The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-31
UNITING ON PARKER
The New York World and Times Declare
 For Him.

made as Governor of New York such q record that his nomination imposed itself upon the party. But General Hancock Judge Parker has been doing all these years; that Is. they had performed faith fully and with ability the duties that fell to them in their respective careers. The duties of great General are conspicu- ous, the duties a Governor has to perform are conspicuous. It was inevitable that General Hancock and Governor Cleveland should come much into the public notice. me duties of Judge are performed al. know him, litigants may know him. He comes before the public only in the opin. Ions which he writes. The ofilee of Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals Is one of bent gets into the newspapers" less fre- quently than stirring New York Alder. man. If Judge Parker had not been equal to the tasks that fall to him we should most certainly have found 1t out. His hfe has been spent in the practice of law and upon the bench. Since 1898 he has been Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals. Is 1t not altogether to his credit. Is 1t not q high sense of the dignity of his office, that he has not during those six years paraded himself or permitted himself to be paraded in the public view2 Tn short, plItude and distinction to constitute de- gree of availability" that does Nnot fall below the standards set up in previous campaigns? Party of Judge Parker's nomination it Is only necessary to point out ,that he is ai- most precisely the antlthesis of Mir. Roosevelt in respect to those habits and severest criticisms of which the President has been the object. Judge PaRlker is an interpreter of the Constitution and of the laws. President Roosevelt has provoked public censure by what has seemed to be a disregard of law. Trained for the bar and for years under the severe and so- bering discipline of the bench, we may well doubt whether Judge Parker in the Presidents chair would have consented to do everything that President Roosevelt has done on the Isthmus of Panama; 1; would have extended the scope of the, pension flaws and increased pension exs pcndttures to the amount of 600 by an executive act; or, without authority out any other warrant, would have creat- ed the anthracite coal strike commission of arbitration. President Roosevelt will be the chief issue in the campaign, an is- sue upon which his own party ls notoriT ously divided. The nomination of Judge Parker would present this issue with sucn distinctness and in manner so emphatic that 1t could not be missed hy the com monest understanding.
 MT. Roosevelt has been an exceedingly strenuous" President. Is there any rea- son to believe that he would be less stir ring and strenuous if he were by vote of the people continued in the once which he now holds through a lamentable mis- chance? Republicans and Democrats alike have their misgivings aboub that: One continually hears 1t said that a new lease of power in his own name would make the President bolder Whatever else Judge Parker may be or may not be he certainly is not ''strenuous.' Elk cept in the most stirring times a. strenu- ous Judge would be unthiukable. Per haps the people of this country would be we'll content with quieter Chief Execu- tive, with President somewhat eaimer h speech and action, a President of we'll balanced mind, sound and safe in JudR- ment, a President who knew the law and profoundly respected 1t.
 It Is already evident that in theiv State Convention the New York Democrats will indorse the candidacy of Judge Parker. The more his qualities and his record are examined the more probable 1t becomes that he will egRve to De an acceptable candidate to The Democrats of other States.