Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-06-27

dates for the office Of speaker laureat,
to the party. This philosophical nc
count Of an unaccountable fact. ma,
not be accurate in every particular
but can pass tor what is usually con
sidered fair article Of truth.
/ The Convention did a very wis,
thing IN squelchng all plans of Of
ficious mcdlers who attempted t.
make the Convention interfere il
the business of the individual mem
bers and to impose a code Of mora
ethics upon the Convention.
/ The Convention elected an excel
ent corps Of officers for the ensnin,
year, Of which there is L. p. Trey
nor, of the Council Bluffs Nonpar,ei
President; VIM. Toman, of the IL
dependence bulletin, Vice President
AL. Swain, Of the Jefferson Bee, Sec
retary; ]. W.. Rogers, Of the Yves
Union Gazette, Treasurer; VIM. 8
Leach, OF the Cedar Rapids Times
John Mahin, Of the Muscatinc Jown
al and S. w. Rathburn, Of the Ma
aion Register, Executive Committee
In the evening, Sam. II. Clark, o.
the Keokuk Gate City, delivered ar
address, the text of which was
'Journalism,-Craft or Profession
| which 7" In the hands OF one SO able
to treat the subject, 1t was easy to
descern how much Of a craft journal
ism IS, and how much need there Ii
that 1t be made in reality profes-
sion.
The President and Secretary dur.
ing the past year are known to have
labored with unexampled faithful
ness. It was thought that practi-
cal joke at the expense of those two
officers could be appreciated, by
themselves as well as by others
The proposition to 'raise Cain" was
literally responded to. and 1t the
close of the exercises IN the evening,
the President and Secretary were
presented with fine cane,-the pre-.
sentatlon speech in the former case
being made by Col. Hutchins, Of the
Cedar Rapids Tines, and in the latter
case by John Mahin, of the Musca-
tine Journal. So well had the joke
been kept, that not one OF the victims
bad the least idea of the affair until
the thibgswas done. 4is8 III.
There are very few who do not
know something about tarnacle,
and all our readers know how one Of
Iowa's honored Legislators acquired
an immortality by applying the word
to the Press Of the State. In order
to show his appreciation of the above
annamed immortal, John p. Irish
sent asbarnacle, made into a breast.
pin, to President Junkin. T. q.
Walker made few happy remarks
for Mr.. Irish, in delivering the en-
blem OF the profession.
The writer, at one time, had an in.
tention of making somo appropriate
upon the banquet which
the ladies and other good citizens Of
Mt. Pleasant spread for the Conven.
tion,-how the tables were laid in
the most tasteful order, boquetted
into lovellnees, silvered and crys-
tailed into sparkling mines, laden
with toothsome bounties Of supreme
attraction. while, over all, and above
all, were magnet eyes Of fair walters,
who, with skillful hands,prepared for
us all these sumptuous blessings
but as he never INDUCES in fine
writing be declines. lie can only
add that if the Iowa Press Associa
ton are ever treated to another such
evening exercise may he he there to
enjoy it. saieia
The excursion for this year was
projected for Salt Lake, and prom
ised to be lengthily tedious, s,tediously
as well as expensive. The
writer did mt conclude to take the
journey. The excursionists number
ed nearly . round hundred. mer and
women. They chartered three Pull.
man Palace cars, to meet them at
Omaha. They left Mt. Pleasant on
Thursday morning, June 13-the B.,
& NJ. r. road very kindly dead.
heading the whole party to Omaha.
This may be considered by outsiders
an act Of unrequitedj generosity on
the part Of the railroad company, but
the editors, with that idea Of self-lm.
portance characteristic of the class,
while gratefully accepting the ten.
dercd courtesy, do not regard the Ia
borious, long-continued, and earnest
efforts OF the profession toward the
material building up Of the interests
OF the State, and the unsolicited and
unpaidfor and rendered by them to
the building of railroads as of no
small account. They place some
value upon their labor, and receive
these courteous tenders OF railway
m~A s.