The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-10-17

pululmcut OF JAKE lidEOH ol La"
ION us member of the state cleo
ton board is said by Frank Wright
editor of the News.Republican, to
have met the approval Of the repub-
Leans Of this county. Since lIamon
usefulness as a citizen OF the county
has never been questioned from the
$ andpomt Of purely commercial in
torests his reputation as "A politi.
clan is frequently overlooked in the
heat OF the strides Of progress. He
controlled Bird Mcclure in territorial
days. He was practically McGuire's
dictator. and Mcclure did anything
in his power to favor IIamon in the
matter of legislation and department.
al rulings affecting Southwest Okla
homa Hence LaNton was the recipi-
enl Of a great many gifts from the
government, the like of which no
otncr city OF the state has ever re
Ceived.
AS good fellow" Hamon is with
ont superior. AS a politician he
grades excellent AS a town booster
he Is marked 10 per cent. AS u good
fellow, as politician and as town
booster he has acquired property
He is master of the art of manip-
ulation. He is like Il brother to q
friend. As lawyer he lacks depth
of thought. but he has been success
ful in the courts. Brazen effrontery
and hull-doZing are his most effect
i've weapons He has a smile of un-
common delineation that is impress
/ sive in its breadth and manner of
manipulation. He walks gait thai
/ distinguishes HIM in any gathering
/ and possesses miSchievous eye that
/ commands reckoning. He is a good
natured loser and retires with the
pronunciamento that another day he
will come into his own.
lannon's appointment as a member
of the state election board has split
the republican party wide open so
ial as actual sentiment is concerned.
What the outcome will bel proh-
/ lematical. one class of republicans
commend Governor Haskells action
on the ground that it is a reward
| of merit. Another class now posi-
/ lively refuse to have further TO do
with Chairman Jim Harris. Hamon
is Harris personal friend and legal
advisor. They have been on many 2
round together i'm Oklahoma City in
Guthrie, in Muskogee in Washing
ton and in other places. They think
alike, act alike, look alike and fire.
quontly hold closed-door conferences
on political and business matters.
the appointment has plunged Oklaho-
ma rcpublcanism into a mass of
cnenas from which eXtrication is
necessary to any sort OF respect
able showing in this campaign.
"Nhy didn't Harmon refuse to
serye?" asked local republican
who ,harges the appointment with
being a Harris trick. He may lead
a blameless life in politics. society
and business. He may be as square
as mortal can be But the public
must Judge him by the scarlet let
ter that he wears. SO long as he
stands accused before the world by
democratic United States senator
and republican member of congress
as being guilty of Offering undue
influence in behalf of a friend that
has made millions out of the In
dians, he ought TO be relegated from
political responsibility. The Ameri-
can people like justice and they are
willing that an accused man may
remain innocent under the law until
he is proven guilty, but until his
innocence is established they are
fair enough to society and to the ac-
cused himself to demand that he
not become further involved in mat
ters affecting the public veal and
his own welfare and character.
No necessity exists for stealing
this election from the republicans
In thep rimary the democrats poll. |
ed 1250O0 votes and the republicans
10000. The grandfather clause has
eliminated 10000 republican votes /
thus leaving the republicans over co. |
0o0 IN the minority. We cant win
by the tairest methods that n man
can devise. Then what's the use OF !
the state chairman compromising the |
party by declaring himself pleased
with the appointment of Hamon9 |
Haskell Is not to blame for il. We |
are too anxious to throw calumnv !
when a democratic governor acts.
This is true particularly in this ad- !
mini SfratiOn We fail IN nloga tho ~ /