St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-13
BRAINY AND BRIGHT.
Annual Meeting of the State
Moulders of Public
Opinion.
Kenyon, Of the Burlington,
Raises a Lively Discussion
on Mileage.
Partisan Journalism and Ma
licious Libels Are Con-
demned. &
Ignatius Donnelly Would Like
to Know Who Owns the !
Editors.

The opening of the annual convention
of the Minnesota Editorial association
yesterday morning at the chamber of
commerce slowed the presence of a
larger representation of editors and
publishers of the state than has ever
been seen at an annual meeting. As
early, as $3.50 O'Clock large number of
the delegates had assembled in the
chamber, and, standing in groups, en-
gagged in informal discussion of the
business of the session. There were
acquaintance to be renewed between
pencil pushers who had not met since
the last annual meeting, tales of woe to
be recounted by some, and funny stos
ries of adventures met with in the past
year to be told by those whose memo
ries had served them well. When the
representatives were all seated the re-
mark was made, and with consider
able truth, by one Of the Oldest
editors in the state, that a
Misunderstanding LOT of men were seldom
seen gathered together under one roof.
Not until Ills was the meeting called
to order, at which time President Heat
wOle assembled the stand aud with a
graceful motion of. his powerful right
arm, ending in series of peremptory
taps from the gavel, silenced the hilar-
itY which the aforementioned funny
stories had evoked. and, having secured
silence, announced the meeting open.
The presidents opening address was
listened to by fully 100 editors. 1t was
a carefully worded document and dealt
with the subject handled in
MANNER
characteristic of the editor of the North
field News. He, while conceding the
failings of some members of the jour
nalistic profession, remarked that these
failings were more than counterbalanced
! by the excellence of the material winch
as whole constituted the membership of
the editorial association. There was no
profession calling Tor more painstaking
industry, more thorough apprentice,
ship than that of weekly Journalism,
and he gloried in its position aud in.
fluence as whole. The speaker went
at some length into dissertation on the
ideal local newspaper. He advocated
the entire exclusion of personal matter
from the columns of such publications,
and said that the manager of such
newspaper stIouldeXclude personal con-
siderations in the discharge OF his pub
lie functions. The address was re-
ceiged with. great applause.
W. B. Mitchell, of the ST.
Cloud Jeurnal-Press, made a mo-
ton for the appointment of
committee of five to nominate
officers for the ensuing year, and was at
once met with proposition from Sena-
tor Frank Day, who held that the con-
vention ought to act ON the matter in a
body, and not leave the nominations to
any five men,. Irving Todd, of the
Hastings Gazette, made a motion that
the president appoint committee of
five to select delegates and alternates to
the National Editorial association, to
meet in Boston ia June. This resulted
in long and somewhat spirited discuss
sion. but was eventually passed. In dis
cussing this question Senator Hoard
made long speech upon the advisable
fly of efforts to secure the meeting of
THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
of 81 to be held at some point in the
NJ rthWest Magazine, said that that was
something much to be desired, and that
the press and citizens of st. Paul would
do everything possible to help the state
association in entertaining the dele
gates. Mr.. Smalley introduced reso-
utiOn inviting the association to meet
lin st. Paul in '91, the same being re-
ferred to the committee on resolutions.
w. j. G. Kenyon. of the Burlington,
editor Of ''The Burlington Hustler"
read paper ON the Relation of the
General Passenger Agent to the Pub
Usher" He spoke on the subject of
editorial mileage selling by editors. 1t
was shown that the custom was becom-
ing altogether too general, and was one
which should not exist. A long discus
sion Of the mileage question followed
Mr.. Kenyon's remarks upon the SUBJ
ieet, which was participated in by Maj.
Newson, Maj. Hotchkiss. l.. P. Hunt, G. S.
Lorraine, Virgil Seward, B. B. Her
bert. Capt. MOffett and others. Before
adjournment the announcement was
made of the following committees:
Resolutons-L. P. Hunt, Mankato Free
Press; G. NJ. Lamphete. Moorhead News,
and e.. @. Gottrey, Pine City Pioneer.
On Delegates to National Editorial Associa-
ton Meetfng-frying Todd, Hastings Gazette;
". B. Mitchell, st. Cloud Journal Press; A.
B. Allen. jackson Republic; Il. E. Hoard,
Montevideo Leader. and ii. g. Day, OF Albert
Lea Standard.