St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-23
PRESS CLUB BANQUET.
The Annual Meeting Of the Slumbering
st. Paul Organization.
OFFICERS WERE ELECTED,
And Every One of the Newspaper Men
Present Made a Short and Pointed
Speech.

Paul stuck their pencils into their vest
pockets last night and for three or four
hours neglected to turn out literature
for the people to read to-day, while the
pencil pushers INDUCED in banquet at
the Ryan hotel. 1t was on the occasion
of the annual election of the Press
club. This was held at O'Clock in the
parlors of the hotel and passed off
quietly and without incident. With the
exception of the president and vice preSi-
dent the Old officers were reelected.
Louis Fisher, the veteran of the Pioneer
Press, was made president, succeeding
Capt. George II. Moffett, of the GLOBE,
and {. 5. Bartram, of the Dispatch, was
made vice president, succeeding +. A.
Carrie, of the Pioneer Press. The board
is as follows:
President-Louis Fisher
Vice PreSident-C. S. Bartram.
Treasurer-C. NJ. Schultz
financial Secretary--C. +. Jones.
recording Secretary-L. b. Little.
Observation-Disclosures, treasurer and secre-
tary, with A. W. Dunn and G. F. Clifford
A good number OF new members were
elected. the following being the list:
h. A. Wheelock, j. l.. Sturtevant, j. A.
MacCallister, Nj. H. Luther, j. A.
NOVEL;, w. X. Cochran. A. r. Fenwick,
I. 7. PomerOy, George A. Flynn, Is. j.
Mullany, l. G. Tichenor. M. j. Cos
tello, j. f. Carere, j. NJ. Hawkes., q. l..
McCracken, G. 4. Duncomb, Hugh A.
Wetmore, NJ. j. Donnelly and j. w.
BoXell.
THE BANQUET.
At o'clock the banquet was ready in
the ordinary. As guests of the st. Paul
club were Lewis Baker, Gilbert A.
Pierce, of Dakota, and E. A Henderson.
Minneapolis. The following were the
members of the club present:
T. De Ii. Sweeney, a. S. Young, S. Con-
dee. c. S. Bartram. +. Mcguire, ii. A.
Wetinore, A. E. Chantler, NJ H.Luther,
J. S. Sturtevant, c. F. Duncombe. G. S.
McCracken, l.. Fisher, l.. b. Little, w.
70. V. Smalley, s. b. Woolworth, 3. j.
Mullany, NJ. J. Donnelly. g. F. Clifford,
}. A. Novel;, f. A. Wheelock, J. F.
Carere, j. w. Boxell. Maj. Newson, A.
w. Dunn, w. X. Cochran. G..
W. Hill, George c. North,
Tom Holmes, j. NJ. Hawkes..
AT the head of the table were ex-Presi
dent Motfett, President Fisher. Lewis
Baker, eX-G0v. Pierce, Maj. II. Nj. New
son, L. V. Smalley, q. W. Hill, and the
others were seated at two long tables at
right angles with this. The banquet
was given due attention, after which
man present. Capt. Moffett acted as
POSTMASTER, and first called on Presi-
dent Fisher, who thanked the club for
the honor recently conferred. He was
followed by Lewis Baker, who gave
the boys practical talk, and after
him came Maj. Newson, who was in.
troduced as the oldest newspaper man
of the city. Maj. NewSon, in reply,
claimed to be the youngest editor. hay
ing been two weeks ago appointed as
Minnesota editor of the National Edi-
torial Journalist. Maj. Newson re-
viewed the old times when the editorial
forces of the st. Paul papers numbered
from one to three, and when the papers
got their news from the steamers
as they landed at the levee
Maj. Newson was followed by Mr. Hill.
of the Farmer, who was introduced as
the IMAM with hayseed in his hair" He
made happy speech, and was followed
by Mr.. BoXell. MIR. Smalley ma de the
last of the regular speeches. He dwelt.
on the fact that the newspapers of st.
Paul
ARE NOT PROVINCIAL.
Compared with those in other cities of
the size, st. Paul papers are vastly more
metropolitan, he said. This was due.
largely to the great news field which.
they cover, extending west to the
Rocky mountains, north to the PROV
vinces, east into Wisconsin and
south into Iowa. He asserted that
paper published in any city that circu-
lates chiefly in single state must of
necessity be provincial. Few cities i'm
the country had SO large tributary
country as st. Paul, and no feature of
the city's civilization did this affect
more than the newspapers. Mr.. Smalley
o. m Nf no
bred man in Journalism, and to get at
the proportion of college men in active
newspaper work here, he called for a
show of hands from the college
men. Nine hands were held up
representing exactly one-fourth of those
present. This question was touched on
by several subsequent speakers. Some
| Of the speakers held that the college
man was not to be compared with the
man who had started as galley boy"
and gone from that up. The
point was made on the other
hand, that, other things being
advantage over the nOn-college man.
During the evening any number of in
tereStiHg and entertaining experiences
were told, all of which were appreciated
by the gang" The event was so en-
jOyable throughout that it was voted to
have another banquet in May. the de
tails of which were left to the directors.
The Cable Line Is Done.
Cars were running over the cable line
at irregular intervals all day yesterday,
and everything is now in firSt-class con-
dition for the beginning of traffic. The
track is cleared OF distractions and all
the machinery works admirably. The
formal trial trip, to which members of
the press will be invited. will be made
to-day, and it is probable that cars will
be running for the accommodation of
the public tomorrow.
GLOBULES.
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