The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-11
Parker rs. XARlNER.
STUDENT AND JUR/ST
Democratic Nominee for Presidency .Self-lNnde
MAN Bel0oed in HIS Home; Simple in HIS
Tastes, Pronounced tn PN1zisnnisnat.

with which he works, Judge Parker
does not retire before IL o'clock or
midnight. He sleeps soundly, and Is
up again, clear eyed and smiling, at
half-past 6 o'clock. He averages less
than seven hours in bed.
Wife, Thoro Home Woman.
Nonconspicuous in the public eye
has been Mrs. Mary D. Parker, the
wife Of Judge Parker. This is be-
cause she has led an unusually quiet
life and has never allowed herself to
go outside her home duties.
So devoted has she been to her
home interests and the welfare and
happiness of her family that she has
long been held UP by her friends as
the model Of a thoroly American
woman.
Mrs. Parker was born at Accord, in
the township of Rochester, in Ulster
county, and is a daughter of the late
Moses I. Schoonmaker. Her early life
was passed upon the farm upon
which she was born. Her girlhood
was passed at Accord, and was much
the same as that Of most American
girls reared in the country. She con-
tinued to reside at Accord until her
marriage to Judge Parker.
After her marriage she resided in
Kingston until after Judge Parker's
elevation to the Court of Appeals
bench, in January, 1898. The winter
of 1898 was spent in Albany and the
following summer Judge Parker pur-
chased the old Gill estate at Esopus.
He remodeled and modernized the
house and gave the estate the name
of ROsemont on account of the count
less number of roses which are in
bloom there the entire summer.
Since then Mrs. Parker has spent
her time between Albany and Esopus,
with frequent visits to Kingston, the
home of her daughter, Bertha Parker
Hall, wife of Rev. Charles Mercer
Hall, rector of the Mission Church
Of the Holy Cross.
Good Housekeeper.
For the wife Of the chief Judge of
New York's court of appeals Mrs.
Parker's life is a busy one. Her
household duties claim many hours
Every detail Of the management of
her house receives her personal at
tention, and from drawingroom to
kitchen, from cellar to garnet, every
thing in the house receives daily her
close scrutiny.
The Schoonmakers, from whom she
is descended, were among the early
Dutch settlers of New York state, and
the good Dutch vrouWs would look
with pride upon so worthy a descend
ant and daughter.
The parishioners Of the Mission
church of the Holy Cross, of which
her son-in-laW is rector, speak freely
of the many kindnesses they have re-
cetved at her hands. The sewing and
industrial classes connected with the
church depend very largely upon Mrs
Parker for practical help and coun-
sci, for, with all her other engage
ments and duties, Mrs. Parker finds
time somehow also to look after these
good works.
Mrs. Parker is devoted to her FAM
| lily. TO her husband she is all that
! a loving wife can be. To her daugh-
in-law, Rev. Father Hall, she is a
mother to be envied. To her grandchil-
dren she is the acme of perfection.
| When she is in Kingston her grand
| children refuse to be separated from
her, and when they visit Rosemont
they are her constant companions.
| His Political Record. ..
Of Judge Parker's political record
little need be said. So long has he
been in the public eye as a judge OF
sterling worth that nearly every citi-
zen is familiar with his work and past
history Of a political nature.
In 1883 the nomination for secre-
tary Of state was offered him by the
ueInOcratlc leaders, out ne QeClned
! it. In 1884 Mr.. Parker was a dele
gate to the democratic national con-
vention which nominated Mr. Cleve-
land for president, and actively sup
ported him for that place. In 1885
he was induced to accept the office
of chairman of the democratic state
committee. He conducted the cam
paign to successful issue, bringing
in David B. Hill as governor. He de-
| n 10 Nf q
ter general in 1885. In 1885 he also
declined to accept a nomination fol
| lieutenant governor, intending by
these refusals to keep in the line OF
| his profession and not be beguiled
into political positions.
Soon after he was admitted to the
bar Mr.. Parker was made clerk. OF
the board of supervisors of Ulster
county, and held that office from 1878
to 1875.
| Record Shows Popularity.
He was nominated for surrogate in
| 1877, and was elected by 143 major
| ity, running far ahead Of his ticket
He was renominated in 1888 and re-
| elected, again running ahead Of his
| ticket. He was sent as a delegate to
all of the state conventions since he
became voter, and to the national
| convention of 1884.
In 1885 Governor Hill appointed
him to the supreme court, to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of Judge
Westbrook. A year later he was
elected to the supreme court bench for
a full term, running ahead of his
ticket, and was designated one Of the
justices of the second division of the
court of appeals by Governor Hill.
Early in life Mr.. Parker took a
great interest in politics, and ever
since has been a stanch adherent OF
the democratic party. He has always
been in accord with it's policy. It was
thru his sagacity that David B. Hill
became governor. This service Gov
ernor Hill recognized when he ap-
pointed Mr.. Parker a judge of the SUI
preme court. Politics, however, die
not prevent Judge Parker from work
ing industriously at his profession. In
later years to all political tempters
Judge Parker replied that he was a
| lawyer and to that profession he
would stick, and all allurements We're
in vain. With him the, study of law
amounted almost to passion, and he
was never happier than when shut uI
with his books, in deep research on
some knotty question.