Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-02-24
SULLIVAN'S LETTER
Continued from Prapc u

tidt tley lnlnk l. VIII get we'll
and even the chance to get well
brings sunshine into ones life.
l have enjoyed my stay at this
hospital more this time than ever
before, which is due, no doubt, to
the tact of the report of my doc
tors as to my condition. This
hospital is very busy place and
IS practically a surgical hospital.
1t has two operating rooms, well
equipped and many surgeons o.,
crate here but the chief surgeon
OF them all and the chief surgeon
IN the whole south is DR.. irwin
Abel. have seen patients here
during the past month for Abel
to operate on from Indiana, Hi
nols and Tennessee, besides Ken
lucky. SO large is his surgery
practice that he will not operate
on everybody that even needs to
be operated on, for the simple
reason that he has not the time,
to do so. He begins operating
on patients here at I 80 in the
morning and continues until the
afternoon, or until he is through.
AS first assistant he has DR.. NJ
Joe Henry. Dr. Henry spent sew
eral years under the Mayo Broth
ers and was a high assistant I'M
der them. but he was born and
reared i'll Louisville. Ky, and he
visited me scveralAtimes socially
at Richmond. Ky. The second
assistant is Dir. L. ]. Smith, a
Young man from Alabama. "
this hospital were twice its pres
cnt size and if DR.. Abel would OPP
crate on everybody that appeal
ed to him and needed operating
on. he would more than fill it
with patients. He is a descend
ant from the old English settle
mcnt of Catholics located al,
BardstoWn over a hundred years
ago and came from Maryland and
is of English and Irish blood
Before left Richmond I was
indeed glad to see that many per
sons were announced for the
Democratic nomination for vari-
Gus Offices to be filled next No
vcmbcr, but | was surprised to
sec that no woman had announc-
cd for any county office. Now,
think YOU know me well enough
to understand that | do not favor
the nomination OF ANYBODY simp-
" because he or she is d mere
woman or 4 mere man. or simply
because he or she was in service
during our war with Germany or
ANY other war; but | do believe
that thtc best qualified person for
each and every office should be
nominated and if the qualilica-
tions among the candidates for
any one office are equal. then i'll
deed my efforts would be enlisted
Ill favor Of the soldier boy. | do
not believe anybody should o-
nominated to any Office simply
bccaosc he or she has seen ser
vice: but they certainly shouic
be So nominated if he or she is
the best qualified person running
for the office The people of
Madison county and Of kcnturky
must not overlook the fact that
there are two powerful new fore
cs in politics i'll Kentucky. First
the women voters. and second,
the soldier boy. | hope that he
will not commit the mistake COM
mittcd by the Republican party
i'll western state. In that west
crn state woman suffrage was
granted by amendment of the
state constitution and several
years in advance of the amend
mcut Of the national constitution
but the Republican party when
it afterwards was making nomi-
nations for the first election TN
der the new conditions seemed to
overlook the fact hat women are1
entitled to vote and few women
were nominated to any office In
that state. But. fortunately. for
the state the Democratic party
was not asleep and nominated
of women for the most
offices within the gift
of the people. especially in the
counties and cities. and even the
wives of the Republican nom,-
nces were induced to run against
their husbands.
The result Of the election was
as might have been expected that
many women were elected to the
most important offices, and in
some cases wives beat their hus-
bands for such important offices
as sheriff and mayor and other
offices. There may be some Of
noes that women can I'LL better |
han men, nc there NAV he som q