Gilpin observer., 1904-10-27

liberately, not like President Roose-
velt, who is credited with jumping at
everything in a fury of energy and
working strenuously, as he terms it.
Judge Parker works orderly and ac-
cOmplishes a vast amount Of work.
/ No one has ever heard him speak un-
kindly of an inferior, his natural kind
ness smooths the way, yet he has the
firmness Of a Gibraltar in his opinions
and decisions.
Judge Parker is no fancy farmer
playing at farming like boy with
toy. He manages his farm and makes
it pay. He is a real farmer, who di-
rects the work, examines the plowing,
and in harvest time is found in his
shirt sleeves at work with his men in
saving the hay and cutting the wheat.
Judge Parker is not a rich man, as
the term is now understood. He may
be worth $4,000, made by saving and
by good judgment. His farm at Cort-
land came to him from his father. He
was born on it and toiled on it when
boy. Like the great Daniel Web
ster, he cannot bear to part with the
home where his happy boyhood days
were spent, "where to fame and for
tune unknown" he worked assiduously
to get an education and to become
person of usefulness and of some con-
sequence in his day and generation.
Judge Parker has never been defeat
ed yet, and it is very unlikely that good
fortune will desert him when the
prize is SO near his grasp. Hospital
ity is one of the cardinal virtues in
Judge Parker's household. Like the
planter in the Southern States pre-
vious to the war of 1861, he deems it
to be privilege to offer entertainment
over night. All his neighbors are his
friends, and when he is at the head of
his dining table, surrounded by his
wife, mother, brother, a sister of Mrs.
Parker, who lives at Rosemount: his
daughter, son-in-law, grandchildren
and Secretary McCauseland, with
two or three guests, he is the life of
the party, gentle and dignified, direct
ing the conversation, but not monop-
olizing it. A mans private habits
throw much light on his character,
and nothing In the life OF candidate
for President is uninteresting to the
people who vote for the one who is to
fill the Office for the next four years.
Although Judge Parker rises early, he
does not retire to his sleeping room be-
fore II O'Clock at night, and he works
So intermittingly during the day that
he sleeps as sweetly as babe on its
mothers bosom. He hardly ever re-
Quires more than seven hours sleep.
WORDS OF WISDOM.
The following words from Judge
Parker's letter Of acceptance are par
ticularly forceful and characteristic:
Il have put aside a congenial work,
to which had expected to devote my
life, in order to assume, as best can,
the responsibilities our convention put
upon me.
II solicit the cordial cooperation and
generous assistance of every man who
believes that a change of measures
and of men at this time would be wise,
and urge harmony of endeavor as well
as vigorous action on the part of all so
minded.
1.-The issues are Joined and the peo-
pie must render the verdict.
Shall economy Of administration be
demanded or shall extravasanee be
encouraged?
bay by the people, or must justice
wait upon political oIigarehy?
Shall our government stand for
SSs SFPSsshsy W iSS SPSStat PTiVss
leee?
Shall II remain a government Of law
or become one Of Individual caprice?
Shall we cling to the rule Of the
people, or shall we embrace beneficent
despotism?
with calmness and confidence we
await the peoples verdict.
"If called to the Office of President,
I shall consider myself the Chief Mag
istrate of all the people and not of any
faction, and shall ever be mindful Of
the fact that on many questions of Ma
tiOnal policy there are honest differ
ences Of opinion. 1 believe in the pa
triotism, good sense and absolute sin
cerity of all the people. l shall strive
to remember that he may serve his
party best who serves his country
best.
''If it be the wish of the people that
I undertake the duties of the Presi-
dency, l pledge myself, with Gods
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