Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-07-14
NATIONAL COLORED PRESS
ASSOCIATION.

| Met at II m. last Tuesday, in the ST.
Louis Union Hall, Christy Avenue.
President PIedger called the meeting to
order.
On motion Miss Sarah G. Patton, repre-
| senting the Galveston Spectator was cho-
sen secretary pro tenn. On being told by
I MIR. Wilson that secretary Vance would
| not arrive until Wednesday. After which
a motion prevailed that the chair appoint a
| committee on credentials. After which
the convention adjourned until 2:3O p. m.
At the hour appointed the convention
reconvened and Prof. D. V. A. Nero of
Kansas City Enterprise, moved that COM
mttee of five be appointed on resolutions.
Carried. The chair appointed the follow
ing as such committee: Prof. ID. V. A. Nero,
F. NJ. Green, II. Simkens, VIM. j. ::Sim-
mons and W. o. Vance. After which, on
motion of H. Simkens, the committee on
credentials made their report as follows:
w A Piedger, Vindicator, Atlanta, Ga;
H II Hardin, Echo, Savannah, Ca; Henry
Simkens, Mansion, Little Rock, Ark; w A
Sinclair, Knights of Wise Men, Nashville,
Tenn; Henry w Forte, Afro American
Cincinnati, o Robert Pelham, Jr., the
Plaipdealer, Detroit, Mich; w A Sinclair,
Sentinel, Nashville, Tenn: Rev VIM
simmons, American Baptist, Cyrus Field
Adams, the Bulletin, Louisville, KY; Eu-
gene Evans and James Thomas, Weekly
Fair Play, Lexington, ky.; w Scott, Jo-
seph Houser, j Milton Turner, Warren
Wins, NJ Mitchell, Gazette, Cairo, Ill
Joseph Houser and w T Scott, the Pala-
dunn. Cairo, Ill; WI Anderson, w T Cur
tis, w II Gibson, John McCloud, Joseph F
Dixop, Truth, st Louis, Mo-; N 7 Mitchell,
Weekly Review, Cincinnati, o.; ID V A
Nero, Enterprise, Kansas City, Mo-; Rev A
Warner, Zion Banner, Louisville, KY: Z
II Murray, W II Bell, Charlton Tandy, Ad-
vance, st Louis, Mo-; Miss Sadie & Patton,
Spectator, Galveston, Texas; J W Wilson.
John Il VashOn, F Miles Green, George I5
VashCn, John c Hubbard, A ID Langston,
National Tribune, st Louis, Mo-; Dallas
Bowser, w Ward Yates, Gate City Press,
Kansas City, Mo.
Committee on Credentials-W Il Scott,
Gazette, Cairo, ILL.,; Robert Pelham. Jr.,
Plaindealer, Detroit, Mich; w A Sinclair,
Sentinel, Nashville, Tenn.
After which Mr.. Anderson of the Truth,
and Chairman of the local committee took
the chair and introduced c. H. Tandy, to
deliver the welcome address, which was
done in lengthy but we'll directed speech,
touching on all the vital points, and sd
vised the association not to elect any one
for love he entertains for them, but elect
some one who has executive ability and
are capable Of representing the people and
not merely representing themselves for
selfish motives. He closed by saying, in
the name of the brothers of the press, citi-
zens of st. Louis and people of the state,
the members of the press was welcome to
the hospitalities of the city; but the speak
er in the meantime reminded his hearers
that no representative from the east was
present. He thought he saw more in his
presence able to grapple with the myste
ries of the age and as able to govern as any
other races. The address was full of ear
nestness and zeal.
After he had taken his seat Mr.. VIM. j.
Simmons, of the American Baptist, was
called to respond, which in short and
we'll directed speech brought forth loud
applause at every interval.
Prof. Simmons is model orator, and at
the close of his remarks said, don't elect a
man for your officer simply because you
Iike him, but choose good men. After
which a good deal of discussion was in
dulged in, and as the secretary had not ar
rived with the minutes of the last conven-
tion, on motion the convention adjourned |
until a. III. Wednesday. The Globe Dem |
ocrat and Press Dispatch, both have repor- |
ters present. We look forward for n lively |
session, although our eastern brethren are |
too selfish to put in an appearance.
The second days session was devoted to |
hearing an address 'on ''Journalism as a |
Business" by w. +. Scott of the Cairo Ga
Zette, and one on 'Industrial Education"
by Prof. L. Houston Murray, who was
loudly .applauded.