The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1912-03-13

the association and its money and maya
zine he can control the State Board of
Health.
CONTROL OF ASSOCIATION.
in order to control the association he
must control the 'house Of delegates of
the association, for that is the sovereign
body of the association. II the house
Of delegates are DIR. Mccormack APP
pointees on the various county boards Of
health we have the circle completed
The different county medical societies
elect these delegates.
"If we find DR.. McCormack's appoin-
tees to be the active members of the
various county societies we increase the
circumference of the circle
The minutes show that at the Padu-
cab meeting of the house of delegates
the following appointees were men who
controlled that body: L. <. Taylor, J.
E. Wilson, ]. l.. Atkinson, A. d. Will
muth. W. w. Richmond, E. A. Frazier.
@. E. Poole, ]. S. Lock, K. c. McCord
c. G. Dougherty, f. A Stone, NJ. NJ. Nc
Dowell. ]. w. Pryor. C. z. Aud, d. o.
Hancock, W. B. Mcclure, J. g. Carpen-
ter, l. A. Shirley, A. T. Mccormack, E.
Ran, B. W. Smock, and w. E. Rodman.
Almost without exception these men are
DIR. Mccormack appointees.
ION page 10 of the November l, 1911,
issue OF the Medical Journal is given a
list of the secretaries the various county
medical societies. FiftY-one of thts
secretaries are appointees of J. n. Nc
Cormack on the County Boards o: Health
and forty-five are not. Here again he
has majority.
APPoINTEEs AT WORK.
':When this legislation was proposed.
DR.. Mccormack put his appointees TO
work against it. His son spent over S70O
for stamps and postal cards and practi-
cally every doctor in the State was com
municated with Immediately. The
works were set in at the peoples ex-
pense. 1t seems that DIR. Mccormack
has sort of endless chain working in
connection with his machine He uses
what he has to keep you from taking
away from him anything he has and TO
compel you to give him more.
why are the headquarters of the
State Board of Health located at Bowl
ing Green? Why are the headquarters
of the State Medical Association at Bowl
ing Green? Why is the medical maya
zine published at Bowling Green?
II have proven that Dr. Arthur Nc
Cormak's partner, DIR. Lillian South, the
present State Bacteriologist, was first ap
pointed for four years at a salary of 500
per month; that one year after she &C
cepted this at that salary the sa airy was
increased to 5000 per month; that when
she was appointed State Bacteriologist it
was recognizedithat she was not qualified
to holp the position; that DIR. McCor-
max sent her away on qualifying trip
and that the people paid her expenses;
that she has never refunded said ex-
penses
''In 1898, DIR. Smock was located in
Warren county. He was a member Of
the Warren County Board of Health He
moved to Jefferson county and was i'm
mediately placed on the Board of Health
of that county. He is the son of the
foster sister OF DIR. J. n Mccormack
Thus the machine works.
IN POWER THIRTY YEARS.
''Dr. J. n. Mccormack has been in
power for over thirty years. He has at
tended every session of the Kentucky
Legislature since before | was IN, and
nearly always at the peoples expense.
In 1908 | find vouchers for 1897 81 cover
ing his expenses at Frankfort. All the
details of these expenses are not stated.
There are many similar vouchers for
number of other years when the legisla-
ture was in session; likewise here is
voucher for S36 to pay DR.. Lillian South's
expenses in Frankfort during the 1910
session of the legislature, although she
swore she paid all of her own expenses
Shall we uphold person who is willing
10 swear like that?
Here is voucher dated March II,
1910. drawn in favor Of j. n. Mccormack
for Sl3, covering railroad fare and sleep
ar xvbap he cupora ba xvoc ,,o;no, n ro;1
road and sic eper pass in order to save
the people money. also find vouchers
for Sleeper in August and December of
the same year, also January and Febru-
airy, 1911. Here are vouchers showing
that the people of Kentucky have paid
Dr. Mccormack expenses to Cuba,
Denver, Chicago, New Orleans. Wash
ington, Atlantic City and other distant
points.
''Dr. Roe Blair, of Russell county, was
not given a license to practice until after
the last session of the legislature. Those
OF you gentlemen who were members of
the last House will remember DIR. Blair
and what he did to qualify himself
while here.
FATHER AND SON.
81 have been amused at some of the
sworn statements that have been filed
with you. DIR. J n. Mccormack would
come in and testify to son Arthur'S vir-
lures. Arthur would then testify to his
fathers many virtues. Then his part
ner, DR.. Lillian South, would testify to
the wonderful qualifications of both
father and son. was touched by Ar
thurs pathetic tribute to his fathers
work when he referred to the work dur
ing the yellow fever outbreak in Bowl
ing Green in 1878. have here the re-
port of DIR. r. G. Thomas, of the State
Board Of Health, made in 1878, regard
ing that outbreak of yellow fever in
Bowling Green, and find no mention of |
the valiant, patriotic service of DIR. J. |
N. Mccormack. What a precocious boy
Arthur was. can see him now, a youth |
Of tender years, pecking on typewriter
away back in the eighties when type
writer's were practically unknown, and |
when there not more than two typewri-
tiers at the Capitol in Frankfort. | can
see him assisting his father with ALI |