The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-10
TODAY THEY SAY TO
PARKER, COME
Democracy Has Chosen
You to Serve
A SIMPLE CEREMONY
1t is Expected That Fifteen Hundred
People May be Present to Witness
the Formal Notification of Judge
Parker at Rosemnunt
Today
(By the Associated Press.)

ESopuS, n. Y, Aug. 9.-Prepara-
tons are practically complete at Rose
mount tonight for the formal notifica-
ton tomorrow of Judge A. b. Parker
of his nomination as Democratic can
didate for the Presidency. These pre-
parations are notably simple. In the
morning flags and bunting Will be
draped about the low platform from
which the speeches are to be denVered,
and seats will be arranged convenient.
ly about it on the lawn just north OF
the house Everything Will then be IN
readiness for the arrival of the steam
er Sycamore which Will bring the notl-
fication committee from New YORK.
The boat is expected to arrive between
1880 and 2 p. m, ana IN case OF III
clement weather the notification cere-
monv viii ltake place upon the boat.
IT is expected that / 500 people Will
be present to hear the speeches, 50O
of them from Ulster county, in Whlch
the Judges home is located. With the
ffty members of the notification COM
mittee will come a large number OF
Democrats from this and other states,
among them former eSnator David Is.
Hill. Senator Joseph w. Bailey, of Tex
as, the members of the Democratic Ma
tional committee. The members of the
notification committee will first be re-
Ceiyed by Judge Parker upon the Ve-
randa at Rosemount. They Will be
presented to him by Chairman Cord
Meyer of the New York State commit
tee The formal ceremony will begin
probably between 2:30 and y. m.,
end will occupy about two hours.
The opening speech will be that of
Chairman Champ Clark, of Missouri,
" hc will formally notify Judge Par
ker of his nomination and will pre-
sent to him a certified copy of the
platform by the st. Louis convention
and of the message decided upon by
the convention in reply to the Judge S
telegram on the gold standard sent
to William T. Sheehan. Judge Par
ker will follow Mr.. Clark with his
speech formally accepting the nomi-
nation. Two other speeches are ar
ranged for. The ceremony will be fol-
lowed by an informal reception, after
which the visitors Will depart.
Lamont and Gray Call.
Colonel Daniel S. Lamont, former
Secretary of War, whose name is
prominently mentioned in connection
with the Democratic nomination for
Governor of New York, and United
States Judge Gray, of Delaware, were
visitors at Rosemount today. ~
Judge Gray would not talk politics.
He said that he came merely in a So
Cial way, and to renew an acquaint-
ance with Judge Parker begun on a
trans-Atlant steamer eight years ago.
lie expressed great admiration for
Judge Parker.
Mr.. Lamont said his own visit had
no political significance. He said,
however, that he was not q candidate
for the nomination for Governor.
Moreover. he declared that he believed
an emergency that would make it his
duty to accept such nomination was
very remote He repeated his opin-
ion quoted the other day that Charles
W Goodyear, of Buffalo, was well
fitted for the nomination and would
make a strong candidate. Later in the
afternoon Judge Parker received a
delegation of visitors representing
Virginia and Georgia. In the Virginia
group were United States Senator
Thomas S. Martin representative
Claude A. Swanson, and Circuit Judge
Il. r. Prentice, of Suffolk, Va. With
them was Representative William S.
Cowherd, of Missouri chairman of the
Democratic Congressional committee.
The Georgia visitors were James r.
Gray of Atlanta, who was chairman
of the Georgia delegation at the st.
Louis convention; Colonel English, of
the governors staff, and president of
the Fourth National Bank of Atlanta,
and Mills b. Lane, president of the
Citizens Bank of Savannah.
None of these visitors had ANYTHING
Cs political Importance to say Sena-
ter Martin said that he came to bring
his greeting to Judge Parker today be-
cause he could not attend the cere-
raCnieS tomorrow.