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Democratic Paper at Versailles Says it is Tires of Machine Methods of Congressman. Lexington, Ky, Fc. 2.—The Lex ing Herald publists, an editorial from the Woodford sun, the leading Democratic paper at Versailles, in which the editors, A. A. and Dan W. Bomar, declare that under noe circumstances will they support Congressman J. Campbell Cantrill Cantrill for re-election if he is the Democratic nominee for Congress in the Seventh District, regardless of whether the small primary which the Congressman had his friends call off or not. The editoriel says in part: “If the snap primary is held and other Democrats are contesting the nomination with Mr. Canntill — the Sun editors will demand the right to vote on the grow 1 that they are known Democrats ‘a good standing and will pledge themselves to sup port any other nominee but Mr. Can trill. If they learn that they will be refused permission at the polls to vote on these terms, they will not vote at all. Why Statement is Made ?We make this statement at this time because we have always tried to be perfectly fair 224 cm with our readers, and we think, that now, and not later, is the time to make our intentions known. “It is proper to say that there is no personal enmity whatever as the basis of our decision. The Sun’s editors have not now, and have never had the slightest unkind personal feeling for, or enmity against Mr. Cantril. “The Sun is forty-two years old. We doubt if it ever failed to support a Democratic nominee. Certainly during the thirty years since our father purchased it, it has always done so. Its present editors have voted the Democratic ‘ticket from their majority, one of them for twenty-three and one of them for twenty-one years. Neither of them have ever ‘scratched’ that ticket. Neither of them has ever intention ally remained away from the polls on election day. Have Seen Democracy Wrecked. “We have seen” Democracy in
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Winchester News
Winchester, Kentucky, US
Fri, Feb 02, 1912
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