The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-11-04
Immense Audiences Gather to
Hear Him Discuss Issues
Of the Campaign
REMARKS DEAL LARGELY
WITH TRUST QUESTION
Makes Especially Strong Appeal to the
Young Voters of Yale University.
Returns to New York
This Morning.

Hartford. Conn. November s.-Four
enthusiastic audiences greeted Judge Par
<er today his only visit to the state
In the campaign, and in several other
places through which his special train
passed he was given rouslng impromptu
welcomes
The democratic candidate left New York
during the forenoon and speed was slack
ened at Stamford and South Norwalk be-
fore the special train reached Bridgeport.
where the first stop was made. The prin-
eipal speech of the trip was in this city
tonight, though other receptions were held
in Bridgeport New Haven and Meriden,
where an address was made from the
rear end of the train This speech dealt
with the question of the trusts and the
candidate undertook to refute the charge
that the Standard Oil company is the fin
ancial sponsor of the democratic party,
and charged that the company's interests
were with the republican party.
The meeting in this city was one of the
greatest of the campaign in this state.
Judge Parker was given warm well
come from the moment he reached the
city at ..
Thousands Gather at Station.
When the special train bearing the
Judge and his party. the candidates for
governor and lieutenant governor and a
special committee of prominent men ar
rived at Unicn station. several thousand
persons were gathered to greet the can
didate. He was driven through the
crowds to the Hartford club, where the
town committee were the hosts at dim
ner
The meeting was held in the opera
house when was filled long before 8
o'clock, the hour set to call the meeting
to order. All entrances were blocked by
the time the candidate was driven to
the opera nouse and admittance was ef-
fected with the greatest difficulty.
Judge Parker held informal receptions
after each of the meetings and shook
hands during the day and evening with
several thousand people. He remained
over night in Hartford as the guest of
J. Howard Morse, democratic candidate
for congress in the First congressional
district He will start on his return trip
to New York at a. m. tomorrow on his
official tram over the New York, New
Haven and Hartford railroad
Wild With Enthusiasm.
This city became wild with enthusiasm
over Judge Parker at an immense rally
held in the opera house tonight. Demo-
Gratis from all parts of the state came
here and the accommodations were en-
tirely inadequate. The ovation at the
opera house lasted eighteen minutes,
most of the audience being on their
feet shouting wildly, while hundreds of
them waved flags. Judge Parker said
when introduced:
Il went 10 Madison Square Garden
few nights ago and it was twenty-six
minutes before / had a chance to be
heard. Measured by the square inch,
think Hartford beats Madison Square
Garden. l am not making this fight for
myself, but l am doing what think is
right. You know l left the bench to en-
ter the campaign. 1t was the saddest day
of my life for l loved the place.
Judge Parker's Speech.
II have a peculiar pleasure in coming
to this state to which l am bound by
ties of the closest nature, in order to greet
the friends whom | see about me tonight
and through them the many thousands of
whose interest in good government l am
amply assured.
II have taken frequent occasion since
the opening of the pending canvass to
which our institutions are founded and
to the examples, both as to men and to
policies, which our history affords. 1t is
necessary for me to avow what has not
been done to exalt the past unduly, but
for the purpose of insisting that we are
entitled by right as are forced by
duty to recognize the depth and the
soldity of the foundations upon which
our institutions have been built
ssWhfIe II Is like nreachinp IN tho eon-
verted l find myself now speaking of
the home virtues in what may be called
the nursery of industry. of thrift and of
honesty In affairs, both public and pri-
vate. The regard for peace, the love of
truth, the sense of justice, the spirit Of
fairness and, best of all, persistence and
patience in their application to great prob
lems have here found conspicuous Illus
tration.
All the More Necessary.
IF we have by the practice of these
qualities come from small BEGINNINGS
through hard conditions, and out of sim
pie surroundings and have overcome all
the drawbacks incident to the pioneer
work of humanity, then we are the more
necessary when we have become numer-
ous wealthy and powerful. Sight should
never be lost of the fact that the obliga-
tions over peoples, like those of individ-
uals, increase with their opportunities
1--WE are taught that where much is
given, much is also required; but we are
now here told that success comes either
to a nation or to an individual, not as the
result of violence and force. Our duty
to the world can therefore best be done
by following time-honored precepts and
by emphasizing our old examples.
Il see you in Connecticut and our
neighbors along the New England coast
realize perhaps better than any other part
of our people what foreign trade means.
From the earliest times in our history
our ancestors braved the perils of the
sea to satisfy their desire for adventure,
and in obedience to that law of supply
and demand which under normal condi-
tions must regulate exchanges between
The different countries of the world.
As Result Of Enterprise.
Il 1.-THE time has again come when we