| Show ALTON PARKER ONCE LEADER OF DEMOCRATS I DIES IN AUTO I fp 1 I No Nominee i nee In Li One of 1 Most Unusual U TJ S I Campaigns F FAMOUS AMOUS LAWYER His ills Startling Action in 1904 Historical NEW YORK TORK May Oay lO DY 10 ByThe Time Tho Associated Press Press-Allon Press Alton B 13 Parker former chief judge ot of o the court of ot appeals and candidate for president on tho Democratic ticket in 1904 1901 died In his aut mobile this afternoon Mr Parker was riding through Central Park and was In eat nt good gool health up to the tho mo- mo moment clIent ment when death suddenly took him Ho lie had left his suite In tile the Hotel notel Ambassador only a few minutes before hit he h died lied and wason wason was on his way to his homo home at Esopus Esopus Eso- Eso Esopus pus N Y Judge Parker had recenTly re- re re covered front from rom an attack ot of o bron- bron bronchial bronchial chial pneumonia The cause causa ot death was given Iven as al a heart beart at- at attack attack at attack tack CAREER CAREEn OF OP From the drudgery o of an ob- ob obscure oh farm tarm boy to the chief jus- jus jus us- us ot of the highest court In his native state of ot New York Tork and thence to the eminence of or Demo Demo- Democratic cratic standard bearer In the presidential campaign of 1904 was the lot ot of o Alton Brooks Brook Parker Parker Par- Par Parker the ker her frequently called Silent preceding the election be- be be cause o of his bis refusal to utter a word in behalf of o his candidacy until formally noli notified fled that he had been selected by the Demo Demo- Democratic cratic party to head the ticket ag against Theodore Roosevelt The candidate of ot a natty narty tornby toreby torn tore by opposing radical radical- conser and elements and nominated on a compromise platform which made not the slightest mentton of the all ali currency problem of ot that 1 period the rout routot ot of the tho Democratic ralle forces and the tho defeat of Mr lr Parker was stas the tho most moat decisive over ever recorded d In a aI I 1 presIdential campaign up to that thai time Of 0 approximately I votes cast at lar large larRe e President President President dent Roo Roosevelt e who ho had been In Inthe Inthe Inthe the White House since the death of ot President McKinley In 1901 received a clear majority of ot near near- nearly nearly ly iy RESIGNS FIRST Tile The measure ot or Mr Mr Parker as asa asa asa a politician may best be taken by a 11 brief review of o of that none too spectacular campaign which hp he entered as liS a Jurist and with wilh all tho Inherent dread of Innovation lion tion developed through years o of a s 's with Ith legal lelal precedents When hi his name was placed be- be be before fore rore the Democratic national con con- con convention In St St Louis he ho stood as thIef judge jUd or of the court of o ap- ap appeals appeals ap appeals peals o of New Now York In ti-mo ti front rank of or the legal pr profession When the ballots were printed for forthe national referendum he lie was wasa wast wasa a t private citizen having resigned from th the bench b before fore he would turn a hand In the Interest of his ls election Despite the fact that a ma- ma majority ma majority of ot the delegates had gone to St Louis determined to repudiate late ate the fret free silver policy made famous by William Jennings Br- Br Bran Bry-an Bry en an when he ran against In 15 1896 there thero are many political historians today who agree that fudge le Parker himself was to- to responsible re responsible for tor much of ot the party which In a a large meas mess measure ur ure precipitated his hia defeat HI Ills his deep silence through the most critical and trying weeks of he pre round up round then hen the tho nomination was wal Coil on conceded con conceded ceded eded to be ie spy mans man's plum had left eft his his supporters and anil the ho plat plat- platform plat platform form orm committee in I a a condition c ot of uncertainty train from which they hey attempted to emerge q without reference to the burning currency problem this time tims ted deleted from the he platform by Mr Bryan Hran with withas 09 Ls much avidity as he be had cham cham- championed Its lis inclusion eight years etore having sailed past the currency derelict the contention text next turned Its alien attention lion to 10 the I nomination fo for which Judge Par Par- Parker Parker ker der ant and William Randolph I learst the tile publisher were the chief hief contenders On the final ballot Parken received votes O 01 recorded for Then as the delegates were I to adjourn occurred one ne of ot the most startling events that hat over ever rocked a national eon con con Immediately upon re- re Continued I l Ou On Last Page pac 4 4 I I ALTOn B PARKER I I- I v I J 00 ALTON PARKER DIES IN AUTO Continued From Prone rage Page One word that ho he had been selected to lead the party Parker dispatched his famous Camous gold standard telegram to SL St St LouisIn Louis In which he declared that the gold standard of money values alues was firmly and Irrevocably es- es es established Therefore ho would request the delegates to look else else- elsewhere elsewhere elsewhere where for a nominee If they did not agre gre with this view vie The convention Va vas dumbfound dumbfound- dumbfounded ed cd The silent candidate had bai spoken and In words that could not be misconstrued A few of oC the th leaders loaders retained enough presence of mind to framo Crame a a hasty reply set set- setting set setting ting forth Corth that the platform com corn committee committee had bad not reen tit fit to con con- concern concern con concern cern itself with a currency plank hence bence there was nothing nomine In in the candidates candidate's precluded his acceptance of the nomination This telegram was later described ed cd as the he greatest voluntary polk- polk political cal self sacrifice e e cr er made by an American statesman When bea the fateful lines were penned no one knew better than their author that they would receive only mild support sup sup- support support port from the disaffected division or of the party whereas they would hopelessly alienate the racial cle- cle clement dc- dc clement ment Including many powerful leaders whose whoso support was highly highl essential to the conduct of a win win- winning winning ning tight fight Yet Tet he ho would not go g before the people on a n platform real or Implied which contained measures contrary to his belief an anthe and the telegram was as sent with the full Cull conviction that It m meant ant out out- outright outright outright right rejection of t the highest hon hon- honor honor or within tI the e gift of the nation SCHOOL OIA TC CHER Alton Altori Brooks Drooks Parker was as born bornat bornat bonat at Cortland N Y May 14 1852 the son of or John Brooks and lIar lIar- net F Stratton Parker His Ills ed- ed education education was obtained in the Cort- Cort Cortland Cortland land and the Alb Albany ny law v school from Crom which he be was graduated In 1873 with the tho degree deglee of or His decision to study law was wa made quite by accident While earning a meager salary as a coun- coun country country country try school teacher a profession to which ho lie had aspired while la- la laborIng laboring borIng on a farm young oung Parker at- at attended at attended tended court one day to hear a case In which his llIs father was a juror A lawyer lawer of ot the silver silver- tongued silver tongued varle variety summing up for forthe the defence e made lade a plea pica that so Impressed the cager eager listener by Its eloquence that he determined upon a legal career from Crom that moment and Immediately began reading law Upon his admission sion to the bar bai he In for a few years ears following which lie was elected surrogate of ot Ulster county He lIe attended the Demo Demo- Democratic Democratic cratic national convention at which Grover Cleveland received the first for tor the presidency and upon the latter's election Par Pai ker was offered the post of or first firs assistant general which 11 he ho declined Ho He was appointed to fill a Va- Va Vacancy Vacancy va cancy on the State supreme court coul bench In 1885 and In 1897 was wa elected chief judge of the court coui t of or appeals Since the campaign if of ot 1904 1504 he has teen cen engaged In Inthe inthe the practice of law In Now New York as senior member of or the firm of c Parker Hatch and Sheehan H Ito 11 has served as president ot or the tho Ani- Ani American Bar association and later lateras ns DS president of the New York Count County Lawyers Lawyer's association STRONG m H Judge Parker was a man of ot Im- Im Impressive impressive stature and handsome ape ap- appearance with a It suggestion of c power flower courage and good nature lIe He was six lx feet tall weighed pounds and had the proportions proportion of o an athlete lila His head was large and his face faco that of a country country- bred man gentle strong gentleman strong man strong fresh fresh- colored and unwrinkled Ills His hair bai was as as reddish brown bytho His Ills character s s described by tho those e associated with him for tor many y years was sober sincere unset unset- l- l fish and loyal loal lie He was charitable In his judgment of o others never boasted and always entertained a hearty scorn for tor display Mr Parker married Miss 1 Mary MarL L MaryL L In 1873 and by her had two a children en-a en a son who died In his seventh year and a daughter who married a 0 New York clergyman Mrs Parker died In n 1917 1317 and In 1923 at the ago age of t 70 0 Mr Parker married Miss Ml Amelia Day Campbell a Do prominent New ew York |
