The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-07-10


of Madison county, met in joint debate
at Liberty, Casey county, Monday af-
ternoon in their campaign for the Dem
ocratic nomination for Congress, and it
was Helm Day all the way. The big
congressman spoke in fine style, and
had the crowd completely with him.
He will overwhelm his opponent in Ca
sey county. There were hundreds of
Democrats in town that day and
careful poll by the |. j. man failed to
disclose a single man in town who will
vote against Helm for the nomination.
The situation in Casey seems to be
rather remarkable. Reports are heard
of few scattered voters in remoter
sections, who may vote against him,
but the support of the Congressman
for denomination by the rank and file cf
the party seems to be almost unan-
7mous. The Democratic workers in ev-
cry section Of the county are for him
enthusiastically, and predict an over
whelming majority for him on August
3.
MIR. Helm spoke first. He made a
hit right at the start by recalling the
close personal relations he has had
with the Democrats and the people of
Casey, the good neighbor of Lincoln,
and declared that he felt almost as
much at home there as he did in his
own county. He took up in detail the
work which he has accomplished at
Washington during his term of service
there, and told how he had worked
faithfully and earnestly to decrease the
burden of taxation upon the farmer and
the laboring man, how he had sought to
lower the high cost of living and
throughout it ali had stuck faithfully to
his post Of duty, working honestly and
truly for the interests of the common
people. He asked if it was because of
this character of service that the Dem
ocrats OF the district were to be asked
to turn him out, and place in his stead,
one who had been selected by coterie
OF politicians at dark lantern meeting
IN Louisville Hotel. And then he de-
scrlbed the celebrated Victoria Hotel
meeting when Judge Sullivan was
picked by number of men over the
district to make the race against Helm.
The speaker pointed out very signif-
cantly that although Casey county at
that time was part of the Eighth dis
trict, not one of her leading Democrats
had been asked to participate in that
meeting, and say who was a good man
to represent the district. His oppo-
nent 1t would seem, was claiming great
credit for helping to bring Casey into
the district, yet he had not sought to
have Casey represented at this select
meeting. On the other hand. Cong
ressman Helm came before the good
Democrats of Casey and sought his
nomination by their help in the open
Democratic primary, and not as the
choice of any clique of politicians. He
told how even Col Jack Chinn had
seen the ''snake tracks" at that Louis
vile meeting, and had declared that it
was a 'frame-up" pure and simple
PAID FOR MISREPRESENTATION
Congressman Helm laid particular
stress upon denials of the reckless
statements which have been printed in
papers over the district and paid for by
Judge Sullivan, the greater part of
which, the speaker declared, are abso-
lutely without a scintilla of truth or
foundation He deprecated that a man
of Judge Sullvan's standing would
stoop to the publication of Statements
which have been proven absolutely IN
true. He fatty denied that he had ever
made any attack ubon the Democratic
State administration as Sullivan and
his pald-for statements had charged !
he read an extract from the Interior
Journal, published Immediately after
the Democratic State convention. in
which it was shown conclusively that
he had stood like solid rock with the
friends of Gov. McCreary. He did de-
clare, however, that Judge Sullivan had
before, and would probably do it again.
practically by implication, if not ac-
tually sought to tempt the good Dem
ocrats to support him by the dang ling
of penitentiary guardship and other
political places before their eyes. And
yet, the speaker said, Judge Sullivan
~ as the man who claimed to have
written the Democratic platform.
which specifically declared for the re
moval of the State charitable and nenal
institutions from politics. And sure
enough when he spoke little later.
Judge Sullivan did. liz effect. "danpIe
the jobs, - for he declared that he be-
lieved the good Democrats of Casev
deserved some recognition in view of
the fact that all of its county officers