The Kenosha telegraph and tribune. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1859-1860, 1859-06-23
Editorial Convention.

Win 'he o0Casloh OF the convention will be accep-
table to such as feel any interestIin these annual
gatherings. Nearly eighty newspaper
presses in the State. and some few out of the
state were represented. The convention having
been called to order, Hon. C. l.. Sholes in be.
half Of the editorial fraternity Of the city of Mil
waukee, welcomed the members of the Associa-
ton to the city, in RI appropriate speech. The
resolutions aud miscellaneous business Of the
convention are ofno particular interest to the
generality of readers. The members Of the ed
itora fraternity were invited to visit the insti-
tutons of public interest in Milwaukee, such as
the seventh ward High School, the Chamber OF
Commerce, the Cathedral Orphan Asylum, and
Sisters Of Charity School belonging to the Cath
o!ic Church, also thess Custom House Gen.
King. on whom devolved the delivery Of the an
nual address, being absent from the city, that
exercise was omitted. j. NJ Doty delivered an
address on the death Of John A. Brown, a mem.
Der Of the fraternity. NJ NJ. Pomroy, having
been designated to deliver a Poem fulfilled The
duty assigned him. The Poem was at the time
Of its delivery presumed to be the effort Of Mr..
Pomeroy the appointed Poet but it subsequent
! ly appears to have been the production of Rev.
! J. c. Richmond Of St. Paups Church, Milwau-
kco.
The Convention after the election of officers
for the ensuing year, concluded the regular bus
mess of the session on Thursday, 3 o'clock p NJ
The officers chosen are as follows:
President, GEORGE HYEG, hudson Patriot.
Vice-PreSidentS, NJ FRANK, Kcmosha Tels
sr0ph, and GEORGE II. REED, Oshkosh Courier.
Recording Secretary, Al. TURNER, Portage
city Record. Corresponding Secretary, l.. H.
DRURY, Green Luke Democrat
The President Of the Association appointed
c. l.. SHoLEs, Of the Milwaukee Fee Democrat
"Orator," and Prof, j. NJ. Hoyt of the Wiscon-
sin Farmer, poet" These gentlemen are ex.
pected to discharge The duties assigned them at
the next annual meeting
The Association embraced the remainder of
Thursday afternoon to visit the High School I'M
der the charge of J. G. McKindley, also Other
places to which they had been invited. good.
ly number accepted an invitation extended by
Alexander Mitchell, to visit his dwelling and en-
JOY his Inequalities at o'clock p NJ The city
of Milwaukee, represented by Mayor Page, as
well as many individuals of the city, made libe-
raj provision to render the stay of the Members
Of the Convention, pleasant and agreeable.
On Thursday evening at o'clock large
Proportion of the Convention embraced the in
vitation which had been extended by H. o.
Wilson, Agent of the Detroit & Milwaukee
Railroad,t to make an excursion to Grand Rapids
Michigan, The excursionists crossed the Lake
in the Steamer city Of Ctereland. to Grand Ha-
ven, and were taken from thence by Railway to
Grand Rapids. reaching the latter place at
O'Clock on Friday morning. On their arrival,
they were conveyed to the Hotels in the city
and treated with marked attention Carriages
were furnished without charge, to convey the
Wisconsin editors, to whatever localities of the
city or vicinity they chose to visit At 3 o'clock
p. NJ, the Wisconsin visitors were escorted to
the Depot, preparatory to their return, by the
Military and Fire Companies, accompanied by
a large number of citizens. They reached Mil
waukee the next morning, highly gratifed with
the generosity of the Detroit & Milwaukee Rail
road Company, with the reception given them
by their Michigan neighbors and especially
pleased with the appearance of the goodly city
of Grand Rapids.
Inasmuch as Grand Rapids is destined to be-
better known in Wisconsin than heretofore
in consequence of the completion of the Detroit
81 Milwaukee Railway, it may be we'll to say
something in advance in respect to that inter-
esting city. Grand Rapids contains popula.
ton of some twelve thousands for the elegance
of its private residences the taste displayed in
their surroundings, and the beautiful scenery af
forded of the neighboring country from the en-
inences about the town,the city is not surpassed
if equalod by any place of its size in the west
The river at this point affords water power
sufficient to drive ali the machinery of western
Michigan. 1t has an abundance of shade and
ornamental trees, also Fl nit trees, and what is
better STILL tho apple and peach trees are album
dainty loaded with fluit. The city has five
weekly newspapers and three daily papers. -
The business streets are well paved and lighted
with gas.
Among the institutions of the city deserving
of especial mention are its Public Schools We
had time only to visit one of them. 1t is large
stone building, three stories high above the
the basement; accommodates about five hun.
dred scholars, and furnished with the Boston
school desks. There are nine teachers employed
i'll this building besides the Principal Mr..
Danforth the efficient Principal receives a sal
cry of $1,000 per year, and his first assistant
500. The school is under excellent Discipline
yet in some of its arrangements it does not equal
some OF the best schools III Wisconsin. The
studies pursued in the school are the higher
branches of English, also Latin, Greek,
French and German. The schools of the city
are free, except scholars in the study of langua-
ges, are required to pay small tuition Fee
There Is one appendage to the school lot, which
is particularly an attractive feature portion
OF ground is fenced off, which is appropriated
to growing flowers and shrubbery. We un-
derstand the authorities of the city desipn to
make some important improvements in their
school house accommodations +; the city will not
be outdone by any in tn State.
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GEN. CAss ON NATURALIzATIoN- .Cass
on behalf of our government published a mani
iesto short time ago. in which he laid down
the doctrine that no naturalized citizen, found
IN the country of his nativity could be protected
against the claims of the government under
which he was born. This doctrine of our dem
ocratic government very naturally created much
uneaslness among naturalized citizens, about to
visit Europe in these troublous times. Gen.