The San Francisco call., 1897-10-23
COAST EDITORS
ELECT OFFICERS
A Business Meeting Last
Night Of State Press
Association.
T. B. Daniels Of the Alameda
Argus Is the New
President.
National Delegates Chosen and a
Final Pleasure Excursion Set
for To-Day.

The ninth annual meeting of the Cali
fornia Press Association was held last
night at the Occidental Hotel.
About sixty mem bers were present dur
ing the three hours Sc sion, which was
devoted to an address by Professor Ber-
nard Moses Of b rkeley upon 1.-The Func-
ton OF the Press In Republic; TO re-
ports by retiring officers; 10 the election Of
new me m bers, new officers and dele gates;
and finally to an impromptu speech by
w. II. Mills, an honorary mem ber of the
association, who suggested what with
properly concerted effort, based on expert
ence with far more expensive exhi bits,
could be accomplished for $50 600 in OBJ
tanning for California an adequate, su-
perior and convincing exhibit at the Paris
Exposition IN 1900
The treasurer report showed total re-
celpts for the year TO have been $2992 90;
total expeditures. $l224 81, and !. balance
on hand of $i767 90.
a corIlal Invitation was received from
the Press Club ex ending to the members
OF the association the privileges of the
cln during their stay in this city
Inc following active journalists were
eiecte TO mem bership in t associat on
{. J. Owen OF the San Jose Mercury, J. P.
Baumgartner of the Riverside Reflex,
George w. Stuart of the Visaiia Delta.
W. s. O'Brlen of the Yuba Ci V Independ-
eni, Ben NJ. Maddox of the VisaIia Time,
}. Henry Glas of the Alameda Argus, w.
l. ID wey of the Lemoore Leader and
John w. Shot OF the Fresno Republican.
Upon the call for nominations for presi-
dent, H. M. Ha~kell of the Pomona
Progress was named, but declined to run,
and J. B. Daniels of the Alameda Argus
was nominated and unan ousy elec ed.
| Mr.. haskell was then reelected to the
| ice-presdency.
W. D. Pennycook OF the Vallejo
! Chronicle was reelected secretary, and
without opposition, q. NJ. Francis of the
Napa Register was elected treasurer
The vote on nominees for the executive
committee resulted as follows, the first
seven being declared elected: Raleigh
Barcar OF Vacaville, 81; Charles F. Mont
gomery of Antioch, 30; Z. V. Willis of
Sacramento %. so; +. NJ. Swasey If Reddlng,
70; a. b. l. mmon of Santa Rosa 25; J.
a. Filcher o. Auburn, 10; W. c.
Brown of Martinez, IS; f. B. Dewey of
Hanfo-d, Il; Duncan Mcpherson OF Santa
Cruz Il; J. II. DUNCAN of Wood land. Is:
W. 5. Green of Colusa, IL; II. H. Osborne
OF Los Angeles, II; II. ii. Richmond of
Auburn, g.
Raleigh Barcar OF Vacaville. who had
been delegate 10 the last convention of
the National Editorial p ess Association
when GALE upon for report of wha; was
omp.lshed by il, said that practically
nothlng was done. 1t had been a pleas
ant occasion socially, but there were so
| many wild-eyed theorists present that the
convention was kept busy IN restraining
their flights. The assembly was much
too large ana was Incapable of doing what
1t might have done because poorly repre-
sentative of the best thought OF the differ
ent States.
Alter this speech it was deemed a6visa-
bic. less expansive and more effective 10
send TO the next meeting of the National
Editorial Association, to be held in Dem
yer, Co.o., fewer but more active delegates
than In former years. Accordingly the
mum ber was cut down from eight, nclud-
lug wives, 10 two, including wives. w. S.
Green OF the Colusa Sun and A. B. Lem
mon of the Santa Rosa Republican were
thin elected delegates, with c. L. Nc
| Pherson OF the Santa Cruz Sentinel alter
nate for Green and c. f. Montgomery OF
the Aluoch Ledger alternate for Lem
| mon. Expenses N the sum of 5000 each
were allowed these two delegates
committee, composed of Messrs.
Ficher, Osborne and Lennon was ao-
! pointed to draw up resolutions thanking
all those 10 whom the association was in
Gebted and grateful for recent favors incl
dent TO its present meeting with its social
! features. y standing vote of thanks was
| also given 20 f. b. Willis, The popular re-
tiring president.
The meeting closed with a distribution
10 all present OF free tickets for a round
Trip to-day by special car 10 Ukiah, the
courtesy of the road having been ex-
tended by President Stetson of the San
Francisco and North Pacific Railway. To-
Gays outing Will be the final feature of
this annual convention.
The association spent the day in trip
to Mount Tamalpais.