Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-07-16


Asbany Law School. Here At Rochester.
too. he won a bride IN the person OF i
Mary Lee Schoonmaker. With the com 4
pletion % his term OF Albany and his /
graduation IN 1872. hc was admitted 70 I
practice az the bar. His days OF teach /
Ing were over. Settling in Kingston be 4
became first clerk and subsequently 4
N associate. with tho firm OF Schoon- I
maker 4 HardcuherZ the leading law T.
firm OF that section OF the country. and I
entered incustricusly and enthusiast
eally into the practice OF The s~s. as
he bad determined when a boy OF -. II
had been done. this translation from
an aspiring boy 20 a FUN iedged law
yer. in seven years. period OF strug-
gle. OF privation. Of incessane labor
with head and hands. but never with
lessening OF purpose. rather with eye
firmly Fixed on the goal.
4 FIGURE UP THE STATE
u was not until 1855. that he achiev-
cd Statewide fame In politics. The
fact OF the action % Mr. Parker IN the
campaign OF that year has been under
discussion quite recently. and many
miSstatcments have been made. so that
misapprchensiOn and confusion exists
in many quarters and indeed misuu-
derstanding 4 fun statement OF the
facts. therefore. in this consideration
will D. justified
In 1852 the Democrats had returned
/ 70 power i'm the state OF New York By
electing Grover Cleveland Governor
and David r. Hi Lieutenant Governor.
I The differences that had rent the
I Democratic party had been overcome
/ IN the face Of the chaos that existed IN
I that year In the Republican ranks
/ Tammany Hall which IN 1879 had
bOlted the Democratic Convention be-
cause n was not permitted 20 dictate
/ the GubernatOrial nomination. was
admitted TO partial representation OK
/ the county OF New York. Almost i'm
J medistely on assumption OF ofice
( Grover Cleveland had made the i'm
preston that he was a man OF high
/ ideas Of duty. administration and o.
/ official responsibility. Even before Il
was mooted in New York State people
+ IN remote parts began 20 talk % him
as promising Presidential timber. All
OF the elements OF the Democratic party
I were in practical accord. Two years
later Cleveland was formally presented
20 the Democracy OF the nation as New
Nork's candidate. Ostensiblv he vas
the unanimous choice OF the New York
State Convention. for the delegation
was under the unit rule and ia its
majority was for Cleveland. Tammanv
Hall. however. suddenly went into OBJ
position. blatant aud aggressive
though tied hy the rule At this Nation
al Convention as an earnest advocate
OF New YORK Governor. as was his as
sociate from the Ulster district. was
Alton B. Parker. who made his first
appearance on the foli OF national
politics. This was in 1854 He had az.
tractct Che attention OF Daniel Nan
Ming then the State leader hv his SER
vices I'm Ulster County and bis lahors
IN organizing victory for Schoonmakcr
IN two campaigns. and had been con-
siceret as available for Lieutenant
Governor In lSS2
Judge Parker was manager OF the
notable campaign that made Hin Gov
ernor. His record as political man
ager has been one OF great brilNanc,
and highly successful.
He has been offered the nomination
for both Lieutenant Governor and fol
Governor. but has declined both posi-
tons
Judge Parker. a man OF So years last
May. does not look his age BY ten O
them. He is handsome specimen o
manhood. standing feet Ia his shoes
His hair is a reddish color. his eyes
hazel brown with reddish unge. hi
AANE Nt1Ao the LllnAoAfA livery NA Alt'
sun with the same reddish unge.
The Judge Is learned IN the philoso
ply and origin OF law. as his addresse
before the law schools and legal insu
tutions abundantly prove. and in th
lighter forms OF literature is fond OF
f good novel with "A strong prediction
for Scott. Thackeray and Dickens IL
is a farmer In his recreation and deep
- ly interested IN the scientific side o
, agriculture and in the breeding OF cat
tie. His home life is transformations
simple and dignihed. the CONVEYANCE
ID OF civilized life being observed wlthou
s p0mp or affectaiiOn. and a generOu
, hospitality the abiding rule. His fam
lily consists in these days only OF him
self and his wife but his mother is
% frequent visitor under his roof md hi
y daughter, Bertha. the wife c. the Re-
Charles Mercer Hall. rector Of the Epls
copal Mission Church OF the Hol
Cross. at Kingston. is frequently at he
{ fathers home. with her two children
e The Judge is a vestTyman OF thi
, church. over which his son-in-law pre-
sides The Judges mother. Harrie
StrattOn, IS yet alive. in her SOth veal
S and resides with a married daughter
q Mrs James A. Miles. in Derby Conn
g not little alarmed that all the honor
shOwered on her son viii make hir
e worldly and self sufficient. a resu
j. against which she contends by frequer
letters OF admonition. His brOthe
Fred w. Parker. is engaged In the In
surance business in New York city an
Il his name ends the roll OF the family.
4 Causes Advance in Meat.