Evening star., 1938-07-30
Lincoln
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the authorities have dubbed it 'po-
litical bedtime story" However, the
State health commissioner, DR.. A. T.
Mccormack, has put out a lengthy
statement insisting that there is no
doubt Gov. Chandler was poisoned"
by water he drank He added that
1T is possible the poison may have
been added to the water accidentally"
The health commissioner is a State
appolntee-so the Barkley people in
sist his statement must be taken with
grain of salt. However the COM
missioner makes out a pretty good
case-to back up the diagnosis made
by DR.. w. j. Bryan. who attended
Gov. Chandler when he was stricken.
He makes no attempt to say what the
poison was, but he insists there is no
other plausible explanation Of the i'll
ness of four men who drank from the
same pitcher-Gov Chandler. State
Finance Commissioner J. Dan Talbot,
State Police 1t. Jesse Wyatt and B. c.
Lee, former Kentucky department
commander of the American Legion
He adds that Gov. Chandler nearly
died and seemed to be dying; that
Mr.. Talbot was made very seriously
Ill.
Mccormack Widely Known.
DR.. Mccormack is president of the
State Board Of Health and a year ago
he was president of the national or
ganization of Presidents of State
Boards of Health. He is known to
physicians throughout the State. His
statement to the press received wide
newspaper circulation.
At Chandler headquarters it was said
there probably would be no further
move in the "ice-water poisoning"
case. But the thought was added that
DR.. McCormack's statement, made
after investigation bv himself and
technical and scientific members of
his staff would have its effect through
out the State.
At Barkley headquarters, on the
other hand, it is insisted that Gov
Chandler had been in i'll health for
week and had admitted it; that ANY
one with stomach ache has some
kind OF poison in his system" and
that Chandler went to Mexico last
year and picked up dysentery, which
comes back on him now and then.
That, however, does not explain why
the other three men should come down
Ill at the same time, particularly as
they had not eaten together nor had
anything to drink together, except the
Ice water in the room where Gov,
Chandler was broadcasting a speech.
Neither the Governor nor his CAM
paign manager, Judge Brady M.
Stewart, nor DR.. Mccormack, nor DR..
Bryan, has made any accusation
against any one. In fact, the Gov-
ernor has kept pretty we'll in the back
ground and left the talking to others
in this story of poisoned water.
After a weeks layoff, most of 1t
spent in bed, Happy" Chandler is
back on the stump today with a 35-
minute address to crowd here in the
States Capital. He proposes to 90
right to work on the Hastings again
Monday and to keep at it until the
campaign ends next Friday night.
Looks Hearty Enough.
saw the Governor in his room at
the Governors mansion, still pajama
clad. He looked hail and hearty, al
fhnIoh hn admitted 1a -;
his usual self.
Il have never before been sick in
my life" said Happy" Feel that"
and he stuck out an arm that was as
hard as iron. He admitted that the
night he drank the ice water in Louis
vile he was plenty sick" however.
: His pulse, he said had gone as high
as ITO and as low as 40.
Il am coming along alright" he
continued. II have made two speeches
over the telephone and one over the
radio since was taken sick. But I
have been right in this room ever since
got back here in an ambulance from
Louisville.
Happy" Chandler is the picture of
ColllueHCe. he 1eelS CnaC ne Is going
to win. Il know the people and they
know me-" he said, with his infectious
grin. He has already been in more
than hundred of the 120 counties
in the State, since he began CAM
paigning several months ago. Il have
been in fights before and I have won,
and I am going to win this time"
At this point his physician-in this
case DR.. Mccormack, whose official
job as State health commissioner is
to look after the Governors health
called on the telephone from Louisville
to ask how the Governor was getting
along"
60 Slow Doctor Advises.
Fine" was the answer. Then he
told the doctor of his projected speech
today and got bit of advice about
taking things easy until his heart
could fully recover from the terrible
punishment it had received during his
severe illness. The Governor sounded
rather like small boy pleading with
his elders to be allowed to 20 ahead
with his plans. It was quite clear,
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