The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-10-20
THE RE-IHckRNkTlOS OF HR.
HUMPHREY.

HUMPHREY.
Because Ne ez,sad freely the oo1r.
tesy q our sDace 20 or fellow c.tI-
zeus ,o- the d.scls..on Of matters Of
public import, vie e.Aer our pond
enc be democrat. republicans or 30
c.auss. % should 20 without saying
ina, such courtesy does no, carry with
II the inference that the views Of our
correspondents are nece saH.y the
views Of this paper Or that We are
backing Up their theories Or purpoaes
whatever they may BE-. Yesterday, a.
matter Of political news. We pub
llshed a letter Addressed by Mr. James
r. Humphrey republican nominee for
district Judge IN this district, 10 John
r. Williams, chairman Of the demo
cratic campaign committee.
The letter itseN. while IL !s, Ike
Nerc1,'os wound, no, as broad az a
bar1door nor az deep as well" CON
'alas enough 20 arouse curious and
various Impressions in the reader, Dc
pending upon his politics and also his
knowledge OF Mr. Humphreys political
record. No republican, We fancy,
could read II and suppress a chuckle
and no democrat. without a gasp Of
astoulshment, az Mr Humphreys au-
dacity. not 70 say nerve. OF course
Mr Humphreys communication is
simply another un'oIdlng-a new stage
or plane OF deyclopmont-in the TO
Htical rc-lncarnation Of Mr.. Humphrey
wherein he Is disclosed 10 the good
people Of Carter county. who have
known him and his political views so
long in the sclfimposed task Of bury
ing the body Of a radical mddle-of-
the-road territorial republican, long
used to the favor Of his party, and un-
dcrtaking to project his aspiring po-
lllcal soul Into new shining and
gloriGed fleshly tenement Of non-par-
tisanshlp
Was that really a storm in the Ar
buckles last night, or was Il, as our
fancy led US to believe the gnome-
Ike laughter OF Tom Robnett, re
ccholng through the canyons, as he
sat by his campfire with c. Lincoln
Mcclure, and read 10 him the news Of
the rc-Iucarnation Of James Hum
phrey? Was # merely an optical H.
lusion, or did our senses report true
when We looked into the childNke
and bland COIutouluce of Chairman
Sam Butler and thought We discovered
an added Iuyenil.ty and shade deeper
OF blandness 70 his smile, since tho
public process Of Mr. Humphrey &
transforma ion began
What name Achilles assumed,
said Sir Thomas Browne, when ne
hid himself among women, and what
song the sirens sang are not entirely
beyond the realms OF conjecture" So,
perhaps the mysteries Of Tom Rob
netts laughter and Sam Buffers su-
perfetation OF ingcnuousness a. this
particular time might not be buried
TOO deep for solution.
There are two things that We es.
pecially note about Mr. Humphrey's
non partisan progression. First, that
1t ID, you might say, OF almost spon.
taneous generation-it came In sin.
gle nght-the night after he received
the republican nomination. Previous
to this there was no hint OF It's growth
or that even the seeds Of It's existed.
Second, that II Is unilateral, or, 70 put
II plain. juR-handled in It's character.
In his adroit letter to Chairman Will
Hams. he makes it plain, that while
he Ia a believer In non-partisanship p
as applied 70 James Humphrey, he is
not so strong upon the doctrine as
applied TO Justices Dunn and Kane.
He carefully avoids committing him
self upon the latter subject and the
only promise he makes Is that he will
use Williams letter TO get votes for
Humphrey.
But, by the way, and after all, will
Mr.. Humphrey kindly let us know how
the election OF James Humphrey, re
publican, and the defeat OF Stillwell