The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, October 27, 1904, Page 13

, a ee ————————— Standard Bearer, TON BROOKS PARKER'S CAREER } thi " | escended From Farmers and Pat- Parker While ah Ca- | knewn York as | » before were heir men who live ves on their farms, cultivar the il, raising. crops and cattle, ilis andfather, Jobn Parker, passed om the old homestead in Massachu ind bought a tarm iv Cordand , New York, in dSe3: and here as born do! aud on May 1, Alton er, the Den e candida t Love s soll, of e1 of eau ; yout clewr we Waller are int i vits of this steriing American itt Me ane day hn Ta who was a snot sit wus habiis, widely and eply read and gifted with rive ment for the best passages in the Ww best authors was summoned t ry duty in Cordand, Tle took Alten The boy was so gteatly vith the proveedings that rinined ve by od persisconey t ability all obst he not only ny ry but was elected by AU of the yuri of Appeals, the gr st gift in iw legal profession that ean be lhe. owed by the people co the Empire} As soon as eircumstanees permitted ie Judge bought himself a farm at sopus, N.Y. Here he began raising s now famous herd of Red Polls, a srntess cattle good in the dairy and i beet, In the fine old house he has a great brary, Out of doors Alton Brooks arker is the farmer who seeks to win om nature every gift sought by the usbandman; his library the same, wged, hearty man seeks in volumes yellow calf parallels and precedents » guide him in his decisions, And so, y reason of his dual ocenpations, his friends call him the Farmer: Klge, EN AND THE CONSTITUTION, To every man who loves his couutry a country made great and powerful | y virtue of institutions rooted in the | onstitution, guarded and sifielded by ve Constitution—it is pleasing, nay, ispiring, to behold in this age of ealth and corrupt political and finan- al organization, a man of simple ori- n, removed from every favorable »ndition save those of honest and in- ustrious parentage, so battle all ob- acles and so rise in the esteem, affee- on and admiration of men that he » called upon to resign virtually a fe position, the most commanding at 1 bar of his or any other State, to scome the standard bearer of one of at political parties, And when borne in mind that the gr ‘andfather of Alton Brooks Parker “as one of those farmers who left his wm when the War of the Revolu- on broke out to shoulder a musket, wat by the work done by these em- attlod farmers liberty and inhdepend- ree Was won for all Americans, and iit the Constitution was the direct itcome of the self-sacrifice, heroism, itriotism and blood of those farmers, is not to be wondered at that Alton rooks Parker, the gr -grandson, is yw engaged in the tle to preserve | vit Constitution from usurpation and struction, As the great-grandfatner might t ty might be secured, | » the g andson fights that tib ‘ty may ever be preserved by the | onstitution, What the ¢ ut lib nstitution has enabled iher ners’ sous to become in the ature years, HIS EARLY STRUGGLES, But what of those early days? Young Parker was 2 e a jawyer, S_the menus tocducate graduated at the | i When sixteen y fn and on that very day he d out to obtain a sehool to teach e obtained one in Virgil, thirte is home, His first expe a teacher was extremely try Some of his pupils were das large as More ne conflict of author Was neces- ary before he could subdue and con- ¥ 1 his scholars, but this is the end Se accomplished, The following he young teacher obt 1 license vr degree from the nor school of 1is town, and through this credential _ecured a position in the count which he now resides, Ulster County, WW. Y. His salary was three ¢ ver day, and the position was Srincipal of the school, which gave him me leisure in which to study law, nd, in fact, so industrious and ener- metic was he that he held this posi- jon but a year, when he became tw #y-one years of age and was ready © be admitted to the bar, having now upported himself for the five years ust past. As soon as he was admitted to prac- he became the junior partner in he office of Schoonmaker & Harden- bergh, of Kingston, N. Y. He had a ong friend in Augustus Schoonmak- r, who took an interest in him and neouraged him to take m course at the Albany Law School. The friendship between Schoonmaker and Parker be- rame still closer, Youn: Parker was idly a partner in the firm when he a lively interest in the political tunes of Schoonmaker, who had n county judge, but was defeated for re-election, and was so discouraged this that he was about to give up lities forever. Young Parker dis- d him froin doing so, and he ar- matters for Schoonmaker's AUS: ned “s itate or, and mpaign which resulted About t'is e Alton r became enamored of hoonmakér, a daughter of Schoonmak of Accord, whose or also fou for his country olutiona r. In her he partner who was ac- , educated and refined and veness was the theme eral remark. The happiness of couple durit a long life shows that the judgme of Judge Parker Was comment: ». Judge Parker's own yon b n. When he > years of age he was Surrogate of Ulster County, and he was the enly Demo- erat elected Dn the county ticket that year. He served six years and a par- ar effort was made by the oppo- 1 each tine to defeat his re-elee- Ilis competitor was the man who eated his former partner for county end was one of the popular men of the county. Parker proved A more difficult, proposition and; ected by a strong majority ot a bolt on the tleket. Mc 1 carried New York te] by y of over 000 votes the election for Chief Judg f the Court of Appeals to be made. The Democratic State Committee selected the candidate and in November fol-| lowing (1897) Judge Alton Brooks Parker carried the State by sixty-one thousand change of about 330,000 votes in one year. This high office has been filled by him since 1898 and he has given the office his undivided attention, and all pa Ss agree that he has made a reputation as a learned, able and tho- roughly incorruptible Judge. He is considered the most industrious man on the bench, His decisions show him to be a lawyer of the keenest judi insight) Without prejudice and stric ly impartial he has won the confide of his fellow judges and the attorneys thr hout the State without regard to politics. As a presiding chief judge his conduct has been dignified but not arbitrary; his opinions have been spoken of by the most learned lawyers of the State and of othe models worthy to be folloy judges. The mental characteristics as SEALE ae ra ‘ ng ~“ od . ror ~N. ace ae ent on rg fv a is ‘ v3 JUDGE PARKER, ON HIS FARM AT ESOPUS, N. Y¥., INST Judge Parker does his work. The Judge jumps out of bed at 6.30 in the morning inv: summer season his first movement is to put on.a bathing suit and trip down the hill to the Esopus landing and take a swim in the Hudson River. He is a fine swimmer. After breakfast he mounts his horse (of which he keeps a number of good ones di‘ takes a ride over his farm. All the work of hts farm is ordered and carried out by the Judge, who being raised on a farm, is a practical farmer, din the busy time takes off his coat, rolls up his sleeves and works like a hero. The inspection or exami- nation of his farm is usually through with by 11 o'clock, and then he is found in his library, where he reads his letters and papers until noon, when the family sits down to dinner. After di x the Judge spends the time in his library with his private secretary, Arthur MeCausland, and the family does not see him, unless something unusual happens, before 6 o'clock, when he is requested to come to the evening meal. When he is in Albany holding court | SZ ce UE y ~ Btw He was again the only Democrat in the county, In a delegate to the Demo- ational Convention that nom- inated Grover Cleveland. In 1885 he went to the state convention that brought out David B, Hill for Gover- nor, In this convention he became known throughout the State of New York and was selected as a member of the State executive committee and was made its chairman and plinned and executed the successful campaign that resulted, BECOMES A JUDGE. In 1885 there had to be chosen a member of the New York Su ne Court, and Governor David B. Hill ap- pointed Alton B. Parker to that judge- ship. It was for the unexpired term, and at its close Judge Parker was again nominated for the position, Many lead- ing Republic torneys were won over by his impartiality on the bench and openly supported him and he was re- elected by a handsome majority. He remained in this office for twelve years, showing the esteem and con- idence his fellow citizens, respee- tive of party, entertained him, and he is to-day respected and ad- mired by all who know him. ‘Then it is no wonder that the leading states- successful 1 shown by his decisions and decrees 18St| mark him to be of sterling mental and moral worth, HOME ON THE HUDSON, Esopus, where Judge Parker has his residence, is a small village of thirty-five houses, built along a country crossroad, The Hudson River, which spreads out to surround the island of Esopus, grandly tlows toward the ocean, and in its enchanting beauty when once seen by the tourist is never forgotten. The grand hills of the Cat- skills form the background of the On the top of an elevation, from which the eye can behold the river and the mountain scenery for a great distance, stands Rosemount, the Parker home, The house stands about one hundred and fifty feet above the river banks, and 1 large two-story building, About i ‘e large trees and the path to it is gravelled and divides a lawn ornamented with beds of tlow- ers. A path leads down to the river bank, and at the end of the path in the summer is anchored .a naphtha launch named Niobe, which is used by the Judge and his family. ‘The older part of the Judge's residence was standing when the British fleet anchored in front of it in 1777, the night before the British burned Kings- elected President and one hundred thousand votes. active part in political life. master-generalship, to be successful. men of New York declare he will be that he will have a majority in his own State of Judge Parker, time and again, de- clined to leave the bench and take an After Cleveland was elected in 1884 Parker was offered the first assistant post- but declined it. He refused a nomination for Secre- tary of State and one for Lieutenant- Governor when the party was likely Another triumph was in store for the able and upright Judge. After di Neat on Y vec i SVG ton. Through the house, about in ils centre, runs a broad hall, used as 2 liv- ing room, in which are book cases filled with the works of the standaga writers, both prose and poetry. THe Judge's library takes up about all the southern half of the first story. From the floor to the ceiling are found row after row of books, There are hundreds of them. On a stand are found other volumes which the Judge needs to make fre- quent examinations, A table stands in the bow window of the room and in the centre of the room stands a directors’ table. On these tables are piled books and documents, and here Be the Judge rises at 6.30 o'clock every morning, and even if the weather is cold he has his horseback ride before breakfast, He is methodical in all things that he performs, This is the secret and explains how he does so wwuch work. There is great dignity and a look of immense power in Judge Parker which matches well his black silk robe when he presides as Chief Judge in the Court of Appeals, He is youngest of the Judges and observes closely the argument and fastens his eyes on the lawyer who is addressing him. His courtesy to lawyers is commented on all over the State. When he makes a decision there is no waste of words; argument is useless after the thing His associates declare he is utmost to save them from un- neces labor, and that he is the only member of the Court of Appeals who is always present when the court is open. The other Judges take a yva- cation regularly, but Judge Parker is found every day of the session on his f at there will be someone present who will have knowledge of all rulings made in court. The Judge sits high in his sea justice. Around him are the statue of Livingston and the portraits of John Jay and, others, 7 Pe Ry ¥ JUDGE PARKER, ON HIS FARM AT ESOPUS, N. Y.. OVERLOOKING THE WORK, As the justice looks through the win- dow he can see Hudson River, which flows swiftly along the front of his farm, the beloved Esopus, sixty miies away, Where dwells his family, where are found his herds, his crops, and where he hastens at the end of each week. Even if his mind is perplexed studying the intricate problems of his great office, his affections cling around his home. his farm and his grand- children, for he was born a farmer and he will die a farmer. CALM AND DELIBERATE. Judge Parker works calmly and de- erately, not everything in a fury of energy and ing strenuously, as he terms it. Judge Parker works orderly and ac- complishes a vast amount of work. No one has ever heard him speak un- kindly of an inferior, his natural kind- ness smooths the way, yet he has the firmness of a Gibraltar in his opinions and decisions. Judge Parker is no fancy farmer playing at farming like a boy with a toy. He manages his farm and makes it pay. He is a real farmer, who di- rects the work, examines the plowing, and in harvest time is found in his shirt sleeves at work with his men in saving the hay and cutting the wheat. Judge Parker is not a rich man, as the term is now understood. He may be worth $30,000, made by saving and by good judgment. His farm at Cort- land came to him from his father. He was born on it and toiled on it when a boy. Like the'great Daniel Web- ster, he cannot bear to part with the home where his happy boyhood days were spent, “where to fame and for- tune unknown” he worked assiduously to get an education and to become a person of usefulness and of some con- sequence in his day and generation. Judge Parker has never been defeat- ed yet, and it is very unlikely that good fortune will desert him when the prize is so near his grasp, Hospital- y is one of the cardinal virtues in Judge Parker's household, Like the planter in the Southern States pre- vious to the war of 1861, he deems it to be a privilege to offer entertainment over night. AN his neighbors are his friends, and when he is at the head of his dining table, surrounded by his wife, mother, brother, a sister of Mrs, Po . Who lives at Rosemount; his daughter, son-in-law, grandchildren and Secretar MeCanseland, ith two or three guests, he is the life of the party, gentle and dignitied, direct- ing the conversation, but not monop- olizing it, A man’s. private habits throw much light on his character, and nothing in the life o candidate for President is uninteresting to the people who vote for the one whe is to fill the office for the next four Although Judge P: i early, he does not retire to his slee room be- fore 11 o'clock at night, and he works Ss» intermittingly during the day that he sleeps as sweetly as a babe on its mother's bosom. He bardly ever re- quires more than seven hours’ sleep. WORDS OF WISDOM, The following words from Judge Parker's letter of acceptance are par- ticularly forceful and characteristic: “I have put aside a congenial work, to which I had expected to devote my life, in order to assume, as best I can, the responsibilities your convention put upon me, “I solicit the cordial co-operation and generous assistance of every man who believes that a change of measures and of men at this time would be wise, and urge harmony of endeavor as well as Vigorous action on the part of all so minded, “The issues are joined and the peo- ple must render the verdict. Shall economy of administration be demanded or shall extravagance be encouraged? Shall the wrongdoer be brought to bay by the people, or must justice wait upon political oligarchy? Shall our government stand for equal opportunity or for special privi- lege? Shall it remain a government of law or become one of individual caprice? Shall we cling to ‘he rule of the | people, or shall we embrace beneficent despotism? “With calmness and confidence we await the people's verdict. “If called to the oftice of President, T shall consider myself the Chief Mag- istrate of all the people and not of any faction, and shall ever be mindful of the fact that on many questions of Na- tional policy there are honest differ- ences of opinion, I believe in the pa- triotism, good sense and absolute sin- cerity of all the people. I shall strive to remember that he may serve his party best. “If it be the wish of the people that I undertake the duties of the Presi- dency, T plec help, est who serves his country myself, with God's to devote all my powers and to the duties of this exalted Don’t throw -way your vote! ‘f you want to strike a blow at the Trusts VOTE FOR PARKER! Great Nebraska Commoner Speak- ivg to Immense and Enthusias- tic Crowds, Mr. Bryan's” speeches in Indiana have evidently been a great di ent to the Republican mau . as struck out straight from the shoul- der in favor of a complete Democratic victory in the Hoosier State and every- where else, His remarks have been in good taste and they bear every evi- dence of unrestrained sincerity. Te say that he has drawn great crowds wherever he has appeared is super- fluous, but it is not out of place to mention the fact that no other speaker on either side has had audiences one- half as large as his, and that no other audiences have been as interested and enthusiastic, x Mr. Bryan has made it plain to his hearers that while he did not get all he wanted at St. Louis, he got most of it. He got tariff and trust planks that suit him, and he got equally good planks on Philippine independence and imperialism. He concedes that the money question is no longer an issue, having been crowded out by the ex- traordinary production of gold. As be- tween Judge Parker and Theodore Roosevelt, he thinks there should be no hesitation on the part of any Dem- ocrat. He urged all of his friends to support the Democratic National tick- et loyally, as he himself would do. It is doubtful if there is another State in the Union which contains as many devoted admirers of Mr. Bryan as In- diana, and his speeches in that State ought to be worth a great many votes to the Democratic tickets, State and National. be — lET Ead if you want the lawn chnforced against the Beef Trust, the Tobacco Trust, and all the other Trusts, _ MOTE FOR PARi | erates not ke, Pretideot oe at {SCENES FROM LIFE OF A bly, and in o POLITICAL APOSTATE BLOW DID NOT ALMOST KILL DEI- OCRACY WHEN ROBERT TREAT PAINE, JR, DESERTED. fas Reaswzced th Faith of fis Fatuers Ceocauss of His Desire to See Elscted-a-Presideat-Thai-Will tavite Booker T, Wac’- ingtea to Dianci. Probably there are many readers of The American who have managed ton exist without even having beard of Mr. Robert Treat Paine, Jr. of Boston, Mr, Paine is the sublimated gentleman who some days ago renounced the Demo cratic faith and enlisted under the Roosevelt banner because of his desire to see elected a President who would invite Booker Washington to dinner, and perhaps afferd other colored cith zens an opportunity to dine at the White House. While a severe blow, Mr, Paine’s desertion has not left the Democratic pi entirely hopeless, but for the brief moment it brings him into the parti-hued spot light, From Alaba- ma Cconies the siatemeat of the editor of the Luverne Critic, former), of Washington, D. C,, a statement te this effect: “Robert Treat Paine, acting for his ife, bought, through his agents in bington, DP, C. a piece of land im ginis near k Myer and Arlington, lnid of it town lots, named it Chats endon, ¢ sell to people with a bind- ing contract that said lots should nevet be sold to a negro, 1 own three of these lots—l1Y, 120 and 121—and have the contract and the deeds for them.” Thus it would seem that while Mr, Paine prefers a President who will eat with colored folks, le blacklists them when it comes to selling town lots, ‘There is another incident in the life of Robert Treat Paine which reveals hia superlatively assinine qualities to per fection, In the city of Brooklyn there lives a Robert Treat : aine who a year or two ago received through the waila number of dividend checks which were evidently not intended for him, In- vestigation disclosed the fact that they were the property of Robert Treat Paine, of Boston, and he forwarded them to the Bostou person, with a po lite note of explanation, In return for his courtesy he received this note: “Your letter, with its inclosure, hag been received by me. I hope you will allow me to express my sincere regret that you should bear the name that by right of lineal descent belongs to me and my family here in Boston, There is no other direct male descendant of Robert Treat Paine, signer of the Dee leration of Independence, who was the urst to bear that name, If the name was given you in honor of the signer, 1 think such a practice should not re ceive the sanction of thoughtful per+ sons.” The Brooklyn Paine thereupon wrote the Boston Paine as follows: “For the reason that it is impossible to stop the bray of the don’ i killing the ass I will allow press your sincere regret. e family to which [ have the honor to belong ex- isted for many years prior to the signs ing of the Declaration of Independ- ence, and your statement that the signer was the first to bear the name suggests thoughts as to his antece- dents. I have never been sufficiently interested to look up my genealogy, and I certainly shall never attempt it now, lest 1 might find that one of its withered branches reached out to you.” ‘This closed the incident, Now comes Robert Treat Paine, of Bosion, whe again makes public his claim to being the prize ass of North America. Why he is not in a ward for incurables in the foolish house is a question which should chiefly concern his neighbors. Nashville (Tenn.) American, WHERE IT HURTS, Tariff on Coal a Great Injustice ia New England. Why should not New England get re it ean be had for the least Sut gor a tari® it could be had sonable price from across the lian line. Canada supplies an abundance of bituminous coal. Ala- bama and Tennessee atford all the coal nceded for the Southern States and much other territory besid This instance of the protective tariff em affords the very best illustra- tion of its iniquity, Fuel for the poor, especially in the frigid climate of New. England, ought at least to be as cheap, relatively, discounting freight, as it is in Canada. In the South, supplied by the abundant mineral resources of Ala- bama and Tennessee, to say nothing of the scarcely touched coal beds of Ar- kansas and Indian ‘Territory, and blessed With a perennially temperate climate, they have a great advantage. The tariff should not deny to the peo- ple—the poor people of the New Eng- land States—the chance for a living, as far as fuel is concerned, which is enjoyed by the people South. It is a protective tari which makes this great difference. The Republican Beef Trust has raised the price of meat for the peo- ple while itself paying lower prices than ever to the cattle-raisers. If you want cheaper meat VOTE FOR PARKER! FON Taal The Battle in Minnesota, Minesota Republicans are now so rattled because of the growing oppo- sition to Dunn, the Republican nomi- nee for Governor, that they have ap- pealed to the Western headquarters of the Republican National Committee to release all Minnesota Republicans who have been assigned to speak in other States. ‘Johnson, the Democrat- ic nominee, is making a great fight and in some localities will get a third of the Republican vote,. Democrats and independents are for him to a man. His election is easily among the possibilities, . =