Daily globe., 1883-07-19


interests of the state, and they embrace
with pleasure an opportunity of this char
acter to express their appreciation and
thanks.
Personally 1 have very warm side for
gentlemen of your profession. I was
once newspaper man myself, country
editor (great applause) with all the re-
sposibilities and emoluments. While Min
nesota was yet territory, 1 commenced
my career as editor, publisher, printer,
ETC., in the town that has since
been my home. Most of Minnesota
was then wilderness. The news
paper then published has passed through
the vicissitudes usually experienced by
such enterprises in new country, but
is now well established institution and
is represented in your meeting here to-day
by the president of your association. 1
am familiar with all the experiences in
cident to the life of a newspaper man in
the rural districts, and in my own case l
can say that those experiences, though
sometimes trying as they needs must have
been IN this country quarter of century
ago, were in the main exceedingly pleas
ant. am particularly proud of those
experiences, and of that part of my record,
though it was by no means brilliant or
distinguished I am always glad to meet
with the fraternity. l feel that I am yet
entitled to recognition as member of
the craft, at least as a sort of superan-
nuate, or rather as one of the retired list
but still may claim fellowship with you.
It is, therefore, with especial pleasure,
gentlemen, that l greet you on this oc
cas'on.
OF all the agencies instrumental in the
development of the moral, social and ma
terial interests of our people, l regard the
newspaper press as standing at the head.
1t has been the pioneer and conserYator OF
civilization in this great northwest, and is
ever foremost in advancing and promoting
whatever may contribute to our prosperity
ard progress. You have earned the graft
tude of the people for your efforts in their
behalf, and you are entitled to the thanks
of the state, which L take great pleasure in
rendering you here.
The governor resumed his seat amid
general applause, when Liberty Hall, of
Glencoe, rose and said:
Governor: rise simply to say on be-
half of our association that 1t is very
pleasant to meet you here and to learn
from your own lips that you think well of
US, and deeply regret that there is not
some one of our number present who is
able and willing to undertake to make a
fitting reply to your hearty and generous
welcome.
Yon are aware, sir, that editors do their
talking from the point of a pen or lead
pencil, and if any of them ever learned to
speak extemp0raneously in their youth
they nearly all forgot it in their age; but
in associations of this kind there are
generally one or two members who can be
relied upon to do the talking on occasions
like this. Our spokesmen who have never
before been known to fail US
were Father Newson and Brother Jennison.
The former is unfortunately unavailable
to-day because he is a st. Paul man, and
you, sir, have stolen from our ranks the
latter and hid him away in your private
secretary's Office, Qaughter) so that we
seldom see or hear from him, and where
this peculiar talent of his is made of no
practical benefit to the world. Further,
sir, regret to state on an occasion so
public as this that report says you are
treating him badly by curtailing the sphere
of his usefulness, in that you deny him
the privilege of writing your messages and
other public addresses (renewed laughter).
wish to say to you on behalf of that por-
tion of the state press which 1 represent,
that we protest against this reckless and
daring violation of the usage established
and most religiously observed by your
honored predecessor in Office Daughter and
applause).
But the grief in our hearts for Brother
Jennison and his hard lot, 1 confess, is
very light, compared with the chagrin we
feel that we have no one left who can or
will undertake to fill his place on aa oc-
casion when we would like to give those
DEVILS Lake fellows and the Winnipegers
whom we are about to visit, the biggest
only in the field of journalism, but in the
your excellency, having once been an edi-
for US, and doubtless remember how
a speech before you were
governor of the great and growing com
monwealth of Minnesota. 1 presume, sir,
that the ambition for gubernatorIa al honors
did not seize upon you while seated upon
the editorial tripod. Editors are seldom
VI AOFOI dA4IOlcu Oy SuCR Spells. lu0lT
highest ambition is to make governors,
not to be governors, (applause.) And you
will pardon me for saying that we are all
proud of our latest work in our own pecu-
liar line. Allow me again, in behalf of the
association, to thank you for your kind
and cordial greeting.
The president next read, with express
sions of great regret, the following letter
from'the mayor:
MAYORS OFFICE, CRY OF ST. PAUL.
st. Paul, July Is. 1888.
Secretary of the Minnesota Editorial Con-
vention:
SIR have the honor to acknowledge
your very polite invitation to deliver an
address of welcome to your convention at
its meeting to-day.
1t is with much regret that I am de-
prived of that pleasure by reason of pro-
fessional engagement in the United States
circuit court at the hour named.
1t is hardly necessary for me to say,
however, that while I am deprived of the
privilege of extending the city's welcome
to you by word of mouth, it is, by this
much less satisfactory method, most sim
cerely and heartily rendered.
Very respectfully yours,
G. D. O'BRIEN,