe with the slogan “America first” were buried under an avalanche at Republican primaries to-day. Small was defeated for the Government candidature by the Secretary of the State. Louis Kinmersoii. Crowe lost the States Attorney candidature and the faction lost the States Senator candidature and many lesser offices and Thompson was defeated for Ward Committeeman.