The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-10


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The Manassas OF 1904 differs IN several
material particulars from tho Manassas
OF 1854. t31 II
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EDITORIAL CONFERENCE.
Things Seen and Heard on the
Visit to Judge Parker.
The newspaper meh Of the country al al
ways hear4 their part OF the burden OF the
national campaign, yet as q rule ' they e'y
have received scant recognition from the tn
party for their services. Perhaps. this is
because the newspaper men have asked
for no recognition. They are in the habit
of performing public services tho1lt
ompensation. It is O. part Of their train al
ing, and all the; reward they expect Is
the approval Of a good conscience. This :h
year, however, the National Democratic
Committee decided to invite the Demo
cratic editors to meet in New ~ rk, a t
tend banquet at the Waldorf Astoria
Hotel and then make pilgrimage to
Esopus to meet the nominee Of the par
5ty. 3. ia
The newspaper men q pre ciated the
attention and those who were able to
respond in person to I'll e invita- ton en- 3
joyed their visit and will go home the
better prepared to labor for the election
Of the candidate. They had the oppor-l
tunity Of touching elbows with 81 each
other, and swapping views. and the en-.
tire occasion was characterized by the
spirit Of good fellowship. They also had
the privilege and pleasur OF shaking
Judge Parker by the hand, looking into
his honest eyes and catching an inspira-,
ton from his presence and they return
ed thoroughly imbued with the true Dem.
ocratic spirit. w ls5 %
The banquet in the Waldo rf-Astoria:
was hardly in Keeping with the pro-
verbal simplicity OF Thomas Jefferson.
for 1t was really what the reporters call
"a mos elaborate affair" The banquet
hall, beautiful IN itself. wa, was made more.
beautiful by flags. flowers and electric
lights, no insignificant part Of the adorn-5
ment being the company Of handsome wo-s
men in evening dress who sat in the gall
Ileries while the banquet proceeded, the
number being largest while the speeches.
were being made
Some parts of the speech of Mr.. Henry
Watterson5 have been harshly criticised
by the New York Evening Post, but If
the editor of the Post had been present
he would have taken different view.
1t is true Mr.. Watterson said that Mr.
Roosevelt was "as sweet gentleman as
ever scuttled a ship or cut a throat,
but his remark was made imperfect good
humor, and, Of course. the speech was
entirely figuratiye, and Mr.. Watterson
at once made an appli cation of.dt to some
OF the Presidents political acts. The
speech was delivered in Mr. Watterson's
own happiest style. and was altogether
enjoyable 4.
The Evening Post has also harshly crit
icised Mr. Clark Howell for injecting the.
negro question Into his speech. It is
said that some OF Mr.. Howell's friends
who had seen the speech in advance were
in doubt as to the expediency OF his dis
cussing the race question. but Mr.. Howell
told the plain truth when he said that
the attitude Of the Republican President
has done more to check the real progress
OF The negroes than all else that has
s1nn -,
Editor stoll, OF South Bend. Ind, gave
some very good reasons why the Repub-
Leans should be turned out and the Dem
ocrats put In. In a speech Of this char
acter. there was a broad field for clap
trap and dernagogy, but Mr. stoll Is a
sensible man. and there was nothing Of
dernagogy in his remarks, They were
sensible and patriotic.
Editor Ridder. Of the Staats-Zeitung. who
Is said 10 he the best Interpreter In New
YORK Of the independent vote, put his
speech into the form Of an editorial and
read il from typewritten copy. He made
no sort Of effort at display, but told In
a simple, forceful waS why the indie
Dtndents would In this campaign give
rhhis support TO Parker. He said thai
me Independents we're Interested tnsthe
general Welfare Of the country and voted
thts way Or that. according as they be-
Aetfsa ne wslfare d The country 70 lie.
ThsY regard Mr. Hooseyelt az dan
gerGua nam ana therefore they Will not
Support him; they regard Judge Parker
as q sais man and they will DO what
they ran u make him President,
rns beat pureiy political speech OF the
eYeniaz WAS delivered by Editor Mclean,
u the Brooktyn Citizen. he is a good
politician, ara an attractive speaker, He
ueii saA ttat tins Democratic party ls
s,fongest In IN integrity and when ad-
herring most stdctiy 10 III princlples. He
dl4 not believe in changing tho princi-
ples N poIN!ex NJ the party for The sake
~ ceiling yDtts, and he insisted that
the surea gay 10 get the Independent