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Alloa Brooks Parker is well known
.throughout Uio Stato of New York as
Uio l'armcr-.ludge.
Ilia father, his grandfather before
iilm, and theirs before thein, were
i armors, honest men who lived their
Ives on their farms, cultivating the
mil, raising crops and cattle. Ills
;rnndfnthcr, John I'arker, passed
from the old homestead in Massmdiu
Bctts and bought a farm in Cortland
County, New York, In 1803; and here
v.ns born John Parker, and on May 14,
lb."i, Alton Brooks Parker, the Dem
ocratic candidate for President. Love
of the soil, of crops, of cattle, of pure
uir and clear well water aro Inborn
traits of this sterling American citi
zen. One day John Parker, who was a
man of studious habits, widely and
deeply read ami gifted with rare mem
ory for the best passages in the works
of udst authors was summoned to do
jury duty iu Cortland, lie took Alton
with him. The boy was so greatly
Impressed with the proceedings that
lie determined to become a lawyer.
Overcoming by diligence, persistency
and ability all obstacles, ho not only
became a lawyer, but was elected by
tfl.OOO majority Chief .nidge of the
Court of Appeals, the greatest gift In
the legal profession that can be be
stowed by the people ci the Empire
State.
As soon as circumstances permitted
the Judge bought himself a farm nt
Esopus, N. Y. Hero he began raising
his now famous herd of Hcd Tolls, a
hornless cattle good in the dairy and
in beef.
In the fine old house he has a great
library. Out of doors Alton Brooks
Parker is the farmer who seeks to win
from nature every gift sought By the
husbandman; in his librriry the same,
rugged, hearty man seeks In volumes
of yellow calf parallels and precedents
to guide him In his decisions. And so,
by reason of his dual occupations, his
many friends call him the Farmer
Judge. MUM AND TUB CONSTITUTION.
To every man who .loves his country
a country made great and powerful
by virtue of institutions rooted lu the
Constitution, guarded and shielded by
the Constitution it is pleasing, nay,
inspiring, to behold in tills ago of
wealth and corrupt political ami lluan
clal organization, a man of simple ori
gin, removed from every favorable
condition save those of honest and in
dustrious parentage, so battle -all ob
stacles and so rise in the esteem, affec
tion mid admiration of men that he
ho called upon to resign virtually a
life position, the most commanding at
tuo bar of Ills or any other State, to
become the standard bearer of one of
the great political parties. And when
It Is borne in mind that the great
grandfather of Alton Brooks Parker
was one of those farmers who left his
farm when the War of the Rcvolu
tion broke out to shoulder a musket,
that by the work done by these em
battled farmers liberty and independ
cneo was won for all Americans, and
thnt the Constitution was the direct
outcome of the sclf-sncclllcc, heroism,
patriotism and blood of those farmers,
It is not to be wondered nt that Alton
Brooks Parker, the great-grandson, is
tiow engaged in the battle to preserve
that Constitution from usurpation and
destruction. As the great-grjudfntner
.fought that liberty might bo secured,
so the great-grandson lights that llb
eriy may over bo preserved by the
Constitution.
What the Constitution has enabled
Alton Brooks Parker to become, so will
the umlcflled Constitution enable all
other farmers' sons to become lu the
future years.
HIS EARLY STItUGGLES.
But what of those early days?
Young Parker wns greatly In earn
est to become a lawyer. Ills father
did not possess the means to educate
111 in thoroughly for the profession; not
withstanding. Alton persevered in his
purpose. He was graduated at the
Cortland Academy when sixteen years
of age, and on that very day he start
ed out to obtain a school to teach and
he obtained one In Virgil, thirteen
miles frojn his home. Ills first experi
ence as a teacher was extremely try
ing. Some of his pupils were nearly
as old and as large as he. More than
one couflict of authority was neces
sary before he could subdue and con
trol his scholars, but this is the end
ho accomplished. The year following
the young teacher obtained a license
or degree from the normal school of
his town, and through this credential
secured a position iu the county in
which he now resides, Ulster County,
N. Y. His salary was three dollars
ner day. and the position was as
principal of the school, which gave hlra
some leisure in which to study law,
and, in fact, so Industrious and ener
gotlc was he that he held this posi
tion but a year, when ho became twenty-one
years of ago and was ready
to be admitted to the bar, having now
supported himself for the- five years
Just past.
As soon as he was admitted to prac
tice he became the junior partner in
the ofilce of Schooumaker & Harden
hergh, of Kingston, N. Y. no had n
strong friend In Augustus Schooumak
er, who took an interest lu him and
encouraged him to take a course at the
Albany Law School. The friendship
between Schooumaker and Parker be
came still closer. Youn.. Parker was
hardly a partner In the firm when he
took a lively interest in the political
fortunes of Schooumaker, who had
been county Judge, but was defeated
for re-election, and was so discouraged
Ly this that ho was about to give up
politics forever. Young Parker dis
suaded him from doing so, and he ar
ranged matters for Schoonmakcr's
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nomination for . ktaio Senator, and
managed the campaign which, resulted
lu his election. About t'lls time Alton
Brooks Parker became enamored of
Mary L. Schoonmaker, a daughter of
.Moses I. Schoonmnker.of Accord, whose
progenitor also fought for his country
In the Revolutionary War. In her lie
obtained a life partner who was ac
complished, educated and refined and
whoso nttracthoness was the theme
of general return I;. Tho happiness of
this couple during a long lire shows
that the judgment of Judge Parker
was commendable. Judge Parker's own
political career boon began. When ho
was twenty-live yeius of age lie wns
nominated for Surrogate of Ulster
County, nnd he was the only Demo
crat elected on the county ticket that
year. He served six yenis and a par
ticular effort was made by the oppo
sition ench time to defeat his re-election.
Ills competitor was the man who
defeated his former partner for county
Judgo and was one of the popular
men of the county. Parker proved
a more dlflleult proposition and
was re-elected by a strong majority
In spite of a bolt on the ticket.
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JUDGE PAIIKEK, ON HIS
no was again the only successful
Democrat In the county. In 18S1
ho wns a delegate to the Demo
cratic National Convention that nom
inated G rover 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 nnd wns selected as a member
of tho Stato executive committee and
was made its chairman and planned
and executed the successful campaign
that resulted.
BECOMES A JUDGE.
In 1SS5 there had to bo chosen a
member of the New York Supreme
Court, and Governor David B. Hill ap
pointed Alton B. Parker to that Judge
ship. It was for the unexpired term, nnd
at its close Judge Parker was again
nominated for the position. Many lead
ing Republican attorneys 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 tills otllce for twelve
years, showing the esteem and con
fidence his fellow citizens, Irrespec
tive of party, entertained for him,
nnd he is to-day respected nnd ad
mired by all who know him. Then
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men of New York declare ho will be
elected President and that ho will
have a majority in his own Stato of
one hundred thousand votes.
Judge Parker, tlmo nnd again, de
clined to leave the bench and take an
active part in political life. After
Cleveland was elected In 18S1 Parker
was ottered the llrst assistant postmaster-generalship,
but declined It.
Ho refused u nomination for Secre
tary of State nnd one for Lieutenant
Governor when the party was likely
to bo successful.
Another triumph was In store for
tho able and upright Judge. After
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McKlnloy had carried Now York State
by a majority of over 2d3,000 votes the
election for Chief Judge of tho Court
of Appeals had to bo made. The
Democratic Slato Committee selected
tho candidate and in November fol
lowing (1S!)7) Judge Alton Brooks
Parker carried the Stato by sixty-one
thousand majority, thus making a
change of about a:tO,(RHl votes in one
year. This high olllce has been tilled
by him since 1M)S and he has glen
the olllce his undivided attention, and
all parties agree that he has made a
reputation as a learned, nble and tho
roughly Incorruptible Judge. He la
considered the most Industrious man
on the bench. His decisions show him
to be a lawyer of the keenest judicial
Insight. Without prejudice and strict
ly impartial he has won tho confidence
of his fellow judges and the attorneys
throughout the State without regard to
politics. As a presiding chief Judge
Ills conduct has been dlgullled but not
nrbltran ; his opinions have been
spoken of by the intM learned lawjers j
of the Stato and of other s'iiiiev as
models worthy to be fo'lowed by other
Judges. The mental thanioU'tistles as
FAItM AT ESOPUS, N. Y., INSPECTING HEItD OF RED TOLLS.
shown by his decisions and decrees
mark him to be of sterling mental and
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HOME ON THE HUDSON.
Esopus, where Judge Parker has
his residence, is a small village of
thirty-live houses, built along a country
crossroad. The Hudson River, which
spreads out to surround the island
of Esopus, grandly Jiows toward the
ocean, and in its enchanting beauty
when once seen by the tourist is never
forgotten. The grand hills of the Cnt
skllls form the background of tho
scene. On the top of an elevation,
from which the eye can behold the
river and the mountain scenery for a
great distance, stands Roseniount, the
I'arker home. The house stnnds about
one hundred and fifty feet above the
river banks, and Is a large two-story
building. About it are largo trees and
tho path to it is gravelled and divides
n lawn ornamented with beds of dow
ers. A path loads down to the river
bank, and at the end of the path in
the summer is anchoied a naphtha
launch nnmed Nlobe, which is used
by the Judge nnd his family. The
older part of the Judge's residence
was standing when the British licet
anchored in front of it In 1777, tho
night before the British burned Kings-
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centre, runs a broad hall, used as a llv-', dow he can see Hudson River, which
inir room. In which are book cases tilled Hows swiftlv nlmur the trmit nt iiia
with the works of the staudard writers,
both prose und poetry. The Judge's
library takes up about all the southern
half of the first story. From the lloor
to tho ceiling are found row after row
of books. There are hundreds of them.
On a btand are found other volumes
which the Judge needs to make fre
quent examinations. A tablo stands
In tho bow window of the room and
in the centre of the room stands a
directors' table. On these tables aro
piled books and documents, nnd here
Judge Parker does, his work.
The Judge jumps out of bed at 0.30
In tho morning Invariably, nnd In the
summer season his first movement Is
to put on n bathing suit and trip down
the hill to the Esopus landing nnd take
n swim lu the Hudson Hlver. Ho Is
a line swimmer.
After breakfast he mounts his horse
(of which he keeps a number of good
ones), and takes a ride over his farm.
All the- work of his farm Is ordered
and tarried out by the Judge, who
being raised on a farm, is a practical
farmer, nlul lu the busy time takes otf
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 ho Is
found In his library, where he reads h's
letters and papers until noon, when
the family sits down to dinner. After
dinner 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 (I o clock,
when he Is requested to come to the
expiring meal.
When he Is lu Albany holding court
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the Judge rises at 0.30 o'clock every
morning, and e'ven If the weather is
cold lie has his horseback ride before
breakfast. He is methodical iu all
things that he performs. This Is the
secret nnd explains how ho does so
much work.
There is great dignity and n look
of immense power in Judge Parker
which matches well his black silk robe
when ho presides as Chief Judgo In
the Court of Appeals. Ho Is youngest
of tho Judges and observes closely
tho argument and fastens his eyes on
the lawyer who is addressing him.
His courtesy to lawyers is commented
on all over tho State. When ho makes
a decision there is no waste of words;
argument is useless after the thing
Is done. Ills associates declare ho
docs his utmost to save them from un
necessary labor, and Hint lie is the'
only member of the Court of Appeals
who Is always present when tho court
Is open. The other Judges take a va
cation regularly, but Judge Parker is
found every day of the session on his
seat, so that there will bo somcouo
present who will have knowledge of
all rulings made in court. Tho Judge
sits high In his seat ns justice. Around
him are the statue of Livingston nnd
the portraits of John Jay and others.
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j farm, tho beloved Esopus, sixty miles
away, where dwells his family, where
are found his herds, his erons. and
where he hastens at the eud of each
weel;. Even If his mind is perplexed
studying tho Intricate problems of his
great otllce, his affections cling around
his home, his farm and his grand
children, for ho was born a farmer
and ho will dlo a farmer.
CALM AND DELIBERATE.
Judgo Parker works culmly and de-
llberately, not like President Roose
velt, who Is credited with jumping at
e cry thing In a fury of energy and
working strenuously, ns he terms It.
.luilgo 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 ho has the
llrmuess of a Gibraltar lu his opinions
and decisions.
Judge Parker Is no fancy farmer
playing at farming like n boy with a
toy. Ho manages his farm and makes
It pay. He Is a real farmer, who di
rects tho woik, examines tho plowing,
and lu hnrvest tune Is found lu h.s
shirt sleeves at work with his men lu
saving the hay and cutting the wlirnt.
Judge Parker Is not n rich man, as
the term Is now understood. He may
be worth $.'10,000, made by saving a id
by good Judgment. Ills farm at Cort
land came to him from his father. He
was born on it and tolled on It when
a uoy. I.Ike tho great Daniel eb
ster, ho cannot bear to part with the
home where his happy boyhood days
were1 spent, "where to fame and for
tune unknown" ho woiked assiduously
to get an education and to become a
p M-.0U of usefulness and of some con
sequence lu his day and generation.
Judge Parker has noser been defeat
ed yet, and It Is very unlikely that good
fortune will desert him when the
prize Is so near his grasp. Hospital
ity Is one or th( cardinal virtues In
Judge Parker's household, l.lko the
planter In the Southern Stntes pie
ious to the war of 1801, he deems It
to be a privilege to offer entertainment
over night. All his neighbors are his
friends, and when he Is at the head of
his dlnleg table, surioitiided by his
wife, mother, brother, a ulster of Mrs.
Parker, who lives at Roseniount: his
daughter, son-lii-lnvv, grandchildren
ami Secretary McCauseland, with
two or three guests, he is the life of
the party, gentle and dlgnltled, direct
ing the conversation, lint not monop
olizing It. A man's private habits
throw much light on his character,
and nothing in the life of a candidate
for President Is uninteresting to the
pople w ho vote for the ono who Is to
1111 the otllce for the next four jears.
Although Judge Parkei rises early, he
does not retire to his sleeping room be
fore 11 o'clock at night, and he works
ho Interuilttliigly during the day that
he sleeps as sweetly as a babe on its
mother's bosom. He hnrdly ever re
quires more than seven hours' sleep.
WORDS OF WISDOM.
Tho following words from Judge
Parker's letter of acceptance nro par
ticularly forceful and characteristic:
"I have put nslde a congenial work,
to which I had expected to devote my
life, In order to assume, as best 1 can,
the responsibilities jour convention put
upon me.
"I solicit the cordial o-operation and
generous assistance of every man who
believes that a change of measures
nnd of men at this time would be wise,
nnd urge harmony of endeavor as well
as vigorous action on the part of all bo
minded.
"Tho Issues nre Joined nnd tho peo
ple must render the verdict.
Shall economy of administration bo
demanded or bhall extravagrnce be
encouragcd7
Shall the wrongdoer be brought to
bay by the people, or must Justice
wait upon political oligarchy?
Shall our government etand for
equal opportunity or for special privi
lege? Shall It remain a government of law
or become ono of Individual caprice?
Shall we cling to the rule of the
people, or chall we embrace beneficent
despotism?
"Willi calmness and confidence we
await the people's verdict.
"If called to the ot'lee of President,
I 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 nre honest differ
ences of opinion. I believe In tho pa
triotism, good sense and absolute sin
cerity of nil the people. 1 shall strive
to remember that he may servo his
party best who serves his country
best.
"If it be the wish of the people thnt
l undertake tho duties of tho Presi
dency, I pledge myself, with God's
help, to devoto nil my powers and
energy to the duties of this exulted
otllce."
Don't throw way your votel !f
you want to strike a blow at the
Trusts
VOTE FOR PARKER!
EfiYAN ROUSING INDIANA.
Crent IVcbrn.kiv Coiiiiuniitir Sjicntc-lug-
to liumciikc nuil ihttliiifrtnii
llu Crowd,
Mr. Bryan's speeches lu Indiana
have evidently been a great disappoint
ment to the Republican managers. He
has struck out straight from tho shoul
der In favor of a complete Democratic
victory In the Hoosier State and every
where else. Ills remarks have been lu
good tnBto nnd they bear every evi
uenco of unrestrained sincerity. To
sny that ho 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 cither sido has had audiences one
half as large as his, and that no other
audiences have been as Interested and
enthusiastic.
Mr. Bryan has made It plain to his
bearers that while he did not get nil
ho wanted nt St. Louis, he got most of
It. He got tariff mid trust planks thnt
suit him, and he got equally good
planks on Philippine Independence and
Imperialism. He concedes that the
money question Is nolongcr an Issue,
having been crowded out by the ex
traordinary production of gold. As be
tween Judgo I'arker 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, us ho himself would do. It
Is doubtful If there Is another State
in the Union which contains as many
devoted admirers of .Mr. Brjan ns In
diana, and his speeches iu that State
ought to be wortli a great many votes
to tho Democratic Ulckets, State and
National.
If you wnt tjv I.- . enforced
against the Beef Trust, the Tobacco
Trust, and all the other Trusts,
VOTE FOR PAR. ERI
SCENES FROM LIFE OF A
POLITICAL APOSTATE
LOW DID NOT ALMOST KILl DEM
OCRACY WHEN ROBERT TREAT
PAINE, J3., DESEixTED.
Has Renounced the Failli of ilis Falters
Uecaiisc of His Desire to Sco
Elected a President 'Hint Wiit
Invite Booker T. Walk
iugtoii to Dinner
Probably there are many rrndrrn of
Tho American who have managed to
exist without even having heard of Mr.
Robert Treat Paine, .lr., of Itoston. Mr.
Paluc Is the sublimated gentleman who
some days ago renounced the Demo
cratic faith and enlisted under tho
Roosevelt banner because of Ida deslro
to see elected a President who would
Invite Booker Washington t dinner,
nnd perhaps afford other colored citi
zens an opportunity to dine at Uio
White House. While a severe blow,
Mr. Pnlne's desertion has not left tho
Democratic party entirely hopeless, but
for the brief moment It brings him Into
the partl-hued spot light. From Alaba
ma conies the statement of the editor of
the Luverne Critic, formerly x resident
of Washington, D. C a statement to
this effect:
"Robert Treat Paine, acting for his
wile, bought, through his agents In
Washington, D. V , a piece of Innd In
Virginia near Fort Myer and Arlington,
laid otf Into town lots, named It Clar
endon, and sold to people with a bind
ing contract that said lots should sever
bo sold to a negro. I own three of
these lots 111), RIO nnd RSI and hare
the contract and the deeds for them."
Thus It would seem that while Mr.
Palno prefers a President who will cat
with colored folks, he blacklists them
wheu It comes to selling town lots.
There Is another Incident In the life of
Robert Trent Palno which reveals his
superlatively nsslnine quulltlra to per
fection Iu the city of Brooklyn there
lives n Robert Treat nine who a year
or two ago received through the mall a
number of dividend checks which wero
evidently not intended for him. In
vestigation disclosed the fact that they
wero the property of Robert Treat
Pafne, of Boston, and ho forwarded
them to the Boston person, with n po
lite note of explanation, In return for
Ids courtesy he received this note:
"Your letter, with Its lnclosure, has
been received by me. I hope you will
allow me to express my sincere regret
thnt you should bear tho nimie that by
right of lineal descent bclongw to mo
and my family here In Boston. Thero
Is no other direct mule descendant of
Robert Treat Paine, signer of the Dec
It ration of Independence, who was tho
nrst to bear that name. If the uamo
was given you in honor of the signer,
1 think such a practice should notic
ed ve tho sanction of thoughtful per
sons," The Brooklyn Pnluo thereupon wroto
the Boston Paine ns follows:
"For the reason that It Is Impossible
to stop tho bray of tho donkey without
killing tho ass I will allow you to ex
press your slncero regret. The family
to which I have the honor to belong ex
isted for innny years prior to the sign
ing of the Declaration of Independ
ence, nnd your statement that tho
signer wns the tlrst to bear the name
suggests thoughts as to his antece
dents. I have never been sufficiently
Interested to look up my genealogy,
mid I certainly shall never attempt It
now, lest I might find that one of its
withered branches reached out ta you."
This closed tho Incident. Now comes
Robert Treat Paine, of Boston, who
again makes public his claim to being
tho prize nss of North America. Why
he is not In a ward for Incurable lu
the foolish house Is a question which
should chiefly concern his neighbors.
Nashville (Tenu.) American.
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WHERE IT HURTS.
Tariff on Coal a. Great Iujasltoe In
New England.
Why should not Now England get
coal where It can be had for the least
money? But for a tariff It could be had
for a reasonable price from ncross the
Canadian line. Canada supplies an
abundance of bituminous coal. Ala
bamn and Tennessee afford all the coal
.1 ceded for the Southern State and
much other territory besides.
This Instance of the protective tariff
system affords the very best illustra
tion of Its Iniquity. Fuel for the poor,
especially lit the frigid climate of New
Euglnnd, ought at least to bo as cheap,
relatively, discounting freight, aa It Is
In Cnuadu. Iu the South, supplied by
the abundant mineral resources of Ala
bama nnd Tennessee, to say nothing of
the scarcely touched coal beds of Ar
kansas nnd Indian Territory, and
blessed with a perennially tempcrato
climate, they have a great ndTantage.
The tariff should not deny to the peo
plethe 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 tariff which makes this
great difference.
The Republican Beef Trust haa
raised the price of meat for the peo
ple while Itself paying lower prices
than ever to the cattle-raisers. If ycu
want cheaper meat
VOTE FOR PARKER1
The Buttle In Minnesota.
Mlnesota Republicans aro now bo
rattled because of tho groviuB oppo
sition to Dunn, the R-publlcau nomi
nee for Governor, that they have ap
pealed to the Western headquarters
of the Republican National Commltteo
to releatso all Minnesota Republican
who have been assigned to speak lu
other States. Johnson, the Democrat
ic nominee, Is making a great fight
and lu some localities will get a third
of tho Republican vote. Democrats
and Independents nro for him to a
man. Ills election Is easily amonff
tho possibilities.
