The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-10-03

senatorial campaign draws neaf, the
iriends of Justice Robert l.. Williams
Of the Oklahoma supreme court are
irving to find out whether or not he
intends TO enter the senatorial race.
SO far he has remained absolutely
nOncommittal.
Williams is aching TO get into the
fight, but hesitateS about giving up
suye thing on the supreme bench for
the uncertainties OF senatorial com
paign. He still has three years OF
. his term in the supreme court TO
serve, with the certainty of renomi'
nation without opposition, and with
practically no opposition for re-elec-
lion. in view of the record he has.
nIde on the bench.
The dignity thai hedges about
iudicial position is, however, becom-
ing irksome to him. He longs to take
,an active part in the politics Of the
state. which he can harcly do in his
present position. He has always been
an active participant in all of the
-.cltical fights that came his way,
sometimes going just little bit out
OF his way to match scrap" and
longs to be back in the rough-and-
tumble mix-ups of the political arena.
His friends believe that he will get
irro the fight yet. and poin; ont that
even if he loses it would put him in
a highly advantageous position to run
for governor in 1914. That is the OIL
ficew hich Williams really wanted in
The first place. He had announced
himself a candidate for governor even
before the constitutional convention.
hut allowed himself to be sidetracked
bv c. n. Haskell and take place on
the supreme bench rather than in
terfcre with Haskells suberratorial
ambitions. He is not friendly toward
HaskeI' now, however, as he was
whatever to putting a spike in the eX-
governors political aspirations If he
thought he saw a good chance to do
it,
William, would really he strong
candidate. He was the author of the
provisions of the oklahoma constitu-
ton governing public service corpora
hons. which have been condemned in
some quarters as being too drastic,
but so far have stood the tests of the
courts. His record on the bench has
been exceptionally good, his opinions
on the bank guaranty law, the state
capital case and other important
cases which have gone to the United
States supreme court having been al
firmed by that court 1t is a little
difficult to predict what effect his
ontry into the race would have as re
cards the other candidates. hut l.
Haskell attempts to make use of the
constitutional convention machine,
which carried him into office as
governor, Williams might cut in on
hlla very seriously.
Haskell is Quiet.
Haskell il making no active cam
iaign as yet and is not expected to
90 so until after the first of the
wear. but Owen considers Speaker
Champ Clark to he very strong in
oklahoma and expects to prcfit by
that feet himself. The information of
an organization to push Clark's can
didacy in Oklahoma is regarded as
AN Owen move and il is expected
that the junior Oklahoma senator
while boosting Clark will not over
icok any opportunities to help out
his own cause.
The entry of 1icutanant Governor
J. !. McAlester into the race FOR con
gressmen at large has put different
phase on that conteSs If there is nc
redistricting II is said that McAleSter
may be one OF the three new con
aressnen from Oklahoma. The vote
for him would be practically unani-
nous on the east side of the state,
where the old-timers are for him 20
a man. He has never taken part in
any of the political feuds N Oklaho-
ma and has gained no enemies in
that way. He is amply able from a
financial standpoint to conduct
statewide campaign and is already
widely known ever the state.
Roy T. Stafford, editor of the Ok
lanoman, who has also been regarded
AS a tentative aspirant for congress
sional honors, is not receiving very
mach encouragement, and has al
ready aligned too many elements of
the active democracy against him to