Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-08-05
Iudne Parker's Letter.

Judge Parker is putting the finish
ing touches on his letter of accept
ance. 1t is said that the following
questions will be accentuated by the
democratic candidate:
First Money; an elaboration OF his
telegram to Sheehan.
Second---Trnsts and the tariff. on
the former, his friends say, he IS
souudIy democratic, while on the lat
ter he favors a reduction Tor the pen-
eft of the masses.
Third-The right of the south to
settle the race question without inter-
ference.
Fourth-A strong protest against
the holding of colonies under the con-
stitution.
Ii is added in this connection that
the Judge is preparing his letter Win
the same care which characterized
his judicial opinions.
He has discouraged callers ana the
days intervening he will use Wholly
In revising his letter of acceptance
and he hopes to have the doeusnel,l ~
ready to hand to his stenographer pS'
Saturday.
BY Saturday, too, it is believed he,
viii have sent in his resignation as
chief Justice of the court of appeals.
or. if he does not resign he VIII nave
notified the country of his refusal 10
do so and his reasons therefor.
It is understood that every plank in
the st. Louis platform will be dis
cussed in his letter. Even the most
inconsequential feature of 1t is to re-
ceive notice. The financial question
he thinks of greater Importance than
any other syllable of the platform.
This win. it may be said on good au-
thority. be amplified and made the
basis of an argument for an uhqual-
flied and positive stand on gold as the
money of the country.
This he will do without offending
the adherents of silver any more than
possible under the circumstances.
How far he is to proceed upon the
still greater question of trusts. even
his closest friends confess they are
wholly in the dark. AS yet ne mas
talked to no one. His friends declare
that in private conversations prior to
the St. Louis convention, when such
matters as trusts and Imperialism
came up for discussion. he unhesitat-
ingly delivered sound doctrines con-
cerning their evil influences upon the
body polite.
There is one question the country
may be sure Judge Parker will nei-
ther hedge, compromise, dodge or
evade when he speaks on Aug. 10. II is
his plea that the south be left alone
to settle the race question. He thor
oughly opposes federal interference
or legislative amendments to existing
statutes that treat with the franchise
of commonwealth lying south OF the
Potomac and the Ohio rivers. lie
promised Senator Daniels, who was az
Rosemount last week, that he would
exercise his knowledge of the law ana
req firm, his sympathies with the An
plo- saxon race when it came time for
him TO speak publicly to the democ-
racv that had honored MIN with It's
confidence.
senator Joseph Bailey of Texas,
whom Judge Parker regards as the
hest equipped constitutional lawyer in
the country: John Sharp Williams
and Grover Cleveland will be asked
10 read the document before Judge
Parker delivers il. Already long
letter has been sent to Mr.. Cleveland.
Rut whether it asked for advice or IL
IL was on another subject, of course,
is not known TO the outside world.
II is said that the Rutland county
clement men propose to nominate as
an independent ticket the men named
by the recent Rutland county demo-
cratic convention. thus hoping 70 ue
feat Robert A. Lawrence for states
attorney and Henry o. Carpenter Tor
senator.
Mr. Clement. on being asked re-
garding the truth of the rumor. re-
plied; The story is put up with the
intention Of giving a false Impression
Of my attitude toward the party and
is designed to injure me. l am going
to do all l can for the republican
nominees in every county in the
state. | shall make several speeches
during the campaign. / have been
asked TO take some part in the move
ment but have fairly and squareiy
declined"