The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-12

senrs OF the regularly elected oratnr w
snaw. II was both mirthful and cio.
suu"., ana was we'll received by the bn,S,
m Ts as announced that joint ses.ion OF
heid In the afternoon at the a,,a,tar ~.
Adjourned. .um.
THIRD DAY.
morning session--A resolution h,, v,,,
H. Mayes and e. s. Peters adopted ton
ue,ins sympathy to Mr.. e. ca Myers who
nau been Unexpectedly called home unor
wire announcing the sudden death Of nj.
.a.ner-in-law, and vote OF thanrs az
passed to Mr.. George West. mana.ar We 80
E ueha springs railway, and TO Mr. " :.
Meviie OF the Frisco line for cour,as,s,
s eMssiN TO Mr. Myers in furnishing hin, :
earliest time possible 'e at tue
a resolution was offered nv IT I. ~,
pier ana adopted, arranging for fri.
mMeeung. to be held In Texas in lam ~
Missouri Arkansas aud Texas.
| W, ". Cox offered a resolution NJ tban,,.
&c, 10 Mr. and Mrs. Morrow Of the na,Is
.imes- Echo and Colonel John Briasefora
lol .helr many acts of esteem and kind.
| ness. Adopted. anu hihu-
The various committees, ra,,...
| read and adopted "e'e
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seere,ary to furnish each member Of the
| assoc'aeioh Tor publication with a printed
| Sops OIL the report of the com,n,t' -, on
,,.Ysoiu,lons. which report is as sollo W.
rion. >. M. Vernon President.
| we, Your committee on resolutions ,,g
10 submit the following:
whereas. The Texas Press assoc.r,ion
mas enjoyed most pleasant ou.lnp md
meeting in the picturesque and an , Nv
ing niue city of Eureka Springs, All, .he
queen OF the Ozarks; therefore be it
| hesoiVed. That the thanks of thus asso
c,a,,on are due and hereby retlrl "A to II .
Guit' Colorado and Santa Fe railway
uirough ITS general passenger agent, air.
w. . Keenan, of Galveston; to the ST
LOUIS ana San Francisco railway, thrnlga
mi %, L.. Winchell, general passen, er
railroad, through Mr.. George West, ga.
erai manager Eureka Springs, Ark.
Also sincere thanks are returned Mr.. y.
a Iuley, travelling passenger agent OF tre
Frisco. and Mr.. J. p Wright, l,A-o,lng
passenger agent of the Santa Re. for thei,
hlndness IN accompanying our parry acre
and for their uniformly genial and clever
| sible.
Resolved. That thanks are HEREBY ,e.
turned the hospitable and enterpristig citi-
zens of Eureka Springs for the efforts put
| forth to make this one of the most ri ets-
urable meetings ever held by this asso-
citation, which in fact it has been. They
| certainly possess an attractive and invlti i.
| health resort and one can commend them
and the little city of Eureka Spr ngs and
may her people in fact possess the lodnta n
OF health and prosperity.
Respectfully submitted,
f. B. Robinson
| Chairman;
Mrs. W. d. Cox,
G. f. lehman
+. B. Robinson. Huntsville Item, read
paper on The Duties of the Public to
the Press.
Election of officers was announc Il and
the following declared elected:
| For president, John G. Rankin, BIZ III I'M
| Banner.
First vice president. win Il. Mayts,
| Brentwood Bulletin.
Second vice president, Fred B. R)oins On,
Huntsville Item.
Third vice president. T. H. Napier,
| Winsboro Wide -aWake.
Secretary, Will N. Neel. Duoi'l Ta'e-
phone.
Treasurer. G. +. Lehman, Halletsl lie
He:ald.
Attorney. Il. G. Senter. Dallas.
| Orator, Judge N. A. CrdNens. Willis IT,
| dex.
Essayist, Il. W. Harris. Greenvile Pan
| ner.
Poetess, Mary Jane" Cox. For1s ~ Mes
| senger.
On motion of w. d. Cox the secretary
was instructed to furnish conlens Al re-
| mort of the proceedings of this mee ing to
the daily papers of Texas for publ ca ton.
The president announced the next order
of business TO be the selection OF > ace
| OF meeting
j. r. Ransone, Jr., of the Cleburle En-
terprise, placed his city in nomina n.
MIR. VIM d. Cox of the Temple Itehte,
seconded the nomination of CleburIe IN a
warm speech and urged that the good n7t %
ple of Cleburne would he knew. give trem
| a royal good time. and said that 10 meet
! Colonel S. E. Moss and witness his r holt
races would be worth visit % that Guy
alone After numerous seconds CAcfH fhe
was unanimously selected as the next 'ate
| of meeting. So,
Mrs. W. D. Cox, publisher and editor OIL
the Texas Press Bulletin, made a shor'
talk for the Bulletin. and announced thar
she desired some editor in each county to
| furnish MIR. Baillio of Cleburne, the MS
torjan on the Bulletins staff. with MS
tory of the newspaper careers OF their re-
spectlve counties.
President elect Rankin gave out his COM
mittee appointments, as follows:
Legislative Commlttee'-i' ~ .>"P'S,
Wide "a Wake, Winshoro; w. Il. Gilliiand
Star, Baird; F. B. Baltic, REVIEW oie'
burne. ,..,.. ~
| Executive Committee,-Fir district n
A Craven, Index, willis; Second district
]. E. Mcfarland Banner, Jacksonvli,e,'
Third district, E. W. Harris, Herald
Gfeenvile; Fourth district, F. a. l.osk
hart. Gazette, Pittsburg; Flfth distrlv.
B. 6. Murray. Gazetteer, Denison; Sixth
district ". c. Perry, Meteor Ennis
seventh district, w. D. Cox, Tribune lem
pie; Eighth district, b. o. Lively, Reporter
Fort Worth; Ninth district. w. M, Cobb
Transcript, smithyille; Tenth district 4,.Ssni =
district. d. w. Barnhil, News. Uvalde
Twelfth district, ]. V, Murphy, Standard
San Angelo; Thirteenth district. W. E
Gilliland. Star, Baird
printing Committees, NJ, Vernon
Chief, Comanche: VIII H. Mayes, Bulletin
Brownwood; W. II, Neel, Telephone, Dub
lin. Frank Vernon, Roundup. Cisco.
DELEGATES to National Editorial Asso'
cia;ion.-s. NJ. Vernon. Chief, Commence
IL.