Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1904 — A POPULIST’S TRIBUTE. [ARTICLE]

A POPULIST’S TRIBUTE.

William V. Allen, former United States senator from Nebraska, has given out a letter in which, while maintaining that he is still a Populist, he pays a high tribute to Judge Parker. He says he has studied Parker's legal opinions and has found him to be clear on the trust proposition and that he has been consistent throughout his judicial career, being able, conscientious and fearless. Senator Allen concludes his letter thus: “Thus it will be seen that, whatever may be said of Judge Parker’s poltical belief in the gold standard, his judicial opinion of the authority of the government to restrain monopolies and of the jurisdiction of the courts jo enforce anti-trust legislation is strong. Being the chief judge of the highest judicial tribunal of a state in which monopolies have their habitat, Judge Parker must possess a strong individuality and a pleasing personality to win the confidence of t#e people to the extent of intrusting him to administer this office. “A careful reading of other judicial utterances of Judge Parker in a great variety of cases which came before the court of which he was the presiding judge clearly demonstrates his capacity and fitness for judicial work. His writings are facile, clear, perspicuous, and his reasoning of undoubted soundness and along the lines of the best judicial thought of the country on the trust question. They are marked by method, candor and care, which manifest that while he is conservative and therefore safe, he as at the same time fearless in the discharge of duty. "Such a man, other things equal, is much preferable for an exalted and responsible public position to one who is a lover of guns and martial airs and given over to tinsel and spectacular display.”