The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-09-04
THE GREAT NATIONAL EVENT OF
THE WEEK.


has already by it's influence permeated
throughout the entire United States.
1t is the conference of Democratic
and Independent editors who favor
the election of Judge Parker, the
Democratic nominee to the Presidency.
Invitations by the thousands have been
sent out by Chairman Josephus
Daniels, of the Editorial Conference
Committee, and the responses indi-
cate that the occasion will prove the
in the United States.
The purpose of the conference is
that the editors may discuss the
Democratic position, and in their
united wisdom lay plans for the best
presentation of the Democratic pledges
to the nation, following up the
conference in New York by a visit to
Judge Parker at Esopus, where an
address will be made on behalf of the
editors and responded to by Judge
Parker.
The most brilliant editors of the
country will participate in the meet
ing, and one of the addresses will be
delivered by Editor Henry Watterson,
of the Louisville Courier-Journal.
The address to Judge Parker on be-
half of the editors will be made on
the lawn at Rosemount by Editor
Charles w. Knapp, of the st. Louis
Republic, who will explain the object
of the gathering and the mission of
the editors.
Especially notable will be the events
of the banquet and of the trip by
steamer to Esopus on the Hudson.
At the banquet, which will be an elab-
crate and magnificent one at the ia
NOUS Waldorf-Astoria, there will be
six responses by leading editors of the
United States to the toasts proposed
by the POSTMASTER of the occasion,
whom it is expected will be Mr..
SylVanus E. Johnson, one of the WASH
ington correspondents of the Cincin-
natl Enquirer.
Editors from all over the country
will be in New York on the seventh
and eighth of this month, these meet
ing their own expenses, while the cost
of the banquet at the Waldorf-Astoria,
and the trip by steamer to Esopus will
be met by the Democratic National
Committee. There will be no expense
spared by the committee to make the
event a most happy and delightful one
and an invitation to attend has been
extended to every editor in the United
States who is favorable to the election
! of Judge Parker.
The personnel of the Committee of
Editors having the Conference in
charge is guarantee that it will be an
event of great value to Democracy.
The Chairman is Mr. Josephus
Daniels, editor of, The News and OBJ
server. of Raleigh, the other members
beings Messrs. Herman Ridder
Stats Zeitung,'' New York City, N.
Y: John r. Mclean, Enquirer" Gin
cinnati o.; Henry Watterson, "Cou-
rier-Journal," Louisville, Ky; Clark
Howell CONSTITUTION" Atlanta, Ga;
Norman E. Mack, Buffalo Times,
Buffalo. n. Y; T. M. Patterson,
Rocky Mountain News" Denver,
Colo; Charles w. Knapp, Republic,
st. Louis, Mo-: Andrew Mclean,
Citizen" Brooklyn, N. Y; Henry D.
Winton, Democrat" Hackensack, N.
j.; Alfred Orendorff, "The State Reg
ister," Springfield, ILL.,; r. NJ. Johnson.
Post" Houston, Tex; d. j. Critten-
berger, Sentinel" Indianapolis, Ind;
w. o. Burr, Times" Hartford, Conn;
Edwin r. Lawrence, Guardian,
Paterson, N. j.; VIM. P. Nesbitt,
Herald" Big Rapids, Mich; c. H.
fancy, Register, Wheeling, w. Va;
G.. M. Hitchcock, "World- Herald,
Omaha. Neb; Alden J. Blethen,
Times" Seattle, Wash; VIM. Sauls-
bury, "Delawarean," Dover, Del; ].
H. Fahey, Traveller" Boston, Mass;
John T. Winship, News Saginaw,
Mich.
The headquarters of this committee
are in the Century Building, No. l,
West 34th street, New York.
A large attendance of editors from
North Carolina is expected 10 De Oh
hand, many having already accepted
the invitation. These will arrange for
their own passage to Washington, ID.
c., and Secretary J. B. Sheriff., of the
North Carolina State Press AssOcia-
ton, has issued the following con-
corning transportation from Washing
ton to New York and return:
1.-The Pennsylvania Railroad has
sent me editorial transportation for
twenty-five of our members from
Washington to New York and return.
Our party should be in Washington
by noon Tuesday, September 9Th. in
order to get advantage of this trans
portation. We leave Washington after
the arrival of all trains from the
South that morning. and will reach
New York in the afternoon. We will
stop at Broadway Central Hotel in
New York at the rate of one dollar
day each person."
Writing from New York of the
Conference. and speaking of his de-
sire that North Carolina should be
we'll represented at the meeting
Chairman Josephus Daniels says: