The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-06
PARKER CLEARS
DOCKET, RESIGNS
Sustains His Character
of American Sphinx.
NOT A WORD SPAKE he
But When the Courts Business Was
Over, He Proceeded Quietly to File
His Resignation, Speaking,
Then Indeed and With
Some Emotion.
(By the Associated Press.)

Albany, n. Y, Aug. 5.-Alton b.
Court of Appeals of this State at 1920
D. m today and became the untram-
nelled candidate of the Democratic
party for the Presidency of the United
States, lacking only the formal notifi-
cation of his nomination, which will
take place at Rosemount next We'd
nesday afternoon.
Without any announcement of in
tention of his purpose, he came to AL
bsny, took part with five of the other
judges in clearing up practically all of
the cases which had been argued be-
fore the court and then sent a meSsen-
ger to file his formal resignation in
the office of the Secretary of State, as
the constitution and public officers law
required.
He left Esopus at 1:26 a. m, accom-
panied by the newspaper men, who
have been on duty at Rosemount ever
since his nomination. Until after the
train had left Kingston he would not
divulge his destination. Few of the
people in the day coach in which he
rode appeared to recognize him,
though there We're one or two Ulster
county acquaintances with whom he
chatted until the train reached King
slon. He arrived In Albany just after
o'clock and aftc NsePIs went to the
capitol and at once entered into con-
Sultation with his colleagues over the
cases pending before the court. The
consultation lasted a little over one
hour, and at 3:05 the judges filed into
the court room and handed down six
ty-six decisions, which practically
pla a ma ha
court
The only cases remaining are two
or three in the haI.1s of ,Iudges Gray
and Bartlett, who are in Europe. All
Cf the cases in which Judge Parker
was assisting judge were disposed of
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 to the fact tnat the session was
unexpected and there had not been
time to get the robes, which had been
packed away for the summer.
The judges present were: Parker,
C'l3rien, Martin, Vann, Cullen and
Werner.
The court was in session less than
two minutes and adjournment was inn
mediately taken until October 3. 1t
is a long time since any such number
VI uCClSloHS lttIS bctil lidIdCu uONlt at
one sitting of the court.
The Resignation Filed.
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
resignation. He called in all the news
paper men, took them through the
court chambers, private offices and
consultation 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 per-
ceptibly as he said:
The very slight emphasis upon the
word was the first indication he had
given of his intention to resign.
Returning to the consultation room,
he took a long envelop from his pocket
and turning to Buell. G. Andrews, one
of the officials of the court, said
"AndrcWs will you do a kindness
for me? Just take this down stairs
and file it with the secretary.