Omaha daily bee., 1894-01-03
ropULIsr EDITORS MEET.
Business of Peculiar Interest to the Asso,
citation Discussed.


HASTINGS, Jan. Especial Telegram to
THE BEE. The third annual meeting Of the
Nebraska Reform Press association met in
the parlofs Of the Bostwick hotel at 10
o'clock this morning, President ]. A. Edger-
ton calling the editors to order. About
twenty of the fraternity were present at
that time. and about the first thing that the
convention did before even the appointment
of a secretary pro TEN or the appointment OF
a committee on credentials was to pass a
resolution requesting all but independent
editors to withdraw from the room. The
hint was taken.
President Edgerton explained that this
action was not taken TO deprive any member
Of the press of the privilege of listening TO
the discussions. but simply because there
were too many Newspaper Union men
around.n In the absence Of the secretary Of
the association, j. Edwin Thornton, ID. X.
Carpenter of the Tecumseh Reptile was
chosen to fill the piece temporarily. The
call for the meeting was read and the nssOci-
alton INDUCED in the usual formalities of
adopting the minutes of the last meet
ing.
Editor George L. Burr of the Aurora
Register moved that all editors of
i populist papers throughout the state be
admitted as members of the association
without the usual formalities of paying the
admission fees, and tue motion was adopted.
Then another motion was made that the
business sessions OF the association be held
Dellnu CIOSCu uOOlo dlu JudO was IdI-
ried.
omc.ai Ready Prints.
Then the significance of President
Edgerton's remarks about the News
paper Union men was made manifest.
Woods of Holstein moved, and the
the motion was carried, that the representa-
tives OF two Omaha newspapers unions be
given fifteen minutes to present their inter-
ests to the convhntion. The motion vas the
signal for considerable discussion but event
- " .l = -,1A II
Omaha appeared for one union and
presented his claims to have his
union recognized as the official ready
print house of the populist party
and then A. Wanifried presented the side OF
the other union, which was also publishing
an alliance page on some of their patents.
The fifteen minutes in each case was ex-
tended to half an hour and when the speech
making was finished IL was past noon and
the association adjourned till = o'clock with
out having half completed the work it had
laid out for the morning.
In the afternoon the association once
more met behind closed doors. Pres
ident Edgerton MADE a short ad-
dress, outlining a plan which he
desired the membc should follow.
He urged them that they should stand by
each other in all events, aud by this means
he believed that the Reform Press associa-
ton might do more govd than by the other
plan of competition, which is now almost
generally practiced.
George Howard Gibson of the Alliance In
dependent read u paper on S'The Future of
the Populist Movement" The ready print
fight was again taken Up, and the associa-
tion spent the greaper fstrt of the afternoon
IN discussing the question. Woods of Hol-
stein made the lfos-arSsng motion: That
action upon the matter of ready prints
for members of this association be
held in a~beyance; that our secre-
tary be ainstru,. ed to secure ,for
our party d department OF $ ate populist
matter under the editorship of writer's des-
ignated by our state central committee and
that he secure, if possible, the publication of
the congressional niatrix as Furnished by our
national committee"
Brewster of Omaha Immediately intro
duced q motion endorsing both the ready
print houses which have been before the
association in their efforts to furnish the
populist papers Of the state with suitable
matter.
Burrows Knows What They Need.
This ingenious motion, framed to evade-
the settlement, was defeated, aud the
original motion adopted. Jay Burrows then
saw his opportunity and roasted the Asso-
ciatcd press for what he termed suppress
ing the populist election r%eturns' in various
states. "Old Party Literature and How it
Can Be Best Met" was handled by Mcneil,
and he urged that some means be devised to
couuteract its baleful influence. Brewster
of Omaha put in q good word for his pro-
posed populist daily at Omaha. Mr.. Kelly
explained a number of difficulties in the way
of such a daily. Jay Burrows favored a
cheap rate of the independent weeklies and
favored the establishment OF a national
popullst daily.
Senator Dale also dilated on the unfair
and untruthful class of literature sent out
by the monopolistic press. Carpenter Of
fered the following motion: That it is the
sense of this meeting that the reform con-
ference that is to meet in this city tomorrow
should devise a systematic plan to get state
and county papers into the hands of every
voter possible"
This WAS amended and in pursuance of
the motion the chair appointed George l..
Burr, ID. II. Carpenter, Ed Richman, H.
Seloy and G. w. Brewster as a committee TO
present this matter TO the conference
tomorrow. The ASSOCIATION then adjourned
TO meet at 9 O'Clock tomorrow.
The editors present are: j, A. Edgerton,
d. K. Carpenter, George T.. Burr, Aurora
Register; Miss Ada Coleman, Stromsburg
Headlight; H.. Bower, Newport Avocate;
Mrs. G. j. Woods, Holstein Record Lue
Bel;Zer, Polk County Independents; George
Lynn, Our Own Opinion, Hastings, George
H. Gibson, Alliance Independent, Lincoln;
II. Shelby, Independent Citizen, Elwood;
II. j. Bedford. kearney Standard G. ID.
Woods, Adams County Independent, Hol-
stein; George W. Brewster, Omaha, Popu-
list; LOYAL NJ. Graham, Stockville Faber;
l.. A. Mcneil, Orleans Courier; j. Burrows,
Nebraska State Leader; Ham Kaufman,
Holt County independent; X. h. Graham,
Clay County Progress, Clay Center; ID. s.
Dusebery, Alliance Herald, Nelson; +. 5. |
Mickey, TAYLOR County Mail, Hebron
Smith, kearney Standard.