The state herald., 1895-01-11
COLORADO'S EDITORS.
THEY MEET nd TALK AMp ear.
rho knights OF tho Shears and Paste rot
Have Jolly Good, Time ~ Denver
and Incidentiy Discuss Rusines*

Denver, Jan. S.-The Colorado Editor.
lal Association met here yesterday and
the gathering was the most successful
Of any held for several yehrs, d mucl,
larger number Of members beihg pres.
eht than usual
The president, J, s, Temple, In call
ing the meeting to order spoke Of the
need for cooperation among editors,
and of the business Of Importance that
required attention.
After the preliminary business had
been attended to A. u. Pierce Of the A.
o. U. w. Record discussed the rela-
ton of state associations to the Nj.
sional associa,loli
General George West, the veteran edi.
tor of the Golden Transcript narrated
the experiences of pioneer journalists
Of the state.
Judge l.. d. France discussed libel
laws, and offered suggestions us to how
such laws should be framed.
Mrs. j. b. Bowen OF the Idaho
Springs News was next called upon,
and delivered n most excellent paper
upon "The Woman In the Field OF
Country Journalism"
l.. a. Leonard's paper on "Can n
Party Paper Ever be Non-Partisany
was excellent. He concluded that at
times Il party paper" could be non.
partisan, and that at others it was
clearly Its duty to take an independent
stand.
.. ii. Wangelin spoke of some desir.
able changes In the law governing
country papers, He Was followed by
q. IL. McSlieehy of the Rocky Noun.
tain World and H.. Il. Light. secretary
Of the Chamber of Commerce.
The committee on resolutions then
reported resolutions of coincidence and
regret upon the death OF Il. A. Bene.
diet. late of the Douglas County World,
John Atkins of the Rocky Mountain
News and James Doyle OF the Steam,
boat Springs Pilot.
With the election of the following of,
ilcers the association adjourned: Presi
dent, @. ii. Frowine. Manitou Journal,
first vice president, Il. J. Price, Grand
Junction News: second vice president,
NJ. Beshoar. Trinidad Advertiser; treas.
urcr. X. ii. Tilney, Cripple Greek
Crusher. Executive committee. X. q
Cooper. A. Il. Pierce and ]. s. Temple
Legislative committee. r. NJ. Patter
son. o. III. Nanstiin Gal s. X. 10y.
mond.
Visiting members of the Colorado Ed
iiorial association and their wives
were the guests of the city papers at a
banquet at the Windsor hotel last
evening. Nearly two hundred repre-
sentatlves of the state press We're pres
ent and enjoyed the reunion fully.
Wolfe LOndoner acted rs toastmaster,
and the responses came from some of
the leaders in journalism and education
in Colorado.
w. n. Byers in responding to the
toast to pioneer Journalism" gave
some interesting details of the found
Ing of the Rocky Mountain News in
1859.
"The Man With the Ink Horn" was
responded to most eloIucntly by Chan.
cellor w. Il. Mcdowell. who spoke OF
the great opportunities for doing good
OF the newspaper man.
J. ID. Dillenback read Il capital poem
concerning the "Better Half of the
Body Polite"
Governor Waite being present was
called upon and made short address.
President Ellis OF the Agricultural
College spoke of Good Citizenship
Miss Cooper rccited poem and Il. w.
Woodbury. spoke of Editorial Innu-
ence and Responsibility"
4. NJ. Patterson concluded the pro
gramme by cloquently responding to
the toast: Mutual Obligations OF City
and Country Papers"