The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-23

(x N man in telegram to the Record O Herald, from Albany, says: AL ton B. Parker, the probable dem ocratic candidate for President, is great harmonizer. He is man of peace. He hates rows. He loves to have only pleasant-spoken men and smiling faces around him. He is much like Me- Kinley. He placates and placates, draws his friends to him in closer bonds of love and constantly strives to reduce the num- Der of his enemies. He is in large part the antithesis of his rival for the presi- dency, MT. Roosevelt, though MT. Roose- welt is more of a placater and harmon izer where mere persons and not princi- pies art at stake than most suppose he is. If direct and absolute antithesis to Parker is wanted as an example, take his chief manager. David B. Hill. They are as opposite as the poles. They are strangely assorted pair. It is difficult to see how they are going to get on peace ably together A man who has known Judge Parker all his life gave me this glimpse of his character:
 ''If number of men meet in a room to talk over their differences the judge is the one who Is sure to take the lead in arranging compromise and in getting all the other fellows to shake hands on it. If some one Is to act as referee or pass a hat for the votes and count them up and announce the result, Parker is the man everybody selects to do it. He is man whom his assistants instinctive- ly trust to be fair and square"
 Judge Parker may not be able to ar range a compromise between himself and Tammany, but he is likely to meet with success in his efforts to hold the balance pretty level between them. He may not make them good friends, but he proba- bly, will be able to induce them to stop fighting long enough at least to see that he gets what he wants and that the party is not ieopardized.
 Here again we find likeness in the methods of Mckinley and those of the men who is playing for the chair Me Kinley once occupied Those of us who knew Mckinley well knew that he har- monized and placated and compromised. but usually had his own way in the end. He ruled men, not with the club but by putting his arm lovingly upon their shoulders and talking sweetly to them.
 Judge Parker Is more He is for har- mony and peace and compromise, as to all practicalities and selfishnesses. Wheth- CT or not this quality of his character extends also to principles remains to be developed. So far as has appeared from anything he has ever said, or from the platitudinous platform which he ap- proved and which was adopted here. his firmly held as to involve him in serious difficulties.
 The Judges friends here already re- gard him as good as nominated for Presi- dent. They say he will harmonize the national democracy and give Roosevelt the fight of his life. They praise the cleverness with which he handled the Tammany parrot and the Hill monkey In this little affair They even go SO far as to say he will bring Cleveland and Bryan together before the campaign is over.
 It is now known that Judge Parker himself had a hand in getting that in- dorsement of himself from former Pres ident Cleveland, and I have already told you how the Judge waved little olive branch in Col. Bryan's direction by re- fusing to encourage Nebraska democrats who wanted to defeat Bryan for delegate to St. Louis, and by advising them to let MT. Bryan go to the convention and speak his little pieces to his hearts con tent
 That Judge Parker is a harmonizer and compromiser of high degree is already apparent. but doubt if even he realizes how large and tough a job he has be- fore him.
 MT. Parker's success in placating Tam many and in modifying the tiger into a