The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-15
JUDGE PARKER'S TELEGRAM.
Light Thrown on the History of the
Famous Message-Many Messages
OF COngratuIation Received by the
Nominee.

Esopus, n. Y, July 11.-Light was
thrown On the history of h famous
Parker telegram, and the reply to it
of the Democratic convention at St.
Louis to-day, by a close friend of
Judge Parker, who declined to allow
the use of his name.
When Judge Parker went to bed at
9:45 Friday night said this man, che
did not know anything at all about
the financial side Of the platform,
which had been agreed upon, more
than was outlined in the very brief
bulletins t~elephoned from Kingston.
When informed by the Associated
Press correspondent at 6 a. m. of the
bare fact of his nomination, he knew
no more, and the first real knowledge
he had of the action of the onven
ton on h financial plank in the
platform was when he read the New
York morning papers.
Immediately after he
started for a horseback ride. Juss
before mounting his horse a telegram
was handed him giving a concise out
line of h platform. From the mo-
ment OF his reading of that telegram
u was noticed that he was very much
p~reoccupied. and as he rode off his
head was bowed. as If in deep thought
About 1890 o'clock he rode UP to
n railroad station, asked for tele-
grams, and received quite a bunch of
them. l happen to know that none
of them gave him the information he
wanted. He chatted with h report
~ fnr - u-I,N ~-I
recalled that some of his questions to
them betrayed the fact of his lack of
hrst-hand knowledge of the conven
tons action. He waited about the
station, almost ~irresolute in bearing,
for fully ten minutes, and then sud-
denly galloped C to Rosemont. An
hour afterward his famous telegram
was filed with h operator, and the
remarkable series of events was I'M
der way.
That night, while the convention
tossed n billowed with the sensa-
ton he had produced, he did not go
early to bed, as he had done the night
before, although the local celebration
in his honor ceased, and the people
dispersed as early as 1915 p. m. He
sat up until after 8 a. m. closely
watching the bulletins, and made no
move toward retiring until after the
action of the convention upon his
telegram was made known to him."
1T is not true" sal the gentleman
quoted above, that Judge Parker sent
a message to Senator Hill demanding
the insertion Of a gold plank. His
telegram to William F. Sheehan was
his first communication, directly or
Indirectly. with the convention"
Judge Parker received the follow
ing message from former President
Grover Cleveland:
"Buzzard's Bay, July 1O.-You must
permit me to express my gratitude and
admiration for the splendid manifesto
ton of honor and courage you have
given to your countrymen, and to
Democracy in your st. Louis dis
patch.
"(Signedj.
GROVER CLEVELAND"
The telegram from William p.
Hearst, sent on Saturday, evidently
went astray, but a duplicate was re-
ceived today as follows, dated Chi
cago, July 10th:
nomination and upon the expression
of Democratic principles in the plat
form or which you and I hope and
believe that battling for the people
and for such principles. you will lead
the Democracy to victory"
Judge Parker Immediately wrote
Mr.. Hearst the following letter:
Hon. William Randolph Hearst:
Dear Sir: Just a word to thank you
for your very kind message of con-
graduation, and to assur you of my
very grateful appreciation.
Very truly yours,
ALTON B. PARKER"
Other kilograms received today in
clude the following:
From the Right Rev. Charles C.
Grafton, Episcopal bishop of Fond du
Lac, Wisconsin, dated Providence,
R. l.:
w will daily pray God to possess
thee with his wisdom n give thee
a courageous and peaceful heart"
From President David r. Francis,
Of the ST Louis Exposition:
Hearty CONGRATULATIONS, not only on
your nomination. but on your saga
cious telegram which the convention
by overwhelming majority has sus-
tanned. Those who have been asking
that you announce your position on
h issues can not longer have any
question as to your convictions or
your courage to express them"
From former Vice President Adlai
E. Stevenson. from Bloomington, Ill.,:
MY hearty congratulations"
So far as his plans have as yet
been made, Judge Parker will not tour
the country making speeches. His
| personal campaign will be conducted
in a way similar to that of President
Mckinley to a large degree from the
porch at RoSemont. He will prob
ably make III one OF two pilgrimages
to the larger cities.
An explanatory statement of the