Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1863-07-01
lSCONSlN EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION
SEVENTH ANIMAL. SESSION.

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Geo. II Shaw Grant County Bitaess,
Misnonette, La Crosse.
Mr.. Delany and Mr.. Alvin B Reed, editors
of Minnesota, admitted to seats in the
Convention.
On motion, Hon. C. s. Benton, Hon. Edwin
Flint, Hon. G. A. Stevens and hon. +. o.
Thorpe were elected honorary members Of the
Association, and admitted to
On motion, Messrs. Seymour, Turner and
Sanford were appointed committee to make
arrangements for the delivery of the Annual
Address and Poem, and to give public notice
Of the time and place of the same.
On motion, adjourned till 3 p, IN.
3 O'CLOCK, P. NJ
Mr.. Seymour, the Corresponding Secretary,
conveyed an invitation to the members of the
Convention, from the ladies of the Baptist
church, to visit their festival at Singer s Hall,
that evening, and announced that President
Smith, OF the Galena, Dunlelln anu hlnnesota
Packet Company, had proposed to give the
members of the Association an opportunity of
viewing the beauties of the upper Mississippi,
by an excursion the boats Of the line start
ing on Friday morning and returning in the
evening, at a cost Of only 81 including meals
and lodging, and, motion, it resolved
to set Thursday evening apart for the delivery
of the Address and Poem, to take advantage
of President Smiths proposition on Friday,
and to accept the invitation Of the ladies OF the
Baptist church
Mr. BalIou submitted the following report
of the Committee on Publication, which was
adopted
7. the President of Editorial Association:
The Con- tteeeempoyed hessrs- Carpenter
liver to print 800 OF the proceedings of
last sessions of the Association at
On which fsp the committee paid Of moneys paid
their hands for that purpose, Go 90
Leaving on this publication of
And, on the frat publication -...-.. so 90
yet due aessr. G H. hoped Assoei
Respectfully submitted
Chairman Of Committee.
Mr.. Pomeroy read the following communion
Mr. President Of The EDITORIAL Convention:
desire this Convention the
their boats to ride up the river down. to suit
. .for P'o Of wisconsin
The Secretary read the following communi-
cation from the Secretary Of the State Histori-
cal Society:
HISTORICAL Rooms, MADISON,
Juno 10th, 1868
To the STATE Editorial Convention:
CxrrIrnss:-At several Of your gather
have kindly resolved that each newspaper
Usher of Wisconsin be requested to contribute his publ
we receive less half Of the papers published the
many In these peculiarly times societys
solcous to secure and preserve files
owing probably to of have
Society In other cases. apparently when
edition falls short Of the desired number the free list
The
files for binding and permanent The late
Harvey not long before his untimely death,
suggested that should make earnest appeal to the
editors publishers State that they should freely
regularly contribute their respective publications
tho Society.
Few men even those talents and energies
clusivey devoted to newspaper literature place sufh
GENTLY high estimate the value of newspaper flies
preservation in public Libraries They iorni the com
PHI rovs nestinablo Of Information future
historian In the course OF time they be-
come objects Of curiosity the deepest interest,"
ops can testify pored consider
poron Of he 800 volumes Of bound newspapers n
he IJrarv and CoIIections of the State Historical Soex
.ng the entire period Of the past eventfl
among q file Of eight years Of
assae from 1855 to lT4-relating to the
I'D French Indian wars-he early deeds glory
youthful Wasington-then the stirring period
dams Jefferson, and Madison-the second Eng
and, Black Hawk Indian War. We finally c,ne
file Of the Green Ray hateigelcer Of
such Newspaper flies beside for purposes Of
history, qualification and interest objects
opportunities they afford
tame ample with tho astonishing strides
present also contain thousands Of pub
Advertisements and records of public
These often required evidence in high
courts and these unpretending newspaper files
are generally regarded Of little value
property interests frequently depend In i'm
only the court but the lawyers both
ite have gladly avsiled themselves Of the h and doc
easonsble to predict that IA the course Of time titles