The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17
JUDGE PARKER ID
 STAY AT ESOPUS Big Conference Will be Held
 in New York JOHN w. KERN IS ON HAND Tammany Is Expected to Take Promi- nent Part in tha Campaign and
 Will Be Recognized
 On Ticket.
JOHN w. KERN IS ON HAND

Esopus, N r, July 16.-A breatnless blistering July sky dawned upon Esopus after a night of thunder and lightning un- equaled before this summer, but neither the boisterous storm of the night for the stifing heat of the morning interfered with the routine at Rosemount. little after 6 o'clock Judge Parker took one of his long dives into the Hudson and re mained in the water some thirty min utes.
 What the mail here will be by the time the campaign is in full swing Is ques- ton now causing solicitude in the ittle postoffice, where most Of the worh is done by a boy of 16. No such mall as that which came on the early train was ever seen in Esopus before, ana IL IS doubtful if any single citizen or ulster county ever before received the like.
 The new campaign office in the lodge at the gate of Rosemount is now In use for part of the judges business aitnoush his large law library in the house IS stlii the center of distribution. Three aool- tional stenographere and a private teie- graph operator constitute the working force at present. but it will be augmented as the time goes on and the bulk of bus mess requires it.
 John w. Kern Arrives.
 The expected visit here today of John w Kern, who was one of the Indiana delegates at large at St. Louis was the only event of political interest apparent upon the programme at the outset of the day. It is understood MT. Kern came to press the claims of his friends, Ma tional Committeeman Taggart, for the national chairmanship.
 Judge Parker, on his horseback ride to- day, was accompanied by his daughter, Mrs. Charles Mercer Hall, and part or the way had on his saddle m front or nm his little grandson, who apparently Ieareo nothing and enjoyed the galloping of the big horse as much as his grandfather.
 Villas senae Letter.
 Judge Parker today received a long let ter from William F. Villas who was prom inent in President Cleyelands cabinet. The letter is in MT Villas own handwrit- ing and is as follows:
 Madison, Wis, July F.
 My Dear Sr-I cannot refrain rom adding my expression of admiration and respect for the noble sense of manly up- rightness which you have testlfed to
  American statesman than any office with in the gift of your country. rejoice in the prospect and realization Of your nomination and still more in my beliet that it is to be ratified at the polls That joy is nothing as to the enthusiasm which fills my heart that so early and so effect ual a testimony of its deserving and it's promise should have been bestowed upon your eountrymen.
 tsNifh 11nraSqrvpd confidence in the suit. I remain. Your admiring friend,
 ''WILLIAM r. VILLAS"
 The following telegram was received to- day:
 Troy, N. T.. July 1s 1904
 "One thousand paraded the streets of Cohoes last night in your honor Big ratification meeting, banner thrown to the breezes, first in the state. Great demon- stration.
 (signed, JOHN WALLACE"
 Telegram from Huntsville.
 Another telegram from Hyattsville, Md, a suburb of Washington, announced the organization of a Parker and Davis cam paign club and resolutions were sent by a similar club in Huntsville, Ala, endors- ing the judges candidacy.
 There appears to be little foundation for the published announcement that State Senator McCarren is to be in charge of the democratic campaign in the east. Tammany hall it is believed, will have large part in it, and is to have recog- hilton on the democratic state ticket.
 There is to be an independent dem-' ocratic conference in New York city on Monday, probably in the evening at which will be present considerable number of leading democrats. Judge Parker will not be there. Who the participants will be can only be conjectured. but the list seems likely to be large and to include Henry G. Davis, David B. Hill William F. Sheehan, former Senator Murphy, Sem ator German. State Senator McCarren, August Belmont and John W. Kern of Indiana
 Parker Remains at Esopus. If Tammany is to be represented which is likely. it is said that State Senator Victor J. Bowling and Boupke Cochran may be present. Judge Parker himself disposed of the rumor that his campaign headquarters will be in Kingston. 'I shall stay here,' said he this even l ing in reply to the definite question. | No further steps have been taken to- wards a joint notification of the two can didates. and there is little reason to SUD- i pose that any such thing will take place. | There is no precedent for 1t. and 1t is said that West Virginia democrats are not enthusiastic over the idea ! John w. Kern of Indiapolis arrived at i Esopus late this evening and will spend 1 the night at Rosemount. Early in the evening he went for a drive with Mrs. Hall and later had long conference with Judge Parker