The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-10-27
lsracter Sketch Of The Democratic
Standard Bearer.
TON BROOKS PARKER'S CAREER
cSccndcd From Farmers and Fats
riots, Judge Parker While
Ma ntainin= a High Ca
rccr on the bench
Has Chung TO
Ills knrm.


q Farmer-Jud.c.
His father. his grandfather before
IN. and theirs before them, were
.rmerS. honest men VINO lived their
res on their farms, cultivatins the
IN. raising crops ami cattle. His
andfather. John Parker, passed /
an the old homestead in MaSSachu-
tbs and bought Il farm in Cortland
punty, New York, in 1856: and here
aS born John PARKER. and on May II,
-. Alton Brooks Parker, the Dem
rattle candidate for President. Love
the soil. of crops, of cattle, ut pure |
and clear well water are Unborn
ATS OF this sterling American citl- |
a.
one day John Parker, who was a
an of studiouS habits. widely ami
,cply read and gifted with rare meln'
y for the best passages IN the WORKS
best authors was summoned To uo
ny duty in Cortland. lie took Alton
nh him. The boy was 81 greatly
lpreSScd with the proceedings that
determined L. become Il lawyer.
ycrrumiug 10y diligence, pcrSiS,cncy
nj ability all obstacles, hc not only
,c:uc a lawyer, hut was elected 10y
,uNo majority Chief Ludge of the
nurt Of Appeals, the greatest gilt III
~ legal profession that can he be-
owed by the people {. the Empire
tate.
AS soon rs circumstances permitted
~ JUDGE bought himself Il farm ut
SnpuS, y. Y. Here he began raising
$ now famous herd of Red Polls, Il
JrnIeSs cattle good in the dairy ana
4 beef.
In the fine old house he has n great
brary. Ont of doors Alton Brooks
arkcr is the farmer who seeks TO win
'om nature every gift sought 10y the
ushandman; in his library the same,
lgged, hearty man seeks in volumes
yellow calf parallels and presidents
} guide him in his decisions. And so,
reason of his dual occupations. his
ANY friends call him the Farmer
,hge.
ZEN AND THE CONSTITUTION.
10 every man who loves his country
Il country made great and powerful
virtue of institutions rooted in the
onstitution, guarded and shielded 10y
he CONSTITUTIONAL is pleasing, nay,
aspiring. to behold i'll this age OF
eaith and corrupt political and imam
al organization, man OF simple ORR
n, removed from every favorable
)ndition save those OF honest and in
ustrious parentage, so battle all OBJ
aclcs and SO rise in the esteem, affcc-
on and admiration of men that he
called upon to resign virtually Il
fe position, the most commanding ut
10 bar of his or any other state, to
,come the standard bearer of one Of
lie great political parties. And when
is borne in mind that the great
andfather of Alton Brooks Parker
as one of those farmers who left his
lrm when the War of the Revolu-
on broke out to shoulder Il musket,
lat by the work done by these en-
atted farmers liberty and ihdepend-
ice was won for all Americans, and
nat the Constitution was the direct
Iteome of the self-sacritice. hcrOiSm,
ltriotism and blood of those farmers,
is not TO be wondered at that Alton
rocks Parker, the cat-grandson, is
wv engaged in the battle to preserve
nat Constitution from usurpation and
rstructiOn. AS the grandfather
ought that liberty might be secured,
4, the great grandson fights that lib
rty may ever be preserved by the
constitution.
What the Constitution has enabled
lton Brooks Parker TO become, so will
lie indebted Constitution enable al
iher farmers sons 10 become i'll the
uture years.
HIS EARLY STRUGGLES.
But what of those early days?
Young Parker was greatly in earn
st TO become a lawyer. His fathc
ii not posSesS the means to- due;lti
i'm thoroughly for the profession; not
outstanding, Alton perScvcred in hi
urp0se. He was graduated ut tn
'ortland Academy when sixteen year
f age, and on that very day he start
d ont 10 obtain a school to teach ant
obtained one in Virgil, thirteen
nee MS Il teacher was extremely Try
ng. Some of his pupils We're nearl
5 old ard as large as he. More :ha
Z sne conflict of authority was neces
airy before he could subdue and col
lTol his scholars, but this is the en-
! &c accomplished. The year followin
: he young teacher obtained liccns
& ~ ,lpurna frnm tho normal school G
ais town. and through this credenti;
ecured position III the county
I Which he now resides, Ulster Count.
1 ~. Y. His salary was three dollar
Der day, and the position was Il
I principal of the school. which gave hi
! some leisure in which to study Law
I and. In fact, so industrious and enc
1 9getic was he that he held this pos
! ion but year, when he became twel
i Ny-one years of age and was read
20 be admitted TO the bar, having no
! supported himself for the five yea
AUST past.
4 AS soon as he was admitted to pra
] ice he became the Junior partner
he office Of Schoonmdker Il Harde
! bergh, of Kingston, n. Y. He had
zstrong friend in Augustus Schoonma
I Ser, who took an interest in him al
4 Encouraged him to take q course at Il
: Albany Law School. The friendsh
I Between Schoonmaker and Parker /
y ZANE still closer. Youn. Parker W
hardly q partner in the firm when
look q lively interest in the polite
yo~tupao ~ Ccbonpro l,ap who In