The Adair County news., 1916-05-03
c. F. Montgomery q Candidate.

Hon. Chas. + Montgomery, of Casey
county is Democratic candidate for
Congress to succeed Mr.. Helm, from
the Eighth district. He is somewhat
identified with Adair county, his
father and mother having both been
born and reared near Columbia, aud
naturally he has very tender feeling
Tor Adair, and our people hold him in
the highest esteem. He has served
four years as State Senator from the
Casey Lincoln district, and was one of
the most earnest workers in the Ur-
per branch of the Kentucky LegiSla
ture. He is Democrat in whom
there is no guile, lawyer of ability
and forceful and ready DICTATOR His
formal announcement appears in The
News to day. The Stanford Journal
gives Mr.. Montgomery the following
write up:
Hon. Charles f. Montgomery, of
Liberty, Casey county, is candidate
for the Democratic nomination for
Congress, in this, the Eighth district
of Kentucky, subject to the primary
to be held the first Saturday in Au-
gust In making this announcement,
Senator Montgomery is responding to
the solicitation of prominent Dem
ocratS all over the district that he
stand for the nomination, as well as a
laudable ambition to represent the IL
counties Of this splendid district of
Kentucky in the halls of congress.
His friends say he has been assured of
the support of splendid majority in
every county of the district, and that
he starts with the enthusiastic support
of majority of the men who have
won Democratic victories in the coun-
ties of the district in recent years.
Senator Montgomery is already well
known over the counties of the Eighth
district. He has served four years as
State Senator from the counties of
Casey, Boyle, Lincoln and Garrard,
and those who have examined his
record with critical eye say that it is
without flaw, in that he has always
been found voting for fundamental
Democratic doctrines, and always with
the best interests of the people and
the wishes of his constituents con
stantly in mind.
Senator Montgomery is one of the
younger Democratic leaders of the
State with whom rests the future of
that party. Born in Lincoln county,
the son of a beloved Christian minis
ter, Rev. J. O. Montgomery, removed
with his father to Casey county when
a child, where he has since made his
home. After graduating from Tran
sylvania University and studying law
&C Washington and Lee University, he
entered upon the practice of Law at
Liberty, and has made signal success
in his profession. He is a splendid
speaker, convincing and keen in orato-
ry, and he will be heard and judged
from the stump all over the district in
this campaign. Up until few years
ago Casey county, his home, was. in
the "bloody" Eleventh district, hope
lessly Republican, and the mettle of
which Democratic workers had to be
made in combating the Republican
hordes had to be staunch indeed Sew
eral times under the leadership of Sem
ator Montgomery the Democratic ban
ner was carried to victory over the
normal Republican majority of 500 in
Casey. He was himself elected Coun-
ty Attorney, and later led the ticket
to victory in the county judgeship and
County Attorney races at the time he
/. was the party's nominee three years
ago. He knows what it is to fight for
what Democrats want and his friends
say he will make just that sort Of cam
paign for the nomination, and if NOM
mated, will carry the Eighth district
over the common enemy by an old
time majority, in November.
Senator Montgomery has been
staunch supporter of President Wood
row Wilson at all times, is fortunate
in never having been embroiled in
factional fights which have Otter
hurt the party, and is in every way re-
1n-rkabIy well qualified to carry his
Ity's banner to victory and then tt
most ably represent his people in The
conversational halls.
A door key, left at this office.