New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-07
PLAN PARKER SERENADEg
Esopus Party Lines Forgotten.
Early Notification Likelg.
lar TELEGRAPH TO THE TR1BUNr.1

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Esopus n. Y. July 6.-Another typical Pars..
day marked by Olympian calm and political o.
rlculture. characterized the existence Of this vii
iase Today Chief Judge Parker sat On NJ.
piazza ana listened to the telephone records =,
the 81 LOUIS convention. chatted with visitors
look MS customary swim in the Hudson. ana
carry IN the day rode out tc Slab Sides n.
country bungalow of the naturalist John pm.
roughs- In the afternoon he wandered 49,.
his farm. but did not pitch hay feed cattls a.
affect any other vigorous agricultural exarc,..
OF the vote getting nature. The early afternoo,
telephone messages informed him OF the srsa.b
OF John Sharp Williams at ST. Louis. Durn,
the day Judge Parker showed no signs of anr.
iety OF worry. Whatever were his emotions con-
corning the situation at St Louis. they wers
exterior '''
but II Chief Judge Parker is silent the in
habitants OF Esopus are not Already bousas
end stores are beginning TO show IA am, ,,ta.
decorations In honor OF the Esopus candidate
Moreover. unless the Democratic ,or,a,,.f,,, a..
appoints the Ulster County enthusiasts b,, nom
mating some one else. next Saturday nigb+ vr,T,
witness a grand procession hrevorlss and
Kingston brass band serenadIng the Chief I,d9.
at RosemOnt. The Democratic supervisor a,
EsopuS, Ellis B. Long. who came here from,
Maryland several years ago to raise Angora cats
and entered rural public life on the crest of
REFORM movement recently. together with E. q
Parker. who owns country house adjoining
Rosemont, spent the day IN driving through tina
country collecting subscriptions for the celebra
ton Democrats and Republicans alike con-
tributed 20 the fund. for party lines have been
temporarily laid aside in Esopus. and the village
pride has supplanted all partisan prejudice For
| the first time in many years Esopus is a DEM
ocrat!c village, a result of an overturn in a
local election; therefore the Democratic auth0r-
ties are able to conduct the celebration bur
there will be party lines at present in ESQ.,
pus II Chief Judge Parker Is nominated On
election day. however. the normal Republican
majority of 1000 in Ulster County will probably
be heard from.
Judge Parker Is fine man. but he can,
beat Teddy We're all proud OF him, though"
explained one local politician who has no little
reputation for reading the signs. and the sams
doubt havored by enthusiastic loyalty is met
on every side.
The prospect Of an official declaration from
Judge Parker Immediately after his nomination
/ is slight, unless the Kingston brass band and the
special orator move him 70 utterauce on Satur-
day The Chief Judge has studied the praee-
dents regarding the conduct Of a nominee. and is
stiI Of the opinion that until the formal not-
acation comes, silence best becomes the cand-
! date Then a significant celebration may be
| expected But as soon as he is nominated
Esopus promises TO become centre OF Demo-
cratic politics. Afreafy scores OF letters ars
pouring in, and the advance guard Of visitors
is expected by to-day. Telegraph dispatches OF
conEratulaJiOn have not Vet reached here and
the original Parker man. who numbers at
least regiment. has already forwarded ais
name, address. political opinion AND the pat
ronage most desired, together with a Feeling ex-
preston OF qualification at the nomination,
which, as Chief Judge Parker shrewdly Tec0g-
nizes. has not yet been made
II is understood here tonight thar Judge
Parkey has expressed 70 William 2. Sheehan his
desire that in the event of his uoTnna ZION the
notification shall take place at a very early
date. even within a fortnight