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Jennings Bryan when he ran against
McKinley in 1S96, there are many pol
itical historians today who agree that
Judge Parker himself was responsi
ble for much of the party confusion
which, in a large measure, precipi
tated his defeat. •
His deep silence through the most
critical and trying weeks of the pre
convention round-up, when the nomi
nation, was conceded to be any man’s
plum, had left his supporters and the
platform committee in a condition of
extreme uncertainty, from which they
attempted to emerge without refer
ence to the burning currency problem,
this tfme deleted from the platform
by Mr. Bryan with as much avidity
as he had championed its inclusion
eight years before. Having sailed
past the currency derelict, the con
vention next turned its attention to
the nomination, for wliich Judge Par
ker and William Randolph Hearst, the
publisher, were the chief contenders.
On the final ballot Parker received
65S votes against 204 recorded for
Hearst.
Then, as the delegates were prepar
ing to adjourn, occurred one of the
most startling events that ever rock
ed a national convention. Immediate
ly upon receiving word that he had
been selected to lead the party, Park
er dispatched his famous “gold stand
ard” telegram to St. Louis, in which
he declared that gold standard of
money values was “firmly and irre
vocably established,” therefore he
would request the delegates to look
elsewhere for a nominee if they did
not agree with this view.
The convention was dumbfounded.
The “silent” candidate had spoken
and in words that could not be mis
construed. A few of the leaders re
tained enough presence of mind to
frame a hasty reply setting forth that
the platform committee had not seen
fit to concern itself with the currency
plank, hence there was nothing in the
candidate’s views which precluded his
acceptance of the nomination.
This telegram was later described
as the greatest voluntary political
self-sacrifice ever made by an Amer
ican statesman. When the fateful
lines were penned, no one knew bet
ter than their author that they would
receive only mild support from the
disaffected division of the party,
whereas they would hopelessly alien
ate the radical element, including
many powerful leaders w’hose sup- .
port was highly essential to the con- j
duct of a winning fight. Yet he would j
not go before the people on a plat- ;
form, real or implied, which contain
ed measures contrary to his belief, :
and the telegram was sent with the
full conviction that it meant outright
rejection of the highest honor within
the gift of the nation.
Alto Brooks Parker was born at
Cortland, N. Y., May 14, 1852, the
son of John Brooks and Harriett F.
(Stratton) Parker. His education was
obtained in the Cortland Academy,
the State Normal School at Cortland,
and the Albany Law School, from
which he was graduated in 1872 with
the degree of LL.B.
His decision to study law was made
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quite by accident. While earning a
meager salary as a country school |
I teacher, a profession to which he had
I aspired while laboring on a farm,
young Parker attended court one day
to hear a case in which his father
| was a juror. A lawyer of the silver^
tongued variety, summing up for de
fense. made a plea that so impressed
the eager listener by its eloquence
that he determined upon a legal car
eer from that moment, and immediate- I
ly began reading law.
Upon his admission to life bar he en
gaged in private practice for & few )
years, following wrhich he w-as elected
Surrogate of Ulster County. He at
tended the Democratic National Con
vention at which Grover Cleveland re
ceived his first nomination for the j
presidency, and^upon the latter’s elec
tion. Parker was offered the post of j
First Assistant Postmaster-General, j
which he declined.
He was appointed to fill a vacancy
on the State Supreme Court bench in
1885, and in 1S97 was elected Chief
Judge of the Court of Appeals. Since
the campaign of 1904 he has been en
gaged in the practice of law in New
York as senior member of the firm
of Parker, Hatch and Sheehan. He
has served as president of the Ameri
can Bar Association and later as presi
dent of the New York County Law
yer’s Association.
Judge Parker was a man of impres
sive stature and handsome appear
ance, with a suggestion of power,
courage and good nature. He was six
feet tall, weighed 200 pounds, and had
the proportions of an athlete. His
head was large and his face that of
a country-bred gentleman—strong,
fresh-colored and unwrinkled. His
hair was reddish-brown.
His character, as described by those
associated with him for many years,
was sober, sincere, unselfish and loy
al. He was charitable in his judg
ment of others, never boastful, and
always entertained a hearty scorn for
display.
Mr. Parker married Miss Mary L.
Schoonmaker in 1873 and by her had
two children—a son, who died in his
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seventh year, and a daughter who
married a New York clergyman Mrs.
Parker died in 1517, and In 1S2S. at
the age of 70, Mr. Parker married
Miss Amelia Pay Campbell, a promi
nent New York clubwoman. The fa
mily home is situated on the hank of
the Hudson River, at Esopus.
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yesterday en route to Yentna. Pair
view mining district, where he will he
connected with the road project for
the coming summer. The Alaska
Road Commission, whom he formerly i
worked for, will construct about 2H
miles of trail in that district this
summer.
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