Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 August 1904 — PARKER ACCEPTS THE NOMINATION [ARTICLE]

PARKER ACCEPTS THE NOMINATION

New York Judge Formally Notified ol the Action of the St. Lou la Convention. EBopus, N. Y., Aug. 11.—The members of the committee to notify Judge Parker of his nomination for the presidency by the Democratic national convention arrived on the steamer Sagamore at 150 p. m. Fifteen hundred persons were present to hear the speeches, 600 of them Iron* Ulster county, in which the Judge’s home is located. With the fifty members of the notification committee came a large number of Democrats from this and other states, among them ex-Sen-ator David B. Hill, Senator J. W. Bailey of Texas and members of the Democratic national committee. It had been raining ail morning and although it had ceased when the ceremonies began, its effects were still felt in the air and dampness under foot The members of the notification committee were first received by Judge Parker on the veranda at Rosemount They were presented to him by Chairman Cord Meyer of the New York state committee. The opening speech was that of Chariman Champ Clark of Missouri, who formally notified Judge Parker of his nomination and presented to him a certified copy of the platform adopted by the St. Louis convention and of the message decided upon by the convention in reply to the judge’s telegram on the gold standard sent to William F. Sheehan. .Judge Parker followed Mr. Clark with his speech formally accepting the nomination. The ceremony was followed by an informal reception, after which the visitors departed.