The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-06
NO LONGER
CHIEF JUSTICE
Parker Submits His Re-
signatiOn.
CLEARS UP COURT WORK
Then the Candidate RetireS
from the Bench.
No One Knew Of His Intention Until
HIS Formal Relinquishment OF
once Had Been Tendered 10
secretary of State.

Parker ceased to be Chief Justice OF
the Court of Appeals OF this city at
$40 D. m. today and became the I'M
trammeled candidate of the Democratic
party for the Presidency of the United
states. lacking only the formal notih-
cation of his nomination which will
take place at Rosemount next Wednes-
day afternoon.
without any advance announcement
or tntimation of his purpose, he came
to Albany, took part with Ave of the
other Judges in clearing UP practically
all of the cases which had been argued
before the court, and then sent a mes
senger to fiIe his formal resignation In
the office of the Secretary of State as
the constitution and public officers
law requires.
He left Esopus at 1925 a. m, ACCOM-
panied by the newspaper men whd'have
been on duty at Rosemount ever since
his nomination. Until after the train
had left Kingston. he would not
divulge his destination.
Recognized by Few.
Few of the persons in the day coach
In which he rode appeared to recognize
him. He arrived In Albany Just after
/ o'clock and after luncheon went TO
sultation with his colleagues over the
cases pending before the court. The
consultation lasted little over an
hour, and at 3:05 the judges filed into
the court room and handed down to
the clerk sixty-six decisions which
practically cleared up the business be-
fore the court.
All OF the cases In which Judge Par
ker was assisting judge were disposed
Of
An interesting feature of the session
without the long black silk robes
which they ordinarily wear. This was
owing to the fact that the session was
unexpected and there had not been
time to get the robes which had been
packed away for the summer.
Session IL Brief
The court was In session less than
two minutes and adjournment was inn
mediatelv taken until October 3. 1t is
OF deetri o1It lfse sspn nande6 down at
Gee sitting OF court.
His business as Chief Judge being
thus completed. Judge Parker then took
up the matter upon which he had come
to Albany, the fling of his resignation.
He called In all the newspa per mea
took them through the court cham
bers. 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 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 tcok long envelope from his poclS-
ct and turning to Buell. c. Andrews.
one of the officials of the court said:
Resignation rendered.
Andrews, will you do a kindness for
me? Just take this down stairs and
file 1t with the Secretary of State"
The document read,
Hon. John f. O'Brien, Secretary of
State:
"sir--I hereby respectfully resign my
office as Chief Justice of the Court Of
Appeals of the State of New York. such
resignation to take effect Immediately.
Alton b. Parker.
"Rosemount Esopus, n. Y, August 5,
1904"
Judge Parker spent the remainder
of the afternoon in conversation with
his late colleagues in the court. lie
refused to make any statement or COM
ment in connection with his resigna-
ton beyond saying: !.
1T speaks for itself"
His fellow judges were not reticent,
however. and each one of them had
something to say, all testlfying to the
esteem in which they hold him as a
Jurist and man. Judge Celora Martin,
whose service is soon to expire by req
son of age, voiced the sentiments of
all the court when he said:
Loved BY His Colleagues.
We all regret very sincerely That
the necessity has arisen to separate
the members of the court. Judge Par
kor takes with him from the court
the good will of every member and the
profoundest respect and regret.
could say nothing bad II l tried, except
that he is Democrat. If he were
a good Republican, 1 tell you he would
be an ideal fellow"
Whatever pressure had been brought
to bear upon Judge Parker In the mat
ter of timing his resignation SO that
his successor might on the one hand
be named by the Governor or on the
other, chosen at the November cleo
tion. was effort lost. for the course
pursued today was the one the Judge
decided on as soon as the St. Louis
Convention nominated him for Press!
dent