As Good as His Word

Amid all the happy-pappy generalities of his Democratic primary campaign for Governor of Kentucky last year, Albert Benjamin Chandler made one specific promise that he could be counted upon to keep: if nominated and elected, he would do all in his power to defeat his fellow Democrat and archenemy, Kentucky's Senator Earle Clements, for re-election this year. Last week Happy Chandler was proving himself as good as his word. Passed by Chandlerites in the Kentucky state senate was a bill to move the Kentucky primary date from early August to late May--when Earle Clements will still be tied down by his duties in Washington. Just so there would be no mistaking his intentions, Chandler announced that he will back his longtime supporter, former U.S. Representative Joe Bates, in the primary race for Clements' Senate seat.

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