The Irish standard., 1904-07-16
PARKER THE NAN.

ing men knew that there was to be a
real campaign this year. The Demo
cratic party was more hopeful than
for many years past. But when it
was learned that Judge Parker had
sent his now famous telegram stating
his position on the money question
and offering his resignation, unless
that position was satisfactory to the
majority of the convention, the whole
country was thrilled by the manliness
and courage of the man. Even those
who had opposed him and who oppose
his views We're struck with an adj
miration for the only man who had
ever staked the honor of nomination
to the greatest Office in the world up
o the determination to be honest and
Straightforward in politics. By this
{; lie disprovcd at once and forever
assertion that has often been Ii.
I, The effect that he was Hills nan
any ones man. David 3. Hill, true
|. is lifelong rccol'l. lad decided to
nIlon'i>" ",i;i' l.e friends of Mr..
Bryan rather than have fight upon
the floor of the convention, but Parker
with the nomination already given to
him and with the convention still in
session in unequivocal words stated
his position and placed his resignation
before the representatives of the party
while there was yet time to name an
other candidate. Honest men, no mat
ter what their views, will commend
the high mindedness and rugged hon
esty of Alton b. Parker. 1t is re-
freshing in these days Of political
jugglery to find man with character
enough to place his great opportunity
in serious danger in order that there
might be no misunderstanding. Over
and above everything that the great
political contest eliminating in the re-
markable convention of last week has
developed, Alton B. Parker-thc man
towers great and strong. 1t is not
strange that from every part of the
hood. No wonder that the Republican
press is forced to pay high tribute to
New York's great jurist. The Chicago
Tribune, the most consistent and per-
sistent advocate of Republicanism in
the West, in last Sundays issue paid
such a high editorial tribute to the
man that we deem it worthy of re-
first, Because of it's truth,
and second, because of the source from
which it came:
"Parkcr's personality if there were
need of driving it home to one word,
would best be EMBODIED in the word
HE was born a New York farmer in
the Hudson river region. He remains
Il New York farmer in the Hudson
river region. His estate at Esopus is
none the less farm because it hap
pens to be called by the stately name
of Rosemont.
Parker owns two farms besides
Rosemont. He is what his fathers
We're before him, practical cultivator
of ground and a practical breeder of
animals. When he stands in his farm
clothes among his Red Poll bulls, his
Shropshire sheep, and his Poland
China pigs, this chief judge of the
state of New York is one of the finest
living Illustrations of the stability Of
temperament which keeps some men
rooted securely in their ancestral en-
vironment.
"The same fundamental characters
tic can be observed in Parker's work
as a judge. He has been a judge
since 1855. Before 1855 he had taken
an active personal part in local poll
tics. Since 1885 he has never strayed
from the bench to the hustings. He
has regarded himself as the agent Of
the state of New York for the settle
ment of legal controversies and for
the maintenance of the science of
Jurisprudence. From this high vocal
ton he has never been drawn away
by any counter call of political ext
gency or of personal ambition. The
serene and unveXed impartiality of the
law could be intrusted to no more
unwavering hands.
ITO stability in inherited instincts
and to stability in chosen duty Parker
adds stability even in daily personal
habits. On arising he dresses for his
morning ride. On returning from his
ride he dresses for the court of APP
pcals. On returning from the court
of appeals he dresses for dinner. His
triple sartorial equipment. the amaze
ment of the special correspondent, is
as precise in it's details as it is in
evitable in it's sequence. Parker, for
better or for worse. is no rowing comet
seeking change and adventure through
the corners of the universe. He is one
of the most respectable of planets
circling on schedule time around a
fixed orbit.
"Yet he seems to have enough dis
tinction of temper to attract interest.
He was not much more than boy
when he was elected clerk of board
of s,,norviSOrs Ha WAS only twenty