The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-20


 some, light upon his character and, Tn the case of this farmer chief judge. who mas shrunk so long from public notice' description of his ordinary day IS sug- gestive of his type. Nothing in the life or candidate for President Is unirn- portant
 He rises usually at half-past o'clock Tn the morning, takes his cold plunge. shaves, and dresses himself in thirty minutes. His riding dress is brown corduroy jacket and brooches, cloth cap and leather leggins. After taking cup of coffee without sugar, he is ready for his ride.
 Then he mounts his big bay saddle horse and rides at hard trot for an hour over the country roads. The whole region Is full of historical interest and the Judge knows every house and story. Now and then an early rising farmer sees him riding at a. full gallop. talking to his horse and sometimes throwing up his arms in sheer excess of animal spir- its.
 After his daily ride, which he takes whether in Albany or at Esopus, regard less of the season, he dresses for busi- ness and eats a hearty breakfast, usual ly of fruit, oatmeal porrldge, beefsteak or sausages or bacon and eggs, with buckwheat cakes. maple syrup. hot corn bread and two cups of coffee.
 When breakfast Is over he goes to court for consultation, If he is in AL bany, or works on his opinions, if he is at Esopus.
 His ordinary lunch consists of thin soup, tea without milk or sugar, fruit and custard or pumpkin pie.
 Then he goes to court and sits on the bench until 6 o'clock or, If he Is on the farm. he divides his time between his cattle, crops and judicial writing.
 He always puts on evening dress for dinner. That meal Is generally made up of soup and a roast, such as beef, lamb or spareribs-principally of his own kill | ing-followed by salad and fruit or pie. His one abomination is "buttermiik pap" a beverage which his wife delights | in, but seldom serves when he is present. The Judge usually drinks water with | his dinner, save when he has guests, and then Mrs. Parker sets forth wine. He | occasionally takes a whisky high ball | with his meal. Altogether he Is a strongly abstemious man. He smokes after dinner but never before.
 Sleeps Only Six or Seven Hours. | Notwithstanding the early hour at | which he rises and the steady vigor with l 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 6:30 o'clock. He averages less than seven hours in bed. To understand the Judges business ca- | pacity and his common sense way of dealing with difficult situations, 1t is necessary to know how he saved the Ul- ster County Savings Institution. In Sep tember, 1884, this important, bank, which | had deposits of $2,50O000, closed it's doors in consequence of embezzlement by the | treasurer and assistant treasurer of | sums which, with the dividends due amounted to $40,00O. This wiped out the | supposed surplus and left the institution with a deficiency. The usual action was taken by the Attorney General to wind up the business and distribute the assets | and temporary receiver was appointed
 It was found that 1t was impossible tc wind up the affairs of the bank in the ordinary way without substantially de stroying the market value of the real estate of the bank. This was so because the institution had invested about $1,, 500,000 in real estate mortgages. one hall | of which were on. farms. To throw SC many farms on the market would have caused crash in their values.
 Among the trustees of the bank were Judge Parker, General Sharpe and Judge Kenyon. Judge Parker was on his farm at Accord when he got a hint that ther, was something wrong. He left his fields hurried to Kingston, made 8 quick in | vestiKation and had the assistant treas urer lodged in jail that night.
 To save the depositors from loss Judg, Parker took the leadership. He tried tC get some strong institution like an in | surance company to take an assignment l of the mortgages. with some local banl as discount agent. No institution will ing to take the assignment could b, found It looked as If the mortgage! would have to be foreclosed to pay tn, debt, which meant a destruction of vaIuei and little assets for the deposltors, wht | were in a state of terror and confusion
 Judge Parker began to look about fol an honorable and wise way to save tn, institution and its depositors. He got number of the old trustees to assist him
 His scheme was a new one in New Yorl State. The idea was to ask the equit! court to substitute in place of the tenn porary receiver twenty-five prominen citizens to act as trustees. The Judg worked day and night, urging the strong est men in the County to his aid in say ing the bank. He got presidents an, cashiers of banks and other business men enlisted. Everything else wa thrown aside until the twenty-five trus tees were beCuTeu
 Fortunately for the institution Charles M Preston, the State Superintendent O Banking, who lived at Kingston. gay, Judge Parkers bold plan his official sup port. The legal battle was before Justice Fursman in the special term of tn, Supreme Court at Troy. It resulted in decree substituting the twenty-five trus tees for the temporary receiver and seal ing down the amount due to each depos itor to his pro rata share of the assets The court also enjoined the deposltor. from drawing out more than 25 per cen of their deposits till further judicial or ders were made.
 1 And now a tremendous excitement wa! stirred up in consequence of local polit ical disturbances. The leading news paper of Ulster County, to embarrass th' bank and thus injure some of the origi nal trustees advised the depositors tC draw out their allowable 9 per cent as soon as the banks door were opened. a: 1t would probably be all they would ever 1 get
 l A frantic crowd of depositors storme } | the bank. The run meant ruin. But when the doors opened there was Judge 1 Parker with a bag of money which he had obtained in New York. He was de- termined to prevent a panic. LeapinR on the treasurer's desk. with flashing eyes he faced the white-faced excited crowd and, flinglng a roll of money down he cried Come on! We are ready to pay Come on! Do you think We would waste our time on a broken bank?" | Instantly the panic ceased Judge Parker had saved the day The deposit