The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-14
PARKER, SIXTY TODAY, AN
 ALSO-RAN WHO HAS ARRIVED

Not all of the spells of victory ro to the victor. There is glory, even in defeat He who has been given the Socialist nomination for Edos-catchez of Medicine Hat gains therefrom an increased prestige among the people of his bailiwick. Take the case .of A. ton Brooks Parker. You may have forgotten where and when you have neard that name. but you are certain that 1t Is familiar. To elucidate. then. Mr.. Parker was Democra tic candida |: Tor President of the United States eight years ago. He was defeated by Coi. Roosevelt by mere, margin of z,5O0.000 votes or, so. about the most oeolsive beating ever inflicted upon the Presidential candidate of major loved Alton less, but they loved Ted- dy more. Did Mir. Parker retire Id Esopus, there to brood over the Ren- erd scussedness of mankind. the in- gratitude of republics, and such things? Answer, He did not. He has. become one of the busiest public spirited citizens .in. the United States. and there are few movements designed to add to the public veal that have not enlisted the service of Judge Parker. in the capacity of legal ad- wiser and lusty boomer. There is just one thing he won't do for the pub lie. Recently Judge. Parker's name was mentioned as a possible comnro- mise candidate in case the Baltimore convention failed to agree on Clark, Wilson or any Of the other active as- pirants. When told of it. MT. Parker solemnly, and with an air of finality, raised his right hand and pointed his that the Democratic nominee for Pres ident this year will be elected,'' said Judge Parker. At the same tinne'' business of snaphing the fingers "that for the nomination 50 far as I am concerned"
 Judge Parker was born in Cortland, N. r.. May 14s 1852, and is today cele- gan the practice of law forty years ago, and by 1884 had. attained suffi- cient prominence in politics to be sent as a delegate to the national Demo cratic convention. In 1885 he became chairman of the :. Democratic State rendered him the office of first assis. tant postmaster general. He refused the Washington job to ascend the bench as justice of=thA New York Supreme court. to wl516H he was ap- pointed by Gov. David B. Hill. In 1889 MT. Parker became chief justice of the New York Court Of Appeals, from which he retira1nfv 1904 to ac- cept the DemccraticN dential nom- ination. Who tell Rarker?" was the question with which a majority of Western Democrats greeted the news of his selection as their party.s standard bearer. Few of the delegates to the convention that nominated him were familiar with Judge Park CTS political views until they were briefly set forth in his famous "gold standard telegram" to the conven- tion. in which he declared that he regarded "the gold standard as firm ly and ifrevocably established" If I should tell you what some of the Bryan men in the convention said when sthey read that message-but let us proceed.
 After the election Judge Parker be- gan the practice of law in New York and immediately became one of the leading barristers of Gotham town His income during the following years was probably as large as the Presi- dents salary. and possibly much larger. Busy as he has been with im- portant cases, he has found time to champion the cause of the people in many matters of importance. If a Democrat should be elected to the Presidency, Judge Parker would prob ably become cabinet member, say wise politicians, who have already sur:nised that the portfolio of Attor- ney General or possibly that of Sec retary of State, would go to the New York jurist.