Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-07-11
RICHARDSON FOR
HARMONY FIRST
Danville Editor Withdraws AS
Candidate For Congress
Against Gilbert

harmony N the ranks of his par
ty, Col. w. Vernon Richardson
of Danville. has withdrawn as
candidate for the democratic
nomination for Congress in th'
8th district. His action leave!
Congressman Ralph Gilbert, o
Shelbyville, unopposed for re
nomination. So there will be nc
primary election among demo
Gratis on the first Saturday ii
August, although the republicans
will hold 4 primary 10 choose be
tween D. H. Kincaid, of Danvlllet
and Ed Hubbard, of Lancaster
as their Congressional candidate
to oppose Gilbert.
Col. Richardson's friends were
not unprepared for his formal
announcement which was made
il the form of letter to Judge
Charles. A. Hardin, of Mercer
county, chairman Of the demo-
cratic state committee. Core
spondence between Judge Hardin
and Col. Richardson covers the
situation fully and will be read
with interest. The letters fol
low:
Harrodsburg, Ky, July 5, 1922
Hon. Vernon Richardson,
Danville, Ky,
My Dear Vernon:
1 learned by telephone You are
not going to Richmond today to
meet Mr.. Gilbert, and this upon
my suggestion conveyed by Mr..
Richard Stout.
l am very grateful to you for
so much consideration as | under
stand you had prepared speech
and had intended meeting him. |
sincerely hope you will have no
reason to regret your action. No
one knows better than myself
that | am under personal obliga-
ton to you which | can never
repay. Your fine loyalty to my in
terests and the warmth of your
friendship can never be forgotten
and | want you to know | stand
always ready to prove my appre-
ciation. You are finely qualified
by exceptional advantages and
legislative experience to repre-
sent this district in Congress.
Your honor, your integrity, your
dependable fidelity to your party
and commonwealth proven by a
lie of devoted service merits
recognition. Your courage to-
make telling fight and your
ability to look after your inter
ests when the fight is OH cannot
be questioned. | say this much
to make it clear that in the talk
| have had with you and in my
request that you refrain from
meeting the Hon Mr.. Gilbert, a
this time was not rejecting a
personal attitude.
AS Chairman Of the Democrat
ic organization in this state |.
have witnessed the getting to-
gether of our forces, TIE autaga-
nistic elements Of Our party CONF
posed and the democracy .of4hc
state. as | see it now marching
shoulder to shoulder with high
courage and perfect morale and
looking with confidence to the fu
ture. This is as it should be and
| fear a race for the Democratic
nomination at this time under all
the circumstance in this district
would be disorganizing for the
Democrats and heartening to the
Republicans. A campaign be.
tween you and the Hon. Mr..
Gilbert would be waged with
vigor and courage, issues would.
be made and feeling aroused and
l fear the party's position in the
state and district would be
weakened. If such would be the
case | know no one who would
regret it more than yourself; L
know you well enough to know
YOU would readily make sacri-
fee of self interest when your
party called. I beg you to con-
slider it is not my purpose to die
tate, but merely to give you my
opinion as Chairman of the Dem
ocratic Party in Kentucky and if
YOU should think differently |
will know YOU are sincere and
will honor your opinion. What
ever YOU do | am sure will be in
the interest, as YOU see it, of the
Democratic party.
Your faithfully.
CHAS. A. HARDIN. !
! Chairman