Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-05-10
CALIFORNIA EDITORS.
They are The Delighted Guests Of
Salt Lake To-day.
GIVEN A WARM WELCOME.
They Have tho rrno NtWspaper In
s,inei for Asking Qa'stloas.-Ihelr
Departure Tonight.

departure lOulght.
Eighty.four members OF the Call.
fornia Prees association arrived In this
city at $3.50 this morning on their way
TO the Worlds Fair. with character.
is,ic generosity aud the hospitality for
which Salt Lake IL noted she threw
her gates Wide open to the touring
Journalists and extended warm well
come 20 the strangers from the Golden
West, who had become her guests Tor
Gay.
A delegation Of the local Press club
went up 10 Ogden 30 escort them to this
city. On thoir arrival here they
were met ut the Utah-NevadE
depot by goOdly numtor Of
prominent oitizons, among whom
were Governor West, President George
q. Cannon, Ex-Governor Thomas,
members Of the CITY Council, Pruti-
don't Hubbard and Secretary Sears Of
the Chamber OF Commerce, President
Benson and Secretary Pearson Of the
Business Meme association anu Others.
After iniroductions, handuhakiDgs and
other Informal greeting, the visitors
| were put aboard u epecinl traln under
the Immediate direction of General
| Passenger Agent Burnley, Of tho Union
Pacific, and taken to Garfield Beach.
On arriving at the beach the company
went out to the pavilion aud the invited
guests took seals on the stand.
PRESIDENT DLooB
Of the Press club made neat and np.
propriatc speech, In which ho extended
"a hearty welcome TO the visiting jOurn-
alists.
Air. Bloor then introduced Governor
West, who, after extending TO the
vihitors 4 hearty welcome, said that the
citlzens Of Salt Lake felt that they
were honored In having with them
such n distinguished company. He
hoped that theiF ttsy would be u pleas
ant one.
PRESIDENT GEORGE q. CANNON
was next introduced US man who
hal conducted newspaper In Chli,or.
MIA In early days. He raid that when
the first settlers camo here, Utah was
called California, aud many Of their
songs referred to California. The
speaker went TO California In
lsbb, worked In tho mines there
anu some OF his cEil rem woIo born
In that state. In 1865 wo started u
paper In San FrAnciscJ and continued
II for several years. Mr.. Cannon said
that tho people Of Utah were glad 10
have slfangere visit them, particularly
when they came from California, ami
no trusted their stay might be profll'
able anu that thoy would soon come
again.
| EX-GOVERNOR THOMAS
was the next speaker. He said
that as the visitors rode through
Utah they would be impressed
with the thought that but a
fov years ago these fruitful valleys
were deIeft wastes. The governor then
gave II brief sketch Of Lake Bonnie.
vile and the early discoveries aud
explorations In Utah, anu spoke
briefly Of the results achieved through
irrigation, aud also referred 10 the
great mining industry. The people OF
Utah hoped ~ he bound closer thnn
ever to the people of California, anu
he believed the union would be mutu.
ally beneflcient.
HON. J. A. FfLCHER,
chairman Of the California Press asso.
citation, male q humorous address.
fall OF hits ut his associates. In closing,
no heartily thanked the Press club for
the cour,csies extended, and hoped
the time might come when tho Call.
fornians could reoiprocate.
This ended the speechmaking and
the entire company adjourned 10 the
dining room, where they were enter
| AL At "A Lar hxft h. t,,l
They then returned to this city and
were lgiven fine treat nj the Tabcr-
nacle In the shape OF IN organ recital
by Prof Jos. J. Daynes,
The officers VI the association are A
Il. Lennon, editor OF tho santa Rosa
Repit5hodn, president; Charles A. Tar
diner, editor VI the Pasadena Star,
vice president; n. w. Sheehan OF the
Sacramento Record Union, treasurer;
Charles #. Montgomery, Of the An.
tioch Ledger, secretary.
The Hon. J. A. Filcher Is chairman
OF the executive committee and has
charge OF the party. A News 10.
porter had a pleasant chat with him Ia
his private car on the way down from
Ogden, He SAID: "Our association
WAS organized four years ago In SacEa-
mento. The metropolitan papers are
excluded nom membotship. The
primary object we had In banding
ourselves together was for the mutual
advantages we derive socially, the bus.
inesa prestige II gives us and for the
promotion OF the common interests of
Callfornia. We Lave AN income Of
several hundred dollars month from
dues. This Ia largely devoted to our
seni.annual excursions taken each
spring and autumn.
ave are now on our way to attend
tho National Editorial convention at
Chicago on the 10Th Inst, aud the
| Woild's Editorial congress In tho
same city a few days alter while we
have delegates who will attend
the annual convention OF tho Iuterna.
tiOnal League OF Press clubs TO be held
at 81. Paul ON the 28rd OF the present
month.
ave shall make our headquarters ut
the Hotel Naecna while In Chicago,
aud will dispense our inequalities IN
true western style. We have withus a
| oar tnad nf nuFa CaliiOfuiu Ngine nnd