The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-13

ing some of the most influential
papers of the east are in the city
nosing around for news. Incidentally,
they are taking in the sights of the
Mormon capital and preparing articles
Tor their respective papers so that the
folks in the east will see what they
missed by staying at home.
The strangers are the members of
the National Editorial association
and their wives and daughters. The
visitors have been attending the annual
meeting of the association at Omaha
and the visit to this city is a side IS
sue. Seventy-six of the tourists ar
rived yesterday and about as many
more are expected today. Nearly
every state between New York and
Louisiana is represented.
The first trainload Of visitors
reached the city yesterday morning at
1880 over the Rio Grande and the
members of the party got busy as
their eyes and the sage brush out OF
their hair.
Party Lines Up Well.
So far as personal features go the
eastern editors line UP well and make
a good impression. The women in the
party are representative tyes of east
city have attracted admiring glances
from Mormon and Gentle alike. They
are winsome, graceful and lovely. nor
withstanding they were brought up If
the effete east Everything interests
them from the United States soldier
from the fort and the Indian or cow
man from the plains, to the palaceE.
temples and even the self water in The
lake.
One of the first places visited yester-
day by the strangers was the taber-
nacle. They were given the usual well
come by the church attendants and
shown about the grounds.
w. H. Greenhow of the Hornellsville
IN. " Tribune is with the party and
brought his family with him. NJ.
GreenhOw states that Hornellsville.
which is located between Hooper and
Clean, Is really the center of New York
states commercial activity and that
Buffalo. Albany, Utica. Elmira. ROch-
ester and the other little places around
the state are merely suburbs Of mis-
town w. ]. Kline of the Amsterdam
On. W Recorder is still grieving for his
friend Austin. He has the reputation
of having never clipped an editorial
from a paper near home.
A Distinguished Editor.
Another distinguished member of the
party is J. d. Richardson of the In
dianola (Miss) TOcsin. This is the
town I'm which President Roosevelt
ca me in ontact with The race problem
while trying to make a postoffice up
poiEtment that would De satisfactory
to the population, which IS three quar-
ters black. The blue grass state, the
cotton states. the coal states. the corn
states, the potato states and several
other states, including n happy state,
are represented in the present visit ard
all of the editors in the party have the
biggest bona fide subscription list.
Some of the visitors went to Saltair
yesterday and took a dip in the buoy
ant waters of the lake. A few found
their way to the Lagoon, others went
to Liberty and Callers parks. some
went to the ball game, and others, last
evening looked In open-eyed astonish
ment at the brilliant spectacle of the
Salt Palace. AS there was music and
other entertainment at all of the re-
sorts. the strangers thoroughly enjoyed
themselves. The only regret Of those
who went to the tabernacle was that
the MOrmons took only one wife TO
church.
Looking For Mormon Families.
Several Of the Kentucky editors hung
around the gates to the grounds. hop
with family groups of several wives.
The visitors will be in the city two
days and will go from here to the yell
lOwstone park. Some Of the members
will also visit the Black Hills.
They report a pleasant time in Oma-
ha. where the association was IN ses-
sion for three days. The most enliven-
ing part of the meeting was the vote
for president, two candidates being in
the field. T. 3. Cullen of Minneapolis
was elected and st. Louis was voted
a. the next meeting place. the date 70
be decided later by the executive COM
mittee Of the association. Those who
arrived here yesterday are:
Personnel of the Party.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS NJ. NIeacham.
Hopkinsville: NJ. f. COnley, Louisa
News.
Arkansas-Carl T. schuppe, Van Blu
rem.
New Hampshire. w. Brewster.
Portsmouth.
Alabama. Lesser. Birmingham F.
L. Mckenzie. Tallassee; w. II. II. Jud-
son. Bessemer.
Mail; Omar ID. Gray Sturgeon Leader
Lon V Sanders. Palmyra; S. a. Pierce,
Independence; w. O. l. Jewett, Shell
bina.
Iowa-G. P. Linn. Sumner Gazette.
IllinOis-J. c. Coulsen, La Harpe.
Rhode Island-Walter P. Frost, Prov
idence.
Minnesota-Frank Zine, Nordstern.
St Cloud.
North CarOina-r, G. Cobb, Morgan