Show PUT PARKER ASIDE Now ow that we have told our readers who Guffey is if it behooves us is to give a thumbnail thumb nail biography of another great Democrat viz Alton Brooks rooks Parker TI is gentleman is in the hands bands of his friends and would be obliged to those friends if they would give him a Presidential nomination The newspapers are arc enlightening the public thus lIe He was born at Cortland Cortland Cortland Cort- Cort land N. N Y May 14 He TIe received his education in the public schools Cortland academy and Cortland Cortland Cort- Cort Cortland land Normal school He Ire entered the practice of law at Kingston and was Surrogate of Ulster county from 1877 1871 to 1885 In 1884 he was a delegate to the Democratic national convention and in 1885 was tendered the position of First Assistant Postmaster- Postmaster General which he did not accept In 1885 he acted as chairman of the Democratic State executive re committee committee com coin and in the same year was elected to the Supreme Supreme Su Su- Su- Su preme bench preme-bench bench of New York YOlk No 1 o doubt this is all true but certainly some of the greater and more conspicuous statesmen of the party palt like Sayres of Texas or Mc McMillin of Tennessee Daniel of Vir Virginia inia Jones o of A Arkansas or Vest Yest cst of Missouri ought to have bave prior consideration The New Kew York crowd seems determined to dominate again Parker ma may be all aJI right but he has done nothing to earn the nomination and the West Vest does not want want- him to have haveit Next |