The record-union., 1892-06-04
OPEN-HANDED CITIZENS.
Acknowledgements of Favors to the
Eastern Editors.
Resolutions Adopted by the Executive
Committee of the State Press
Association.
san FRANCISCO. MAY .. 1892

SAN FRANCISCO, May %, 1892.
At its semi-annual session, held May
%, 1892, in San Francisco, the California
Press Association committed to the EX
ecutive Committee the pleasant duty of
officially acknowledging the obligations
of the association for special favors and
courteSies.
In pursuance of that duty, the Execu-
tive Committee returns the cordial thanks
of the association to the State Board of
Trade, through the financial and moral
aid Of which, freely and public-spiritedly
extended, it was made possible to secure
the holding OF the eighth annual cOnven-
ton of the National Editorial Association
IN the State OF California.
The California Press Association cor
daily acknowledges the cooperation and
generous aid Of the Southern California
Editorial Association in all the labors and
duties Of inviting, receiving and enter
tanning the National body.
Cur sincere thanks are due to the
Southern Pacific Company, not only for
unprecedented generosity in rendering
such transportation over its lines as has
enabled our guests TO visit and travel
over I larger area of the State than has
been done by any previous body of ex-
curslOnlsUS, but also fOr liberal financial
assistance and many cOurtesieS accorded
by Its officials. Our thanks are likewise
due to the Santa Ee Railway system and
to the transcOntineutal railways gener-
ally, which have shown this association
fayors.
The association is also under special
obligations to the San Francisco and
North Pacific Railway Company for its
contribution to the success OF the bay ex-
cursiOn Of the 24th inst, ii having given
the free use of its splendid steamer Ukiah
on that occasion.
The association is indebted also to the
I NaNa1a po;l
Company for free transportation of our
guests between COltaX and Nevada City,
and returns its thanks Tor the kindly
courtesy.
To the San Francisco Daily Examiner
the ASSOCIATION is under deep obligations
for the suggestion of the bay excursion
on the 18th inst, and for the successful
carrying out OF the same, it assuming the
entire expenses Of the affair and spread
ing bOuntitul repaSt for our guests, and
making provision for musical, social and
and other essential details.
To the proprietor of the Occidental
Hotel, San Francisco, the association
gives its thanks for special fayors eX-
tended, and likewise our thanks are due
to many other san Francisco hotels for
concessions granted.
The association returns its cordial
thanks to the State Miners Association
and the Placer County Miners Associa-
ton for their liberal financial donation in
aid of the preparation of the metallic
souvenir badge for delegates to the ma
tional body.
The California Press Association is
especially pleased to acknowledge its OBJ
legations to the several State organiza-
tions which sent ladies and gentlemen
from their membership, as auxiliary
escort committees, to accompany our
guests during the tour within the State.
Our thanks are likewise due to Arthur
r. Briggs, Of the San Francisco Chamber
Of Commerce, for his unSeltiSh and untir-
ing services, as Secretary of the Joint
Executive Committee, during the several
months Of preparation preceding the ar
rival OF our guests.
While the association has expressed to
the San Francisco Press Club its thanks
tor the use of its rooms for association
purposes, the Executive Committee is
pleased to acknowledge, in behalf of the
association, many kindly attentions on
the part of the Press Club shown to our
guests, and the social successful endeayor
by that club to make the stay of the visit
ors in San Francisco agreeable and pleas
urable.
While under obligations to a very large
number of citizens Of California and to
organized bodies for efficient aid and en-
couragement-and of the high value of
which the California Press Association is
deeply sensible = the special tayors
shown and courtesies extended and as
sistance given by those herein named
stand out with that prominence which
demands this form of recorded acknowl-
edgement. In thus returning the thanks
of the association and acknowledging the
many obligations it is under, the Execu-
tive Committee is sensible of the made
quacy of the language spoken to express
the sincerity and depth of the feelings of
the association for the courtesies ex-
tended, the generous aid given, and the
numberless favors shown
THE CALIFoRNIA PRESS ASSOCIATION,
a. 3. Lennon, Chair. Ex. Com.
G. NJ. Francis, President.