The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-06
THIS ROOM, BOYS,
WAS MY ROOM" +"
JUDGE PARKER RESIGNED.
BROKE NEWS FIRST TO NEwsPAP-
ER MEN WHO WE'RE WITH HIM.

His sudden Departure for Albany
Explained when His Resignation
as Chief Judge of the Court of Ap-
peaIs Was TIendered-Voice Trem-
Y,Ied When He Told Reporters
voon, "Was" His-COurt Was iii
eesSion Less Than Two Minutes.
Albany, n. Y, Aug. 5.-Alton b. Par
ker ceased to be the judge of the Court
of Appeals of this state at 1920 O'CLOCK
this afternoon, and became the sun-
+ramneled candidate of the Democratic
marty for the presidency of the United
states. lacking only the formal noti-
fcation of his nomination, which Will
take place at Rosemount next Wednes-
day afternoon
Without any advance announcement
or intimation of his purpose, he came
to Albany, took part with five of the
other judges in clearing up practically
oil of the cases which had been argued
before the court, and then sent mes
sAnger to file his formal resignation
in the office of the Secretary of state
as the constitution and public officers
law required.
Parker in COnsuItatiOn.
He left Esopus at 1925 o'clock this
morning, accompanied by the neWspa-
ner men. who have been on duty at
Rosemount ever since his nomination
Until after the train had left Kings
ton he would not divulge his destln@-
tion.
Few of the people in the day coach
in which he rode appeared to recog-
nize him, though there were one or Two
Ulster county acqualntances WIN
whom he chatted until the train reach
ed Kingston. He arrived in Aloany
i,Ist after l O'Clock, and after lunch
con went to the Capitol and at once
Joined in consultation with nus col
leagues over the cases pending before
The consultation lasted little over
one hour and at sos o'clock the judges
filed into the court room and hanoed
down to the clerk siXty-slX DECISIONS
which practically cleared up the ousl-
ness before the court. The only cases
remaining are two or three in the
hands of Judges Gray and Bartlett,
who are in Europe. All of the cases
i'm which Judge Parker was assisting
Judge were disposed of.
Black silk Robes Missing.
An interesting feature Of the session
of the court was that the judges were
without the long black silk robes which
they ordinarily wear This was owing
10 the fact that the session was unex-
pected and there had not been time to
get the robes, which had been packed
away for the summer.
The Judges present were Parker,
O'Brien, Martin, Vann, Cullen and
Werner
The court was in session less than
two minutes, and adjournment was i'm
mediately taken until Oct. 8. 1t is
long time since any such number of
decisions has been handed down at one
sitting of the court
This Room, Boys, Was Nine"
His business as chief judge being
thus completed, Judge Parker then
took up the matter upon which he had
come to Albany, the filing of his reslg-
nation. He called in all the newspa-
per men, took them through the court
chamber, private offices and consulta-
ton rooms, and introduced each one to
his associate judges. In his own room,
which he has occupied so long, he
stopped, and looked out of the window
to the distant hills across the Hudson.
His voice trembled perceptibly as he
said
This room, boys was mine"
The very slight emphasis upon the
word was" was the first indication he
had given of his intention to resign.
Returning to the consultation room
he took long envelope from his pock-
ct and turning to Buell. c. Andrews
one of the officials of the court, said:
Andrews, will you do a kindness for
me? Just take this downstairs and file
1t with the Secretary of State"
Judge Parker's Resignation.
The document read:
Hon. John f. O'Brien, Secretary of
State. Sir: l hereby respectfully re-
sign my Office as chief judge of the
Court of Appeals of the state of New
York, such resignation to take effect
Immediately.
(Signed) "Alton B. Parker"
Rosemount Esopus, N. Y, Aug. 5,
1904"
Judge Parker spent the remainder
OF the afternoon in conversation with
his late colleagues in the court. He
refused to make any statement or
comment in connection with his resig-
nation beyond saying:
It speaks for itself"
His fellow judges were not so reti-
cent, however. and each one of them
had something to say, all testifying
10 the esteem in which they hold him
as jurist and man.
me preliminary steps for to-day's
extraordinary session of the Court of
appeals We're taken by Judge Parker
IN letters to his associates of the bench
cunning his plans and suggesting that
llls sitting would afford an opportu-
MY to clear the docket of cases i'm
Nnlch the chief judge was concerned.
WuateVer pressure had been brought
10 pear upon Judge Parker in the mat
ser OF timing his resignation so that his
successor might. on the one hand, be
named by the Governor. or, on the
.tner chosen at the November cleo
, uon. was in effect lost. for the course
5uIsued to-day was the one the Judge
decided upon as soon as the St. Louis
dontention nominated him for Presi-