"BIG BILL”

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 12 April 1928, Page 5

"BIG BILL”

A POLITICAL ROUT

nomine f s or r r ati n IN I II II At tt) I’.r.F.i 'TB >NS United i’tvss Assoeint ion- Bv Electric Telegrapti Australian Press Association MAY YORK. Ilk h April Tlr,- i hic.igo prim.ii v elect tons ended With little o! Ihe expei led V inletli ■-. Ihe -leu,ting of one negro is the only death repolle.l at present. Il is also said that there have been six k idtia ppings and ot bet scat! ered ai is of \ tnlemo. tin the basis of the presettl returns, it appears that Louis Lmmeisnu i lead in-.' I ll.vet III,! Small by approximately 1.;,, t,. one. till! il e. til! too cully to give ;inv definite estimate ot the result ot the voting. barer infoi mat ion is that with lin'd' nat lif I or- IS nor Small m' v apparent ly i ii tain, it is char I hat Mayor Thompson ha.- sutf.-n-.i a political lout. Senator i Ictiecii's ally Emmet sun seems assttreil of Republican nomimuiiin for the govei te u-htp. Thompson's boast that he wutthl have twenty delegates to support President ('iKilliigc for the presidential nomination at the Republican ( onvention is empty, otiiv eight being elected, while titty the telegates instructed to siippo't VI r t.uV d. r have been chosen. t oloniT Ftank Smith who was elected Reptl'oi tea u Senator Imm illitiois in HS26. and twice not permit Led by the "-i-nat e to take his seat due to over large campaign exjietiiltt tit es. was again tun lung tor the Republican seuati -t ia,l mitnin.it ion. hut apparently Im- lieen defeated liv (fits (Heim. Tims again Thompson has lieen set had;. It is in-ti-ie.-tmg to note. murei.'Vei', that I liompSnti. win. himself was running fur appointment as a delegate to the Repiibh- , aii National Convention, was also do teated.

The fate of State Attorney Crowe is

as vet mu ortain. He appears to have been defeated for nomination if- Mate Attorney hv Judge Swanson, but should lie have been successful, it will mean dial Thompson will have saved something from the obvious wreck of Ins polit iea 1 fort tines.

THOMPSON'S HESTONATTON

DEMANDED

Australian Press Association

(Received IRtli April. 9.20 a.not N FAY YORK. 11th April. News from Chicago says that, with the victory of Judge Swanson over Slate-Al-tornev Crowe, now practically certain, the former issued a statement saying tin/ he interprets the vole as an indication ot a tixed determination on the part- of voters to change the standards, policies, and principles of the office ot Siate-Attnr-110V.

While the newspapers demand that Mayor T hompson should fulfil his threat ami resign, the “Chicago Tribune” in

a leader says. “Less than a week ago. .Mayor Thompson said lie would resign it Crowe were defeated. Crowe has been defeated, and the defeat of Crowe is the defeat of Thompson, with till he represents of niisgiivernmont and demagogy. The victory is the work of outraged citi /euship. resolved to end corrupt inn. ma-chine-gunning, pine.ippling. and jilmi di-ring."'

A 1 Mi.lllCAl. I'PTTi: WAI. Australian I’ress Association. United Ser\ ice XFAY YORK. 1 lilt April. Messages Hum Chicago slate that tinresults of the. pulling are characterised as the greatest upheaval in Illinois. The political faction led by Governor Lon Small, Mayor Thompson, and Stale-At-torney Robert Grown, with the slogan “America first." was buried under an avalanche at, flic Republican primaries todny. Small was defeated for the governorship s candidature by Secretary o! State l.ottis Etnmersiin ; Crowe lost t In-state-Attorney candidature: the faction lost the Stale senator candidature and manv lesser offices: and Thompson was defeated for ward committeeman.