New-York tribune., 1904-09-08
ALL TO HAZE Il CHANCE.
Democratic Editors to Confer While
Returning from ESopuS.

The Waldorf was yesterday the Mecca OF the
Democratic editors who had accepted the inVtauon
of the national committee. The full number now
ever that had arrived at o'clock last night, was
disappointing TO those in charge of the affair Dim
ner covers were ordered for five hundred. ana the
register showed only hundred and fifty arrivals
Chairman Josephus Daniels said. however, that
large number had neglected 10 register
The register was. however, an index OF the sec
tions represented The New-York editors who
had meeting of their State Editorial Association
at the Hoffman House led the list. and o. OF them
were registered. Pennsylvania came next with S
Indiana had II. and New-Jersey !. Maine. New
Hampshire, Ohio. Illinois, Wisconsin, Missouri
Colorado. South Dakota, Georgia, Arizona and
Texas had one each Many Of the Western and
Southern States were unrepresented, and Vermont
was among the missing.
In the afternoon the dinner tickets and the train
tickets to Esopus were distributed. and at o'clock
about three dozen editors went the subway
cursion as Mr.. Belmonts guests. Three coaches
constituted the train that the express track
from City Hall to Ninety-sixth-st in twenty-three
minutes. a Jersey editor was sure by the time
Canal-st reached that he would prefer to be on
top of earth On the return trip most OF the party
disembarked at Thirty third-st.
The start Will be made at the Grand Central Sta
ton at s:45 o'clock this morning for Highbridge,
whence the party will go by boat to Rosemount-
Charles W.. Knapp. OF The ST Louis Republic
viii make the address to eX-Judge Parker. who VIII
respond. The return trip by boat will begin at
o'clock. The conference for which the editors were
asked TO come together will occur on the boat be-
tween Esopus and New-York. Every editor, so said
Secretary May Woodson yesterday will theh have
chance to make speech The Dreamland Navi-
cation Company has invited the editors 10 Coney
leaving :he pier at West Twenty-second-st. at 3
o'clock this evening.
Frank A. Arnold, who has published The Star
and Democrat" a. GTeencastle. Ind, for thirty
years, said yesterday: These Eastern men who
have assumed such prominence Will be expected to
make good their pretensions I'm New-Y orS State,
and. besides. will be held responsible for the ma
tionai result
Duncan C. Lee Editor Of ''The Ithaca News" who
was yesterday commended I'm a resolution OF the
State Editorial Association candidate for Lieu
enant Governor the Democratic ticket, was una
BILE any indications OF the conference he came
six men did all the talking afforded small oppor-
tunity to confer.
". Va. said:
Thomas Davis, the brother OF the Vice-Presi-
Dental candidate is very ambitious for the honor
that would to the Davis name in the election
of the ticket and II should consider II necessary
10 increase his subscription of $4,000 TO the cam
paign fund guess he could find the money.
Eugene NJ. Moriarty Editor of THE Evening
POST of Worcester. Mass. said:
soon to predict with certainty the result OF the
national contest. but certainly have better
chance than in 1896 and 1900 New England was, OF
course bitterly opposed to Organism"
Anthony Killgore Editor OF THE Hunterdon
County Democrat" OF Pennington. \. J., said:
'It is not improbable that the discomfort of the
Hearst followers may make us some trouble