Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-08-19
WISCONSIN QUILL-DRlVERS.
they Meet in Annual Convention at
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Electsd-Trip to
Palmyra-The Proceedings at the First
Days Session.

IAOu u Un0 W 1SCO0Sln HGeSS ASSOCld-
ton began its session at Whitewater
on the llth inst. President Coe and
local reception committee, consist
ing OF E. NJ. Johnson, T. d. Weeks,
Pitt Cravath, T. T. Mitchell, J. B.
Mullen, H. Salisbury and j. A. Part
ridge met the members at the depot,
and they were taken to various hotels
and private residences, many OF the
citizens throwing open their doors for
the entertainment of the visitors.
The convention was called to order
In Bowers Hall by President Coe, at
10 o'clock. The roll-call was made
from the list of members intheprlnted
proceedings of the convention OF 1884.
A large list Of applications formember-
ship were read by the secretary. Mr..
Ryan, on behalf of the executive COM
mittee, moved that the applications
be accepted. and the candidates elected
to membership. Carried. Mr.. Hoard
offered q motion, which was adopted,
that each editor in the state send to
the secretary copies Of their papers
five times each year. President COe
then appointed the following commit
tees: On nomination: j. r. Decker, M.
P. Rindlaub, P. H Swift, B. J. Price
and j. G. Ford; Auditing committee:
+. Hurlbut, j. A. Hoxie, w. A. Hume,
L. Pollock, E. A. Charlton.
While awaiting reports from these
committees, President Coe announced
that he had received a communication
from the Arkansas Press Association,
asking the cooperation Of the Wiscon-
sin Association in the formation Of a
National Press Association. The
matter was informally discussed by
the convention, Messrs. Hoard, Coe,
Hurlbut and WatrOus taking part. A
committee was appointed, consisting
OF Messrs. Hurlbut, Ryan, Hoard,
Atwood, Osborne, Watrous and Pol
lock, to examine into the matter.
Mr.. Decker, from the committee on
nominations, reported names suitable
for officers. After making several
changes the amended report was ap-
proved as follows:
presidents-W. D. Hoard, Fort At
kinson Union; P. H. Carney, Waukesha
Democrat; George Ravmer, Madison Demo-
crat; julius Bleyer, Milwaukee Evening
Wisconsin; Dwight Follett, Green Bay Ca
zette G. G. Stark, Berlin Journal; j. G.
Ford, Baraboo Democrat; r. j. Flint, Me-
nominee News; P. H. Swift, Oconto Report
er.
Secretary-J. E. Heg Lake Geneva Her
aid.
Assistant Secretary-J. c. Bartholf Mil
ton Telephone.
Treasarer-DavidA Atwood, Madison our
nal.
Executive Commiteee-Edwin Hurlbut,
Oconomowoc Free Press; Ellis B. Usher,
La Crosse Chronicle; S. S. lockwood, Por-
tage Register; W. H. Cannon, Merrill News;
Geo. c. Ginty, Chippewa Herald.
The convention then proceeded to
the election Of a president. On the
informal ballot P. II. Carney received
/, Sam Ryan l, E. B. Usher l, David
Atwood /, Edwin Hurlbut 9, E. d.
Coe 80.
Mr.. Coe said that this was the first
year after the organization OF the new
association, and he favored division
of the honors and labOrs of the presi-
dency for the further reason that he
had already served two terms. He be-
Iieved the precedent of not more than
one or two terms for any member
should be established.
The first formal ballot resulted: W.
D. Hoard, Is; Edwin Hurlbut, 10; r
J. Flint, l; B. J. Price, 3; E. D. Coe, 2;
Sam RYAN, /. There was no choice.
The second formal ballot resulted: W.
D. Hoard, %; Edwin Hurlbut, Is; NJ
Rindlaub, /.
The president-elect, on being called
out, said that he should be wanting in
the natural feeling of the human heart,
did he not feel proud of this expression
by the convention. He would en-
deavor to show that confidence had
not been misplaced.
After dinner the members, with their
aides, filed several special cars and
visited Palmyra for an inspection Of
the springs at that place, returning to
Whitewater at o'clock.
At the evening session, an address OF
welcome was made by Mayor Bishop,
OF Whitewater, which was responded
to by Judge Ryan. The annual poem
was read by Elizabeth Baker BOhan
Of Milwaukee, The exercises were inter
spersed with music by the Richland
Center Cornet Band and the Whitewa
ter GIee Club. The annual address
by Bill Nye, was listened to with close
attention, and was greeted with ''lOng
loud and continued applause"
Following is the address Of Mr.. Nye
in full
Mr.. PRESIDENT AND GENTLEMEN OF THE
Press OF WISCONSIN: | am sure that wher
you so kindly invited me to address YOU to
day, yOu did not anticipate a lavish dis
play Of genius and gestures. [ accepted the
invitation because it afforded me an oppOr
tunity to meet you and to get acquainted
with you and tell you personally that fol
years / have been a constant reader of youl
valuable paper and like it. You are run
ming it just as | like to see newspaper run
I need not elaborate upon the wonderful
growth of the press in our country, or refer
to the great power which Journalism wieldS
in the development of the new world.
need not ladle out statistics to show you
how the newspaper has encroached upon
the field of oratory and how the pale anC
silent man, while others sleep, complies the
universal history of day and tells his
mighty audience what he thinks about it
before he goes to bed. OF course this is but
the opinion Of one man, but who has bet
ter opportunity to Judge, than he who sits
with his finger on the electric pulse OF the
world. Judging the actions of humanity al
50 much per Judge, invariably in advance!
| need not tell you all this, for you GER
tainly know it If you read your paper, and
| hope you do. A man ought to read his
own paper even II he cannot endorse all its