New-York tribune., 1904-10-24
TWO DROMIOS.


Did Mr Cleveland mean 20 pay a complIneh'
10 Judge Herrick or TO cast slur on judge
Parker in his Carnegie Hall speech when ne
CONGRATULATED the people of New-lOrk upon
..the fact that what Alton B. Parker Is anu
.syrhat he represents in the nation ID. Cady
''Herrick is and represents in your Sua'e !
Something Of course, is due 10 gratitude fof
favors past; and If be remembers that the I'M
denied intimidation and ballot box stuffing prac
tised by the Herrick Albany machine operateu
IN his behalf in 1888 and 1892 and that the nrst
exhibition Of Herrick in his dual role as Judge
Boss was 70 secure Mr.. Clevelands thlrd nonl'
nation Mr.. Cleveland could hardly fail at this
time 70 vhitewash his old follower. But, as
suming that Mr. Cleveland meant nothing un-
friendly 10 the Presidential candidate ne
seemed 10 forget that If Judge Herrick Is hKe
Judge Parker. Judge Parker must also be ike
Judge Herrick. In that case, there Is curious
collection Of Democratic pictures in existence
which would pass for portraits OF Judge farKer'
There is. for instance that picture drawn by
'srhe BROOKLYN Eagle when it said that under
the d. Cady Herrick machine in Albany" cleo
tions had for a long time been considerably
worse than they were under the John \ Nc
Kane machine in Gravesend." What would
the peOple OF Brooklyn think of having In the
White House a man who is that sort of boss
and represents that sort of election: Yet Wnat
Herrick is Parker is, according to MI CleVe-
land
Then there IS that portrait drawn by The
New-YOrk Times when it said, even while sup
porting him for Governor, that Herrick's jul
dicial career had been an 'impropriety" and
scandal" That is a nice picture TO send TO the
Parker Lawyers Club, but as Parker and Her
rick are alike as two DrOmios, according to
Mr. Cleveland. they will doubtless find it
good likeness.
There is also a Parker sketch drawn by re-
porter of the leading Democratic paper, Ihe
World" and published in its news columns, or
Judge who was the master of a political or
"ganization which knew no law but the law of
success" That sketch was labelled "Herrick,
but such political refOrmers as may be in the
Democratic household will gladly accept it as a
picture Of Parker.
Also THE sun" whose actinic rays are most
potent in portraiture, once made photograph
of judge who was "a disgrace to the bench"
and would secure public reprobation unless the
press had become as foul Judge Herrlcks
court" That. as q picture Of Parker, should
be hung In the rooms OF the Constitution Club.
Then there is a beautiful picture painted in
1897 by the New Democracy of Albany. 1t was
painted for the Democratic State Committee.
which was about TO nominate n candidate for
chief judge Of the Court Of Appeals, that it
might see what manner of man one aspirant
was. That portrait showed:
The chief reason for his present great un-
popularity is the notorious fact that he con-
tinues, in defiance of all precedent and decency
10 manipulate local politics. from the running Of
ward primaries 10 district conventions. city con-
ventions and county conventions. He dictates
delegates, dictates nominations, dictates the
most Insignificant appointments, and woe be-
tide the lawyer practising az our bar who dares
20 disagree with him in any political move or
suggestion
lnOl-i n n fnot - NJ o.
committee nominated Parker; but now it ap-
pears that it made no difference, for they are
alike
Those same New Democrats were industrious
artists. They also drew picture of Judge Her
rick sending word TO the Mayor through fed
eral Offlceholder and crony-was he also the 60
between in Herricks telephone offer 10 Wilt
lam y. Cohen after threats of impeachment
prOceedingsf-that If a certain appointment was
not made the judges enmity must be counted
on; and another sketch showed the judge ha-
bitually meeting and instructing his ward heel
ers on Sunday morning in the judicial cham
bers- That would do admirably for 4 picture
Of the austere Parker, whose sense of judicial
propriety forbade him TO tell whether he was
for silver or gOld-till after he had bagged the
nomination.
Yet another New Democratic portrait shows a
man destitute of political principle" who in
I'''' NAieCieu tne <lDdny Macnlne TO lndOrSe
Bryan and the Chicago platform while giving
Its members permission individually to betrnv
their candidate Probably the gold Democrats
would like that, for II bears n close resemblance
10 Parker as he looked when he voted for BRYAN
while. as ii would now appear. disbelieving in
what Bryan stood for.
There are great many other portraits which
Judge Parker's followers might hang out on
their banners, if Mr.. Cleveland is right: and
We hope they will not fail to placard the state
Win them. Parker has been something Of a
mystery and II throws great light on the stu
auoh 10 know that what Herrick is and what
ne represents in the State Parker is and rem
resents in the nation.