The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-05-30
MATHEW JOHN KANE.
A GRADUATE OF THE GEORGE
TOWN UNIVERSITY.
LAWYER OF MARKED ABILITY
Years of Active Practive Have Emf
nently Fitted This Lawyer to
Occupy the Bench.

The man who IS to sit upon the SUI
preme bench Of the state should have
two qualifications, no matter what
Others he may possess, THE qualifica-
tions Of legal ability and integrity.
These two are in marked degree
Characteristic of Mathew John Kane
of Kingdsher, candidate for JUS
tice Of the supreme court from the
third supreme court district.
Educated in Georgetown University,
a graduate both Of it's academic and
legal schools. Mr.. Kane came TO
Kingdsher in 1889 and has since prac-
ticed law in the Oklahoma courts
with constantly increasing reputa-
tion for ability, until today he is rec
ognized as having no superior as
lawyer in the new state;and as to p err
sonal integrity and fair mindedness
not even his enemies suggest the
slightest doubt.
The following personal description
of Mr.. Kane is taken from the
Guthrie State Register, the editor OF
which has known him FIR twenty
years:
IN. j. Kane came to Oklahoma in
1Ss9-in the rush to Kingfsher and
there he has pursued the legitimate
practice of his profession ever since.
The writer met him shortly after the
opening, eighteen years ago, renewed
his acquaintance and has known him
closer ever since. If there is a flaw of
conscience or integrity in him any
where no one has ever been able to
discover it. He is the despair of his
| friends for his uttermost lack Of sell
fshness which would make him richer
in this worlds goods and the dsap-
pointmeht of the young ladies for his
self-imposed bachelorhood But as to
his ability, integrity, loyalty, charity,
and all those qualities that win ad
miration from the public and love Of
friends he has them all TO a greater
degree than most men These state
ments will be attested to by all who
know him and especially by the cit-
zens of his home who know him best.
Mr. Kane won honor in theconstitu-
tional convention. He ranked among
the first four members for ability.
When it came toa legal Interpretation
Of the provision the eyes Of the mem
bers turned to no man before him.
And it was there that his candidacy
for the supreme bench was establish
ed the members, who saw how unim-
passioned and always correct his ad-
vocacy Of certain measures YVES, under
extreme tension Of political discussion
of the body And in announcing him-
self for the position picked out for
him he has but fulfilled what was ex-
pected of him. Ifa Democrat must
sit on the Supreme bench of this safe,
NJ. J. Kane will be more just than
any,"
At the time Of Mr. Kane's candid
acy for delegate to the constitutional
convention, the following appeared in
the Kingfsher Times:
''All the old timers know Kane, as
he has been here ever since the very
foundation of the town were laid
Coming here as a young lawyer with
the ink on his university diploma
hardly yet dry, he has stayed with
Oklahoma through thick and thin,
through all the dry, discouraging days
and hard times incident TO the open
ing of new and untried country. AS
lawyer he has prospered and built
up flourishing practice, gaining the
highest respect from every judge and
every lawyer in this section because
of his scholarship, his great store Of
legal learning, his strict observance
of all that is fair and square in the
practice of his profession, and his
we'll known aversion to everything
savering of trickery or sharp practice.
Asa citizen he has stood conspicu-
ously for the enforcement of all the
laws all the time, and for every move
toward the betterment Of the town
and community.
"As a private character no breath OF
graft or scandal has ever been coupled
With his name. You who are reading
this may have known him since the
crack of the gun that fatal day in 49,.
If you have had that pleasure you can
recall no instance where he was ever
! heard to utter an oath, speak an OBJ
scene word or tell dirty story, and no
case in which his honesty or integrity
was questioned, even by an enemy. 1t
4 is these traits Of character that have
gained for him the universal respect
and confidence which he enjoys. And