New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-10
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a rubber overcoat. outfanked the reporters by
| leaving the house by rear entrance and took
| his usual plunge from the pier.
\ few minutes later q fash announced the re-
J suit and a reporter ran hurriedIy down the
| steep bank. The judge was Just Laundering out
/ of the water When the reporter shouted the
| news and then tined the incident it was $50
| O'Clock. TWO minutes after The bulletin arrived
StrOlling lAisuraly IN the Ia WI, the Judge met
the eager crowd cf reporters who gave him
hearty greeting and handshake. IN the dim
gay OF the foe with The water trickIing down
over his face from his hair. and wearing an old
| brown sioUch Rat and an old black rubber coat.
the Judge was a picturesque figure
ME Flow OF GREETINGS CHECKED.
The air of general unconcern and polite disn-
| tereSte1ness with which he acknowledged the re-
| turns vas 81 o'errov erfng thar IL checked the
| flow Of greetings II vas only when some one
asked about the water that ne showed real in
terest Then his ewes frightened with instant
enthusiasm,
ii Was Hoe- fine" ne CIRCULATED 5oyshIy
''n@r- after chatting fav minutes with the re-
Poriers, he started for the Mouse
At the door his secretary graSped his hand:
then Uncle Billy" one Of RE farmhands. fresh
I, from The barn. appeared and stood gazing at
Inc candidate aitb real aw-. Seeing his con-
fusion the judge extended his hand and the
servant gave him warm shake. Then he en-
tered the hbrary to receive his wife's greeting.
The whole progress from the wharf 10 the house
was startling incident which impressed itself
on ne mind Of every one who saw IT, Sud
denly greeted with the news If his nomination
as President of the United States the master of
kosemount cooIly and deliberately moved on his
way
To the reporters he presented that battling
lmmobile, resouteIy non-committaI air which
would be unusual at such time even in a spec
tator and which in the candidate himself was
oewlIderlng in the extreme. What is behind the
self-contained and placid face Of the chief Judge
was not revealed even under the strain Of the
most critical moment Sane and safe denoc-
racy' will probably mean many things before
the campaign Is over but on the nomination
morning, in the chill Of river fog IT was
marble. if not more frigid.
HOW ESOPUs RECEIVED THE NEWS.
Esopus heard the news early. and an hour
later. when the chief judge mounted on his IA
vorite horse and galIoped up TO the crossroads
viva Freer, an eight-year-old child the daugh-
ter Of the chairman Of the Esopus delegation at
St Louis. met him in the road with a beautiful
bouquet of roses, gathered in her garden As
she handed up the bouquet the Judge he
smilingly waved them in thanks. Then he dis
mounted and stood on the corner receiving the
greetings OF ms nelBnDOTS- Harry ATneS, the VII
lage storekeeper gave him hearty congratula-
ton. I'm coming down to see you inaugurated,
judge" he said. seriously. When he went back
into the store Mr.. Ames deliberately removed
from the window the picture OF President Roose-
welt which has hung there for several years.
7 m Democrat anyway he explained
The Judge subsequently rode up in the hills
70 his upland ground, and Made a careful in
spection OF the wheat. When he returned 10
the crossroads he found that the villagers had
already raised large flag, the Joint property
OF n Republican and a Democrat. the wagon
maker and the butcher. Many Of the houses
are already decorated with bunting. and EsopUs
is preparing 10 celebrate the nomination of its
distinguished citizen with fitting ceremony.
a quiet sabbath is planned az EsOpus. In the
absence Of the Rev. DR.. Charles Mercer Hall,
Judge Parker's son-in-law, the latter VIII sit
under rector at the Holy Cross Church, Kings
ton. He viii make his usual trip on his steam
launch. landing at Rondout. The afternoon will
be spent on the piazza. and possibly on a coun-
try drive
The portrait OF the Judge which A. Muller
Jury, a New-York artist. is painting, is still
incomplete and the Judge sat for IL again to-
day. He entertained a constant stream OF Wis
itors. all neighbors however. No political Wis
itors jOurneyed 10 Rosemont. and none ara ex-
pected before Monday.
PARKER ADDRESSES NEIGHBORs.
1t was nearly o'clock when the Kingston
band arrived on a steamer and headed a process
sion up the winding road. Chinese lanterns and
torches were borne by many of the paraders,
When the line halted before the piazza. Chief
Judge Parker arose to welcome his neighbors.
Ellis B. Levy the Democratic village supervisor.
stepped out and briefly expressed the congratU-
lations of his neighbors- He said
We congratulate you and we respect you. not
q politician. but as a neighbor and a friend.
Esopus is honored by your nomna ton and we
express our personal pleasure.
When the cheering had ceased. Chief Judge
Parker stepped out to the front OF the piazza
and began to speak. He said:
I welcome you all tonight as citizens Of the
County of Ulster-the county OF whose men and
women, OF whose natural beauty and prosperity
and OF whose history we proud. That
history began nearly three hundred years ago
when the first trading station was established.
Fifty years later Thomas Chambers obtained
the first patent for land which ne had already
purchased OF the Indians and upon which the
city OF Kingston is in part built
Esopus was the first name given to the settle
ment, but Governor Stuyvesant changed il TO
Wiltwyck, and upon the surrender of the colony
to King Charles Governor Lovelace named it
Kingston. Those were sturdy men who toled
in the wilderness, and who fought the Indians
and the French and finally established CiviliZa-
ton and founded a community here This coun-
~ the birthplace OF the State which justly
and proudly bears the title of the Empire State
among forty-hve rich and powerful States. At
Kingston in April 11T1 assembled the conven-
ton which adopted the first State constitution
Upon the steps Of the county courthouse son
of old Ulster, General George Clinton. was three
months later inaugurated the first Governor
of the State. In the same courthouse, little
over a month later. the first chief justice Of the
state John Jay delivered his first charge TO a
grand jury. On September 10 the first legis-
Iature assembled in Kingston, the Senate meet
ing in house that is still standing.
THE GRANARY OF THE COLONIES"
Ulster County was called the granary of the
colonies" during the Revolution, and so active