The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1912-06-21
Notwithstanding the fact that Judge

Notwithstanding the TACT tnat Judge
Jere Sullivan is bound to us by the
very strongest of personal ties, as he was
to our father before US, and notwith-
standing the fact that he has since his
entry into the present congressman race
been our political preference, we
have taken no sides in the matter, we
would have contented ourselves with
quoting other papers of the district.
However since in his speech in Dan
vile last Saturday afternoon Hon.
Havey Helm has seen proper to bring
the Record into the matter, and too
without taking the trouble to find out
as to the correctness of his assertions
in regard to it, we deem that it is
our duty to have some say in the
matter.
Holding up a Central Record before
an audience of at least 300 representa-
tive citizens, and pointing to an article
in regard to Judge Sullivan S candidacy,
Mr.. Helm made the assertion that Mr..
Sullivan had paid for every line of the
articles published. We are at a loss to
know where Mr. Helm secured his mis-
information, but we desire to say most
emphatically that there was not one
word of truth in the assertion. With
the exception of the regular announce
ment rates, paid to every democratic
newspaper in the district, the Record
included, by Messrs Chinn, Sullivan and
Helm, we have not had one cent of Mr.
Sullivan's money for anything anent
his candidacy that we have deemed
proper topublish, and we defy Mr. Helm
or any other person to prove that the
contrary is the case. We, like all other
democrats of the Commonwealth of
Kentucky, are due a debt of eternal
gratitude to Judge Sullivan, who more
than to any other man is due credit for
the re cent splendid democratic victory,
and to him is due a great deal of the
credit for the enactment of many of
the splendid laws passed by the recent
legislature; to him is due debt OF graf
itude for the splendid Normal School at
Richmond, Ky, which is doing so much
to educate the young people who are
DESTROYS of becoming teachers, and
who but for the existence of this splen-
did institution, due principallyto the eff
forts of Judge Sullivan, would not be
able to see their hopes realized, would
not be able to go out into the world and
assist in redeeming Kentucky from the
illiteracy in which she has so long re-
manned. The debt is all upon our side,
and we take great pleasure in paying
it as best we may, but when all is said
and done that is within our feeble eff
forts to say and do, we will still feel
that the debt is not paid in full.
Not acknowledging that Mr. Helm S
statements are true about the Record,
being paid for the Sullivan articles, but
admitting for arguments sake that they
are, where is the harm? The columns
of newspaper are it's stock-in- trade,
just as Mr. Helms wind and bluff is
his, then why should we not if we
choose, accept Mr.. Sullivan's or any
other candidates money for the pub
LEGATION of any article which we may
see proper to publish about him.
We have hitherto held a kindly feel
from anything that would injure his
cause, and we think that before he
held the Central Record up and made q
target of it before the eyes of the
Eighth District, every county of which
was represented at the Boyle county
speaking, he should at least have done
us the justice to make sure of the truth
or falsity of his remarks.