The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-08-03
PARKER's LETTER.
GOSSIP About Its Probable G,

GOSSIP ABOUT us fFOUnwhe
Esopus Special to New York Journal
Judge Parker is putting the finishing
touches on his letter OF acceptance.
II is said here that the following
questions will be accumulated by the
Democratic candidate:
FIrst-Money; an elaboration OF his
telegram to Sheehan.
Second-Trusts and the tariff; On
the former, his friends say. ne Is
soundly Democratic, while on the lat
ter he favors a reduction for the BEN
eft of the masses.
Third-The right of the South to set
tie the race question without interior
ence.
Fourth-A strong protest against the
holding of colonies under the Consti-
tuition.
Judge is preparing his letter with the
same care which characterized his ju-
dicial opinions.
He has discouraged callers between
now and the time the notification com
mittee will reach Rosemount: The
days Intervening he will use wholly in
revising his letter of acceptance. The
draft of 1t has been finished. He will
begin going over it tomorrow and hopes
to have the document ready to hand
to his stenographer by Saturday Of
this week.
There is nothing on the program to
delegations scheduled. no company nor
committees that will impose upon his
time. BY Saturday, too, it is believed
| he Will have sent In his resignation as
Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals.
Or, IL he does not resign he will have
notified the country of his refusal to
do so and his reasons therefor.
1t Is understood that every plank In
ed in his letter. Even the most incon-
sequential feature of 1t is to receive
notice. The financial question. which
his telegram to Mr.. Sheehan made an
than any other syllable of the platform
involves. This will, 1t may be said on
good authority, be amplified and made
the basis of an argument for an un-
as the money of the country.
This he will do without offending the
adherents of silver any. more than pos
sible under the circumstances.
His Attitude ON Trusts.
How far he is to proceed upon the
still greater question of trusts. even
his closest friends confess they are
Wholly wholly in the eno dark Kbo AS yet he has
interchanged views of any considerable
length with any of the public charac-
ters who have visited Rosemount since
July 9. Probably he gave to Mr.. Pea
| body, who was here Saturday more
time for discussion of economic mat
tiers than any one else. If Mr.. Pea
| body is pleased with Judge Parker >
ideas of Democracy. and he says he
is. 1t seems sign that he will go as
far as practical politics will permit
him to go in his letter.
His friends at Kingston and at ESQ
pus declare that in private CONVEX sa-
lions prior to the st. Louis Conven-
| ton, when such matters as trusts and
| Imperialism came up for discussion. he
| unhesitatingly delivered sound doc
trines concerning their evil influences
| upon the body polite.
Strong ON Race Question.
There is one question the country
may be sure Judge Parker will neither
| hedge. compromise, dodge or evade
| when he speaks on August 10. That
| 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
Potomac and the Ohio rivers. He
promised Senator Daniel, who was at
Rosemount last week, that he would
exercise his knowledge of the law and
reattirm his sympathies with the Ang-
lo-Saxon race when it came time for
him to speak publicly to the Democ-
racy that had honored him with its
confidence.
Senator Joseph Bailey of Texas.
whom Judge Parker regards as the bost
equipped constitutional lawyer in the
| country; John Sharp Williams and Gro
yer Cleveland will be asked to read the
document before Judge Parker deliy-
ers 1t. Already long letter has been
sent to Mr.. Cleveland. But whether 1t
asked for advice or If 1t was on an
other subject, of course, Is not known
to the outside world.