The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-10
WILL CALL TO-DAY
ON JUDGE PARKER
TO ACQUAINT HIM FORMALLY
OF HTS CHOICE BY THE DEMO-
CRATIC PARTY.

1t Is Expected That 1900 People
viii Hear the Speeches at the
NOtificatiOn-Cerem VIII BE on
the Lawn Mt ROsemOunt-dilIs II.
Lane of Savannah One of "A Party
of GeOrginns That Called on Judge
Parker at EsODus.
Esopus, N. W Aug. preparations
are practically complete at Rosemount
tonight for the formal notification to-
morrow of Judge A b. Parker of his
nomination as Democratic candidate
for the presidency.
These preparations are notably sim
pie. In the morning flags and bunt-
ing will be draped about the low plat
form from which the speeches are to
be delivered and seats will be ar
ranged conveniently about it on the
lawn just north of the house. Every
thing will then be in readiness for the
arrival of the steamer Sycamore,
which will bring the Notification Com
mittee from New York city. The boat
is expected to arrive between 1880 and
OINlOChg dliu Ill case VI lllClGIiCnl
weather the notification ceremony will
taken place upon the boat.
1t is expected that 1900 people will
be present to hear the speeches, 800
of them from Ulster county, in which
the Judges home is located With the
fifty members of the Notification Com
mittee will come a large number of
Democrats from this and other states,
among them former Senator David b.
HILL Senator Joseph w. Bailey of Tex
as and members of the Democratic
National Committee.
The members of the Notification
Committee will first be received by
Judge Parker upon the veranda at
Rosemount. They will be presented
to him by Chairman Cord Meyer of
the New York State Committee.
The Formal Ceremony.
The formal ceremony will begin prob
ably between 2:30 and o'clock and
will occupy about two hours.
The opening speech will be that of
Chairman Champ Clark of Missouri,
who will formally notify Judge Parker
of his nomination and will present to
him certified copy of the platform
adopted by the st. Louis convention
and of the message decided upon by
the convention in reply to the Judge s
telegram on the gold standard sent to
w. F. Sheehan. Judge Parker will fol-
| low Mr.. Clark with his speech, for
mally accepting the nomination. Two
other speeches are arranged for.
| The ceremony will be followed by an
informal reception, after which the vis-
itors will depart.
Lamont and Gray Called.
Col. Daniel S. Lamont, former Sec
atat~N sNF NTnv- fsg
inently mentioned in connection with
the Democratic nomination for Gov
ernor of New York, and United States
Judge George Gray of Delaware were
visitors at Rosemount to-day. Judge
Gray would not talk politics. He said
he came merely in a social way, and
TO renew an acquaintance with Judge
Parker begun on a transatlantic
steamer eight years ago. He express
ed great admiration for Judge Par
ker.
Col. Lamont said his own visit had
no political significance. He said,
however, that he was not candidate
for the nomination for Governor.
Moreover, he declared that he believed
an emergency that would make it his
duty to accept such a nomination was
very remote. He repeated his opinion.
quoted the other day, that Charles w.
the nomination. and would make a
strong candidate.
GeOrgians Visited Him.
Later in the afternoon Judge Par
ker received a delegation of visitors
representing Virginia and Georgia. In
the Virginia group were United States
Senator Thomas S. Martin, Mr.. Claude
Swanson and Circuit Judge Prentiss
of Virginia. With them was Repre-
sentative Cowherd of Missouri, chair
man of the Democratic Congressional
Committee. The Georgia visitors were
James r. Gray of Atlanta, who was
chairman of the Georgia delegation at
the st. Louis convention Col. Eng
lish. of the governors staff and pres
ident of the Fourth National Bank
of Atlanta, and Mills b. Lane, presi-
dent of the Citizens Bank OF Savan-
nah. None Of these visitors had any
thing of political Importance to say.
Senator Martin said that he came
TO bring his greeting to Judge Par
ker to-day because he could not at
tend the ceremonies tomorrow.
Representative Swanson said he ex-
pected to take an active part in the
campaign and would make many
speeches. He expressed himself as
especially pleased with the PERSONAL
ity of the candidate, and said he felt
sure the rank and file Of the party
would be similarly impressed.