Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-03-23
EdliosIni Conventions.

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collection OF st'ef"i OF 'hese cu''o''A' oo"'
veniiohs, which 'ook place three or -FOUR
years ago NJ Houston, brennan anu oai-
weston, perhaps; but We are not aware
that the state OF the world was much ef.
fecied thereby. a few lively young fellows
like Elliott and Notary, and SOME more
scdate and disnihca, like the handsome
and polite editors OF the Union aud Telc.
graph, got together, and, frcm their own
accounts, had jolly timo If IL with vys-
iers and champaign, aud, il LAY be, lit
tie old Bop".oa for the stronger stoinachs,
aud wna' mast have been the most agree.
/ ahl: ,,nrt of it, with nothing TO pay for the
I glorious entertainment. When the Con
venlion met At Houston, if We remember
rightly. the Central Rtilrold furn ished
the bill of fare, or one OF its directors--the
same .hing in Hebrew. Except at the lit
tie convention OF five ut Brennan, nothing
was done, or intended about politics Tho
other conventions wore gotten up lust to
have good time without much expense,
and we don't think any harm resulted
from them except a little nausea and head
acnes the next day or .wo. 1t is unneces-
sary, perhaps; for us to say that We were
not present al any Of them. We wire not
in favor OF lilese editorial conventions.
We venlued TO say so then, and we re-
main .. the same opinion. or what use is
a Convention of sditors They can not
arrange and settle the politics Of a State
the most OF them are unit for this. Is
and Tracy and Quick can, together over
bottle otthe best WHISKY eVen,hx up matters
for the next canvass,and arrange Tor gen
tlemanly contest OF their respective pnr,
tiesf Possibly SO, but we shall not iee'
bound by any OF their contracts. Wen, II
politics are not TO DC cohsiderca ny those
editors at the Houston Fair' wha' are
they 10 uof real editors are not generai-
" h''eu 'or BUSINESS 'lu''er'' inere
might % some sehs' IN convention VI
puo'isherS anu Primers " "A '"' ''''' "
printing anu auVer''s'hg' anu ~ n'"@e
some rules and regulations TO govern them
all, ike those oil doctors ana lawyers ou'
edi'ors proper DO not usually know much
about these things, though they are all
important Tor The success oil newspaper
establishment. Even ureeley, thoush o
practical printer, Is no business man. Inc
successor the Triolne IN us early existence
$40 'e attriou'ed more 70 MS oid partner,
McEirath, the business man OF Inc con-
Germ, then to Greeley ana his sharp pen
| The Houston Convention is not TO be nf the
character last alluded to lit will be made
up of editors ofall parties whether the tenn
perance element, headed by the sober edi-
tor of The Signet, will be Represented, we
are not informed, and these editors will
settle nothing unless it be the quality Of
the oysters and wine, and the much dispu
ted point, whether Bourbon is preferable
to old Rye. The paper mill may be dis
cnssed little once more between drinks,
aad, perhaps, the question of a general
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