The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-04
Wild Enthusiasm Over the
 Candidate.
FOUR SPEECHES ARE MADE
Iu Hartford Ovation Lasts for
 Eighteen Minutes.
At Meriden the Democratic Candidate Refutes the Charge that the Standard oil Company is Contributing to His
 Campaign Fund.

Hartford, Conn.,, Nov. 3.-Four enthu- siastic audiences greeted Judge Parker today on his only visit to the State in the campaign and in several other places through which his train passed he was given rousing impromptu well comes.
 The Democratic candidate left New York during the forenoon and speed was slacked at Hamford and South Norfolk before the train reached Bridgeport, where the first stop was made. The principal speech of the trip was in this city tonight, though other receptions were held in Bridgeport New Haven and Meriden, where an ad- dress was made from the rear end of the train.
 This speech dealt with the question of the trusts and the candidate under took to refute the charge that the Standard Oil Company is the financial sponsor of the Democratic Party and charged that the company's interests were with the Republican Party.
 The meeting in this city was one of the greatest of the campaign in this State. Judge Parker was given a warm welcome from the moment he reached the city at p. m.
 Met VhOUB0n08s
 When the special train bearing the Judge and his party. the candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor. and a special committee of prominent men arrived at Union Station. several thousand persons were gathered to greet the candidate. He was driven through the crowds to the Hartford Club. where the town committee were the hosts at dinner.
 The meeting was held in the opera house, which was filled long before 8 o'clock. the hour set to call the meet ing to order All entrances were blocked by the time the candidate was driven to the opera house and admit tance was effected with the greatest dificulty.
 Judge Parker held informal recep- tions after each of the meetings and shook hands during the day and even ing with several thousand people. He remained over night in Hartford as the guest of J Howard Morse. Democratic candidate for Congress in the First Congressional District.
 Back to New York Today.
 He will start on his return trip to New York at a. m. tomorrow on his special train over the New York. New Haven and Hartford Railroad.
 This city became wildly enthusiastic over Judge Parker at a monster rally held in the Opera House tonight. Dem ocrats from all parts of the State came here and the accommodations for the audience were entirely inadequate. The ovation at the Opera House lasted eighteen minutes, most of the audi ence being on their feet shouting wild ly, while hundreds of them waved flags. Judge Parker said when introduced:
 T went to Madison Square Garden a few nights ago and 1t was twenty six minutes before I had a chance to be heard. Measured by the square inch. think Hartford beats Madison Square Garden. I am not making this fight for myself, but am doing what l think is right. Your chairman said l left the bench to enter this campaign. It was the saddest day of my life, for I loved the place.
 Judge Parker's remarks follow:
 Speech of Parker.
 '"T have a peculiar pleasure in com ing to this State, to which l am bound by ties of the closest nature, in order to greet the friends whom 1 see about me tonight, and through them the many thousands of whose interest in gooi government I am amply assured. l have taken frequent occasion since tho opening of the pending canvass to di- rect attention to the doctrines upon which our institutions are founded and to the examples, both as to men and to policies which our history affords. It Is unnecessary for me to avow that this has not been done to exalt the past un- duly, but for the purpose of insisting that we are entitled by right as we are forced by duty to recognize the depth and the solidity of the foundations upon which our institutions have been
 while 1t is, like preaching to the converted, I find myself now speaking of the homely virtues, in what may be TaA thrift and of honesty in affairs, both public and private. The regard for peace. the love of truth. the sense Of justice, the. spirit of fairness and. best of all persistence and patience in their application to great problems have hero found conspicuous illustration.
 Obligations and Opportunities.
 ''If we have by the practice of these qualities come from small beginnings through hard conditions and out of simple surroundings and have over come all the drawbacks incident to the pioneer work of humanity. then they are the more necessary when we have become numerous. wealthy and pow erful. Sight should never be lost of the fact that the obligations over peo- ples, like those of individuals. increase with their opportunities.
 eve are taught that where much Is given much Is also required; but we are now here told that success comes either to a nation or to an individual as the result of violence and force. Our duty to the world can, therefore. best be done by following time-honored pre- cepts and by emphasizing our old ex'
 You in Connecticut and our neigh bors along the New England coast re- aiize, perhaps better than any other part of our people. what foreign trade means. From the earliest times In our history our ancestors braved the perils of the sea to satisfy their desire for adventure, and in obedience to thot law of supply and demand which, under normal conditions, must regulate ex- changes between the different coun- tries of the world.
 The Need of Ships.
 '-rhe time has again come when we need ships of our own, but they should be built, not at the cost of the Govern ment not from taxes drawn from all the people, but as a result of the en Q terprise of our people. Our products. sent to other countries. should be car rled Tn American bottoms, and that all most infinite demand by our people for the products of other countries, should enable us to bring them everything that their material comfort educat tion and progress make it necessary or de . airable for them to use.