Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-10-21
JUDGE SULLIVAN ON
| LOCAL CONDITIONS
Richmonds Regent Of Eastern
Normal School Starts Inter
esting Discussion Today

, normal ScnOo1 SCartS 1nteI-
esting Discussion Today
(The following is the first in
stallment of a contribution from
Judge J. A. Sullivan, on condi-
tions in Richmond and Madison
cCunty.)
Richmond, Ky, Oct. 20, 1922.
To the officers and members Of :
!. The Chamber Of Commerce
Of Madison county, Kentucky.
2. The Richmond Golf Club.
3. The Richmond Rotary Club.
4. The Richmond Exchange
Club
5. The public in general Of
Richmond and Madison county.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
1t makes my heart glad, indeed
to see that every one of yolf
clubs is in existence. | command
the purpose Of each and all and
congratulate the public in general
that though quite late, the people
OF Richmond snd Madison coUl-
tv have at last developed public
spirit and civic pride sufficient to
organize these four healthy, us
full organizations, because from
these, | hope, Will be formed a
strong public spirit of co-opera-
ton which spirit it has been al
ost impossible to develop here in
Richmond in the past and to hold
it except upon some supreme and
most important issue affecting
the county CT Madison as whcle
What Judge Jerre R. Merton
Said of Madison
Judge J. R. Morton, OF Lex
ington, KY, was Circuit Judge OF
the Blue Grass district for over
nine years and as such, he had a
splendid opportunity to learn and
understand the people OF every
ounty in his district. and to see
and know their character from
the equity records he careful ly
read considered and decided from
the litigants and their witnesses
OH the stand, from the jury in the
box and their verdicts and more
especially from the members OF
the bar. with all of whom he
came necessarily into close con-
tact. Besides he was close OBJ
server and student Of human na-
ture and delighted to meet the
people OF all grades and classes
and talk with them on all current
questions. | have often heard
Judge Morton say: Madison
county deveops in an unusual de-
gree a striking individualism. !
see this quality developed among
your Bar and your people. Now
in all this district or in the state
there isbut one Major Burnam,
and only one Colonel Caperton,
or W. B. Smith, or John Bennett,
or Tom Scott, or Billy Chenault,
or Rollins Burnan, or Governor
McCreary and SO on with the
balance of YOUR Bar, old or
young. Each one has his own
peculiar and distinguishing char
acteristics. Now this can not be
said Of the members of any other
Bar. The same qualities of
strong individualism also seem
to have developed among your
farmers and merchants. Now
all this is fine, but the people of,
Richmond and Madison lack a
wide-awake spirit OF co-opera-
ton. You all just can't or don't
do teamwork like the people Of
Clark and other Blue Grass coun-
ties do. When l went on the
Circuit Bench, | admit | did not
have the very highest opinion of
your Bar, but | soon learned
that the Richmond Bar was just
about as able and high-toned,
and practiced law on about as
high a plane as any other Bar in
nv district. But Ihave been
given a lot or surprises here. |
have had more trouble while re-
siding at Richmond than | have
had at any other countyseat in
my district, and | have also had
more pleasure while presiding
here. If the people of Richmond
and Madison County will only
learn to cooperate and do regu-
lar teamwork, they will be morre
prosperous, more progressive
and mooe happy in the future
than they have ever been in the
past"
What Governor McCreary Said
of Richmond
SONG years ago after he retir-
ed to private ife, Governor Nc