Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-06-21
Iowa State Register.
IOWA. PRESS ASSOCIATION.
Fifth Annual Meeting.
MT. PLEASANT. June l.
FIET DAYS PROCEEDINGS.

HlOIl, IudHy llClC LiC SApCClSu vi
this mornings train, and the indi
cations arc that the gathering will
be large.
President w. w. Junkin, of the
Fairfield Ledgoy, called the Associ-
citation together at Saunders Hall,
at . O'Clock n M.
The Mt. Pleasant Glcc Club sang
the following song Of welcome,
which was written for the occasion:
BY f. a. vANcssE, OF TIE HENRY COUNTY PRESS.
All hail, good brethren the quill.
A cordial welcome here,
We greet you with right good VIII,
We wish you hearty cheer,
An honor lis to be your hosts,
Whom fortune has assigned
The guard of such important posts,
IN the advance OF mind.
'Iis yours 10 move amid the van,
Where progress marks the way,
And leading gallantly right on,
Keep duty's path alway.
IT'S yours to cast the horoscope,
If fate or fear portend,
And speak the stirring words of hope,
Or warning. of Il friend.
Ills yours to plant the good intent,
Suggest the noble deed,
Aud mold the thought and sentiment,
OF thousands who may reid
Be faithful to this solemn trust,
Nor fear nor favor move,
And yours the fate awaits the just
grateful peoples love.
All hail thousand times,
And greeting warm and true,
Our hearts struggling in these rhymes.
TO speak their cheer to you.
Calm be your counsels, fair your stay,
And heavens best blessings fall,
With hand and heart and voice we say.
And hail and welcome all.
PRAYER was then offered by Rev.
M. HAYNES, after which, Mr.. a. T.
Brooks, Mayor Of Mt. Pleasant, de-
livered the following
ADDRESS or WELCoM:
"Loaios and Gentlemen II appear
before you to-day as the represen-
tative of the citizens of Mt. Pleas
ant, and extend to you generous.
welcome and kindly greeting. 1t is
not expected that will make any
extended remarks upon the power
and influence Of the Press. These
are known and felt by all, and while
our beloved Iowa occupies high
and enviabIc position among the
States Of the Union, having within
the last decade made herself name
that entities her to the respect and
emulation of her sister States, and
one that stands proudly forth in
history the admired Of all, very
much Of her present greatness is at
tributablc to the Press of Iowa,
which has grown with her strength,
until, while we boast 4 correspond
ingly well developed Prcss-onc
that has fully kept pace with the
rapid progress Of the State in her
march to greatness, and which enti-
ties you, gentlemen, to the worthy
appcllation of the Solons of Iowa.
AS an individual citizen | have
been an interested spectator of the
steady progress and Improvement
of Iowa for the past thirty-three
years, and as such | am proud of
my citizenship. And am no less
proud of the very able manner in
which you, gentlemen, composing
the Press Association Of Iowa, have
attributed to the marked progress
and advancement of moral senti
mcnt among the people, by publish
ing through yoar respective publ
cations, the nourishment so essen
TALLY necessary to the growth and
development of mind and morals.
AS the nourishment taken into
the physical man III order to pro-
ducc the best physical Development
should be pure, so in order to the
attainment ofthc greatest perfection
in the moral, social and intellectual
dcvclopcmcnt of a people, it is alb
solutcly necessary that they should
be furnished with pure and high
toned literature. For rs starry
ing man in the absence of good and
wholesome diet will eagerly dcvour
unwholcsomc food, SO the craving
minds of your readers will eagerly
drink in whatever of food for the
mind, be it good or otherwise, that
you from week to week dish up and
place npon the tables of almost
every house in the land. Therefore
gentlemen. gaurd well your col
umnS.
"And now in conclusion,I sincere
ly desire that your stay in our place
may be pleasant and agreeable
And that when you separate and re-
turn to your homes you may with
renewed energy drive the quill and
feel that the good citizens of our
city have cndeavored to make your
visit one of reciprocal pleasure and
profit to all.
"And now, ladies and gentlemen,
in the name of the citizens of Mt.
Pleasand, l tender you the hospital
tiles Of the Athens of Iowa."
The address was well received
and elected tho following.
RESPONSE FROM PRESIDENT JUNKIN.
"M. Mayor and Citizens OF Mt.
We0sdut:-For the cordial welcome
extended to the Iowa Press Associ-
alton, permit me to return the SIM
cere thanks of each individual men,
Der thereof. TO men harrassed with
the cares and troubles incident to
newspaper life, these occasions are
like the bright oases in the desert
to the weary traveller: and if in our