Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-08-04
AN EDITORIAL OUTING.

nual Excursion of the Northeastern
Pennsylvania Press Association to te-
neva, N. Y. Notes of What He Saw ana
Enjoyed.
At the outset it is refreshing to note
the deliberate preparation which thor
ough newspaper man makes at the out
start of his journey to permit nothing
whatsoever to interfere with his pleasure
He simply puts his business aside and
forgets everything else except two facts,
that getting out his sheet is the most i'm
portant thing in local happenings, and
that he is out for good time, neverthe-
less. This is his objective point and ne
"gets there" as the sporting editors say,
"with both feet
The fact was amply illustrated last
Friday by the newspaper men OF Bradford,
Wyoming and Sullivan counties on their
trip to and from Geneva, N. Y, where the
Northeastern Pennsylvania Press Assoc
citation held their annual outing. 1t was
happy gathering of big toads IN small
pool, big talk, big eat, and big time
generally. No people know better how
to have a good time than quill pushers.
They prepare tor it elaborately and they
carry it ont on the wholesale plan. Un-
like some other organizations the n. r..
Press Association does not object to the
presence of ladies on their junket. Each
member starts out with the intention OF
enjoying himself to the fullest extent, but
he does not calculate that anything will
happen which could in any sense be
offensive to lady, and therefore nothing
of the kind occurs. The fun is unlimited
but it is of that character which the wives
and daughters OF the members may par
ticipate in if they desire, which they all
did with but two exceptions. Our reasons
being the most critical, while Editor Nc
Kee of the Towanda Daily Review, who,
consistent with due regard to the laws
of economy is not the person to hide his
light under bushel, took advantage Of
this great occasion where the whole
function is expressly designed to Great a
maximum amount OF sensation with
minimum regard for the Almighty dollar,
LETT his wife at home and prepared him
self for any emergence and headed the
delegation. Mr.. Mckee is one OF the
solid men of the metropolis of Bradford.
He is not only shrewed newspaper man
of long and high standing but prominent
in other local business affairs. 1t was he
who had the burden OF the management
of the excursion on his broad shoulders,
out flaw, and in such systematic and
business like way and so thoroughly
without ostentation that he was not only
enabled to enjoy the trip himself but
kept from the Others any suggestion OF the
worry and trouble which they would
otherwise have undergone. AT Sayre a
number of his flock boarded a wrong
train but he discovered the mistake in time
to save several "forms of body type" from
being "pied" along the track few miles
above.
We arrived in Sayre 5:l5 a. m. and in
company with Brother Mckee enjoyed a
pleasant hours walk through this town
of beautiful homes. In the meantime
parties of the ASSOCIATION with their better
halves assembled at the station, where
we spent another hour in greeting old
friends and forming new acquaintance
among men who are welding the editorial
pen and conducting newspapers, and the
attractive ladies that walk by their side.
Oh those glorious never-let-go. hand
shakes when every Editor who has been
pummelng the other fellows across the
way for whole year, says how glad he
is to see him, and shake hands with him,
and eat with him, and, well, literally hug
him. Talk abont lawyers badgerng each
other in court, and then swapping yarns
over friendly lunch together law.
yers are mere novices at this sort ofthing-
it takes fnll-fedged, fighting, fire-eating
Editors to give points on "harmony" and
reconstruction" and olive branch bou-
quets, after rough-and toumble for the
county printing, and the Sheriff's notices,
ETC.; ever ready tor a scrap over the loaves
and fishes dealt out by polititions, and
never object to bit Of set-to in politics
at any time, when "their man" is looking
for change of base. But all this must
now be forgotten for we are
OFF FOR LOVE FEAST.
At o'clock the party boarded fast
express train on the Lehigh Valley a,
Sayre and started for Odessa. Here the
party was met and conveyed to Montoul