The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-30
remocratic Judge at GA
Caused Quite a Stir
in New York Race
IMPOSED DRY LAWS
Made No Speeches but He Cut
nc. O. P. Majority Down
I'm Thirty-seventh District


~aIst before he ever sought an
elective office.
Then he hit the line hard. Run
,lnr as democratic candidate i'm n
,ocE.ribbed republican district
r27th congressional of New York; |
N the recent by-clcction to replace
Aanson B. Houghton, now Ambas-
sador TO Germany by President |
pording's appointment, he romped |
,brough victorious loser, giving |
the G. O. =. and its volunteer ad-
;unct. the Anti-Saloon league, some
,hng TO ponder seriously. Judge |
irvine cut into the normal repub- |
ucan lead in the district by some |
g 000 votes and reduced Mr.. |
Xoughton's landslide plurality of |
S.75O in 1920 to n mere handful |
Of s,Os7 votes for Lewis Henry of
Tlmira, his opponent This means
that If the same result were pro-
acted countrywide in next fal's
,lsetons for congress, the Harding
bhuality of 100000 would be more
man wiped out and only "a beggarly
rpr7blican minority would be left
m the house of representatives.
Rompcd ia Right. 4
| \ RNmped in right The press dis.
rstches which carried the results
| a. tho election failed TO report one
ysry ,dgnificant fact. Judge Irvine
made no canvass of the district in
The ordinary sense OF the word. He
made no speeches, and no meetings
we're held or speeches made in his
behalf Ivy others With two excep-
lions. he did not leave his modest
law offic . in ithaca during the whole
course OF the two weeks intensive
Srlye for votes. These two occa-
IONS he himself describes as fol-
Il Nws:
'I went over to Slmira one after
noon and TO Corning another, and
stood in a hotel lobby for while
and talked with some people who
wanted to see me"
That was all, except for a letter
which he wrote and which, printed
With the modest title, statement
Of the views OF Judge Frank Irvine"
vas circulated among the voters by
the democratic committees of the
five counties involved. 1t may fair
g be assumed. therefore, that those
views thus stated, constituted the
issue which cost the republican
party some $4,000 votes in the cleo
ton.
What views were they, and what
sort of person is the man who holds
them?
Thought Out" Beforehand.
The writer went up 10 Ithaca
hst week to find out, and at the
Ntset OF the interview something
hppened which was interpretative
Of one side of the man. The APP
pointment had been made the night
before by telephone. At the second
" third query Judge Irvine picked
..F, ftT nj nfa n
desk at his right elbow and handed
Il across.
That's all there" he said. 81
had an idea you might ask about
that"
Half dozen times in succession
such immediate production of docu-
mentary statements showed the
\ same habit of being methodically
~ Irepared-the same quality of not
merely thinking along with the
other fellow, but of thinking ahead
to stand ready and waiting as he
ranged up alongside. interviewing
him was made largely automatic.
Frank Irvine Is of old American
stock Of the Scotch-Irish strain. lie
was born September Is. 1858. In
Sharon. Pa, where his father, q
physician, was enc of the pioneers
In iron manufacture.
The son was graduated as Bach
Aelor of Science from Cornell in 1880
and took a law course at the Ma
uonal university In Washington, be
Ing graduated and admitted TO the
bar there in 1888. on the advice
Of his uncle, Supreme Court Justic,
samuel f. Miller (appointed by
President Lincoln in 1862 and serv
Ing until his death in 1900, he wen
west In 1884 and opened a law of
lice In Omaha, Neb.
Held Many offices.
Although Judge Irvine has beer
lawyer for almost forty years
only about ten years OF that tint
nave been given to office and cour
practice. The governor OF Nebrask;
1881 appointed him judge of tn
Fourth district court and two years
mter Judge of the state supreme
court, from which post he retire,
~ 1899 TO resume practice in Lin
coin. But in 1901 he accepted ;
ptotessorship in practice and pro
edure in law at Cornell. and II
CSW was made dean of Cornell Law
ayhool resigning in June. 1914
hMhen Governor NGlynn appointe,
nm nm public service commissions
HGtl the second or upstate district
eihor Whitman in 1916 appointe,
nun TO succeed himself for a ful
.srm or five years, remarlSing at tn
,uIne that he would continue Judg
irvine in office because of hi
proved fitness" This term expire
sst fall, Just at the time when tn
od public service commissioner
We're lesislated out of office. Sine
then he has been practicing 4
ithaca in the office of former Sena
Ior Cobb, specializing as counsel 1
public service corporation work, 10
which his experience has particu
@rly qualified him.
Hns No Hobbies.
His family consists OF his wifi
and three daughters, two OF ther
married and living, respectively, 1
, Vrange, ~. j., and Niagara Fall
sht He is member OF the Amel
xn New York state and Tompkin
saaty bar association. He was
aember of the American Bar assc
aation committee created TO sug
.est remedies and formulate law
70 prevent delay and unnecessar
sost in litigation, and is now
,snember of the committee on un!
urn judicial procedure.
such has been the course of
s which seems to have left hin
eS plus, full of quick interest
si'sy facet and angle OF life, a
s"i, vigorous and happy mentall
any boy, firm and definite in a
lna own convictions, but with n me