The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1904-09-30
SAID 81 A Day ENOUGH
Judge Parker's NeighbOrs Tell
Story That He Made This
Statement Two Years Ago.
Political Workers In Ulster County Say
the Democratic Candidate Won't
Win His Dktrict.

lEsopus dispatch in New York Globe,
Sept 81
There IL a good deal of talk IN Ulster
county To the effect that Judge Parker
Will not he able to carry his own dis
trict despite his great personal popu-
larity and the natural pride his neigh
bors feel in having n presidential
candidate among them. The Republic
an leaders are working tooth and nail
10 roll up II cool majority. AMI In the
last week tlLsy have been making much
use of story going the rounds about
the Judges views on the subject Of
wages. 1u substance IL Is nothing
more than that he remarked two years
ago that an unsklllci lab1rcr was cn
Titled 20 81 day nud 10 more.
The amount of gossip started 10y this
revival of an ol1uud contribution t.
economic discussion in corner gro
Gerry store i Indicative of rural scnti-
mont, and the precise details with
which III" story j. cWt"ilI~h,l In IT.
campaign yarb show The Importance
attached 10 IL by the htIc0lic managers
of the campaign IN this part ~ th"
world
Here is the form iu which the story
is Given:
Il think that dollar day is
enough for any man provided that hiS
work Is steady ANY man can live on
thr,. and that is an un~RilIed labor =
worth. am sorry have to pay more
than that and wouldn't if we had a
better supply u labor A,.cab9uts."
This statement wns made 10y Judge
Parker y Emory Ere.r2 tore ore Sat.
U lay morning about two y"a,S dgO
and made an impression on those that
hran1 il from him directly ana on those
that heard II from others that has not
We: died ont The remark was called
forth 10y discussion In Frcey's store.
Frccr is the grpceryman. Cry goods
man and general merchant of the vii
lare. and his store, which is on the
corner of the main sat Is the gath
er1ng place for the men hcrcahouts 10
exchange news, gossip anu political
vlsws on the day in question crowd
~ men was there There were Emory
Frccr. sam T.. Mott. who runs the
butcher shop AMI livery stable. Lew
RoDth. the bar,er: Carl Wismer. who
Is now a haggaes handler In the West
Shore station in Kingston, and sevcra.
farmers from the vicinity who We're IL
the village for their saturday trading.
The topic was the scarcity Of labor L.
the township and the high wages that
were being paid, unskillcd labor get
ting AT times g. high as Sl.G0 IA day.
While tbs fak was going on Judge
Parker happened IN. AMI appeal was
made TO him i'nm.liately. He answer
eel without hcsatatLun that n dollar
day was enough fur any man.
The talk Immediately rose to'a high
p-ch of cxc'tr;Hcnt. Everybody In the
store took haii in Il. and none ayr'Ssi
with judge PARKER. Even the farmers,
w-iso IN that part OF the country are
Sry thrifty class. could not acrept
such proposition. a dollar and II
quarter a day was the bottom price
for day latD.. TIE Judge staysd some
time tn the store. listening to the talk
o. arguments wWv able % move him
from his t-its't that dollar v'Is all
that days labor WIZ worh. with the
further statement that ~ ia'ver paid
mor than that II h. could help IT,
which war often the Gaze.
Mr. Wisuer, who was one OF tho"
present. says VI the incident
Il remember u ns plainly ~ II Il
yns yesterday. II was In Frters stoc'
Emory FrCr was there, Lew BoOtA
the barber. and Butcher Mott These
len, | remember. were there, and there
HCrp others, farmers.
at made lot of talk at the Tina h
causc we liked AMI admired Judge paT
ker. and W. were surprised to hsslx him
say such ching, and rot OF people
around E>opus hnFe held IL W against
him. Everybody "a remembering II
how The judge Is fine man bar h
IS Way of on that pCppOsitiN"