The San Francisco call., 1904-07-12

jESOPUS, N. Y, July 11.-Lght was
thrown upon the history of the now
famous Parker telegram and the reply
tion at st. Louis by a close friend of
Judge Parker to-day, who declined to
allow the use of his name.
When Judge Parker retired at 9:45
O'Clock on Friday night, said this
man, 'he did not know anything at
all about the financial side of the plat
form, which had been agreed upon.
more than was outlined in the very
brief bulletins telephoned from
Kingston. When informed by a press
correspondent at 6:15 a. m. OF the pare
fact of his nomination, he knew no
more, and the first real knowledge ne
had Of the action of the convention on
the financial plank in the platform was
when he read the New York morning
papers. Immediately after breakfast
that is to say, a little after o'clock
he started for a horseback ride just
before mounting his horse a telegram
was handed to him, giving concise
outline of the platform. From the mo-
ment of his reading Of that telegram
it was noticed that he was very much
preoccupied and as he rode off his head
was bowed as if in deep thought.
DECIDES UPON HIS COURSE.
About 11:3O O'Clock he rode up to
the railroad station asked for tele-
grams and received quite a bunch OF
them. 1 happen to know that none or
them gave him the information he
wanted. He chatted with the reporters
for awhile and it was afterward re-
called that some of his questions TO
them betrayed the fact of his lack OF
first-hand knowledge of the conven-
tion's action He waited about the sta
ton, almost irresolute in bearing, for
fully ten minutes and then suddenly
galloped back toward Rosemont. An
hour afterward the famous telegram
was filed with the operator and the
remarkable series of events was under
way.
That night while the convention
tossed and billowed with the sensation
he had produced he did not go early to
bed, as he had done the night before,
although the local celebration in his
honor ceased and the people dispersed
as early as 1915 o'clock. He sat up
until after o'clock, closely watching
the bulletins, and made no move
toward retiring until after the action
of the convention on his telegram was
made plain TO him.
1T is not true that Judge Parker sent
a message to Senator Hill demanding
the insertion of a gold plank His tele-
gram to William F. Sheehan was his
first communication, directly or indi-
rectly. with the convention"
PRAISE FROM CLEVELAND.
Judge Parker received to-day the fol-
lowing message from former President
Cleveland:
You must permit me to expires my
gratitude and admiration for the splen-
did manifestation of honor and courage
you have given to your countrymen
and to the Democracy in your St Louis
dispatch"
The telegram from William r.
Hearst sent on Saturday, went astray.
but a duplicate was received to-day,
as follows. dated Chicago, July 10: ,
Il congratulate you on your nomina-
ton and on the expression of Demo-
cratic principles in the platform on
which you stand. / hope and believe
that, battling for the people and or
such principles, you will lead the De
mocracX to victory
Judge Parker Immediately wrote to
Hearst the following letter:
Hon. William Randolph Hearst
Dear Sir: Just word to thank you
for your very kind message of congrat-
ulation and to assure you of my great
grateful appreciation Very truly,
ALTON B. PARKER"