Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-07-10 | Page 5 | Honor to Parker

HONOR TO PARKER. Citizens of His Home Town Turn Out in Recognition of His domination. ESOPUS, N. Y., July 0. Tho report that Judgo Parker has sent word to his friends In St. Louis that he demurred to tho platform plat-form devoid of the gold plank reached hero tonight Just as the Esopus people wero preparing to celebrate tho nomina-natlon. nomina-natlon. Dispatches setting forth tho situation situ-ation at St. Louis were shown to Judge Parker, but ho refused to make tho slightest slight-est comment on them. At almost tho same hour the steam yacht Sapphire anchored In front of Rose-mont Rose-mont and John B. McDonald and Judge E. P Hatch of New York were landed. They climbed tho hill to Roseinont. and whllo Judge Hatch chatted with Mrs. Parker, Mr. McDonald held a Ions conversation with Judgo Parker. What might bo his errand could not bo learned, but It Is certain cer-tain that tho yacht left New York early this afternoon and made (iulck time up the river, delayed only by stops at one or two points whero telcphono communication communi-cation was possible. All Esopus and vicinity turned ou tonight to-night to do honor to Judge Parker, and In special recognition of his nomination, In which all citizens of the community, regardless re-gardless of politics, take great pride. The village was gaily attired In Its best, and was Illuminated with lanterns, Hags, bunting, bunt-ing, torches and red' lire A procession was formed in the Main street and marched down to Rosemortt where speeches wero made by two of the Judge's neighbors.