St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-06-05
THE COMING CONVENTION.

The convention of the National Editorial
association to be held in ST. Paul July IA to
Is, will not only be by far the largest numer-
ically in the history of the association, but
largest in every other way; the most useful
and interesting in the topics to be presented
and discussed, and the most extensive in the
instructive excursions offered This must
be ever the history of progressive, growing
organization. One of the practical features
outside of the regular business will be the
inspection of the exhibit of typesetiing ma
chimes. While on his trip East, recently, i'll
the interests of the association. President
Stephens visited all the representatives
of typesettlng machines in New York
city. and nearly all agreed to
place their machines on exhibition at the
meeting. The president further writes:
THE prospects now are that every state will
be fully represented, and We shall have
great meeting. All papers viii be limited to
twenty minutes each, the purpose being to
devote much of the time of the session to
the discussion of practical subjects"
Corresponding Secretary Page announces
as follows: Delegates will be able to secure
TRANSPORTATION in exchange for advertising,
as over thirty mainline railroads, extending
from Florida to Canada and from Maine to
California. have generously extended this
courtesy; and / wish to suggest to the editors
to whom these courtesies are given that they
make it point to see that their part
of the contract is fulfilled. Under
no circumstances will any person
not a delegate be allowed to use
transportation thus secured. and no delegate
is to be accompanied by more than one lady,
who must be either the wife, daughter or
Of dole 70. no al
lady she can take her husband. This rule
must be strictly observed, as the honor of the
secretary and of the association is pledged
to it.
Certificates have been sent to the different
state executive committees to be forwarded
by them to the delegates, and if any state has
failed TO elect member of the executive
committee the secretary of such state asso-
citation will be supplied with certificates by
application to the undersigned; and if any
state association desires to join the national
association these certificates will be fur
nished. and, on presentation of same to the
general passenger agents of the different rail-
roads, transportation will be ssued in ex
change Tor advertising.
I
Since the GLOBES publication of the pro-
gramme, the subjects and authorship of the
various papers have been made public. They
are as follows:
Monday, July Is. - First, metropolitan
Daily" by James w. Scott editor Chicago
Herald; second 1.-The Interior Daily" by A.
S. Ochs. editor Chattanooga (Tenn.) Times,
and discussion of same by j. T. Mack, editor
Sandusky Co. Register. and G. d. Perkins,
editor Sioux City (Io.) Journal third, THE
Country Weekly" by Col j. r. Hoyt, editor
Greenville Is. CO Courier, and discussed by
f. L. Martin, editor jackson MississiDpian,
and j. W. Shannon, editor Huron Is. d. HUI
ronite; fourth, 1.-THE Secular Press, Its Power
for Good or Evil" by W. ID. ii. Hunter, ed
itor Lawrence Qnd.) Register.
Thursday, July First 1.-THE Mechanical
Department" by Theodore l.. De Winnie,
publisher Century Magazine, and E. P
O'Bren, business manager Birmingham Age
Herald: second, advertising" by A. Frank
Richardson. New York; third, THE Edi-
torial Department" by W. FL. Hills, editor
Boston Writer: fourth, "Co-operation,' by
j. +. Uhlhorn, of the California Press associ-
alton; fifth, Increasing Circulation" by w.
A. Hemphill, Atlanta Constitution; sixth, "a
Newspaper Bureau at the Worlds Fair" by
Maj. Moses ?. Handy. superintendent de-
partment publicity aud promotion; seventh,
'.Woman's Work in Journalism by Mrs. A.
e. Whitaker, of Boston; eighty, reports of
committees and miscellaneous business;
ninth, exhibition of typesetting machines in
evening.