Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-07
Chandler Leads
In Kentucky
Primary Gains
Ahead Of Combs
102. $50 to 1891
In Governor Bid

Sunday (P.-Former Baseball
Commissioner A. B. Happy |
Chandler stretched his lead
early today in his political come |
back fight for Kentucky's DEM
ocratic Governor nomination. /
Returns from 1918 of the
Bluegrass States 4.074 precincts
gave Mr.. Chandler 102 $50 votes
to 1891 for Bert Combs, al
young mountaineer judge in his
first Statewide race.
Their battle was among the
hardest fought in Kentucky'sI
turbulent political history.
Denny Leads for Governor
In the Quieter race for the
Republican gubernatorial NOM
nation, returns from 1.018 pre-
cincts gave former United States
District Attorney Edwin r. Den
ney 1888 to 5,198 for James L. /
Clay. an attorney.
Mr.. Denney had the endorse
ment of John Sherman Cooper,
Ambassador to Indian and for
mer Republican Senator from
Kentucky. /
Mr.. Chandler. 81, who was
Governor in 1858 and United
States Senator in 1939-45,
jumped ahead in early returns.
Some reports from the 3rd
Congressional District-Louisville
and Jefferson County-put Mr..
Combs. 43, ahead for a brief Pc
Rod.
The regular organization In
the States metropolis backed
him strongly. So did U. S. Sena-
tors Alben w. Barley, former
Vice President; Earle C.. Glenn
ents. the acting Senate major
ity leader, and Gov. Lawrence
Wetherby.
Chambers Lead Growing
But Mr.. Chandler recaptured
the lead and gradually built it.
He ran well out in the States
rural areas to Offset the virtu-
any complete returns of the Bird,
which gave Mr.. Combs SO, 447 to1
2l,704 for Mr.. Chandler.
His campaign co-chairman,
Joseph j. Leary, said ut looks
like a trend is setting in" for
a Chandler victory.
But 1t. Gov. Emerson CDoc)
Beauchamp, handling Mr..
Combs organizational details,
said he expected his candidate
to win by 5000 to 10000.
There were only fragmentaryl
reports from the East Kentucky
mountains, which Mr.. Combs
forces banked on. Early returns
came in quickly from areas with
voting machines. Long ballots
in areas having two-thirds Of
Kentucky's nearly three million
population slowed the count Of
paper ballots by hands. State
law required halt in counting
ballots at midnight, local time,
until Monday, but reports still
came in.
Leads in LIST, I'd Districts
Mr.. Chandler led in the LIST
and I'd districts of West Ken
lucky. He had been favored to
win the former, Mr.. Combs the
latter. The former Governor
also was ahead in his home 4th,
the 5th and 9Th districts of
northern and central Kentucky.
He trailed Mr.. Combs in scat
tered returns from the 7th, Mr..
Combs home district, and 9th,
in the mountains.
A third candidate, Jesse N. r.
Cecil, trailed badly. Some coun-
ties were not keeping a running
tab on his votes.
State Representative John
Young Brown, former United
States Representative who had
lost to Cooper in 1916, trailed in
his bid for Democratic nominal
ton for a State Senate seat.
Mr.. Brown. sales tax advo-
cate who strongly backed Combs,
who. however. didn't commit I
himself to any specific tax pro-
gram, had 3,453 votes to 5,551
for John c. Angels, a young !,
lawyer, in the Lexington and
Fayette County District with As
of its so precincts counted. |
The outcome will reflect ma
tionally by bearing on Senator :
Clements political future and
the makeup Of Kentucky's dele
cation to the 1856 Democratic
presidential nominating con-
vention.
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