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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-04-19

and 1900 he voted for Mr.. Bryan, but it
was we'll understood that he was q
sound money man and merely accepted
the will of the majority in his party.
Judge Parker's wife was Miss Schoon-
maker Of Accord, woman Of rare re-
fnement and good Dutch Revolution
ary blood. Their daughter married the
Rev. Charles NJ. Hale, rector Of an
Episcopal church at Kingston, which Is
within easy driving distance Of ESQ
pus. The judges son died two years
ago.
It is on the farm at Esopus that
Judge Parker's personality has full
swing. Here he writes his most i'm
portant judicial opinions. Here, too,
he works in his fields, prunes his trees
and cares for his thirty registered Red
Poll cattle, his full blooded Poland
China pigs and fine flock of Shropshire
sheep.
Rosemont. for 80 the farm Is called,
Is q beautiful place, all up and down
hill, fronting the Hudson and extending
on either side of the rocky road that
sprawls in from the village of Esopus.
Across the great river is seen one Of
the new Vanderbilt houses. In the 9th
er direction are the lovely wooded
mountains leading toward the Cats
kills.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-04-19

AMES CREELMAN, the ldmous
special correspondent, recently
4 prepared for the New York
" World the following close range
personal study Of Judge Alton BrooKs
Parker, chief justice Of the New York
state court of appeals and one OF the
leading Democratic presidential possi-
bilities:
While the country Is calling for in
formation about Chief Judge Parker,
to whom millions of Democrats are
turning for safe leadership in the
struggle for control of the nation, the
politicians of both parties who swarm
over the hill on which the capitol OF
New York stands, the agents of cor
ruption, rascals in and out Of office
leaders Of the bar and noisy pettfog-
gers, all have daily sight Of him as he
strides through the streets Of Albany
between the Hotel Ten Eyck, In which
he lives, and the court of appeals, over
which he presides.
Even In this center Of political and
legislative intrigue, where the weak
nesses and selfish ambitions Of public
men are SO soon searched out, this
strong, brave, modest man has not an
enemy. At the top of the Albany bill
he sits, black robed, on the bench.
At the foot Of it is the law Office from
which David B. Hill is directing the
campaign to make him president OF
the United States. Yet men OF all par
ties. including his associates on the
bench, bear witness that Judge Par
ker, in the face Of exceptional 1attery
and against the pressure Of thousand
influences, has maintained the highest
traditions Of his great judicial office
by his consistent aloofness from poll
tics, his simple, unpretending dignity
and his devotion to his public duties.
It is not that he Is colorless or with
out ambition. There is no more warm
blooded or aggressive man in the coun-
try. And he is known to be deeply at
tached to his party. His silence Is the
result Of self discipline and concep-
ton of judicial propriety which moth
ing can shake. 1t Is not political pos
ture, but q deliberate line Of conduct,
which he has followed for nineteen
years.
The kindly looks turned upon him IN
the streets, the Difference paid to him
wherever he moves, without respect to
party, and the frank admiration ex-
pressed when his name comes up IN pri-
vate conversation in this cynical and
suspicious neighborhood show how
fully his sincerity. breadth Of mind and
modest independence have impressed
themselves upon those who have him
under daily scrutiny.
Kindness Of heart, f1rmness Of will,
charity in the judgment of others. con-
stancy in friendships, love Of work for
its own sake, neighborliness, quiet
scorn for demagogy, self righteous
attitudes or spectacular methods
these are his recognized traits. he is
never a boaster. and his sense Of hu-
NOR will not permit him to be pomp-
Gus. 1t would be hard to find man
of more simple and wholesome man.
ners-a cultivated jurist who has al
ways been and still is a successful
practical farmer.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-04-19
ALTON B.PARKER

A Close Range Personal Study of the Man, by James
Creelman-His Early Life as Farmer Boy, School
teacher and Law Clerk-On the Supreme Court
Bench at Thirty.three-His Farm at Esopus-fiis
Methods at Work and Play Strong, Simple,
Practical and Thoroughly American Grave Dig
nifty Which Suggests Great Reserve Power.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-04-19
Of Old English Stock.

On his fathers side the judge comes
Of old English stock. His great-grand-
father. John Parker. was born In 1751
at Worcester, Mass. He was a hard
working farmer When the war for
independence broke out he left his
plow and served as a private under
Washington until the American repub-
lie was established. Little Is known
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-04-19
He drives his family to his son-in-

laws church at Kingston every Sun.
day and sings heartily, so that stran'
gers In the congregation are apt to
turn their heads. Nor does he forget to
have his domestic servants, who are
Roman Catholics, driven to their own
church regularly.
The Judge Is q vestryman in the
Kingston church and, although man
of very moderate means, he is probably
the wealthiest man in the congrega'
tion. He is the practical pillar Of the
church and takes an active interest In
its charities, its cooking and sewing
and dancing schools, its physical cul'
ture class and its basketball games for
boys. He is also a contributor to the
funds of the local orphan asylum and
is one Of the managers Of the King.
ston city hospital.
His neighborly usefulness is to be
seen on all sides. He is even the
freight agent of a steamboat company
80 that the little private dock on his
farm may be used for the convenience
Of the community, and there the fast.
est steamboats, Of the Hudson touch on
their way to and from New York.
Likes Magazines and Novels.
He is q confirmed magazine reader,
dellghting in such periodicals as Har.
per's and the Outlook. He seldom
reads poetry, but is fond of good nov
els. Mrs. Parker is always on the alert
for a good new story for her hard.
working husband. But his natural
taste is for Dickens, Thackeray and
Scott. He delights in the vigorous out
Of door atmosphere Of "The Scottish
Chiefs" Jefferson is his favorite polit-
ical writer. Any book or article on ag.
riculture or cattle breeding is sure to
interest him.
His daughter. Mrs. Hale, is an &C
complished musician and used to sing
in choir at Kingston. The judge took
her to Germany to study music, but
Mrs. Parkers health failed suddenly,
and her daughter insisted on returning
to the United States. Mrs. Hale plays
the piano for her father. and he occa-
sionally sings. Lis musical tastes are
very simple. and classical compositions
are apt to bore him.
After he has spent q morning work
ing on his judicial opinions-hours of
grave concentration, when no one Is
permitted to interrupt his quiet-and
when he is waiting for lunch his Sec
retary, Arthur MacCausland, will sit
at the piano while the judge in sweet
tenor voice sings old fashioned ballads
or hymns, II Feel Just as Young as I
Used to Be-" "Only an Armor Bearer" "
"Hold the Fort" and so on.
1t is all very simple and natural in
that house, and hospitality is the first
law. Indeed, the judge carries hos
pitality to On extreme. All his neigh
bors are his friends. When he sits at
the head Of the long mahogany dining
table with his wife, mother, brother,
daughter, son-in-law and grandchil-
dren, with one or two guests and per-
haps a neighbor visitor, he is the life
Of the scene-gentle, dignified, helping
the conversation, but never forcing 1t,
q rare gift in a man Of strong men.
tality.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-04-19

of him except that he was a man Of
pluck and independence and was great
ly respected by his neighbors. His
son, John Parker. was an Intelligent
man, highly educated and public spir-
tied. In 1903 he came to New York
state and bought farm at Cortland,
the same farm which his distinguished
grandson owns and cultivates today.
He had a large family, and when his
health broke down the burden fell
heavily upon his son John, the father
Of Judge Parker. Those who remem-
ber the judges father say that he was
q man of studious habits. In spite Of
his bitter struggle for life on the farm
he read widely and deeply. He was
especially fond Of committing rare pas
sages to memory, and every spare mo-
ment found him poring over a good
book.
On his mothers side Judge Parker
derives good New England blood. His
white haired mother, who lives at Der
by, Conn.,, is a woman Of refinement,
education and strong character. In
the GUNNER time she spends the
judges vacation with him at Esopus.
She is a member Of the Woman's
Christian Temperance union. The
giant sits before his mother while she
solemnly lectures him on temperance,
and, being an abstemious man, he
smiles and promises to be good. Her
constant aim is to warn him against
ambition. When the newspapers grow
loud in his praise he is sure to get
letter from his mother exhorting him to
be humble.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-04-19
An AbstemiQus Man.

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 G o'clock, or, If he Is on the
farm. he divides his time between his
cattle, crops and judicial writing.
He always pu," on evening dress for
dinner. That meal is generally made
up of soup and a roast, such as beer,
lamb or spareribs, principally of his
own killing, followed by salad and
fruit or pie. His one abomination ls
"buttermilk pap" beverage which bis
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 whisky high
ball with his meal. Altogether he Is a
strongly abstemious man. He smokes
after dinner, but never before.
Sleeps Only Six to Seven Hours.
Notwithstanding the early hour at
which he rises and the steady Vigor
with which he works, Judge Parker
does not retire before II o'clock or
midnight. He sleeps sounaly and Is up
again, clear eyed and smiling, at $50
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-04-19
His Home Life.

The judges house is modest but
comfortable wooden structure, stand
ing on the stone foundations Of a
Dutch house Of colonial times. 1t Is
set on the side Of hill among shade
trees and fronts the river. 1t Is the
abode Of hospitality and refinement,
the typical home Of an American gen.
tleman. The pictures. the books, the
furniture. the wide hall and glowing
fireplace. the sunny library and the
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-04-19
A Day With Judge Parker.

It seems q small thing to write about
a mans private habits, yet they throw
some light upon his character, and, In
the case of this farmer chief Judge,
who has shrunk so long from public
notice, O description Of his ordinary
day is suggestive Of bis type. Nothing
in the life of candidate for president
Is untmpc-tant
ne rises usually at half past 6
o'clock in the morning, takes his cold
plunge, shaves and dresses himself in
thirty minutes. His riding dress Is a
brown corduroy jacket and breeches,
cloth cap and leather leggings. After
taking a 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 In.
terest, 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 spirits.
After his daily ride, which he takes,
whether in Albany or at Esopus, re-
gardless Of the season, he dresses for
business and eats a hearty breakfast,
usually Of fruit, oatmeal porridge, beef
steak or sausages or bacon and eggs,
with buckwheat cakes, maple sirup,
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.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-04-19

a suggestion of craft. Nor is there
anything sidewise or sly in the eyes.
They look at you straight. The prac-
teal and logical dominate the imagi-
native qualities-impulse is a slave to
will. The lack of wrinkles between
the eyebrows and the smooth forehead
indicates a man who can concentrate
his mind without the great effort
which contracts the facial muscles.
Judge Parker dresses well and al
ways in dark colors, usually grays.
His ordinary attire is q cutaway coat
of rough gray cloth and gray trousers.
He wears a standing collar and sim
pie black cravat, held by small pearl.
Few men are more decorous or careful
in their dress. In spite Of his passion
for work and his many pressing duties
he usually dresses three times day
for riding, for business and for dinner.
And his clothes fit him, which cannot
be said of most men in public life.
Dignity Suggests Great Power.
There is a grave dignity as well as
suggestion of immense power in Judge
Parker which goes well with his black
silk robe when he presides in the court
Of appeals. He is the youngest man
in the row of judges. He Is attentive
to argument and keeps his eyes stead
lily on the lawyer who may be plead
ing. His courtesy to lawyers Is well
known. When he makes ruling he
does not waste words. 1t Is useless to
argue; the thing is done. All his asso-
ciates say that he does everything in
his power to save them from unneces-
sary work, and it Is Indicative Of his
nature that he is the only member OF
the court Of appeals who Is always
present when the court is open. The
other judges take their weeks of regu-
Iarly, but Judge Parker serves every
day Of the session, so that there shall
always be some one on the bench IA
miliar with every ruling or agreement
made in court.
AS the judge sits high up in the great
oaken hall Of justice. with its bronze
statue Of Livingston and its paneled
portraits of dead jurists, John Jay in
his crimson university robes high above
them all, he can see through the Win
dows the Hudson river, which sweeps
the shore of his beloved farm at ESQ
pus. sixty miles away, where his fam
lily, his crops and his herds await him
at each weeks end. However deeply
his mind is immersed in the complex
problems of his great Office, his heart
is always in his farm, for he was born
a farmer and will be one till he dies.
This familiar and practical knowledge
of farming and farmers is Of great
value to the court in dealing with ag-
ricultural cases.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-04-19
Farmer Boy and SchOOIteacher.

The Judge was born on the farm near
Cortland almost f1fty-two years ago.
He attended the village schools and
worked about the farm. When sixteen
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-04-19
His Farm at EsOpus.

At the end Of every week and dur
ing the summer vacation Judge Parker
Is to be found on his picturesque farm
at Esopus, which overlooks the Hud-
son river. He has three farms in New
York state-one of $50 acres at Cort-
land, another Of $50 acres at Accord
and still another Of 80 acres at Esopus.
He manages these three farms and
makes them. on the whole, pay. He
is no dilettante stranger to the coun-
try, playing with agriculture as with
n toy, but a real farmer, who directs
the work, superintends the plowing
and, in harvest time, goes out In his
shirt sleeves to work with his men in
the hay and sorghum.
A careful estimate Of Judge Parker's
tealth places the value Of all his pos
sessions at about $4,000. This prop
erty he has acquired mostly by saving
and good business judgment. His farm
at Cortland came to him from his
farmer father. He was born on 1t
and worked along it's burrows as a
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-04-19
Judge Parker's Working Traits.

Considering the fact that within
few months Judge Parker is likely to
be the Democratic candidate for presi.
dent it is worth while noticing his
working traits as q public officer. He
goes at his task without nervousness.
1t is hard to imagine less nervous
man. He works with method and de-
liberately. Unlike President Roosevelt,
he does not lurch at things in a fury
Of energy, but makes progress in an
orderly and calm mood. After dictat-
ing an opinion he goes over the sheets
and strikes out everything unnecessary
or rhetorical. But his corrections or
dinarily relate merely to details; he
does not have to pull his work to
pieces. Nor Is there any one who ever
heard him speak discourteously or In
anger to q subordinate. His tact and
natural kindliness make things move
smoothly. Yet there is an iron firm
ness about him.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-06-27
RECKLESS, SAUcY,
WINs0ME, WITTY

Maud Adams as Lady Babbie in j.
Nj. Barrie's The Little Minister"
won the hearts of everyone in the au-
dience that crowded every inch of the
Grand last evening, says the Seattle
Postlntelligencer. How many captives
the reckless, saucy, winsome, tender
hearted little lady has led in her train
in the years since she first burst on
the astonished minister in the woods
outside Thrums and bent him to her
sweet will is beyond all calculation.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-06-27
WHIST PLAYERS
GREAT CONGRESS

NEW YORK. June 27.-whist
players from all over the United
States and Canada gathered at the
Majestic hotel today at the opening
OF the fourteenth annual congress
OF the American Whist league. The
congress Is more largely attended
than any of its predecessors More
than a thousand players will take
part i'm one or more of the 20 COM
petitions on the weeks schedule. The
big event of the congress Is the COM
petition for the Hamilton Club
trophy. emblematic Of the American
championship. The entries for this
event come from cities as far west
as the Pacific coast. and from many
clubs In the middle west. besides
teams from New York. Baltimore,
Washington, Philadelphia and Bos-
ton. The competition for the Min
neapolis trophy, representing the pair
championship. will also be keenly
contested. and another important con-
test will be for the Brooklyn trophy.
played by teams Of ~ from sectional
associations There are other trophies
to be played for. and 1t Is probable
the congress win produce more whist
playing than has ever before taken
place In a single week.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-06-27
FIGHT WITH
A SPECIAL

Frank Bruno's place, the Main build
ing. was the scene last night of an
other disturbance and the circum-
stances surrounding II are much the
same as the one which occurred re-
Gently when Judge Hinkle severely
reprimanded Bruno's special police"
George Dudley, for his part in what
looked like a game to relieve Charles
Tan,inen from portion Of his money.
Saturday night about IL O'Clock
Sailor Loucks, q member of the
Spokane baseball team, got into mixup
with the notorious "Sapho," leading
lady for the notorious Frank Bruno.
Sapho is forever creating some dis
turbance or other in police circles.
She is constantly being robbed by the
other women and 10 of such quarrel
some disposition she fares into rage
whom the: "sightseers' who visit the
Main building make some remark to
her.
According to story told last night
in connection with the Loucks affair
the ball tossers in passing her apart
ment made some remark which didn't
exactly suit her and she slapped him.
He grabbed her by the wrists and then
she set up howl for 'Blackie," the
special.
Blaciie came with bound and at
a signal from the woman drew forth
his ever ready slungshot and started
in to beat up the ball player. The lat
ter, of course, protected himself the
best he could with his fists and the
special, assisted by the woman, engag-
ed in a pitched battle with Loucks.
The ball player was finally got to
the police station. where he went peac-
ably when Detectives Briley and Logan
arrived at the Main building.
Not wishing to face the odium OF
his escapade before his many admiring
baseball fans. Loucks last night board
ed southbound train and is now
speeding over the country to get as far
away from the scene of the trouble as
possible.
The result was the very first arrest
made by the special called forth the
following from Judge Hinkle:
81 am more inclined to believe the
woman and her witness got the man in
the room to rob him"
Then Hinkle ordered the release of
Taminen, who had been charged with
trying to rob Sapho of $40. Bruno's
special was her witness, but the court
refused to believe the testimony when
he found that when Taminen had been
brought to the police station he had
1921 of his own.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-06-27
SUMMER SCHOOL

ANN ARBOR, Mich. juno 27.-The
summer session Of the University OF
Michigan opened today with a graft
flying attendance In all departments.
Courses will be given In tho literary.
engineering, medical and law depart
ments.
A new feature of this year is a
course Of study In ethico-social move-
ments. This course will undertake a
study of the influences exerted upon
institutions ana educational ideas by
the movements Of culture and So
ciety.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-06-27

VIENNA. June 27.-The report of
an inquiry into the conditions of the
button making industry in Moravia
has been published, and reveals state
of things not far removed from actual
slavery.
Children are employed in the man.
ufacture of buttons as soon as they
are five years Of age. Some children
are taught to do the work when they
are four Years old, and it often hap
pens that we'll developed infants are
employed even before they have reach
ed their fourth birthday. The work
they do consists exclusively of sewing
and AZ there are 70 small stitches quite
close to one another on every small
button the chidren's eyes are seriously
injured by the occupation, which is
always carried on in badly lighted
rooms.
The children are not only employed
at every hour of the day when they
are not at school, but are often COM
PEELED to sit up late into the night
stitching buttons by the light of small
lamp which serves for the five OF six
persons clustered around it.
The working day for the adults lasts
from IS a. III. till 10 p. m, or even
later. A system of piecework pay
ment is in force, and the operators
have to do the work at their own
homes.
The average amount earned by an
adult worker is cents per day and
children earn cent per day. A work
er who earns 8 cents per day is regard
ed as having attained remarkable pros
perity. Taking the good and bad
months together the average earnings
of an adult worker amounts to $40 per
annum.
No less than 60OO persons are en-
gagged in this industry under these
conditions. The official report gives
a detailed account Of several families
selected by chance from hundreds Of
cases. One of these families number
ing two parents and three children is
described as living in a room three
yards square and two yards high and
possessing one small window. A bed, q
table. two chairs, a cradle and stove
are the only articles of furniture and
the air is foul beyond description. The
whole family together earns $45 a
year, part of which is contributed by
the labor Of the youngest child, aged
five.
In another case family consisting
Of two parents and five children earns
$50 year. The two younger children
aged one and two years respectively
lie in the cradle in the one little room
in which the parents are working day
and night. Another family Of two par
ents and three children earns a total
OF $50 q year. The eldest child is five
years Of age and contributes to this
amount. The two younger children lie
in cradle too small to accommodate
them with comfort and health in dark
cupboard where light and air hardly
penetrate.
The annual expenditure Of this fam
lily is divided as follows:
Bread $40, rice IS, rent Of room IS
tobacco ~, rent Of small garden in