Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-07-13
BriSsf Sketches of Democratic
Standard Bearers
JUDGE ALTON b. PARKER

IL nominee Tor president, vas bori
4. on farm in Ulster county, New
? York, May IA, 1851. His grand
father was soldier under Wash
ington-
He worked on a farm and at
tended school until the age Of 18
r when he began teaching.
!, Later he entered law office
and at 90 graduated from the
Albany Law School AID began
T practice in Kingston. N. Y.
In 1870 he married Miss Schoon.
) maker, daughter of prominent
lawyer.
, In 1877 he was elected Surro-
gate of Ulster county. the only
Democrat on the ticket who was
successful. He was reelected in
1883.
, In 1885 he was chairman of the
Democratic State Committee, and
succeeded in electing the ticket.
In 1885 he refused the positiC n
of First Assistant PostmasIer-Gen-
eral, offered him b. President
Cleveland.
In 1883 and 1885 he refused to
accept the Democratic nomination
for the Lieutenant. GovornOrship,
and refused to run for United
States Senate in 1901.
In 1885 he was appointed JUS
tice of the Supreme Court of New
York by Governor Hill.
In 1885 he was elected Justice
of the Supreme Court with out
opposition.
In 1889 he was appointed by
Governor Hill Justice of the New
York Court of Appeals.
In 1896 he was elected Chief |
Justice of the New York Court of
Appeals by 90, 900 majority, all the
other Democrats on the ticket be-
ing defeated.
His homo is ROsemOunt, at
Esopus, N. Y, on the Hudson
River.
Judge Parker Is about six feet
tall, weighs over 200 pounds and
has light reddish hair and blue
eyes.
HON, HENRY @. DAVIS
Henry Gasseway Davis, the
nominee for the vice-presidency, is
nearly seventy-nine years of age,
having been born in Baltimore
November 10, 1898. At an early
age he removed to the country,
and WAS educated st the county
schools, but being left fatherless
had to leave school early and take
up the struggle of life. He was {
energetic and intelligent, and dis.
charged his duties faithfully in {
every occupation. He became
superintendent of u plantation in '
his ea.ly manhood, but later took l
to railroading, being first a brake
man, then conductor and later
agent OF thu railway at Piedmont, a
W. Va, whittier he had removed.
After serving the baltimore and
Ohio Railway in these capacities .
for some years. he became q mer. b
chant and still later acquired an
interest in coal mining, and be- 8
came collier of some importance. C
His new field of enterprise and his a
practical knowledge of railroading
ed into the field of railway con- p
and he projected and a
pushed to completion and success =
The West Virginia Central and
PittsbHrg Railway, of which he is
PRESIDENT, He 10 also president of
he Piedmont and Cumberland
Railway and the Duyis National
Sank of Piedmont. -,
In 1855 he was elected to the "
of Wes. Virginia, thus p
long aud honorable 81
'ublic career. He served in the
;tate Senate from 1857 to 1869, III
nd two years later was elected to "
he Unite1 states Senate, in which p
ody he served twelve years, or CO 60
wO terms, declining second rer "
lection. Mr.. Davis has been ~
eisgats 10 seven National Demo u
ratio Conventions, He was one :"
the United States delegates to re-
he Pan-American Congress, is a ~
ember of the United States In TN
Railway Commission b.
nd has been hapered in many W
her ways, res
His home IL now at Elkins, W. W.
r., but he spends much OF his 70
me in Washington. Mr., Davis
the father-in-law Of Hon. 8. R. ceT
Ikins, at present Republican T.,
'nat0r.
Though advanced in years, Mr.. tai
avis is still remarkably active I
ID takes keen interest in politics III,
I'd public affairs generally. Ea