Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-06-11
THE PRESS GANG.
Annual Meeting of the Missouri Press As
sociation-The Officers Elected and Prizes
Awarded-OR to Mackinaw.

| Annual Meeting of the Missouri Press As
| sociation-The Officers Elected and Prizei
| Awarded-OR to A1ackinaw.
COLUMBIA. Mo-, June 2.-The men who
asway the destinies OF this great nation as
| was said of them this morning, SO far as
they are represented by the Missouri Press
| Association, convened in the new chapel OF
| the State University, at ten O'Clock. Presi.
| dent R. Nj. White, of the Mexico Ledger
| called the body to order. Prayer was Of
| fered by the Rev. S. F. Taylor, and an appro-
| pirate address of welcome rendered by DIR.
| Woodson Moss, Mayor of Columbia, re-
| sponded to by President White. After roll
| call and the appointment of the commit
| tees, the association adjourned till the after.
| noon.
| At the afternoon session Joseph III. Tur-
| ner, of the Carrollton Record, read paper
| on "The Duty of the Press Toward the PUB
| lie School System" There were, he said,
| higher duties connected with a weekly news
| paper than running it for what it is worth in
| dollars and cents, and one of the highest du-
| ties was to encourage the public school sys-
tenn in every way possible. "HavinS done
| all they could heretofore, through sunshine
| and storm, through good report and evil re-
| port, to build up the school system, it was
| time now for the newspapers to attempt
| to make that system better and better.
| until it should accomplish the grand
| WOIh IOT WHICH IL WAS
| universal education. Having always been
| friends of the schools, the newspapers might
| be conceded the liberty of pointing out some
of the defects of the present system, and how
i state should have a good County School SUI
| perintendent, with salary sufficient to enable
MIN to fulfill the duties Of his office faithfully,
| for school directors the best, most progress
| sive, live men in each district, and they
| should be paid reasonable compensation
for their services. Newspapers do not en-.
courage sufficiently the formation and work
| OF OF, teachers Institutes Most important OF
of teachers"
The speaker did not advocate curtailing
the course of study, but did believe in lay.
| ing the foundation broad and deep in the
primer. "In order that every child in the
education there should be Compulsory ed.
ucation, and books should be furnished to
| those pupils whose parents are too poor to
pay for them. The country School-house
| should be made the most attractive place in
the county: There should be graded or
| high school in every township in the State
| where the pupil can get at home sufficient
| education for the ordinary duties of life
| The public schools of Missouri ought to be
State universities in miniature, rather the
State University ought to be a public school
| on grander and more magnificent basis of
| In discussing this, Mr.. Turner remarked
! that he knew he was treading on dangerous
| Missouri ought to be the best educational in.
stitution in the world. But was it the best?
Have Its graduates taken prominent places
in the ranks of their fellow men? If there is
any Old fogysm in the methods of the Uni
versity it should be rooted out. We want
Conservatism may be a good thing in its
place, but we don't want any of it in the
been Strange kind of mnstV " smell e1f abo ut
the University, kind of suggestion of cob
webs and silver threads, of musty and an
tiquated theories, with patches of venerable
dogmas hanging about the arches and corri-
doris 1t seems that there have been too many
old ruts about the University. Our young
men and women are liable TO travel in too
strong attachments for old things because
they are old, and haye too much prejudice
new. The institution needs stirring up. 1t
needs blowing up and narrowing. Applause
and some hSsesi. If it can be done with the
present officers, all right; if not, turn them
out" Applause.I
BY request, Miss Geneveve Rogers gave q
recitation.
The next exercise on the programme was
announced to be the reading of poem by
the poet laureate of Cheyenne" and an.
swering to this description appeared Col.
onel j. 7. Child, of the Richmond Conserra.
tor, who was received with great applause,
as was his poem.
The committees not being ready to report,
the association adjourned till tomorrow
morning.
COLUMBIA, Mo-. June 3.-The session of the
Missouri Press Association closed to-day.
One of the most interesting papers read was
X. r. forkston 8, on 'The Machinery of the
Printer:
J. A. Hudson, of the Macon Times.
In connection with Mr.. Yorkston occurred
the most spirited debate of the session on
the adoption of a resolution recommending
him to the President tor the Office of Public
Printer Of the United States Mr. Bradfeld,
not support the resolution, not because of
any objection to Mr.. Yorkston, but because
he thought it beyond the province of the As
ISOLATION.
Mr.. Lingle, of the Clinton Democrat, warm
ly favored the resolution and said he thought
Missouri should come up and have some of
"a a hud no to- 1,n
East. If Colonel YorkSton got the Office the
speaker said he felt sure that before long
many Missourian printers would be holding
good cases at good paying prices in the Gov
eminent Printing Office.
The resolution was adopted with only four
dissenting votes, and was afterward made
unanimous.
The first prize for the best general display
of job printing, s25 in gold given by the AS
ISOLATION, was awarded to the Columbia
Herald, and the second prize, the Snider Il
Holmes gold medal, to the independence
Sentinel. The Richmond Democrat captured
the same amount for the best specimens of
job printing, and the Montgomery STANDARD
Foundry gold medal now in it's possession.
Votes of thanks were rendered the citizens
ity, and to the Reception COMMITTEES for
their eminent success in the arrangements
for the Association.
The ele ctlon of officers resulted as follows:
President, j. A. Hudson, Macon Times.
First Vice President, Z. N. Stephens Co.
Second vice -President,sF. A. weimar. Stan:
berry Sentinel
Third vice President, T. d. Bogie Carthage
Democrat.
Recording Secretary, j. w. Jacks, Mont
gomery Standard.
w. H. kerns, Corresponding Secretary, and
w. L. Thomas, Treasurer, both of st. Louis,
were re elected.
Colonel Norman j. CoIman, for two years
President of the Association, add ressed the
body in the afternoon representative of
the State University, of which he is curator |
1t was resolved that the Association could
not consistently support or maintain in pub
lie position any class of State or county Off |
GERS who permit honest labor to be degraded |
by the convict labor system, aud commit |
tee, consisting of the President elect and two |
members, was authorized to wait on he In |
spectors of the State Penitentiary and pre-
sent the resolutions, together with suitable
memorial.
The Association unanimously cent greet /
ing to General Grant, in token of their APP |
probation of his vast services. eve are |
greatly pleased to learn of his partial res |
his family that we hope he shall soon be |
entirely restored to health"
Mention was made of the death of G. T. |
Mcfarland, late of the Butler Times, one OF |
After hearing reports OF various commit |
tees, the Association adjourned sine die
COLUMBIA, Mo-, June members of the |
Missouri Press Association left to- night on |
their excursion to Mackinac Island The re- |
firing President of the Association, r. NJ. |
White, of the Mexico Ledger, was presented |
with silver service by the members.
Implacab1e Bismark.
ST. PETERSBURG, June The Nouosti
sees cause for grave fears in the ,increas-
ing German influence at Teheran, and |
hints at the belief that bismarck intends