Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-06-27

EDITORS TALK ABOUT aHEELEY-A PLEASING
PROSPECT AHEAD.
Lsrrssps sndfnos o. the Ommcreiqi.
WIIIAMsPORr, Pa, June "a.
The editors Of the Pennsylvanis newspapers
have an Association" and meet annually,
for dinner, an excursion, aud other
junkotings, OF modest and economical
character Last year they met at William, =
port, dined at the Herdic House, and OK
plored Watkins Glen this year, they gather
at Erie dine at the Reed House, ia ke steamer
ride on Lake Eric, and trip through the Oil
Regions. All Of which il very pleasant for tho
editors you may saw and AZ the Hailroad COM
pauiee pass them, free of charge. il is mex.
pensive--an important matter to the average
newspaper man.
The influence OF these Editorial Associa-
AtionA in good, no doubt. The brethren of the
profession. ESQ thog insist on calling it } being
thrown into company, under softening iuiluen-
ces discover each others kindly natures, aud
usensibly the asperltieH Of controversy are soft
ened and Tesdered. for the future, impossible
Smith, OF the BuigfDnn Buge, who has been
accustomed to regard Jones, Of the Jngleville
BrOdtidre Of Frted0n, Ar a wretch, finds INN a
quiet little man. in Hpectacles, vino assaulted
Jones' so viciously, because he had Just Az
much mistaken his character These men estab.
lizh n new estimate Of each other and them
and thencefurth the old meat-aXe style OF
political augmentation is laid aside they realize
to greater degree. the usefulness and Influence
OF their profession. aud learn tCrely for business
support its legitimate independent gains. They
become emancipated from subservieucy TO ambi
tiOus politicians, who desire an " organ to get
themselves into Office, and can form their own
line of policy. and write their own editorials,
without the patronizing oversight OF the lawyers.
Twenty years ago the latter were the real con-
4 tff.Tf
the editors run their own machines, and have
gown wonderfully independent
So much In explanation OF these Press Assoc
atOns. The train leaving Philadelphia at 1910
yesterday, had on it, at starting number Of
newspaper men from Eastern Pennsylvania, and
others we're added ~ it passed Westward, until
some seventy-hve ladies' and gentlemen of the
party gathered here for supper this evening
Among them, are the genial and prosperous
Darlington, OF tho DOylestolOn Inteliigenoer Bar
ton Evans, OF tho West Chester Record aud n
number Of Philadelphians, Including the active
and energetic Menamin, Secretary OF the AssOci-
alton, who makes the arrangements in advance,
and lays out tho programme OF the excursion.
Others OF the party are from Norristown, Eas-
ton, Lancaster, Columbia, York, Harrisburg.
DanvillA, and all the interior country towns.
Many from the Western section OF the State will
meet at Erie.
The ride up, over the Pennsylvania Central, to
Harrisburg, aud thence by the Northern Central,
scenery of the Susquohanua II charming, though
seen for the hundredth time, and he must be au
unreasonable tourist who cannot find new beau
tics in 1t. on every fresh trip.
Naturally much of the talk among the editors
il upon politics. The great Greeley-or-nOt-
Greeley question is timed over aud discussed
very freely and cordially even by our Democratic
brethren. Indeed, they are Hingularly uure-
served. As a rule, they repudjate the general
Philosopher with scoru. Their cordial and
undiRguised expressions foreshadow the demOr
alization that will be caused in the Democratic
organization by his nomination at Baltimore
aud make prospect very encouraging, indeed
to the Republicans, confirming the expectations
entertained and fully expressed in the CONNER
CIAL that the choice of Greeley ensures sweep
ing overwhelming Republican success. l know
more Oh this subject than care to tell, or think
IL desirable, now, to make public bnt content
myself with these general Indications OF the
condition Of affairs, ss given by the Democratic
press of PENNSYLVANIA.
Rev Geo, w. Folwell and wife, Washington
Jones, Esq, and wife, and Mrs. Geo. q. Lobdel
aud daughters came up on the train, to-day, tt
Lewisburg, where they stopped to attend the
commencement exercises of the College and Uni
versity, located there, and under charge of the
Baptist denomination. JAY.