Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-09-07

NOuIu uOJ SldHu vi At' IiAo oeshSo"N
was elevated and should be appre-
ciated even in these strenuous times
of hustling seekers after nominations.
Indeed, had he spoken as to one he
must have done SO to all questions and
ended in an attempt to dictate the
platform. Such would have been ut
,,terly repugnant to the principle he
expressed in the Creelman letter
that the office should seek the man,
not the man the ttfce.
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle is in a
position to affirm the above assertions
and to maintain the affirmation, and,
as well, that Judge Parker in the
preparation and sending Of this dis
patch consulted With nobOdy--with
not a single soul: ,ha. he took the ac-
ton he did on his own initiative and
after realizing the situation at 81.
Louis
Let the facts be known--let the
bright sunlight of publicity shine on
this act, and the brighter the light the
more resplendent shines the act.
True Story Of Telegram.
On Friday night, July 8. at 1o:3o
O'Clock, the usual hour Of retirement
for the judge, at time when the con-
vention was still in session, and when
but the most measer news had been
received as to the action of the COM
nlittee on platform, the chief Judge,
saying to his secretary, Arthur Nc
Causland. that he was about to retire
a0d did not wish to be disturbed dur
ing the night, went to his chamber
and closed the door. In the gray
dawn of the morning, the news was re-
ceived that the nomination had been
made and that Judge Parker had been
named practically unanimously, Sec
retary McCauslan1 forbade an effort
to inform the judge declaring that it
must wait until the Judge got up
At z o'clock on Saturday morning
waiting newspaper r1en gathered on
the veranda of the house saw the
Judge issue from his bathhouse on the
river side The extra ordinary man had
arisen at $50 O'Clock, had stolen out
of the house unobsecved. following his
usual routine. and gone for his bath
without even stopping to ask what
was the news. With single impulse
the gathered newspaper men sprane
from the veranda, dashing off across
the lawn and to point on the blum
where they could cc II to him, shout
> ing: "You've got It.
Then they hasteued TO where they
could meet him "n -he winding path
leading up from the river side. ane
his first question was as to the plat
: form, no news OF which, however
thew could give hin. He passed on
without comment to his dressing
room and arrayed himself for break
fast. and at the table met his secre
tary for the first 'ime in the morning
From him he learned all there was tt
be learned. After breakfast he wen
) to his library, or working-room. loon
ed over the memoranda made by his
secretary during Tie night and tll'
telcerams of congca.ulatiOn that be
gan to pour in.
, News Is raeager.
. There was little rs yet to inform
him as to the platform. There We're
jntimations of the sixteen hours ses
! sion of the committee, OF contest
and it appeared on the financial ques
| ton but nothing conclusive or den
mite or informing Thus the 1im'
| nassed until O'clock when dehnit'
news came in and The morning news
naners were brought. To these he de
| voted himself. absorbed in them, oh
tanning a comprehensive view OF 'h'
events at ST Louis.
Then. without a word to ANYBODY
without comment or exhibiting in an.
/, way his tho,lghts. hn called for nj
horse and set out on a solltry rlde
= During that ride he digested his III
9 formation and determined on action
2 He made history.
e AS he was returning from that SOL
4 tarv ride a dispatch from New for1
4 gave him further reformation. ArrlN
n ing at his home he went straight L
n his library. and With lead penel
wrote on a white pad Of paper
which the writer saw and read ina
a day. the row famous dispatch hah'
q ing il to his sec"e-ary. with lhs'ru'
Y tions to forward Il mmediateiH' l IL
= was done forthwith by committing
;. 10 the hands of opc of the ass's'al'
: secretaries. Nr Ncwconh who ca
!, ried it to the Office at Esopus an
v stood over the operator as it was pf
!, ino. sent. in order tEat there might b