The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-10-30
THE DISTRICT JUDGEsHlP.

THE DIS kIC ! NODOEot1lF
The supreme needs of a commu-
My where men have come to enjoy
the advantages of social inter
course and civil government and to
upbuild their cities and counties are,
upon the one hand, the firm estab'
llshment of law and order and up
on The other, the dispensation Of
equal and exact justice in the
courts by capable and incorruptible
judges. N!ewel in this light, the
district Judge is easily the most
important officer TO be elected In
the coming election. The district
Judge Is the keynote of the county
Official system. A strong personality,
In harmony with the other officers
of the county will be like a guild
ing and sustaining spirit to them
in the faithful discharge of their
duties and insure a firm and ef-
fective administra ion of public af-
fairs. A weak and vacillating man,
or a political "croOker of the preg
nant hinges of the knee that thrift
may follow fawning,' or n man with
out harmonious relations with the
machinery of the county government,
could not but prove leaden clog
to the maintenance of the reign OF
law and justice, a constant TO-
men er of official friction ami a
source of encouragement, instead OF
repression of the criminal element.
For three years Judge Sullwell
district judge of this county Assum-
ing the bench upon the advent Of
sta ehood, he became from the very
outset OF his official career, a
strong positive factor in the estab.
lshment of law and order in this
community, rs well as n powerful
supporter of the state cons tuition
and the cherished principles of free.
dom and justice which it embalmed,
His decisions where constitutional
questions were involved back in
those early immomoral days of
doubt an stress when the efforts Of
Republican enc MES frCm Tat doNn
to tha present republican candidate
for district ,II'e of this ',uN'y were
allied - H., ra.'it ii, "oec fo cc;nl,
illumua in a.d yhilvuc
HIS mastery understanding and
administration OF the criminal law
QuicGly cleared the o,erburdcncd
dccke,s of The court of criminal
cases, drove the fear of the laws
retrihution deep INTO the quahng
noans of the criminals ant Law
b'saRers. Gnd chansed thn once eX-
is n. conditions that g'va to the
Tcrperation Of murder in the
streets of Ardmorc a property Of
5.sinoss into those that made for
Herce and Q1,.t AMI a wholesome
~ - - Abl AtlN -AN - NlaS ne III
Cohu lished siupy by he firmncss
and ability with which he admin
istered the well es ablished princi-
PIES OF the law. He made no new
law. he disregar ed none that was
writ 'en. he abated no right that
was due to an accused man. So equal
and exact and fair xnd just has
been Judge Russel's application Of
the criminal law in the work of
regenerating this county from crime
and criminal influences that he en-
joys the unique record. as a judge.
OF never having had a single Grim
inal case reversed for mistrial by
the upper cour s since he has been
urOn the bench. On the contrary
his instructions delivering the law,
have been praised by the supreme
judges of the state as models Of
legal enunciation as well as OF alb
solu;c fairness and justice.
For these things. the reputation
OF JUICE Russell has become state
wide There is hardly county in
the safe where he has not been
sent by the upper courts TO sit as
JUDGE and the esteem in which he
is held by the bar and judiciary OF
Oklahoma is certainly an honor and
credit and a valuable asset to