Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1904-09-09
DEMOCRATIC
EDITORS

editors to the number OF several hun
dred from all parts OF the country
from the North, the South, the Easi
and the West, are here today and 9th
ers are arriving for the purpose o'
holding a conference to be followed
tomorrow by visit to Esopus, where
they will be guests of Judge Parker at
Rosemount.
While many arrived during the morn
ing and reported at the headquarters
ON Thi,ty Seventh street, the main
business Of the day WILL transpire this
AFTERNOON when conference as to
campaign pians.as regards tho press
will be held and symposium of sug'
aestion held. There will be addresses
BY several of the leading quill drivers
and this will be follow cd by free ex-
change of thought ani ideas, partic-
uiarly as to methods to be pursued
during the campaign just about to
open.
Another reason for bringing togeth-
er several hundred moulders OF thought
from various portions of the country,
was to feel the pulse of the great mass
of Democratic voters. If no other re-
suit should obtain from the gathering
but the learning of the situation in
various states. counties AMI hamlots.
q great work will have been perform
ed.
One grizzled veteran Of score or
more presidential campaigns, whose
home is in Indiana, was very enthusi-
astio when spoken to about the chances
in the great Middle Wost. After call
ing attention to the fact that his
State h ,i baen chosen by both parties
as the battle ground of the campaign.
he said: "Y.s. 1t seems as IL we are
fall, but that is what Ye are on the
skirmi,h line for. We are there to
fight aud we are going to do it. What
is more firmly believe that we are
going to win. Many who four and
eight years ago refused to support
Bryan now have their coats off and
are doing yeoman service"
These sentiments can be heard Oh
all sides aud every man present shares
them. All bring glorious reports from
their SECTIONS of the country and IL tile
editorial conference does nothing else
besides let the campaign managers
know the state Of feeling in their re.
spective bailiwicks. it will have ao-
complished a great good and an en-
inently satisfactory work from the
practical side of politics.
On a special steamer the editors will
leave the CITY tomorrow morning for
Esopus. where it is expected they W i'll
arrive early in the afternoon.
One of the features OF the conference
will be the banquet to the visiting
editors at the Waldorf this evening.
This will not DO an elaborate affair
but it will be full of jollity and good
feeling. 8. e. Johnson. one OF the
Cincinnati Inquirer correspondents st
Washington has been selected as toast
master for the OCCASION aud the simple
statement that at one time he was the
presiding genius Of the famous Grid
iron Club of the nations capital is
sufficient
Among the editors who have had in
charge the arrangements for the oon-
ference are the following: Herman
Ridder. New York Andrew Mclean,
Brooklyn; 7. NJ. Patterson. Denver,
Col Henry D. Winton. Hackensack,
N. J; Alfred Orsndortf. Springfield.
Ill. Norm man E. Mack. Buffalo. N.
Y; r. N. Johnson, Houston. Tex. !;
D. j.. CIittenberger. indianapolis,
Ind. W. o. Burr, Hartford, Conn. !;
Edwin r. Lawrence, Paterson. N. j. !:
W. p. Nesbitt. Big Rapids. Mich. ;
John r. Mclean, Cincinnati, o.; O.
H. Taney. WheelinR.W. Va, Josephus
Daniels. Raleigh. N. @. G. M. Hitch
cook Omaha. Neb. CLARK Howell. At
lanta, Ga. W. Knapp. st. Louis. Mo. t;
Alden j. Blethen, Seattle, Wash. /;
Henry Wattersou. Louisville. Ky. {;
William Salisbury. Dover. Del; j.
H. Fahey. Boston. Mass. John L.
Winship. Saginaw, Mich.