The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-05-16
SUBSCRIPTIONS RArES:
JUDGE HAYES FOR SENATOR.

Not having been built out Of the ma
terial of which hero worshippers are
made, ii has happened that we have
known very few men in public life to
whose official conduct and personal
character we could give unqualified
approval and admiration Very few
possess the rare combination Of quail
ties, including all the elements OF per-
sonal worth and the intellectual equip
ment necessary to efficient statesman
ship, that render a man ideally fitted
for public service of the highest order.
One of these rare individuals whom
DIT has been our good fortune to know
is Judge Samuel w, Hayes. and this
we say after an intimate personal ac-
quaintance extending over many
years. 1t is because we know Judge
Hayes SC well, because we know his
merits as man and his ability to rem
der public service, together with his
high ideals as statesman, that we
support him for senator
In the candidacy OF Judge Hayes the
people OF Oklahoma are given an op-
portunity to vote for as clean man
as ever entered a political contest AS
member of the constitutional con
vention Judge Hayes was one of the
leaders and while he was never spec
tacular, he did as much as any other
man to embody in our constitution the
progressive principles which have
been the fighting ground of the battles
that have been fought In behalf of the
people during the past seven years.
On his record in that convention he
was elected as a member OF the SUI
preme court after the advent of state
hood, continuing to serve in that ca
pacity until he resigned as chief JUS
tice on April 7, 1914, to enter the race
for the United States senate
1t is certain that the voters of this
state in the present campaign will
have an opportunity to see a race
wherein the candidates will not deal in
personalities or vituperatve attacks,
and this for two reasons: First, be-
cause the record of Judge Hayes as a
private citizen and as public officer
is such that no man, no matter how
partisan he may be, can say aught
against him, and second, because
Judge Hayes is such big, broad
minded man that, even though his op.
ponents might Justly deserve criticism
he would not deal in 1t, for the reason
that he is constructive and not de
structiye in his very nature. We know
Judge Hayes well enough to know that
he is too good man to attempt to
ride into public office upon another
mans demerits. AS the judge has
often said, he does not want the nom
ination unless the voters, after investi
eating his record and the records oi
other candidates, can deciue tnat ne
can better represent the state and car
perform more efficient service in tht
United States senate than his oppon
ents could.
Any man who seeks the high office
of United States senator should bs
able, honest, honorable, trustworth.
and moral, and vote for Judgi
Hayes will mean vote for these prin
ciples If we want man in the Unit
ed States senate to whom we ca
point with pride, one who viii reflec
the highest credit upon the state am
who will render service which will b.
fruitful of results in behalf of the PEG
ple's cause, we can safely cast ou
votes for Judge Hayes.
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