The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-07-10
SMOKED OUT.
Congressman Helm at Liberty Says
lie is for Temperance. But
Is lie?

A1ISI OciuS SInOheu OUT Oy the Dally
Advocate, other newspapers and thous-
ands of temperance voters in the dis
trict, Congressman Harvey Helm final
ly declared that he will vote for tenn.
perance laws at Washington if elected.
The declaration was made at Liberty
yesterday afternoon when he engaged
in joint debate with Hon. Jere Sulli-
van. So far so good. When Col. Jack
Chinn made the charge at Lancaster
that Congressman Helm is backed by
the whisky ring, Congressman Helm
was in LiheeftI, As s9oD as the news
Vas flashed to him he made a bee line
for LaWrenceburg, reaching there the
."iln5 :: zig afternoon. Lawrenceburg is
a saloon town and Anderson COUNTY is
the chief whisky county in the State,
there being twelve or fifteen large dis
tilleries there. Almost to a man those
liquor people are for Helm. After the
withdrawal of Col. Chinn, why did
Congressman Helm rush to his whisky
supporters for conferences. Did he
mold conference with one of the
chief agents of the Kentucky Distiller-
les and Warehouse Company prior to
coming out and declaring that he would
SUPPORT temperance laws IN @aahihg-
ton? These are questions that are be-
ing asked by the temperance voters
and they should be answered. Some
months ago Congressman Helm appoint
ed Clarence Woods, of Richmond, to
clerkship in Washington. Woods was
the recognized temperance leader of
Kentucky. Before Woods could make
his arrangements to go to Washington
he received a telegram from Helm
saying that the appointment had been
withdrawn. A letter followed saying
that temperance people had objected to
Woods, Woods himself said then and
still says that the Whisky Ring object
ed so seriously to his appointment that
he was kicked out by Helm before he
even took his place. MIR. Woods had
not even solicited the appointment.
Some weeks later, Woods, who was a
violent temperance advocate, declared
he would vote for O'Rear if Gov. Nc
Creary did not come out on the tenn
perance question. Then Helm tried to
make the people believe that he did not
the appointment on account
of objections raised by the liquor inter
ests, but because Woods was not a
good Democrat. Yet at that time
George Willis. of Shelbyville, was
Congressman Helms private secretary, /
and still is. As to the above facts
letter addressed to Mr.. Clarence Woods |
will gain more detailed information. !
Kentucky has done practically all that
is possible to bring about real local op-
ton, but the national laws permit liquor /.
to be shipped from outside states into I
dry territory. The next great tenn
perance work must be done at Washing /
ton by the passage of law prohibiting
the shipment of liquor from foreign |
State into dry territory Boyle coun.
ty has been fooled several times by her
representatives on this subject and has
been forced in the opinion that a liquor
man cannot be depended upon to pass
temperance legislation even if he de- /.
clares before election that he will. |
The cause will naturally be better rep
resented by man whose record on the (
temperance question is clear for years
past and who has always been found |
on the right side.
Notwithstanding his declaration, one
Of the editors of the Advocate had an
experience with Congressman Harvey
Helm very much like that of Clarence
Woods and we advise the temperance
people who support him to demand that
ne back up his word by some reliable
bonding company.-Danville Advocate.
AID.