The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1912-08-02

This being the week of the Primary |
Election, and the various candidates
being DESTROYS of Selling this their
last opportunity to have their say
through the columns of the press.
they have filled up our columns almost
to the exclusion of any other reading
matter, however. we hope that the
public will indulge US for this once and
that they will carefully read and thor
oughly digest what each and every one
of them has to say. We are in the
newspaper business for what we can
get out of it pecuniarily, and we can
not miss this opportunity to gather in
a few shekels from our democratic
friends for the publication of their re-
spective views.
This is purely family fight, one. in
which no hard feelings should be en-
gendered and from which each and
every democrat should emerge ready
and willing to pull off his coat and go
to work for the nominee, and we sim
cerely hope that such will be the case.
In the various races we have had our
preferences, as we believe is the right,
the privilege and the duty of every
democrat. In the very outset we es-
poused the cause of Mr.. Sullivan for
the nomination for Congress, and we
have from time to time taken occasion
to say good word in his behalf when
ever opportunity offered through the
columns of the Record, and we were
glad to do so. We have refrained
from any mud singing" or undue al
lusions in regard to Mr.. Helm, and we
have never at any time had anything
to say through the columns of the pa,
per to which either he or his friends
could take exceptions, satisfying our.
selves for the most part with merely
copying what appeared in other papers
of the district, giving them due credit
for the same, and when we did give
utterance to our own views or opin
ions, we were careful that they shoulc
contain nothing which would give per
sonal offense to anyone. We believe
this is the proper manner in which t.
conduct campaign within the ranks
of our own party, at least, if this rule
be adhered to we will be in a better
attitude to take up the gage of battl,
in behalf of the winning candidat,
against the common enemy in tn,
event the candidate whom we did no
! favor in the primary receives tn,
nomination; we will not have to "tak
back anything" will not have it upol
our conscience that we maligned o
said anything against him, we will re
member that we espoused the cause o
his unsuccessful opponent, not that w
loved the victor less, but his opponen
better.
AS for our support CT Judge Jullivan
we are proud of it. We consider hir
as we said in the outset, one of tn
most brilliant men, not only in tn
eighth district, but in the state of Ker
lucky, an elegant, polished and re
fined gentleman and one eminentl
{ fitted to fill the position to which h
D aspires, and to fill it with honor an
credit both to himself and to his cor
stituency. That his democracy is ur
e sullied everyone will admit, that h
1 has for years given his support, hi
: time and his money unstintingly to tn
service of democracy is a matter {
history, and that the signal victor
A won by the democratic party heade
o by James B. McCreary, majority {
over 10000, is due more than to an
other man, to Hon. Jere A. Sullivan
J. for it was he who wrote the platforl
# which made this signal victory possib
n embodying therein the county un
plank, which was so acceptable to tt
people of the state. Those who hay
followed him through the present can
e paign are unanimous in their endors
n ment of his views, agree that his ide;
: ale soundly democratic, that he stant
for, not alone temperance, but Fl
every other plank that is embodyed
the democratic platform, both sta
, and national.