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Parker The Democratic Nominee.
Greenville Daily Herald.

Esopus, n. y, July 10.--In spite of
the very unusual hour at which Judge
Alton 3. Parker retired this morning
after the receipt of the news from st.
Louis, he was prompt in his departure
from church at Kingston today.
He drove with Mrs. Parker to the
Episcopal Mission Church of the Holy
Cross at Kingston, of which his son.in
law, Rev. Charles M. Hall, is rector.
Mr.. Hall has been attending the St.
Louis convention and in his absence
DIR. Cooper, rectar of the Church of st.
John the Divine, of Hasbrouck
Heights. n. ]. conducted the services.
Judge Parker assisted in taking up the
collection.
The sermon Included no reference to
matters civic or political. After the
service DR.. Cooper was asked if he had
Judge Parker's silence in mind, in his
reference to the %eloquence in life rather
than lips when he said:
ut is not the %eloquence OF the lips
that speak as loudly or counts for as
much as the life itself of a man"
The doctor smiled but declined to
Judge Parker's visitors, John B.
Macdonald and Judge Hatch, remain
ed with him until ga. NJ, receiving
bulletins, and then departed for New
York.
This afternoon the democratic
nominee for president spent his leisure
time seated on his veranda with a
number of friends.
Judge Park er's Career.
Born at Cortland, N. Y, May IA,
1852.
Educated at public school, Cortland
Academy and Albany Law School.
Practiced law at Kingston until
elected surrogate Ulster county in 1877,
serving in that office eight years..
Delegate to Democratic national con-
vention in 1884, at which Grover
Cleveland waa first nominated.
Offered and declined office of First
Assistant Postmaster General in
Cleveland's first administration.
Chairman Democratic State EXecu-
tive committee for New York in 1885.
Elected judge of the Supeme Cou TT
in 1885,.
Appointed member of the Court of
Appeals in 1889.
Elected chief Judge of the Court of
Appeals for New York state in 1898.
Resides at Esopus, n. Y, where he
lives the life of a farmer when not en-
gagged in court duties at Albany.
Sidetrack to Home of Parker.
New York, July ia sidetrack to
the home of Judge Alton B. Parker, at
Esopus, N. Y, was ordered construct.
ed today by the West Shore railroad
for the increased business at that point
anticipated because of the Judges
nomination for the presidency by the
Democratic national convention.
His Mother in Pleased.
Derby, Conn, July 10.-The news of
Judge Parker's nomination was
brought to his mother Saturday by a
representative Of the Associated Press.
Tears welled up in her eyes and for a
moment she could not speak. Then
she said: II had hoped if his nomina-
ton was the best thing for the party
that he would be named and now II
his election is the best thing for the
country I sincerely hope be will be
elected.
She said that Judge Parker was a
personal friend of President Roosevelt
and within a year or two had made
him a visit at his Oyster Bay home.
Mrs. Parker is SO years old and lives
with her daughter, Mrs. Hall.
Esopus, N. Y, July 11.-Judge Par
ker last night sent the following
telegram of congratulations to Henry
G.. Davis who vas nominated for the
vice presidency.
II congratulate both you and the
party upon your nomination for the
office Of vice-president."
1t is now known that Judge Parker's
telegram to Mr.. Sheehan, in which he
declared his allegiance to the. gold
standard, was sent from Western I'm.
ion telegraph office at Esopus and the
story of Interpretations taken to keep
it secret amp to verify its authenticity
before it was delivered, constitute a
remarkable chapter in the story of
this extraordinary political incident.
Judge Parker's coachman, Robin
son, took the original message to the
West Shore station at Esopus at 11.3O
yesterday, and delivered it to the
Western Union operator there with
impress i've caution as to secrecy. The
message was addressed to William F.
Sheehan at the Jefferson hotel st.
Louis. Very soon after it had been
sent, the superintendent of the Wes-
tern Union Telegraph Company in
New York called up the Esopus opera
tor and required him to personally
verify the original telegram by a visit
to Judge Parker himself. The deliv-
cry of the message in st. Louis, it
appears, was being delayed until the
authenticity of the dispatch could be
proved beyond question. The operator
called Judge Parker's house on the
telephone and insisted upon talking
with the judge himself Whose voice
he recognizedj, and told him of the
situation. At Judge Parker's request
the operator read the message to the
judge and upon the latter's assurance
that it was all right, St. Louis received
word to deliver it to Mr.. Sheenan.
Judge Parker had few visitors yester-
day, Congressman Smith of this dis
trict, the Twenty-fourth, being the
only caller Unidentified with politics.
Among his kilograms of congratula
tons toray was one from President
David r. Francis of the st. Louis sex
position, commencing his position on
the money question. The Judge yester-
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