The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-07-10
CASEY COUNTY DEMOCRATS SOLIDL.Y
FOR CONGRESSMAN HELM.
Candidates speak Liberty Monday and Helm Vigorously Brands
Untrue Charges Sullivan is Making.
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were Republicans, and that he would
take great pleasure in endorsing some
of them for places at Frankfort, and at
Washington, if he were elected.
Congressman Helm demanded of the
Democrats of Casey what was the
difference between this tempting with
the offer of jobs, and plain open and
shut proposition of going to man and
attempting to buy his vote with cash
in hand.
Congressman Helm told the Demo-
Gratis of Casey that he has welcomed
them into the Eighth district as gladly
as any one. He read a statement he
had made at the time, in which he had
said that his only regret was that the
good Democrats of Rockcastle had not
also been kept in the district. He said
that the Democrats of Casey and
Adair were his kind of people, and he
felt at home among them. He briefly
reviewed his record in Congress, tell
ing of his work as chairman of the.
important committee on Expenditures
in the War Department and of its rec
concentrations, saving to the people
MILLIONS of dollars in taxes each year.
He pointed out that although he had
been working and voting to cut down
the taxes on the people at Washington,
there was not a property owner in the
state who had not had to pay higher
taxes since Judge Sullivan had served q
term in the legislature four years ago.
Congressman Helm declared that he
was strong champion of educational
work along every line, but that he did
not believe in voting still higher taxes
upon the people with the state already
heavily in debt. He referred to his
work for the farmers free list bill the
tobacco census bill and other progress
sive democratic measures for which he
had labored faithfully in the interest
of the people.
MEAN CHARGE DISPROVED.
Congressman Helm denied emphatic
ally the charge made by Col. Chinn
that the whisky interests are behind
him, and read letter he had written
to prominent temperance man, long
before this issue was raised, in which
he had pledged himself to the Shepard
Kenyon bill, the measure which the ten
perance forces are seeking to have
passed through the national congress.
He pointed out that Col. Chinn's state
ment- and charge was being printed in
the papers of the district at Sullivan's
expense, although it was palpably I'M
true and complete Misrepresentation
Congressman Helms explanation along
this line was completely satisfactory to
his temperance friends in Casey county
and great many declared afterward,
that the Chinn charge is already prov.
ing a severe boomerang to Judge
Sullivan, since its deceptive character
has become known.
Congressman Helm held the close and
undivided attention of the big crowd to
the end. The largest portion remained
to hear Judge Sullivan's reply, although
many left when Helm had concluded.
Judge Sullivan dwelt at considerable
length upon his own career from bow.
hood up, and told of the success he has
made in life, how he has succeeded in ev-
erything he has attempted, and finally
he has become president of the biggest
and the leading bank in Madison coun-
ty. He told of his service in democrat
&c campaigns and the part he had play
ed in drawing up the democratic plat
form, at the request of the party lead
ers. He asserted that he had worked
for the admission of Adair and Casey
into the Eighth district, read kilograms
from Senator r. L. Hubble, of this
county, and Senator w. E. Bowling. of
county. commenting what he
had done for Casey and how his work
before the committee of the legisla-
ture had played large part in getting
the two new counties into the district
the telegram from Bowling being par
ticularly eulogistic of Sullivan and his
work.
Judge Sullivan declared that he did
not think it would be improper for him
to attempt to get a job for democrats
OF Casey county on account of his close
relations to the officials at Frankfort.
and promised to dc what he could, al
though he declared emphatically that
he had not promised jobs to any DEM
ocrats. He said that prominent news
paper man was mistaken when he claim.
ed that he had promised a position.
This referred to Editor W. Owen
Mcintyre, of the Danville Advocate.
who announced only short time ago
over his own signature that he ba6