The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1912-06-04
Sensational CHARGES"

The Interior Journals good friends
of the Danville Advocate threw a
double column black type fit in Mon
DAVIS issue over what it calls "sensa-
tional charges" that Judge Jere A.
Sullivan has made against Congress
man Harvey Helm, said charges be-
ing that Mr.. Helm told somebody
that he wouldn't be candidate for
reelection to congress and that he
is a failure in the lower House.
The Advocate says it knows nothing
of these charges but bases its infor-
nation for the scareheads upon the
Lancaster Records account of the
speeches delivered by the two can
didates at Lancaster last Monday
week.
Now, the Interior Journal regret
ted very much that a member of its
staff was unable to be present at
Lancaster and hear that Joint debate.
From information furnished it bv in
Vulnerable Garrard democrats, whose
word is as good as their bond any
day, it has been given to understand
that Congressman Harvey Helm
made Judge Sullivan look like the
veriest typo at stump speaking and
political discussion. when they met at
Lancaster. In fact, as we boarded
the train here last Tuesday en- route
to the convention at Louisville, We
met a number of the Garrard demo-
Gratis, bent on the same mission, who
greeted us with the ouerv whv we had
missed the speaking at Lancaster
the day before, and assured us that
we would have had the pleasure of
hearing and seeing our Congressman
"eat up' his distinguished opponent
from Madison, as some of them
pointedly and cogently described the
result of the forensic encounter be-
tween the two candidates.
According to the Advocate, Con-
gresham Helms fault consists in
that he might have told someone at
some distant time that he might not
he a candidate again. We know moth
ing Of the premises, but what candi-
dates may not have done such a
thingf A candidate has a right to
change his mind the same as anv
other man, and we believe that if he
did such a thing, that Mr.. Helm had
as much a right TO change his mind
about that as one of the editors Of
the Advocate did to make his light
ming change from one presidential
candidate to another, almost in
twinkline of an eve it might be said.
It's all in the game. any,
wav. but of course-according to his
opponent, and the newspapers which
are opposing Mr.. Helm, anv such
change of mind he may have had
about desiring to continue at Wash
ington and ken no the good work he
has been doing, is perfectly heinOus,
and should absolutely put him with
out the pale of further consideration
by the self respecting voters of the
district. There really seems no 9TH
err ground for not re-electing him by
a unanimous vote.
As to the other charge that is
made against Congressman Helm:
that he has been a failure in Con-
eress; it is to laugh. Would Champ
Clark and Oscar Underwood pick a
man who had been a failure during
his first two terms. TO head the i'm
portant Committee on Expenditures
in the War Department Would they
slight such admittedly able men as
Swager Sherley, Owsley Stanley, r.
Y. Thomas and other members of the
delegation, when picking
chairmen for the important commit
lees of the new Democratic House,
and select a man who had been a
failure" over the heads Of all thesef
The man who tries to argue that
Helm has been 0 failure In