The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-31
AN INSPIRATION IN THE CON
FERENCE OF THE EDITORS.

The Editors Conference to be held
i'm New York on the seventh and
eight of September by the great host
of editors of the United States favor
ing the election of Judge Parker to
the Presidency promises to be the
most interesting and valuable feature
of the early days of the campaign.
Nothing of the kind has ever been
attempted before, and the conception
of the idea of the editors of the DEM
ocratic and Independent press meeting
in New York and after their confer
ence there calling on Judge Parker at
Esopus in a body is being warmly
commended.
The results of the conference are
certain to be such as to repay for the
labor involved in arranging for it. the
plans being on so elaborate a scale
as to involve much time and thought.
1t is expected that the conference will
not alone be a large one. but that at
it there vii! be men of national prom
inence in the newspaper world. The
pleasant part of the occasion will not
trip up the Hudson to Esopus, but also
in the meeting with Judge Parker. a
man of the most engaging personality
A hand clasp with him means a grip
of the hand of a man. every inch of
him.
The value of this personal contact
of Candidate and Editors is of no
he &c inc
more and more to be understood that
the Press is the great campaigner.
The orator is of course essential to
impress and emphasize that which
the press breaches daily, but 1t is the
press that with each new day conveys
to the voter the drift and trend of
events, it is the press that is able to
present the many sides of the issues
involved, and while the shouts of
gathered thousands may shake the
air as the orator with his pulsating
words touches the quick of the SUBJ
ject, yet it is the statements in the
press that come to men at the hearth
stone in their more deliberative mo-
ments, and if it were possible to make
figures, it would be seen that thous-
ands and thousands more votes are
secured by the arguments set forth in
the printed sheet than those by the
living orator. who after all. depends
upon the press to carry to more thous-
ands than his voice could ever hope to
reach, the argument to which his lips,
his gestures, the flash of his eye, give
VITALITY.
The meeting of the editors will be
an inspiring one, and as these men
who deal with public opinion return
to their desks after personal view
of Judge Parker. and after the DELHI
erations and associations which will
come by their meeting. it is certain
tIIat it will be to press the campaign
even more vigorously and more ably
than is being done. The opportunity
to obtain this inspiration should not
be lost by any editor who is seeking
to do the best thing for his country
The New Bern Journal mourns and
it seemeth to it's editor that it is go
ing to be a case of "Lo! The Poor
Oyster!' as he writes: ''Ten or fiji
teen days more and the oyster season
will open. and the lovers of that lus
cious bivalve will be glad to learn tina,
they are fatter and of equally as good
flavor as heretofore. but alas, TIL
are scarcer than ever. Unless some,
thing is done to prevent the whole
sale destruction of oysters in North
Carolina waters, it's only a question
of time when they will be indeed d
luxury"
The canny Scot is now having the
time of his life as is eSident from the
following advertisement in the Edin-
burgh Scotsman which may we'll be
termed "Bugbears and Bogeys:"
PERFORMING FLEAS.
NOW ADDED; the GEAR OF RUSSIA
and the EMPEROR OF JAPAN.
Admission I'd.
STEWARDS WAXWORK,
High ST., Edinburgh.