The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-06-02
PRESS MEETING
Eojoyable and Pcodtablo Session al
shawnee.

Eojoyabie and Portable Session az
shawnee.
The semi-auuuai meeting OF the Ok.
lshoma Press association at Shawnee
Friday and Saturday was by far the
most profitable and enjoyable ever
held in the history Of the association
The good people OF thrifty Shawnee
extended a hearty welcome TO the
qoil-pushers and despite the rainy
weather OF the FIRST day the time did
not drag aud he visitors were elabor.
ately entertained. In addition 20 O.
| public-spirited mayor, shawnee can
boast of some clever newspaper men.
Z. T BushAeld Of the sprlRhuy Daily
| Chief, is a royal good fellow; j. O.
Blakeney, OF the News, w. w. and C..
E. Scott OF the Mill and Carpenter &
William, OF the Blade, are al genial
and courteous aud thcy bestowed ever.
attention on the editors Mayor Far
rel and Judg- Cassidy were with The
boys throughout the session. while
Henry Reard and Landlord Holland
assisted in entertaining Ga arriving
in Shawnee Friday morning, the edi
tors were met at the railroad station
b. Mayor Farrell and big crowd Of
citizens and escorted TO the Union and
Holland hotels. At a. m. the asso-
citation was called TO order at tht Pres
b terian church by President Bolton.
address which was responded to by
Nj Bolton in a splendid address. The
Off .ial program was then taken NJ.
Every paper or address was given
close attention and were followed bv
sensible discussions Many matters Of
deep interest to tue craft were thor
oughiy discussed Notable papers
were those Of L r. Cook Of Cloud
Chief h. Mckinley OF Newkirk, f
W. Hoyt Of Polca, aud Ed. InRle OF
Norman
}. o Blakeney, Of ShawLee, threw
the calcium on Foreign Ad. Rates aud
n. :. Mounts Of Tecumseh, discourscd
on the Indian as a citizen.
Al night bali was given In the
Maxey block and banquet at Hotel
Holland. The spread was elaborate.
Judge Cassidy presided as toastmaster
That the Ju ige is versatile, sarcastic
and witty there is no doubt. As a
toastmaster he easily leads everything
n the territory. The following pro
gram was arried out:
Hon p. o. Cassidy. master Of ceremonies.
The bulwark OF popular liberty
| sentiment that guards the peoples
inheritance and the pulse of the
| nation heart W. h. Bolton.
| The building Of a state. ......
Oklahoma the fairest of the con
The InSides and outsides OF Journal
ism there are two sides 10 every
The Idl5syncracies of EDITORIAL LIE
The LAWYER in Journalism VIII French
The Ladies; their influence over the
Press l.. c.. NiblaCk.
Press Junketings H. +. Hensley
Shawnee and Her Guests Dr Schwartz
The association met at $3.50 o'clock
Saturday morning and resumed the
discussion OF papers presented The
program was enlivened by the singing
OF the bright little Meacham girls
w. H. French gave An interesting talk
on the con ntinuous publication laws
aud Editor Thomas, OF the Pond
Creek Videtta, led discussion ON the
land bill. Ell. p Ingle, OF Norman,
e 4
mem bership in the press association,
and short addresses were made by
Major A L Woodson. OF Darlington.
w. T. Walker, OF Norman, and Presi-
dent d r. Boyd, Of Norman, all hon
orary mem oers Of the associat on
Major Woodson is familiar figure az
association meetings and he is always
heartily welcomed Short talks were
also made by Mayor Farrell, Judge
Cassidy aad others A resolution was
passed declaring okla as the proper
and official abbreviatiou Of Oklahoma,
having been adopted by the postofiice
department
Slight changes were made in the by
laws OF the association and The consti.
tu ion was amended. II was suggested
and will likely be 30 arranged that the
editorial excursion will visit the Nash
vile exposition IN October aud from
Nashville 10 70 New Orleans, where
the National Federation Of Editors
meets in that month
Heunessey, on invitation OF Buck
Campbell, was chosen as the place Of
holding the October meeting.
Tne Daily Leader and Daily State
Capital were chosen as the official
organs Of the association, for pubiica-
tion Of all OFF ial calls.
II was decided TO adopt an associa
tion label 10 be run al the head uf the
editorial column Of association papers
Resolutions endorsing froe homes
and many other matters needful 70
Oklahoma were passed.
The following general resolution
was passed:
Resolved, first That we congratu-
late the news paper publishers OF OKLA
homa upon the recent enactment OF
the continuous publication law, which
will ultimately result in strengthen
ing and upbuilding Of the press Of the
territory.