Bisbee daily review., 1904-08-24
William 6. Choate
 Is Against President
MEAD OF BIG LAW FIRM CANNOT
 SUPPORT ROOSEVELT.
Ahhors His Defiance of the constitu- tion-Chb of LawyerS Including Bar Leader. to Expose Occupations ef President.

Choate, lifelong Republican, brother of Joseph H. Choate, Ambassador to Great Britain. head of the noted law firm of which the Ambassador is a member, and a former President of the New York Bar Association. has made known to his friends that he can not support President Roosevelt for election.
 His reasons are identical with those presented in the formal announcement of the Parker Constitution Club, which is composed of the foremost lawyers of the New York bar.
 For reasons of delicacy growing out of his brothers official position under a Republican administration MT. Choate will not make any formal announce ment of his position, or take any prom, nent part in the campaign. He has, however, indicated to ais personal friends privately that he has the strongest of convictions on the sub ject of what he regards as the disre- gard. of the constitution by President Roosevelt, and believes that all Ip- holders of the constitution should sup port Judge Parker.
 MT. Choate's firm is one of the most notable in the city. It is hundred years old, and has numbered among it's members many of the most brilliant
 men of the New York Bar Joseph Larocque, one of the leading partners in the firm. has also actively declared for Judge 2arker, and wi,i d" all in his power to bring about his election.
 l. s- h@, in Connecticut yesterday. and could not be seen. His views are very well known, however, among his personal friends with whom he has talked. MT. Choate was formerly a judge of the United States Court
 Lawyers Club at Work
 The formation of the Parker Consti- tuition Club, composed of leading law yers of the city. is one of the powerful indications of the trend of political sentiment
 The new club yesterday engaged headquarters at No. 15 Broad street, and it Is announced that it will take an active part in the campaign. It is expected to be the first of a chain of similar clubs which will be formed in all of the important cities of the coun- try
 A fact of great significance is that out of the six living ex-presidents of the New York Bar Association four are officers of the new Constitution Club John E. Parsons. Wheeler H. Peck ham James C. Carter and MT. La rocque. The two ex-presidents who are not in the club are Elihu Root and Mir. Choate.
 Hamilton Odell. who was nominated for President of the Bar Association at the last election. but who declined. is also an cffcer of the new Parker Con stitution Club MT. Odell was nomi- mated by the Republicans few years ago for the Supreme Bench.
 Henry B. Anderson, attorney for the Vanderbilts, is one of the organizers of the club. in fact it was in his office that the club was started. Lewis c. Ledyard, attorney for the Astor estate, is also one of the organizers.
 Were Mckinley Men.
 Only two men in the entire Lst of distinguished organizers of the club voted for Bryan. All the rest have steadily voted for Mckinley and the Republican ticket. The motive which led them 70 join in an organization to further Judge Parker's candidacy was to put an end to encroachments on the Constitution.
 Adrian H. Joline. of one of t1e big gest firms of lawyers in the city, said: The sentiment as l have found it among lawyers is that so long as we have a President who substitutes his personal inclin2tions for the law, our business conditions are unstable. have never heard Mir. Roosevelts hon esty questioned, but some of the most honest men I have ever seen were the most dangerous in positions like the Presidency. for the very reason that they felt that nothing they could do could be wrong. Judge Parker. all the lawyers who have practiced before him feel, is a man who would not sub stitute his personality for the law. and who would not inject his Individuality into every important action of the ex- ecutive."