The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-10-22

through, the only candidate elected on
the ticket.
Nhen the news came to him of his
election he was helping Mrs Parker
move some furniture around the house
They were poor then and had to econ
omlze and could not afford to hire
hclp for anything they could do them
selves. One Of his friends came from
the county clerks Office, where the re-
turns were tabulated and shouted.
Parker, you are elected after allv'
The young lawyer took the announce
mcnt as unimpressed as when, twenty
seven years later, he was chief Judge
Oh the court of appeals and received
news of his nomination for president
of the United States.
Six years later, in 1888, when his
term expired and he was renomlnate1
for surrogate, the general political i'm.
preston in Ulster county was that the
Republican party was so Dominated nv
the Ialf-Brecd and Stalwart fight thot
1t was hardly worth while to nominate
ticket. However, to keep the Repub-
llcan organization together several
young men accepted nominations. To
I'LL out the ticket an old friend of Sur
rogate Pnrkcr's, former Judge Linton.
consented to take the Republican NOM
nation for surrogate. Naturally, the
young men who were on the ticket and
who had taken nominations to in
crease their prominence and position in
the party hustled around and mado os
good fight as they could, although
without any expectation of success.
Judge lawton declined to do anything
ana told his friends that he thought
Parker had made a good surrogate and
should be reelected.
The Democrats were oycrconfidont
ana the young men on the Republican
'lckct won out. Among them was G..
ID. Hasbrouck, who was then making
start in Republican politics and ia
now Judge Of the court Of claims and
the Republican leader in Ulster county.
Again Judge Parker was elected, as he
was the only man on the ticket
against whom no contest had been
made. If n possible opponent had
poIled anything like the votes his asso-
ciates did Judge Parker would have
been defeated for reelection.
| At that time, as at the present, It
was the custom for each of the prom
incnt counties in the Third judicial dis
trlct to have one justice of the supreme
court The term was If years, and it
was the custom to re-elect an accept
able judge until death or the age limit
created an opportunity for his success
sor. 1t seemed that young Parker had
| reached the limit of his ambition for
some years, for Judge Westbrook, who
| represented Ulster county, had several
years of his term to serve and was in
vigorous health
In 1855 Democratic prospects in the
! state were bad. President Cleveland
had been inaugurated in March. His
first acts were to recognize one faction
Of the party and to refuse recognition
or patronage to the other faction. The
factional opponents Of President Cleve-
land controlled the state convention
and nominated David B. Hill for GOV
ernor. Mr.. Hill was then young man
serving out Mr.. Cleveland's unexpired
| term.
After the state convention Mr..
Cleveland's friends assumed an atti-
tude of hostility to the ticket, and its
election was regarded as hopeless.
None of the old Democratic politicians
| were willing to take charge of the
campaign. Mr.. Hill had met young
Parker. and as n last resort succeeded
In persuading him to be chairman Of
the state executive committee. He took
the job and set to work without money
and facing disheartening situation.
Possibly some of the happenings of
this campaign have had to do with
! Judge Parker's aversion to candidate
making speeches. Ira Davenport, Re-
publican candidate against Mr.. Hill,
went on the stump and made important