The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-15
COME BY CAR LOADS.
Old Friends of Parker Visit Him at
His Home.

ESOpuS, n. 4 July 10 II 10 oAIS
a question of the majority, as I see it, "
said Senator McCarren after the con-
ference at Esopus yesterday. ''The
question of campaign funds will not
play the part it has played in the past
two campaigns. This time it is more
a question of the man than of the
issue, and the decision lies with the
people absolutely. The sordid element
will not be so much feature as In
| the past.
1.-The minute I saw the gold dis
patch, and 1 was with Sheehan when
he received ii, l said it was the right
thing under the circumstances.
Asked about the Bryan utterances,
Senator McCarren said that Mr.. Bryan
had pledged himself on the platform
in the convention to support the ticket
and that he believed he would do so.
Mr.. Cochran repeated his statement
that he was ready to make more
speeches for Judge Parker than he
made in 1896
The conference between Judge Par
ker and Senator McCarren lasted
about an hour, and from what was
learned after the conference there is
strong impression here that Mr..
Sheehan is no longer to be thought of
in connection with the Democratic
craftsmanship, and also that those in
the position of dictatorship do not re-
gard the national committee as in any
way bound to Thomas Taggart of In
tor the national Craftsmanship there is
no reliable information obtainab1e
here as to whom he is.
Six carloads of enthusiastic friends
of Judge Parker came down on spe-
cial train last night to celebrate the
judges nomination Most of those
who came down were Democrats, but
there were not a few old Republican
ton was designed to be nonpartisan in
character.
Headed by the First regiment band
of Kingston, the visitors marched to
Rosemont and gave Judge Parker
rousing ovation Replying to an adj
dres of congratulation from the Wis
itors, Judge Parker said:
There are never any friends like
the old friends. Friendship is not a
plant of rapid growth. For more
than quarter of a century / have
passed among you day by day. We
met one another upon the streets as
we were going about our several du-
ties. We chatted together at the clubs
and met one another in social inter-
course at our respective houses. We
sorrOwed together when dear friends
passed away, together we helped one
another in occasions of need. We re-
Joiced together when some great good
came into the life or lives of some of
our friends.
During those years we formed re-
lations of friendship with one another.
AS an illustration of it we find that
20 OF you went TO 81 Louis through
the heat to say something kindly of
one of their friends at Kingston. And
know very well that they have not
told the whole truth at St. Louis
There is something about these
friends whom have known so well
these years that makes it impossible
for them to tell the exact truth about
a friend, and 1 know we'll that in
talking to the several delegations
there they failed to recollect aught but
those things which pictured their
neighbor as they liked him and liked
to view him. 1 need not say that l
am very grateful to those men. I did
not ask them to go, but I appreciated
the fact that they went. 1 knew that
they would be a force there as I have
learned they proved to be, and know
very well if a little effort had been
made that that band could have been
friends and neighbors who would
have been only too glad to go.
Il am not going to attempt to make
a speech, but I want to welcome you
to ROsemont. Never will I forget
while I live the happy days when we
met day by day and shook each other
by the hand and discussed the various
presented.
81 am grateful to all of you who
have come here, and 1 want to take
this opportunity to shake all of my
by the hand and to say to |
each one of you God speed