The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-07-07

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Hlr'littoi's SAUL r.. g'EN5. (EEF Is
GENTLEMEN OF THE Press AssoCtvrIbS:-I
am deeply sensible Of and grntefuE .f0rJ the
honor conferred upon me In soliciting ME TO
preside ut this annual reunion. For more
than half score Of busy, and laboring years,
toiled In your profession and have, in
some sense, earned by actual service vete.
ron,s discharge. Some OF you remember
well as contemporaries in editorial labor,
and am glad to find; upon the roll Of the
Association many new names, representing
new Journals, which the increased activity
aud prosperity OF the last ten years have
brought forth. l am glad TO renew tonight
friendly and fraternal greeting with many
who labored In the journalistic field In West
Virginia during the years between 1868 and
1873, and TO greetwith cordial welcome the
no less gallant and intrepid Knights OF the
quill, who have since that time won their
spurs upon the field. To all OF yGhi-old
friends and new-I speak most cordial vel.
come. 80 i;s,5
There nrc here present some Of the men
WHO, out OF the chaos OF war, gave form and
substance TO the State Of West Virginia; there
are some who nodded thought in time when
tile new State was I"making history, hand
over hand" and each one OF yon, entlenen
OF the press, has made some mark upon tile
condition OIL tile people. With your pens
you have craven Il record more lasting. thun
sculpt,,red marble. for when the future his.
toriau of these times shnil search forlnt,t,n nlv
the ripeued action, but the causes and liz
agenc!es that brought forth such fruit, he
will find them in the editorial teachings .of
the newspapers OF the period. II is the news.
papers that in these DAYS, "hola as 'twcre.
the mirror up to nature: show yirture her
own feature, scorn her own inate, and tbs
very age and body of the time his form and
pressure" But they do greater and more
than this. They shape events. Line upon
line, precept upon precept, here little and
there greater deal. the editor dins intn tho
minds Of his readers an idea: and after n
while It crystallizes into action and becomes
an ACCOMPLISHED fact. There is scarcely n
man here present who cannot polnt TO one or
more important measures s,icressfuliv ac.
compljshed in his county and trutbfuliy snv
"I did IL" or TO important changes in Stnte
policy and saw, ~ beIped TO do it..i
do NOT speak boastinplv of tbe ;nflucpco
Of the Press. New.aper men nrc onite nc
modest about yauntini, their nehievencnis NJ
other men are notwithstanding the mora
mention OF this virtue as belonrinr In the
editorial nrd reporteris craft ,,nav croatia n
derisiye smile. Il has been bumnronslv sa;L
"wbo wouId mn, hc an o,,,,ors-.o ,r,,,a
The magic we Of such enorinor,s rirhi.
To be sosrea. beyond the common span
IL mKes tae plural 10 express. the maj"
But TO him who rightly appreciates and
understands the nnwer he w;aIds ,J;tor;,I
iniar 10 ..ai, ."e sp Tm ,i';, "ieNs, Gui.oIial
r o 20 cay NaoGh tiias' N"PoleoE tue
urcat Is credited Win saying "Four hostile
newspapers are more 10 be feared than a
thousand bayonets." And so they are. for
the power OF the newspaper is behind the
bayonets, and, against n thousand men en-.
listed in the service OF despotism, the news.
papers can put million in the field to do
In West YircInia, now emrrpinr from nh.
scu-;ty owl o,frao,;r,, ",tant;5 u w
on. ,,.., III IN 1918 n.sen.ioh uecuse OF
onr STATE I;as ;nn,ed;,IaI,, o,,, nv 49,, DeIuse
line belween tho rreot cii;es Of ,hn Tos.ana
nf the Pacific ro,s, tIere 10 o,a NJ" 'st alIu
nerous fuinrc Thcrn IL ror svorr nroJ p.os.
That tie c"nsms nj ism viii chow po o;n "
I0o ner cont.in our nnnnia,inn o" an, sit' ~, VI
hoovcs The nepbers NJ IN" p.o,s ~ "aI ton, "
mind his fact md ho reniv for ,ho H non; ~,
tide. The West Virpinia p5css In, 81, %o. .s
stool nnhIv in Tho vsmrn.rJ of ~ Ias.o,oif
nrcSress md robIv hays ;is ,r; INV, drn EyS ~,
wnn Sill other cono,,osts ,ra tn ~ a.l LEN
cd and wifi thc ;ncraassd wos,tH nr "S,t.s,
uertv now so nc,r viii hI;m mv1 ,aa; anu pros
md new d,ities iet mo rn;5, NAV ?u y, i
the admon;tion nj Tho moot Saxa." " you
,,,.I.., a., a. al, a. A., ~
The tyrants foe, the champion Of Inc free;
rnlshiGi ma w. constant TO u.s. SacTed trust;
Nike IN rs ieAcbin nnrn,r n judgments d Just
To speed the right, and 10 denoucc the ItV Wing
Long may Il be eru candor must conirss I 70
On Ftcedoms sl'otesa weak and rcnh Press"
In conclusion propose n toast to the
State Press Of West virginia." May it ever
continue toSfuliil! the promise written ,by.
Judge Story many years ago: {, a 5.Li
Herr shail the Press the Peoples right maintain,
i Tnawed ~ in,las i and hnnribed by gain
pIcSrPd IN Rcnn III MP gssep draw
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nu ioas' Mas,ei' ~ announcing the re-