The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-08-04
AN EDITORIAL OUTING.
The National Editorial Convention at
Asbury Park-Trip of the Big Special
Train from Chicago.


The ninth annual meeting OF the
National Editorial Association was held
at Asbury Park, N. j., July 20. A kind
of free and easy account of the outing
will, we think, be of sone interest to the
average reader of the GRAPHIC as well as
to the newspaper boys of the state who
for one reason and another were denied
the privilege of participating in the
festivities of the occasion.
The National Editorial Association is
composed almost exclusively of what
are known as country editors. The
metropolitan press has nothing to do
with it and nihe-tenths of the delegates
present at each convention represent the
best class of provincial weeklies in the
United States. The speaker who faces
the National Editorial convention con-
fronts an assembly as brainy as it is
critical.
The principal officers OF the national
association last year were Walter Will
liams of the Columbia NloD Herald, presi-
dent; j. NJ. Page of the Jerseyville Qll.)
Democrat. corresponding secretary, and
j. G, A. Gibbs of the Norwalk (O.) Reflect
or, treasurer. The association has three
vice presidents, a recording secretary, a
Legislative committee of i've and an exc
cutive committee composed of one from
each state OF territorial association.
The executive committeeman for the
South Dakota press association last year
was c. Il. llackett OF the Parker New
Era. The new executive committeeman
is c. r. Tinan. Each state, interstate
and territorial association pays per capi-
ta tax Of 25 cents annually for all mem.
bers in good standing, and each suhOrdi-
nate ASSOCIATION is sentitlet to one delegate
for every twenty-five members. The
corresponding secretary of the national
association receives a salary of $500 a
year, the recording secretary $3.50 per
alnum and the treasurer the same, in
addition to the expenses incurred in be-
half OF the association. The corresponds
ing secretary comes pretty near earning
his salary. The work that he has to do
is simply enormous. So great has his
labor become that at the last col
vention the sum OF $500 was voted him
for additional help. The present incum-
bent, Mr. Page, has held the office several
years-threa or four we have forgotten
Which-and he was again reelected.
He is a good one aud is liable to hold the
office for many years to come. Some
idea of his work may be had from the
fact that from the month preceding the
last convention he answered over 1900
letters pertaining to the annual meeting
The special train which he arranged for
the western and southern delegates re
Quired months of time to perfect and
obliged him to make two trips to New
York, Philadelphia and Asbnry Park
four to Chicago and three to st. Louis
before completing all arrangements.
This special train and its itinerary
was, by the way, one of the pleasantes,
features of the outing and one which the
eastern delegates could not enjoy. THE
train was arranged for the pleasure ant
accommodation of the western and south
ern elegates-that is southern states as
far west as Mississippi. 1t was composed
OF ten Pullman sleepers, a baggage cal
and the best locomotive on the Chicago
Il Grand Trunk road-and no railroad il
this or any other country has better
machinery than the C. g. G. Z. The
Pullman company were paid about Sl,0N
for the use of the cars to Asbury Park
The special left the Polk st. depot. Chi
cagO, on the evening OF June p at 1:35
having on board, including the ladies o.
the party. about $50. 1t was the frs
day of the big strike. and as the wore
had been given out that under no cir
cumstances should Pullman car leav,
the depot there was considerable appre
hension floating around. The presenc,
OF some fifty policemen, however, to Sc.
that the special was not interfered with
! together with the high and exalted
character of the passengers who had jus
arrived from all points OF the compas.
for little hard earned rest, awed ant
sOftened the hearts Of the strikers. ant
the long tlain-the greatest specia
train that ever Went out OF Chicago
wound its sinuous 1--WE found that wort
IN baked clam length out of the depot
into the yards and through the city un
molested and unharmed-and the excur
tionlsts for the first time in some hours
breatlcd easy. Jamming around Chi
cago is pretty good specific for insOma
MIA and there was but little hiarity OF
board the train that night ererybod,
was tired-th0se who poked along
through the ten Pullmans just to se
who was on board, were dead tired. Il
order to avoid confusion at the depot an,
in the sleepers, births were assigned a
the Auditorium Hotel by secretary Page
Placar,ls numbered from to 10 wei
hung on each one OF the Pulinnns an
the delegate upon reaching the depu
found his car and section witllou
, trouble or question. 1t is no small tas
to handle railroad excursion party q
. $50 or more so that all will be made con-
Portable and happy and none more S
than another.
When the excursionists awoke til
next morning the special stood near til
warye at POlt Huron on tile beautlfl
st. Clair river. Near by. waiting to tax
the party to breakfast II miles away
was moored the elegant passenge
steamer Sam Sloan. The Darius Col
Transportation company generously tel
dered this serFice and it was great
appreciated. There wasn't much COL
nected with the meeting OF the Nationi
association that wasn't paid for at fiji
rates. This side trip down the st. Clal
was one OF the special exceptions. Til
ride down the river in the early morniB
Il; int ,.i,v !,