The San Francisco call., 1896-11-24

universal antipathy. Let me say before / &c
further that TO my mind the Portland Orego
nian is one of the best edited papers in the
country.
People OF other States take community te
be what is reflected In the columns of it.
daily press. III the news in the metropolitan
| journals is of nothing but crime and scandal
necessarily the people take the community tc
be degraded. Let me give you an instance
Not long ago an Eastern gentleman was at my
table to dinner. He had in his hand q copy OF
San Francisco morning paper, and after pc.
rusing IL diligently for few momen Is he said
Irish! wouldn't live in your State for the
world"
"Why?" queried in surprise.
"Well," he answered, ''simpIy because the
| life of the people OF any section of the country
| is reflected in its daily press. I have been
reading this paper very carefully"-and now,
my friends, listen carefully to what am GO
ing to state, because the paper that Eastern
gentleman held in his hand was copy of the
San Francisco Exsminer-"and 1t is four-fifths
full OF crime and scandal and vicious insinua-
tions and rottenness and filth of the worst de-
scription.''
What do you think of that? And yet the
very paper that gave the Portland Oregonian
Sausc iOI dtIdck upon the
good people of this State was the very loudest
in its denuncistion of the editorial 10 which l
have referred.
What / wish is that this association could
go East once q year ana show the people there
what kind of civilization we really have here
want them to see our local press held up as q
mirror to the world OF what we really are
Mexico and the Sandwich Islands, which
have understood have been mentioned as
destinations for trims in frYt,1 al
well enough as places 10 enjoy yourselves, but
what would do you and the country in gen.
eral more good-I might say the most good
would be trip TO the East
There is one thing which makes me look
upon the profession OF journalism with hope
and that is the entry into the profession of
woman. believe that woman is ALWAYS en-.
noblIng in her influence, and that she is, at
least in this one instance, is already proved by
the higher moral tone of the press where
woman is concerned.
am glad that the country press of this State
is banded together in this organization IL
will in time be productive of excellent results.
Lave not tried to fatter you. never try to
fiatter intelligent men, because it does no
good, and ! never try TO fatter fools. because
1t does them no good.
At the conclusion of Colonel Irish's 8
| address, which was greeted with great
! applause, especially his caustic comments
on the San Francisco Examiner, G. NJ.
Francis of the Napa Register moved that
a vote of thanks be extended to him.
This was done unanimously, the speaker
rising and bowing his thanks.
Nor was the assemblage satisfied wit
this action. ]. A. Filcher. president of
the State Board of Trade and proprietor of
the Placer Herald, rose and said:
Gentlemen, Colonel Irish has not only
sustained his reputation as an orator and
a journalist, but he has driven home To
our minds realization of the fact that the
action of certain newspapers in giving
filth instead of news to the public is what
has brought condemnation upon the State
by outsiders. something we have not given
the thought it demands. / move that we
show our appreciation by making him an
honorary member of the California Press
Association"
This motion prevailed without dissent.
ing vote.
A legislative committee was appointed,
in the persons OF r. V. Robertson. IL. A.
McCraney, w. f. Prisk and W. S. Mel
lick. Mellick, who is Representative.
elect from the Seventisth District as we'll
as editor of the Lancaster Gazette. made
an earnest speech on the subject of libel
stating that il he carried any hobby into
the Legislature II would be Tor the good of
the journalistic profession.
J. a. Filcher introduced resolution
which was adopted, asking all rural edi,
tors to use their influence in securing an
appropriation OF $4,000 from the next
Legislature 10 exhibit California resources
at the tennessee Centennial Exposition.
The report of the president and secre-
tary showed the association 10 be In a
hourlshlng condition, both as regard
mem bership and finances. The bylaws
were amended to make honorary mem
bership possible only on recommend alton
OF the executive committee. Several other
trlning amendments were also made
An accredit of nineteen was made in
mem bership. This brings the total np TO
167. 1p ~
The officers of the association were all
reelected 10 serve for another year as fol-
lows: 4. b. Willis, president; S. NJ. Has
keil, vice president; T. G. Daniels, treas
urer; w. ID. Pennycook, secretary. The
new executive committee is com posed of
j. a. Flicher, G. NJ. Francis, A. b. Lem
mon, r. Z. Montgomery, A. ]. PiIlsbnrv
X. Barcar and Ii. 2. Osborne. It. b. Nc
Kinder, a. b. Lennon, r. Barcar. G. III.
Smith, Il. b. Willis. F. W. johnson and
A. J. Plllsbury were elected as delegates
TO the National Editorial Convention
which will assemble at Galveston. Tex.
next February.
A vote of thanks was rendered tn San
Pablo Lodge, l. o. o. F., for the use of its
commodoQs and well-furnished hall. and
final adjournment was taken. The time
and meeting place of the next annual con-