Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-11-02

1berately, not like President Ro0Se-
Felt, who is credited with jumping at
everything in fury Of energy and
working strenuously, as he terms 1t.
fudge Parker works orderly and ac-
eOmplShes vast amount OF work.
No one has ever heard him speak un-
kindly of an inferior, his natural kind
ness smooths the way, yet he has the
6rmnesS of Gibraltar in his opinions
and decisions.
Judge Parker is no fancy farmer
playing at farming like boy with
toy. He manages his farm and makes
, 1t pay. He is q real farmer, who di-
reefs the work, examines the blowing.
and in harvest time is found IN his
shirt sleeves at work with his men in
saving the hay and cutting the wheat.
Judge Parker is not a rich man. as
| the term is now understood. He may
| be worth $4,000, made by saving and
| by good Judgment His farm at Cort--
| land came TO him from his father. He
was born on it and toiled on it when
q boy. Like the great Daniel Web
! ster, he cannot bear to part with the
home where his happy boyhood days
We're spent, where to fame and for
tune unknown" he worked assiduously
! to get an>education and to become a
| person OF usefulness and of some con-
sequence in his day and generation.
| Judge Parker has never been defeat
ed yet, and it is very unlikely that good
fortune will desert him when the
prize is SO near his grasp. Hospital
| ity is one of the cardinal virtues in
Judge Parker's household. Like the
planter in the Southern States pre-
| vious to the war of 1861, he deems it
to be privilege to offer entertainment
over night. All his neighbors are his
! friends, and when he is.at the head of
his dining table, surrounded by his
wife, mother, brother, a sister of Mrs.
| Parker, who lives at Rosemount; his
daughter, son-in-lAw, grandchildren
and Secretary McCauseland, with
two or three guests, he is the life of
the party, gentle and dignified, direct
ing the conversation. but not monop-
| olizing it. A mans private habits
throw much light on his character.
and nothing in the life of a candidate
| for President is uninteresting to the
people who vote for the one who is to
till the office for the next four years.
| Although Judge Parker rises early, he
does not retire to his sleeping room be-
fore IL O'Clock at night, and he works
So 1ntermittingly during the day that
he sleeps as sWeetly as a babe on it's
mothers bosom. He hardly ever re-
| qulreS more than seven hours sleep.
WORDS OF WISDOM.
The following words from Judge
| Parker's letter of acceptance are par
tcularly fOrceful and characteristic:
Il have put aside a congenial work,
to Which had expected to devote my
l life in nPdnC f0 II
the responsibilities our convention put
| upon me.
II solicit the cordial cooperation and
generous assistance of every man who
believes that change of measures
and OF. men at this time would be wise,
and urge harmony of endeavor as well
as vigorous action on the part of all SO
minded.
THE issues are Joined and the peo-
pie must render the verdict.
Shall economy of administration be
demanded or shall extravaganza be
encouraged?
Shall the wrongdoer be brought to
bay by the people, or must justice
wait upon political oli5archy?
Shall our government stand for
equal opportunity or for special privi-
Iege?
Shall It remain government of law
or become one of individual caprice ?
Shall we cling to The rule OF the
people, or shall we embrace beneficent
despotism?
| With calmneSs and confidence we
await the peoples verdict
If called to the office of President
shall consider myself the Chief Mag
istrate of all the people and not of any
facuo$, and shall ever be mindful OF
the fact that on many questions of Ma.
tional policy there are honest differ
ences of opinion. I believe in the pa.
triotism, good sense and absolute sin.
certify of all the people. 1 shall strive
to remember that he may serve his
party best who serves his country
| best.
IF it be the wish Of the people that
1 undertake the duties of the Presi
dency, I pledge myself, with Gods
help, to devote all my powers and
energy to the duties of this exalted