The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-02-18

cy will secure for it's client The greatest value Tor
me money mo- TO be expended, both in extent and
=, IT matters not to the agent whether he places
Lne in one paper OF 600 circu
rests OF ten papers Of 1000 each, and it
tney shali share in the money invested or allow
one OF thelr number to secure it all.
!, A LENGTHY DISCUSSION
iollowed the reading Of the paper. T.. Os-
porne, or the Glyndon News, started the
oa1, T 9 by somewhat lengthy speech.
y. D. Herbert, proprietor of the National
Journalist of Chicago, read paper, "a
review OF the Quarter Century," Mr.. Her
bert is an old-time Minnesota editor and
was at one time president Of the state edit
orial association. and his remarks were
listened TO with profound attention and in
terest. His paper was of the reminiscent
sort, reviewing as it did the work of the as
soclatlon for the past.twenty-fiv years and
hebrought out number or interesting in
cldents connected with the nenpers indi-
vidually and as whole: The association
was organized on Feb. 20, 1867. and since
cnaS time ne there had been a
cess and sunshine. When he had con-
GUIDED the meeting was adjourned until 8
O'Clock this morning.
In the evening the delegates were ten
dered banquet which was followed by an
11llOf1ndl QaQCe.
"s~ SECOND DAY.
Owing to the mild though delightful dis
slpations of the night before the editors
We're little late in getting 70 work yester-
day, so that when the meeting was called
TO order in Lifts hall the attendance was
small. AS the forenoon advanced how
ever, the delegates dropped in one by one,
ana were soon engaged in the general dis
cusslon and business of the hour. The
initial number on the programme was the
reading Of paper ON The Country Core
spondence OF Country Paper" by Elmer
H. Adams, OF the Fergus Falls Journal Mr..
Adams handled the subject in nlastcrful
manner. dem Onstrating to his auditors that
ne knew what be was talking about. Coun-
try correspondence, he held, was one OF the
most important adjuncts to the rural ed
ltors prosperity and he believed that a
quarter OF column of home news was
%orth page Of matter about China and
Turkey. w. B. Mitchell, OF the St. Cloud
Journal-Press, and Joseph Leicht, Of the
Wlnona West]icher Herold. were among
those who discussed the merits and demer-
lis OF MIR. Adams reasoning.
THE ANNUAL ROW.
was the title of paper read by W. c.
Wh1teman. of the Ortonville Herald-Star,
tenn of awarding the county printing. lie
was OF the opinion that the question should
be solved by the legislature and that tn
entlre matter of county printing should be
taken out ct the hands OF politicians and
turned over to the people themselves. This
paper created considerable discussion, and
in the ensemble the editors conceded with
the ideas promulgated by Mr.. Whiteman.
Under the caption. "Independence in
Journalism" VIC. Seward, OF the Saltwater
Messenger, delved into the fallacies of ed
ltorlal partnership, and remarked face
tiously that he hoped the time would come
when country journalism would be indie
pendent OF parties, type founders, paper
manufacturers and spring poets In dis
| c1ssing this subject Gen. Jcnnison said thai
| twas nonsense to suppose thata politician
editor wrote political stuff simply because
he was paid for it. The independent sheet
was also up Tor the highest bidder. while
the party sheet could only look to one.
The last paper of the morning bore the
somewhat gruesome title OF
JOURNALISTIC SUICIDES"
The literal meaning OF the term was, how
ever: not touched upon, the title being
used as smile and the paper itself dealt
with the business branches Of country news
papers and the occasional lamentable iail-
ures Of the same, through inexperience on
the part OF the publishers and the eventual
demonstration of the philosophy of the
to all was to Get a Bonus"
Before the meeting closed an invitation
was received from A. j. Meyers of the Lake
CITY Sentinel to spend the annual outing at
Lake Pepin, while Mr.. Jonbert OF Litch-
field wanted the editors to visit Brightwood
again. The selection Of place was let to
the executive committee.
THE AFTERNOON SESSION
began at o'clock and but very lew chairs
We're empty. No time was wasted in pre-
llminaries lnasmuch as the majority of the
delegates were anxious to conclude the
business, so as to catch the evening trains
for home. d. c. Huntington Of the Window
Reporter was hurried to the platform and
read his paper on THE Business End of
! Country Papers," Although the topic was
somewhat proSaic one. the paper was a
scholarly one replete With valuable suyges-
tons.
Carl S. Eastwood, Of the Heron Lake
News. followed Mr.. Huntington, and dis
courSed on the subject; Newspapers and
the Public demonstrating to the conven-
ton that the way to run a newspaper is to
eschew all indulgence in personalities and
print clean. crisp" paper. When Mr.
Eastwood had finished L. P. Hunt of the
Mankato Free Press asked the privilege of
saying something on
THE WORLDS FAIR.
This was accorded him, and as Mr.. Hunt is
superintendent OF the state exhibit at the
Columbian exhibit he was able to regale the
editors with something entertaining on the
subject. 1t was desired, he said that the
newspapers of Minnesota should be credit
ably represented at the air, and it would be
apropos o; the convention to appoint a COM
nlttee to look after the details. In referring
to the work Of the state commission Mr..
Hunt said:
There have been q great many uni Just crti-
cisms made by people throughout the state on
the work of the commission but think we have
not been fully understood. The members ofthe
commission receive nothing for their " ork. and
they did not expect anything when they under
took the work. But we know that the $50 600
appropriation is not enough to represent the
state properly at this great exposition, and
therefore we have made this appeal for more
funds to the people. I hope all you editors will
place the matter before the people III it's true
light, for it all lies in their hands whether Mime
sofa is properly represented or not. 49,.
The convention decided to appoint
committee of seven editors, one from each
congressional district to look after the
newspaper exhibit, and later a resolution
was adopted endorsing the actions of the
state commission and pledging to aid in
securing enough more funds to make the
amount, together with what the legislature
appropriated, $lOO, 600. @-s a.. ~. ,..e
THE NEXT MEETING. 's--
When the question. OF fixing the time for
the next meeting came up, delegation
from the Minneapolis Press club Messrs.
G. L. Smith and Herbert Conner, extended