The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-15
PARTY LEADERS
INTERVIEW PARKER
Continued From First PAGE

state committee. ssThe question of
campaign funds will not play the part
1t has played in the last two cam
paigns This time it is more question
or the man than of any issue, and the
decision lies with the people abso-
lutely. The sordid element will not
be SO much a feature as in the past.
The minute / saw the gold dispatch,
and was with Mr.. Sheehan when he
received it. said it was the right thing
under the circumstances"
Asked about the Bryan utterances,
senator McCarren said that Mr.. Bryan
had pledged himself on the platform in
the convention to support the ticket,
and that be believed he would do So
Mr.. Cochran said that he was ready
TO make more speeches for Judge
Parker than he made in 1896.
There is strong impression here
that Mr.. Sheehan is no longer to be
thought of in connection with the
Democratic national Craftsmanship,
and that those in the position of lead
ershfp do not regard the national COM
mlttee as in any way bound to Thomas
Taggart, of Indiana
Messrs McCarren, Cochran and Bel
mont left for New York tonight.
Tribute From Neiehbors
Six carloads of enthusiastic friends
of Judge Alton B. Parker came down
on special train tonight to celebrate
the judges nomination. Most of those
VINO came were Democrats, but there
were not few old Republican friends
or the judge, and the celebration was
non partisan in character. Headed by
the First Regiment band, of Kingston,
the visitors marched to Rosemount and
gave Judge Parker rousing ovation.
Ihe speech on behalf of the visitors
was made by former State Senator
John j. Linson, of Kingston. He said:
You may have heard it remarked
that Ulster county was settled by the
Dutch. Be that as it may, there is one
Dutch characteristic that it's citizens
share with all the people of our great
nation. They admire man who sees
the right, and, seeing, dares to do it.
IL is for that reason. as well as for
the respect and affection felt for YOUR
self personally. that this assemblage of
your neighbors has gathered tonight
to do honor to you to whom has come
a distinction that only one in millions
can attain.
1T is related of a great Republican
leader, now deceased, that when an
opponent in the house of representa-
uVeS had shouted to the chair, Mr.
Speaker, in the words of Henry CLAY.
l had rather be right than be presi-
dent he retorted: Don't be afraid.
You'll never be either Since the
glorious sunburst of the Hateful Satllr-
day When the telegraph flashed from
Esopus to st. Louis your words that
have become history, it may be dem
-onStrated that man can be right and
be president, too.
But we have come here simply to
take you by the hand, to assure you
of our unalterable appreciation and
regard. to congratulate you on the es-
in yx-11i \, I. Ia r
the great parties of the nation at least,
and to say to you that whether your
next few years are to be kept at
Rosemount or in the White house:
whether you walk among us as a pri-s
xate citizen or sit in the chair at
Washington of Jefferson and of Lin
coin, you will occupy precisely the
same position in the hearts of those
who know you BEST
Replies in Kind
In reply Judge Parker said:
senator LinSon and gentlemen of
that gallant band of twenty-six that
Went over to st. Louis the other day,
old friends and neighbours: There are
never any friends like the old friends
Friendship is not plant of rapid
growth. For more than quarter of
century I have passed among you day
by day. We met one another upon the
streets as We We're going about our
several duties. We chatted together at
the clubs and met one another in social
intercourse at our respective houses.
We sorrowed together when dear
friends passed away. Together we
helped one another in occasions of need.
We rejoiced together-when some great
good came to the life or lives of some
of our friends.
During those years we formed re-
1ations of friendship with one another.
AS an illustration of it, we find that
twenty-six of you went all the way to
ST. Louis through the heat to say
something kindly of one of their friends
of that Kingston and Ulster county
band associated together for SO many
years, and | know very we'll that they
have not told the whole truth at st.
Louis.
There is something about those
friends whom I have known so well
these years that makes it impossible
for them to tell the exact truth about
friend, and know well that talking
to the several delegations there they
failed to recollect aught but those
things which pictured their neighbor
as they liked him and liked to view
him. / need not say that I am very
grateful to those men. / did not ask
them to go, but I appreciated the fact
tlldl thCy WCill hliSW tIidt lIley WOulQ
be force there, as have learned they
proved to be, and / know very we'll if a
little effort had been made that that
band could have been very largely in
creased from among friends and neigh
bors who would have been only too
glad to go.
.I am not going to attempt to make
a speech, but / want to welcome you
to Rosemount. Never will forget, while
1 live, the happy days when we met
day by day and shook each other by the
hand and discussed the various situa-
lions presented. l am grateful to all
of you who have come here and I want
to take this opportunity to shake all of
my old neighbors by the hand and to
say to each one of you Godspeed.''
MIR. OIney Sends Greeting
Among the letters received by Judge
Parker today was this:
You must allow me to express my
great satisfaction that you are to be
the candidate of the Democratic party
for the presidential office in the COM
ing national election. That both the
party and the country cannot be too
emphatically congratulated is certain.
Whether you can be fairly congratu-
lated personally, l beg leave to doubt
Your present position is SO exalted
and so manifestly congenial to your
tastes and is filled with such distinc--
tioD that leaving if for roliticS cannot