Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-29
THE PYTHIAN PRESS.
Many Editors Are Present at Camp
hington-PrOpOsed Organization

Many Editors Are Present at Camp
Neutrality-suspicious. Organization.
The Pythian press - represented very
largely at Camp GeorgeWashington. Among
the editors and representatives, whom The
Star man met this afternoon -zere Mr..
Cushing of the Pythian Record of Chicago,
Mr.. Hutchinson of--sase- Rythfah' News of
Of Washington. D. &c, ,Mf Drury of the
Jewel Of Omaha, sr: BALDWIN 81 the Mon
itor of Richmond, Mr.. Kennedy. of the
Knight Errsnt of Chicago, Mr.. Barry Of the
~ nn, Age OF Milwaukee, MI. Pollock OF
OF the Sprig of Myrtle OF Minneapolis, Mr.
81. John of the Knight Of Rochester, N. Y,
MT wheaton of the Rythian Advocate of
Minneapolis, and the editors of the Pythian
Reporter. and of the knight, Sword and
Helmet Of Port Madison, Iowa
Other representatives are-on't the ground 1t
vas the intention of these gentlemen to have
held conference on Monday~night for the
purpose OF organizing a Pythian Press AS
ISOLATION, but the conference was postponed
because of the Importance of the reception
at Convention Hall tilf some evening later
in the week. The date mad not been settled
on this afternoon. The Supreme Lodge will
probably, near the close of it's sessions
indorse the Pythian press and urge its
liberal support by the order.rAt present;
though the order has a membership of over
half a million, the aggregate eircula ton OF
the press Is about one hundred thousand
This defect is to be remedied.- Efforts I'M
this direction are being made throughout
the land by the various grand Jurisdictions,
and decided Improvement has been made
during the past year f--s'--'.'n" - '.'~ g.
MIR. Gushing, editor of the Pythian Record
OF Chicago, in an interview this afternoon
with The Star man, said:
Several of the Pythfan papers are agitat-
ing the formation of a National Pythian
Press Association. to include the publishers
Of oil fa6 nx0I.to
tereSts of the order. An attempt was made
to hold meeting at St. Louis for the pur-
pose of perfecting such an organization, but
fell through. -.
II take more than ordinary interest in
this movement from the fact that 1 was
instrumental In organizing the National
Pytbian Editorial Association, which was
suffered to die when i was relieved of it's
presidency. The association was formed at
a meeting held in Chicago by the editors of
several papers in 1886. and the editor Of the
Advocate was elected president and re-
elected at the Supreme Lodge session in
1883. During these years and until the Mil
Waukee session of the Supreme Lodge the
association was in excellent running condi-
ton and embraced nearly all of the Pythlan
editors.
AT the Milwaukee meeting Brothers Dodd
of the Sword and Helmet and Steve Court
Of the Ohio knight locked horns for the
presidency. and Court won. Since that
| time the association has lacked even a
semblance of an existence. and the attempt
| to hold a meeting at Kansas City proved a
| dismal failure. because-the boys had so
much to attend to elsewhere.
This present agitation Is all right, and
| am heartily in favor OF the Washington
| meeting. II the boys Will come together.
| organize. elect a representative editor and
| a live man to the presidency, and all work
| together in making the organization a. sue
| cess, they can do themselves and the order
| lots of good. besides having lots Of fun.
/ Regular meetings should be held at the
| time and place Of the Supreme Lodge"