The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-05-05
WELCOME. THE PRESS ASSOCIATION.

WELCOME, THE PRESS ASSOCIATION.
To-day, In conformity with a resolution
on the 18th OF last May. and the call oil the
president, w. NJ. YAsDELL, the Texas Pcsss
association again convenes mt Dallas. Thie
will be the nth annual meeting since the
organization nc Houston In May, 1879 The
local piesp. the city OF Dallas, aud these
ol,lzens welcome the membership into our
midst, and extending 20 them tho hospilel'
iti,s hope TOR them most enjoyable time
throughout tho stay. Toe local prsss viii
report daily IN detail the work OF tho c'n-
yea,ion, aud will diligently strive In every
way 10 facilitate tho purposes for which
the call mas been made, The association
o,muilsts some OF tho best talent
Ia this state, or out OF II. Probably no
state ia the Union publishes, under the
same conditions, rs excellent newspapers
as does Texas. Oar dsilies, with their ull
Assoclattd Press service OF 700 words aad
more each morning, aud special dispatches,
are on a line with cities elsewhere Elk a6d
ven llmss our respective populations aud
volumes OF business, equsiiug the New
Orleans journals, ard but iilIlebehind tho9e
o ST. Louis, Cincinnati and other large
ties. They are the surprise, ss vell
% the often expressed admlletion OF
visitors from tho east north and wet.
Nearly all Of our weeklies ure really superb
sheeta In typographical appearan~o, In
m.chanicel makeup, IN intelligence OF re-
pilat Selections, and IN editorial ability,
there arc mono IA any state tuGt surpass
them where the facilities arc anything Ike
equal, and very lev under any circumstan.
ces that compare with them. The aiieflcon
papers in moro tasn d half do4y1 Of cor
cities, Il, o not merely spicy local iou'.a'',
ba, are brimlul OF pluck and enie;arise,
Iking the associated PTess reno. tsGnd spt-
cis's Ha VOL. On the whole, the citizens OF
all TeE7e may well be proud Of the state
pro &C. Not only this, but The former Ia
,he!r feyerr spheres are constantly
under obligations for the vast, ihe untold
am cunt OF benefit that is being
dloe graiUitously 10 thousand ways.
80 business enterprise, no sooial advance
neut. 10 poli.ic-l woff no .ossiiteble M
dtrtaking, that tho newspaper is not called
upon to cid, to advocate or TO diacuss.
7 trough IT immense fundamentally rail-
roads are constructed, manufactures
erected, cities built and improved, oihclals
placed high IN power, and humanity gener
e'lg info med and instructed on all subjects,
business, scientific, liiersry, political,
social. aud cthers, in tie INCREASINGLY Ysr7'
INK Kaleidoscope Of lilo Ia lts diverse phases.
Therefore, IL Is that year by year the jouTn-
al istc profession is expanding in its usefnl-
ness and efficiency and ieaping into the
most prominent importance.
The Texas Press is conspicuously In the
fore snd is forging yet further 10 the front.
The association which convenes to-day has
done much 20 help ths cause aud more par
ticularly to iratern!ze the great body OF
men engaged in the profession. Its first
president was the Cow lamented CoLoSkL
J. w. FIsHBURSE, OF the Mexia weekly
Ledger. He was succeeded by the ever
popular COLONEL HAL COSTING, OF the Ces'
troyille weekly Qui'l, who served two
terms. He, IN turn was succeeded by the
prese at esteemed occupant, COLONEL WILL
LIAM NJ. YAEDELL, OF the Ssgnin weekly
Times. AT the close of each convention tho
energetic presidents have respectively o.
ranged for most instructive and delightful
railway excursions to which aeveral co1l-
panies have been exceedingly liberal Upon
the adjournment o! the present one, the
members will visit Houston under court
eous invitation TO attend iae Interstate
drill there. a further excursion is
contemplated to New Orleans during
the Worlds exposition and festlvi-
ties there. These assemblings, there.
fore, for busiuets purposes aud for tho social
fraternizing, have vastly advanced the cause
OF true journalism, and IL is to be hoped
that thew will long continue in the year to
come.