Because Judge Sam Sparks was set to hear Carole K.McC.R.S.’s suit in Federal court against the Secretary of State and because he signed her ballot petition and because he therefore recused himself from hearing the case, we’ll never know what comic doggerel the case might have occasioned. Whoever wins, those who savor judicial wit have been short-changed. Certainly, the campaign of her G.O.P. opponent sees no humor in the situation.